Which ethnicity have you been mistaken for?

[Celestia]

Thats a fresh trauma

I’ve been called worse things lol

[Benyzero]

I’ve been called worse things lol

[Zmey Gorynych]

When abroad, because of my facial features, body frame and haircut, I often get mistaken for a russian or ukrainian. In Israel and on Mount Athos every man and his dog spoke to me in russian. In western Europe they don't really ask you where you're from but russian speaking tour guides usually offer me "deals".

I got polish and lithuanian a couple of times. Never been mistaken for a westerner of any kind.

[itilvolga]

I don’t have much experiences irl but online: Italian, Greek, half Persian and Bulgarian. Also some members here said I can pass in Southern Europe, Latin America, Caucasus and the Levant easily.

[Ülev]

East Asian, but only once and in my dream

[War Chef]

I was asked if I was half Lebanese today

I'd take it as a compliment. Lebanese are gorgeous people. Besides they can look psuedo-Atlanto Med at times and very sharp

[Celestia]

I'd take it as a compliment. Lebanese are gorgeous people. Besides they can look psuedo-Atlanto Med at times and very sharp

I didn’t take any offense.
I think there are beautiful people in every ethnicity

[War Chef]

I didn’t take any offense.
I think there are beautiful people in every ethnicity

Except aboriginals.

[Ion Basescul]

As the title says, share the list of ethnicities that you have been mistaken for.
If possible, also post the ethnicity of the person who has guessed that.

Here are some guesses that I can recall for me.

Mistaken for Ethnicity	Guesser's Ethnicity
English	Romanian
French	French
French	English
Hungarian	English
Hungarian	Hungarian
Italian	Bulgarian
Jewish	Black British
Polish	Cypriot
Polish	English
Polish	Black British
Portuguese	Portuguese
Russian	Italian
Russian	Bulgarian
Ukrainian	Polish

Since I made this post, from the back of my head, I've been mistaken for:

Russophone by every second street vendor in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria who didn't even bother addressing me in English as with other customers
Polish by every other English person in UK
French by Swiss French in Switzerland
French by French tourists in Bulgaria
French by Flemish tourists in Bulgaria
Bulgarian in Burgas, Bulgaria
Ukrainian in Chernivtsi, Ukraine


I don't know how some users here manage to guess me correctly as Romanian, when IRL Romanians never speak to me in Romanian when abroad and are surprised to learn that I'm also one, as I always like to brag about that.
The only time that I've been correctly identified as Romanian abroad and it almost made me a bit sentimental was when an old grandpa from R. Moldova approached me at the airport to ask for the gate on our flight to Chisinau.

[War Chef]

When abroad, because of my facial features, body frame and haircut, I often get mistaken for a russian or ukrainian. In Israel and on Mount Athos every man and his dog spoke to me in russian. In western Europe they don't really ask you where you're from but russian speaking tour guides usually offer me "deals".

I got polish and lithuanian a couple of times. Never been mistaken for a westerner of any kind.

Aren't you like 6'5 though? For some reason I envision Slavic people as more gracile and petite