National pride, national identity, national culture and national language. All these are beautiful words, but sad for those who do not know their nationality. In the tips below, perhaps you will find some help and find out which is closer to you: lezginka or hava nagila.
Instructions
Step 1
Chat with your father. As you know, among most peoples, nationality is passed from father to son. And if you are a half-breed, for example, your father is Russian and your mother is Tatar, then you can safely consider yourself Russian. Ask your father about his origin, if you can. What is his nationality, the same is yours, with rare exceptions
Step 2
Chat with your mother. This is just about the exception. If your mother is Jewish, then you are also a Jew, regardless of your father's nationality, whatever it may be. So if this is the case, then you can apply for Israeli citizenship, but keep in mind that you will have to serve in the army if you are of military age. Even the girls.
Step 3
Analyze your last name. If there is no way to communicate with parents, or they themselves do not know their nationality for sure, then try to conduct analytical work. Drop the ending - ov –ev –in. They only symbolize that the surname was given in Russia, or Russified. Now analyze the remaining word. If it means a Russian word, or a Russian name, for example, blacksmith, sidor, or fedot, then you can consider yourself a Russian, or at least a Slav. If your surname ends in -enko, chuk, then most likely you are Ukrainian. Or your surname is a non-declining Russian / Slavic word, then you can also safely classify yourself as the descendants of Gogol.
If the ending is -ich - then you are probably Belarusian, provided that the rest of the surname is completely Slavic. If -skiy is Pole, -ek, -ok is Czech. If your surname is based on a Türkic word, then you are probably a Tatar or a Bashkir.
If at the base of your surname there is a Finno-Ugric word, then you can refer yourself to Mordovians, Mari or Udmurts. For example, the surname Nikulin.
Step 4
Look in the mirror. You can also look at the photos of the ancestors. If you are a blue-eyed blonde, then you are probably a Scandinavian (but this is doubtful) or a representative of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia, most likely a Mordvin (which is more likely).
Light brown hair and gray, green, blue, or even brown eyes will most likely tell you that you are a Slav.
Dark hair, aquiline nose, big eyes and bushy eyebrows will tell you that you belong to the peoples of the Caucasus. If the nose is wide, then you may be Armenian. Curly dark hair, a crooked nose, pointed and backward ears indicate that you have a Jewish relationship. In any case, whoever you are, all nations are beautiful and equal. …
