User blog:Pinkalicia8/Why are origins so confusing?

I'm sure you've met people that are all like "oh I'm a fifth Scottish" and things like that but it doesn't make sense. If one is half something and a quarter something else and they were born in America (only using America as an example) and their family was mostly from America (still only using America as an example) does that make them, technically only a quarter American? Anyone else wonder this? Can anyone give reasoning?

It doesn't make sense <0_0>