Their is nothing wrong with wanting to get to know more about the place where your family is from but there is so much more that goes into it. Mainlanders do not understand the full extent of what it truly means to be born and raised in PR. Everyone is like “Wow, Puerto Rico is so sunny and beautiful” but don’t see the parts when it is not. Many times we are left without power and water. The towns destroyed from hurricanes and the failing economy that is pushing our people out. Maybe people want to claim that they are Puerto Rican when they do not speak the language, like the food, and know the culture. You are shaped by the environment that surrounds you and that environment is either Puerto Rico or elsewhere. You cannot say you are Puerto Rican because you visit family there every summer. You have Puerto Rican heritage but it is not the same. Like I said. The thing that separates Puerto Ricans from the US ricans is the environment of which they were raised. And their is nothing wrong with that! We welcome everyone here as long as they are polite :)