Are you a multiracial/biracial TCKID?
I’m mixed and I thought it would be interesting to find out how many of us on here are mixes with parents from two or more countries, as well as find out how well you can relate to your mother countries.
oh and any Swedes or Thais here???? 
Who am I? Well i wouldn't know where to begin! I grew up in SEA, I'm part Swedish, part Thai but don't speak those languages so well...english would have to be my best language! my step dad is australian and I'm currently living in the Middle East!! I'm a volunteer aid worker at the moment which is what my parents did. I grew up around all sorts of ppl from all different cultures, continents, and backgrounds so I would say I'm able to adapt very well anywhere I go, which is one of the biggest benefits with being a TCKid. I love meeting new ppl, love traveling and experiencing new, unique things. I feel I don't belong anywhere but at the same time I feel a part of everywhere I go! Strange feeling I know! Anyway, would love to meet folks with similar background as me! so feel free to chat me up!
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17 Comments to “Are you a multiracial/biracial TCKID?”
December 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I already wrote this on Warona’s question, but here’s what I said lol
I’m Quarter English, Quarter Welsh, Half Filipino. My mom was born and grew up in Philippines and after she finished college she toured Asia with a Filipino band as their singer and eventually met my English/Welsh TCK dad while performing in Malaysia, where my dad was currently working. They were married in Malaysia and moved to Saudi Arabia. They had me a year later in England and then moved straight back to Saudi lol where we lived for a while.
In answer to your question, I don’t relate to any of my countries. I have nothing in common with people in England. And whenever I go to Philippines I feel kinda spoiled and rich compared to everyone else. Not better than anyone, I feel embarrassed because my mom is from a really small bario away from the city. Everyone knows everyone there and its a really close community. It’s also really simple there, and it’s nice to go there and not have to try really hard to have to fit in. It’s all about family and friends and doing things together. I don’t know the language though, and that does make it hard.
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December 2nd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
I’m a multiracial TCK so count me in. I think Kristine is too, she has some Spanish and Chinese.
I’m French/Vietnamese and Ethiopian. But I’m sure most of you probably already know that!
Here’s how my parents met:
http://www.tckid.com/group/introducing-brice/
Here’s the post Charm was referring to:
http://www.tckid.com/group/masala/
I’m also like Charm, and don’t relate to any of the countries I’ve lived in.
Anyone else?
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December 4th, 2007 at 3:59 am
My mother is Finnish but also a TCK from Thailand, my dad is from the USA. I have lived in Thailand and Laos all my life so that is how mixed I am. I am not Swedish or Thai but i know both languages… heh. Swedish not so well.
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December 5th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
My dad’s chinese and my mum is english.
I hate the fact that now because we live in england, my chinese is getting worse and worse. We used to live in china, but now we just go back for holidays. The worst thing is, all my friends at the international school have left so it’s all a bit depressing.:(
I really wish that I could be part of one of the countries, in china I’ll always be a ‘wai guo ren’ (westerner) and in england I’m chinese. We should embrace that fect that we are part of different cultures, but sometimes it would be nice to be able to say ‘I am …..’ .
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December 28th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
I am half Filipino and half Dutch. My mother grew up in the Philippines, whereas my father grew up in the Netherlands. They both emigrated to the states when they were in their early twenties.
I currently live in Germany, but will be finishing up high school at an international school next year in Den Haag.
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February 15th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Hi Livia, I joined after this was posted so I didn’t get to read this until now. But if you see this comment, I was just wondering what it was like growing up Eurasian in China. You said you will always be a “外国人” right? (I’m slowly learning Chinese on my own
I know the feeling of wanting to fit into one country. I’ve always wanted to say I was British but my dad’s family moved there from Mauritius when he was 19 and I never lived there, so I don’t feel I really come from there, even though it’s my passport country. Well, now I have a green card, and I also have Dutch citizenship from my mom, so I have 3 countries I’m not really from but have some ties to. It’s really strange.
Anyway, would love to hear from you
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February 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Hi Angelic, I like your question, also the responses people have added. It’s really interesting to read. I’m excited because this is something I can relate to!!
I’m quite a mix, 1/4 Dutch, 1/4 German, 1/4 Mauritian, and 1/4 Seychellwois
and I only speak English 
I relate the most to Holland because that’s where my mom is from and she raised me to be kind of Dutch in some aspects, but I look more Mauritian/Sheychellois, and I have some characteristics from those cultures, but since I don’t speak either language, I ended up claiming England as my home since my dad’s family moved there and since I was born there and I speak the language and that’s where my passport is from
It’s fun answering the question, “Where are you from” (I posted a blog on that a while ago)!
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February 15th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
p.s. speaking of parents from different countries, I just thought about cousins/relatives from different countries. Because my family has spread out all over, I have cousins who are almost completely Dutch, Dutch and British, Mauritian/Seychellois and Dutch, M/S & Brazilian, M/S & Austrian, M/S & French & Chinese
It’s kind of strange to think about having cousins who don’t share all my ethnicities!
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February 15th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Hey all of you all!
Well count me in too. My Mum is 1/2 British and 1/2 American but grew up in the same house for her whole life. And my father is German and grew up with his grandparents in german until the end of high school when he moved to the New Mexico for the end of school. I speak German and English but am not completely home in either place (US DE or UK). So yeah for multi cultures…..!!! :-)…..
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February 15th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
my mom is belgian ( who grew up in Belgium) and my dad is american but grew up in India to missionary parents. I live in the states but I try not to favor either country more than the other because i feel connected to both and I enjoy having two nationalities.
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February 16th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Soooooo cool you guys to find out about all your cultural/ethnic mixes. It’s like a perennial fascination of mine and some of you have AMAZING mixes.
So here’s mine in brief:
I am half German and half French-Italian but was born in Iran. [that’s the short version…;-)]
My father who is French-Italian side was actually educated in Ireland from the age of 14 up and then went on to get his MA in London. That’s actually where my parents met. My French grandfather, who was an engineer was actually born in Alexandria in Egypt and my Italian grandmother came from northern Italy, near Trieste, but moved with her family to Damascus for work reasons when she was 14 or so. I believe my grandparents met in North Africa and then divided their time betwen France and N. Africa and Middle East. TCKs before the term was coined.
My mum’s is German but of Finnish, Prussian and Dutch extract.
My family and I moved to the States when I was 7 where I gre up in large part. I suppose, I sort of relate to all my different backgrounds to some degree and feel the influences of where I’ve lived but ahhhh, a singular identity is impossible to pin-point.
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February 16th, 2008 at 10:54 am
I’m mixed toooo! My dad is Palestinian from Israel, my mum is German. I can’t relate to either nation, it’s more the cultures I relate too. But somehow it’s not that either. Difficult to describe. I feel like I know both cultures but I’m watching them from the outside, trying to stay neutral (and act “neutral”) towards them both. I cannot get the words “I’m German” out of my mouth, but I can’t say “I’m Arab” either. And Israeli feels absolutely wrong. Neutral it is. If I was a country, I’d be Switzerland, seriously!
Does anyone of you feel sad about having “neglected” one of your birth-cultures/languages? I did only find out about the TCK-thing end of last year, and ever since it’s been boiling in me. A couple of days ago, it hit me that I can’t even speak my father’s (which is also my own!) language anymore. I used to as a kid, but it’s all gone now. During the later half of my teenage, I was just trying to fit in in Germany and completely blocked everything that had to do with me being half Arab as well. It makes me very, very sad all the sudden. It’s like I’ve been blind for the past years and never knew it. And now I finally opened my eyes and can see what I’ve been missing out on
So now I started to re-learn Arab. Gotta start picking up the pieces somewhere.
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March 25th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
People can be so mean when you try and relearn your language. It’s so easy to loose a language. I’ve lost what little Spanish I had; shocked and traumatized that I can’t roll my Rs anymore. I am not fluent in French anymore, forgot German completely, forgot Mandarin completely, but managed to relearn bits here and there.
& I can relate to people trying to pinpoint whatever they think is negative about you - they always point out the differences! In England you’re Chinese, In China, you’re a Westerner. & if you ever try to really help someone understand “what” you actually are, it usually ends up as an exercise in deductive compartmentalization! “So you’re really only 1/3 Caucasion, with great-grandparents who weren’t loyal to their own culture! So that is why you’re so wierd!” Often you’ll find the words “should” and “ought” in these sentences
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
sorry, I only just read the message, and this is like a month later but…
When i was little, chinese people would always be like - and she can speak ENGLISH? Like it was the wierdedst thing and me and my sisters would be poked at and people would have their photos taken with us. Thank god i don’t have blonde hair - but for other reasons i wish i did. when i go back to china, i see the american kids my age by the pool, doing the stuff i do, but i can’t join them, because i don’t fit in. in their eyes i am chinese. and i feel like an intruder with the chinese.
In london, i feel, that the chinese are still much of a minority and there are no other oriental people in my year. people ask me to do ‘chinese’ accents and think that i bow everytime i meet someone. I love my friends but I wish I could relate more to someone. Half my class freak out if ther’s a tv screen on the plane, let alone on the back of the seat.
I think i will always be a wai guo ren because My chinese is slipping away - slowly, but surely, and cutrally, i don’t hold the same beliefs and behaviours. It might just be a mental thing and actually no one sees me in that way, but it’s how i feel.
I have gone on for way too long and probably haven’t answered your question… Sorry
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March 26th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
My parents are French, Corsican (which is not really french), a little belgian, a little US (by passport)…
I pretend to relate to the countries I’ve lived in so that I can answer the “where are you from” question but whenever I’m in those countries I don’t really relate.
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May 25th, 2008 at 10:05 am
People always say multiracial people are good looking *high five* !
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May 25th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Yes. I definitely say so. Multiracial people usually look gorgeous!
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