Americans, why do you say you and your family is Irish/English/German/Swedish etc

<p>America is all about diversity and roots. We don’t all know our histories or where we came from, so it’s interesting to find out these things about ourselves and others. This might be hard to understand for someone in Europe who lives in a country where everyone has the same ethnic background and there’s nothing interesting about tracing it back. Even though I might talk about my ancestry with my friends, I don’t claim to be of that culture. If I were in Europe I wouldn’t identify as anything other than American, and I don’t think any other American would either.</p>