Are you part of a diaspora?

[Loki]

Let us know

I am - being an Afrikaner. Left South Africa 13 years ago. Would be interesting to see how my future kids would deal with being a naturalized diasporan (my made-up word that doesn't exist in the dictionary ).

My family has been in South Africa since 1666 (paternal records). Although being primarily of Dutch descent, Afrikaners have also taken in quite a lot of English blood - something they don't always realise - or want to accept. I have found this out via genetic results and also researching genealogy. So in that sense, I have returned to the land of my ancestors.

300 years ago, my ancestors were also a diaspora when they went to Africa. So for me this is a return. Weird ...

What's your story?

[Neanderthal]

Being a Mexican I don't have such privilege, tho, I feel a strong attachment with the American continet (especially North-America.) That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to travel or visit to the countries of my forebears, sure, that'd be great, but moving to another country is not on my 'to-do' list. Perhaps maybe the US, but it wouldn't be permanent. I have everthing I long for here; If I want forest, I just have to drive an hour from home, and I get this sort of landscapes:



If i'm feeling a bit more tropical, I drive an hour an a half southwest from where I live and I get this:



So basically i'm very happy where I am now.