Have You Ever Been Mistaken for Being of Another nationality?

Here a funny story that happened to me.One of my travels at Egypt ,my husband him brother and my son visited the Archaeological Museum.The price of the tickets for Egyptians and tourist is very different.So they told me that they buy ticket for me like Egyptian so when I 'll pass the man at the door take care and don't speak English.Really when they saw me they believed I'm Egyptian and let me pass.Inside we turn trying find my husband.We saw him at the door calling him brother.He had my husband passport with him.The man at the door asked for proof that my husband was Egyptian.They saw him as a foreigner.....

I have been mistaken a few times but it is natural since I am pretty mixed in terms of nationalities :) But the funniest thing that happened was with my daughter. Up to 4 years old she was constantly mistaken for Japanese :) I remember when hubby and I were waling with her in the park having people looking at both of us then her, then both of us again. Specially a Japanese couple that we used to meet in the park, we end up talking because we were at the park everyday at the same time, and one time she told me that at first when she used to see me with my daughter she thought I was babysitting for asian parents and that my daughter was really Japanese LOL

Yes I have, I am Australian and I have had a few people come up to me and speak Italian, I really don't think I look Italian at all, so I don't know what it is or maybe I look different to what I think I do.

no I havent but have been mistaken for a male . I have to laugh at them when they call me sir.

I have, adn almost all of the time it happens in the USA. I don't mean to be rude but I think there are a lot of people in America that have a very US-centric view of the world, there is not enough exposure to the international issues, international television channels and the like. Maybe I am wrong, but I frequently got asked if I was Australian, well anyone that hears Austrialian and UK accents knows there is a big difference, and once i was even asked if i was French!?! now that is just so obviously different and accent as you can get it was surprising to say the least.

Hello urbangirl! I have been mistaken for many different nationalities. If I gather all the countries that I have been mistaken for, it would appear that I belong to three different continents:-) I have been mistaken for Indians, Many different Arabs countries in middle east, some countries from North Africa and north Latin America. In three of these continents i.e. Asia, Africa and South America, I have been assigned many different countries. So I think that I am quite a global figure:-) I have also been mistaken for many other people or at least people relate me to some other people whom they have seen in different parts of the world and they ask me, "Are you relative of ..." I have heard this question a lot many times in my life:-)

Not nationality however have been asked where I was from. Born and raised in Ohio in the USA, I can travel south and begin to sound like they do with their southern accent. I also have an educated use for the words and not much slang. That is about as close as to be asked if from elsewhere. Now that we move about soooo much it could be possible that many of us are from elsewhere yet fitting in.

Oh yes - quite often. I am half Belarussian, and I look a lot like that side of my family, so I'm constantly being mistaken for either Belarussian, Russian, or Polish, and sometimes Swedish, Finnish or Norwegian, as I have the very pale, blonde, Scandinavian colouring that many Northern people have. As for my accent - well I think thats fairly unmistakebly English, except when I speak Spanish, and then I am constantly mistaken for an Argentine. I guess that last bit isn't so surprising as my partner is Argentine, so most of my colloquial Spanish was learnt from him!

i have oftentimes been mistaken as a chinese girl. when i was still working in a cruise liner where we cater to most mandarin speaking people they would come up to me and speak in mandarin. they would then be surprised later i dont speak the word for i really look chinese. by blood, yes i am because my grandpa is from macau,china.

Mostly people think I have an Italian back ground based on my dark hair and skin. Not even close. Even when i was in France, people asked me if I was italian. Nope, I'm American. True blue.

Hi there. Yes I have actually, Ive been mistaken for having asian in me, which is far from it, as well as mexican, Im not either, but i have respect for all cultures... Im Maori and proud of it...

I have been mistaken for spanish, but I don't know why, I really look pretty white:)

yeah, i have been mistaken for being of another nationality several times already. i have been thought of as Thai, Vietnamese and Malaysian. there was also a time in the past when i was mistaken as a mexican and indian (yeah, just like mulan)

I have been mistaken for a Hong Konger, Taiwanese and Korean. My friend told me that I look like a Korean so I should not roam around the country I'm in now because the locals always pick on Koreans to rob or kill.

No, thankfully and I don't think I want to be mistaken for anything else that I am not. I don't think I would like that at all.

I was mistaken for a Norwegian when I was in Norway. Mind you, the person making this mistake was American... I don't speak a word of Norwegian, but she thought that my North of England accent sounded Norwegian.

I'm most commonly mistaken for Jewish or German. When people ask me what ethnicity I am, I tell them to guess. I've also been told I have a British accent and a Polish accent. In actuality, I am Polish, but I was born & raised in New York, so I suspect my English pronounciation is flawless.

People mistake me for being from other states than the state I live in. That's about it. The best thing was when I was in Australia, all these people kept saying "you sound like you have an American Accent" and I'd be all "Really? Hrm. Do you think it's because maybe, I AM an American!?"

several times. most often spanish and in fact when we went to spain 2 years ago we joined this tour and the tour guide kept on talking to me in spanish. i just kept on nodding my head and din't have the slightest idea what she was talking about. finally she realized that i'm not spanish and can't speak the language she just looked at me and laughed

yes I have also been mistaken for pakistan.Wwhen have 1st visted to uk. Iwas on Heathrow air port and not able to find bus terminal for bus no A2, Which goes to euston railway station from heathrow airport. I have ask a person who looks like indian, he suddenly ask me are you from pakistan, when I said no Iam from India he suddenly move forward and did not help me to locate bus terminus which is just behind of terminal 3.