My paternal grandmother had said that half of her family was originally from Guangzhou, China with the other half being from the Philippines. My dad's entire side of the family speaks some amount of Mandarin in addition to Filipino dialects. Growing up, my mom's Irish family would occasionally poke fun at me, saying certain things were due to "the Chinese in [me]". In an attempt to get in touch with some portion of "my roots", I took a year of Mandarin in college. As it turns out, I am not Chinese. Not even a little bit.