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? asked in TravelAsia PacificPhilippines · 1 decade ago

What is your heritage (Filipino Heritage)?

My father is american and my mother is a filipina. She was born and raised in Quezon City. Her mother (my grandmother) was a Ilocana and her father (my grandfather) was from Cavite. I was born in quezon city, even tho im only half filipino, what would my filipino heritage be considered as?, Ilocano-Cavitenyo-Tagalog mix? hehe

Update:

hehe yes, actually my father is mostly of german descent, and you can also tell by our surname "schlacks". its kinda hard for ppl here in the philippines to pronounce... hehe. well yes, i am proud to show my roots

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I think you can skip the caviteño thing. i'd say you are fil-am specifically, american-ilocano-tagalog. you can skip caviteño because it is already covered by tagalog.

    among pure filipinos, we trace our heritage by the language spoken in a region, as in: ilocano-waray-ilonggo or tausug-chavacano. we do not say davaoeño-cebuano-cagay-anon, etc.

    me, i am a proud bisdak, in particular, bol-anon-cebuano

  • 1 decade ago

    I think you have to stop at saying you are half American and Half Philippine. After all, you say your father is American-does that mean he is of Irish, British, Italian, Jewish, etc. decent? And if your mother is Philipina, chances are she has some Spanish blood because that country was a colony for 300 years. Note most Philippine surnames are Spanish. Whoever you decide you are be proud of it.

  • 1 decade ago

    I say i am AMERICAN anymore I got tired of saying that I am

    1/2 German

    1/4 Irish

    1/8 Hungarian

    1/8 Welsh

    After that many mixes and 4 generations of living in America,,I think its ok to be AMERICAN !!

  • Both my parents are Ilocano born in Mindanao. And my grandfather on mother side got chinese blood and grandparents on father side got a mixed blood with Aeta. Since I was born in Mindanao, so I understand and can speak ilokano, bisaya, cebuano, tagalog and ilonggo...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    SCOTTISH Living The Dream In Queensland Australia.

  • 1 decade ago

    usually you just take after where you're parents are from so your mom is from Quezon city.. eh dont sweat it... you're filipino-american same as me :) xep both my parents are filipinos but i grew up in the states, if i take your perpective, then that would make me uh 1/4 chinese (grandma)

    3/4 spanish (grandparents both side)

    and funny what that girl said.. yeah i guess we are all muts in a sense, lolz.. dont have to sweat the details dude, glad you're looking up your roots tho... im proud of yah :D

  • 1 decade ago

    Like most Filipino, I'm mix with other races.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A true blue Filipino.... with a wee drop of Chinese blood. lol <*-*>

  • Juan C
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    both of my parents are Filipinos...

    my Dad's parents are from Pangasinan, and Tarlac...

    my Mom's parents are from Pangasinan, and Nueva Ecija...

    my Mom's side has mestizo blood...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Antonii, you're Fil-Am, pure and simple! Me. I'm 100% Pinay, pure and simple!

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