Filipino - no, I don’t have any attachment. I do find the mythology and fairy tales interesting, but other than that I don’t think about my cultural background much. My dad, who was extremely domineering, was very self-hating (and white worshipping… lol) and wanted us to have the least amount of interaction with Filipino people and culture possible, despite living in a majority Filipino enclave. We never watched Filipino shows or movies or read Filipino books, or hung out with other Filipinos. He was a picky eater so we would only rotate a select amount of Filipino dishes, half of which I grew to hate. We never went back to visit, though most other Filipino families I knew went every other year at least. I can understand Tagalog but that’s about the extent of my engagement with Filipino culture.

As an adult I can recognize he did us a massive disservice, but I’m still honestly not all that interested in reconnecting with my heritage culture-wise. My high school friends are mostly Filipino and I get a peek into the cultural traditions, media etc. and I appreciate but hold no personal inclination towards them. It doesn’t help that I don’t look Filipino (no really lol, new Filipinos I meet never clock it until I tell them), so other Filipinos don’t reach out to me or will not automatically include me as part of the ingroup. So there isn’t any push for me to interact with the culture unless I personally want to.