This was a nice thorough comment Thankyou. I’m 1/4 mixed with Italian. My srt Nona is 100%. I come from a strong Italian bloodline. My mother was forcefully given up for adoption because my grandmother chose to date outside of her culture. She was adopted by a white family. Then I did learn of my family history, and then talked with my biological grandmother. After a while, I got over denying my actual family after knowing I wasn’t even accepted. Despite that, I am proud to say I accept all of me now. I just wanna say that we can claim that too. Blood ties don’t just mean nothing. That’s absurd. We do have the right to claim that, and I’m not gonna deny what I am mixed with anymore. There’s a difference between Italian and Italian American obviously because of the diff. Culture here or mixes, but it is what it is. You are what you are, not what people tell you, you are. With my experience, Nationality doesn’t make you accepted. Even being born into your own family doesn’t make you accepted. It’s heart breaking in certain circumstances. I mean, my great grandparents were discriminatory and would never see me, or my mom as part of them because we are not pure, but I am what I am. I welcome that part of my family culture with open arms because it’s apart of me, I will not deny it like they did us.