A personal question I'd like y'alls opinion on

After reading my comments would you agree that I am a bonafide Native Texan?

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I feel your pain, and yes, you are genuine Texan. My parents lived in Texarkana, Texas, and when it was time for me to come in this world, the local hospital was in Texarkana,Arkansas. I have lived in Texas all my life. If you know anything about Texarkana, you know both sides of the city look down their noses at the other. The local high school rivalry is one of the biggest in the country, THS vs. AHS. I ain't no Arkie, period. I don't care what that damn birth certificate says. Even the hospital I was born in, moved to the Texas side.
 
Texas Star said:
Is John McCain American? He was born on a naval base outside the US, I believe. Yes, he was ruled a US citizen. You have equal claim to being Texan.
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I would certainly vote for you being a Texan before I would vote for John McCain being an American. Actually I would vote for you being president before I would vote for any of the recent people on the ballot, even if you were born on the foreign soil of another state.
 
Regarding being born abroad, I believe if you have one US parent you can claim US citizenship. Certainly US missionaries have children born abroad.

AFAIK, the USA is the only country that grants citizenship to people born here. It has created a cottage industry of fairly wealthy foreigners travelling to the USA to bear children who can later claim dual citizenship.

In my case, My mother was from the Jersey shore and Dad was from the hills of northern PA. I was born in NJ and moved to PA when less than a year old. I moved to NC in 1982 and to Iowa in 1986. I moved back to Asheville in 1996 and consider myself a transplant although to a lot of natives I am and always will be a yankee.

My family came to Plymouth, MA 40 years after the original pilgrim settlers.
 
Texas Star said:
It can get more complicated. Nicole Kidman's parents were vacationing in Hawaii when she was born. Her parents are Australian, so she is. But she was born here, so has dual citizenship in the USA.
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I am not sure I trust those HI birth certificates.
 
Being a Texan is not just about being born here...there are liberals infesting this great state who I don't consider true Texans. Being a Texan is about attitude and beliefs...in the same way that someone who immigrates to the USA (legally) and does everything possible to make himself an American (citizenship, language, working, etc) BECOMES a true American...and often, more true to America than many who just happen to be born here.

While some may quibble about the "native" status, I don't...as far as I can tell, you sir meet the criteria as a Texan. Real men are born in Texas, or try to get here as soon as they can. :)
 
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When a person claims to be a, fill in the blank, it's really a state of mind, and how the person making the statement wants to be perceived. Texans don't have a lock on this, but it does appear to be very important to them.
 
Walkin' Jack said:
Okay I believe it's time. I started to post this in the thread with the jokes for us Texans but I decided to put it up as a new thread lest it be viewed as a hijack. I know I haven't been in here long (July 25th will be my 1 year anniversary). But I've tried to be fairly active and participate where I could. I'm going to trust y'all as a group to support me here. I'm prepared for a variety of different responses but I hope that most of you will see it my way.

Here's the deal:

I claim to be a native Texan. My father was a 4th generation Houstonian and my mother was a 5th generation Waco resident. Several generations of aunts and uncles all over Texas from Conroe to Corsicana and back again.

BUT....My dad was in the US Army Aircorps when I was born. My parents legal address was XXXX Some Ave, Houston Texas. I was born , that is to say my mother literally gave birth to me while my dad was stationed in Enid Oklahoma training Cadets how to fly. I was born in the base hospital.

BUT....My dad always swore to me that I was conceived in Houston and that he never let my feet touch the ground until he got me back home to Texas. He always assured me that I could rightfully claim to be a native Texan. "After all", he would say,"if you'd been born in Germany you would not have been German, see?" It always made sense to me.

So then, what say you. I will still continue to claim native Texan status regardless of the comments I get here but I would be very interested in y'all opinions/comments. Tell me what ya think.....
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Ill answer after I know if you do or dont like: Mexican Food and Salsa Verde? :-))
 
My Dad is almost stateless

He was born on the highway in the middle of the night somewhere around the GA/FL border, but he was registered the next day in FL so he counts that.

Oh as far as the original question.. I don't count temporary military assignments unless the 'birther' wants to claim it.
 
wbraswell said:
You can bet we call Houston, Bowie, Crockett, Travis, Fannin, and all that served and died with them, TEXAN. Don't matter where you started at. It takes more than a hat and boots.
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Fannin Street is just outside the building im typing this reply from :-)) When I lived in Beeville? I lived in an Apartment located on Crockett Street. :D
 
Not to irritate any "foreigners" but, i wonder how many New Yorkers, Californians and those from Colorado--are wishing they were Texans? :D
 
I am not from Texas, so I feel unqualified to answer your question. But since you asked and I would like to comment I will give you my thoughts.

I belive your home is where you make it with your loved ones because with out them a home really is not a home. If you feel a pride inside you because you live in Texas I would think any native Texan would be proud to call you a Texan.
 
Texan is as much a state of mind as anything else.

I was born in Hawaii - when it was a Territory, not a state - to a career Navy man from Ohio and a mom from Wisconsin. Grew up in Philly, Newport RI (where I learned about th Civil War), thru high school in Maryland (learned about the War Between the States) and college in North Carolina (the War of Northern Aggression - not over yet, either).

But I've been in Texas since 1982. Like we say, I wasn't born here but I got here as quick as I could. I love Shiner beer, TexMex food, good tortillas, and BBQ. I wear Lucchesse and Dan Post boot with my suits, and the same boots with my jeans and Hawaiian shirts. With the right RayBans, makes you look like a Port Aransas drug dealer out on parole (credit that great line to Texas music legend Ray Wylie Hubbard).

I've said y'all for years and know the plural is all y'all. I have the sweetest Okie wife who I met and married in Raleigh some 33 years ago. Best of all, we're parents to two wonderful adult children, both native Texans.

I don't think I'd want to leave. Hell, I don't think I could leave. It's hotter than hell, drier than parched sand, and we got more bugs than Carter has little pills (there's one for us old farts).

Yep. I'm a Texan. God bless us all.
 
I voted "Don't really care". I have always claimed to be native NC Tar heel even tho I was conceived and born in Philadelphia. After all it's where the heart is that conts the most.
 
WOW I certainly do appreciate all the opinions, comments and ideas that came out in this thread. I appreciate that the majority support my claim but I also really appreciate all those that voted no or don't care. I expected that and I do appreciate the genuine honesty.

I've been all over most of these united states and traveled in about half of the free world and one thing I've learned in my years and in my travels and in my encounters with people from all over and that is this: If you are not a Texan by some definition of the word native) then no one could ever possibly explain what that means to a person or how it feel to be one. I could never hold it against some one form, say, California for instance, if they don't "get it", how could they? If you ARE a Texan then no one NEEDS to explain it to you. You already know it and feel it in your heart.

I believe that everyone should take pride in their home state. If you live in a state that you don't absolutely love and take pride in then you have my pity. I can't even imagine living anywhere but Texas. But if I was from (almost) any other state I'm sure I'd be proud of that too. We love what we know and what we have, it's human nature.

We are gun friendly and we have something for every body regardless of your taste, needs, or lifestyle. We have coastal plains, Piney woods, dry desert country, and hill country. We have busy bustling big cities, small rural communities, industrial areas. we have great fresh water lakes and saltwater fishing facilities with miles and miles and MIIIIILEs of beach front. We have ranch/farm lands. It's like the C&W band say in their song...."God Blessed Texas" I don't mean all this as a brag. I'm just expressing my feelings for my home.
 
Yup, you're a true Texan, as am I. I was born in Dallas and raised in the DFW area, been here all my life. Your last post says it all and proves your claim. There is something about Texas and Texans that you'll find in no other state.

Now, if we could just get that 1250 mile, 20' high wall built to the southwest, things would super peachy ;).
 
It's a little known fact that all borders are a couple of hundred miles wide. A lot of Texas can be called Baja Oklahoma, and most of Oklahoma can be called Alta Texas. You are what you feel like. That piece of paper don't mean diddly, except in a legal sense, and we all know what that's worth.

I was born in Austin to a multi-generational Texas mother and an immigrant (Ohio, Illinois, Indiana) father. My mother's relatives always talked about how "Jeanne married that Yankee," so I guess I was some kind of half-breed in their eyes. Eventually my father got a job in California and we all moved there.

I feel like I have dual citizenship. Either in California or in Texas I feel completely at home. Please don't tell me I'm not really either; a dispute would ensue. :D

You're a Texan. Don't waste another moment worrying about it. If you do, it indicates maybe you're not really a Texan. Right or wrong, Texans are never in doubt.
 
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