Wow what a post. I think alot about this actually. My wife is like you in the countries she visits. They think she is Polish , Spanish, Italian. I get the whole "Where are you really from?" . It happens alot in Ireland when the skin is darker etc. When I was in Germany alot of Turkish immigrant's worked with myself and they were German born and bred. You can see it in their football team. Gotze , Ozil. German when they win , Turkish when they lose. It's good to be different though. It's great to be a different colour hair, skin to everyone else in a town or city. You stand out.It has it's perks. Easy to get a boyfriend or girlfriend when you are not the same as everyone else.
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Funny you were to say that, because both visiting Ireland and living in UK people would often mistake me for being Irish! Not that I would mind being Irish, but yeah, you completely get what I am trying to address with your example "German when they win , Turkish when they lose."
And yes, you are indeed correct - I don't really mind being different and it does have its perks, but man it would be nice to skip the scrutiny for once, and feel like I am home when I'm at home.