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Old 03-28-2013, 12:17 PM
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Question Is the Pope Italian? Are you Irish? German?

I just happened to be thinking about it today and I want to see what you think.

It started because I was thinking about the pope. I can't help but think of him as Italian even though he wasn't born in Italy. And then a thought came to me: If his mother and father were born in Italy, then he would be Italian (genetically) no matter where he was born.

Culturally, he might be something else unless he was raised in an Italian community. Was he? I don't know.

Why does any of this matter? I don't know, I just thought it would be interesting.

What counts more? Genes? or Culture? Or is it about equal?