A little of this, a little of that

Where am I from? Oh I don't really know. I have never really bothered to claim heritage in the past. I have always considered myself simply American or European like our founding fathers. My family is a bit of a mixing bowl of nationalities though. I have blood from all over Europe, mostly in the West. I am primarily German as one of my dad's great grandpa came over the Atlantic from there. However I am also a descendant from Sweden as well as England, Ireland, and other European countries. I know somewhat where I come from, but this does not impact my everyday life. I don't eat sauerkraut or wear lederhosen. And I know for a fact I don't live in the icy cold of Sweden. However, I did live in London for several years in my youth which did impact me. It still influences me today, and I look around my room to see my union jack rug and a ceramic copy of one of London's iconic double-decker bus. So that part of my culture did have an impact me as it was very cool to have lived there in the United Kingdom to be part of the same city some of my ancestors hailed to. It is pretty cool to know about my family's past and to be able to explore what their lives were like decades or even centuries ago. Even if I am a bit of a genetic mutt with heritage all over Europe, it is interesting to find a place to call my family's origin.