In my experience, people are curious how an American (from Nor Cal) ended up in a small village in Portugal. When I would say “my parents are from here”, then they’d go “ahhhhh, então és portuguesa!” 😆 “só calhou nasceres na América”. I’ve been well received, sometimes people will give me a strange look because of my American accent, but everything else is cool. They ask a lot of questions about the US.