1 - genetic ancestry
2 - language you get taught as a child
3 - language you adopt later
4 - in which culture / tradition parents raise you
5 - whatever culture / tradition you adopt later
6 - country where you spend childhood
7 - country you emigrate to
8 - religious tradition(s) of parents
9 - religious tradition you choose
10 - self-identity as a member of an ethnic group
11 - acceptance by members of an ethnic group
12 - other things (please describe)
I made bold what makes me a roma, i was not taught the roma language at birth, neither was i raised in any specific traditions, or specific culture. But other things can be important too, like mother tongue is important, but under certain circumstances and in combination with others, for example a black kid who speaks german at birth isnt really german, but if a group of germans adopted english as native language they would be anglo-americans like they are often in america. So under certain circumstances and in combination with other things, all things are somehow important, but i made bold what is the most important in my personal case, why im a gypsy.
2 - language you get taught as a child
3 - language you adopt later
4 - in which culture / tradition parents raise you
5 - whatever culture / tradition you adopt later
6 - country where you spend childhood
7 - country you emigrate to
8 - religious tradition(s) of parents
9 - religious tradition you choose
10 - self-identity as a member of an ethnic group
11 - acceptance by members of an ethnic group
12 - other things (please describe)
I made bold what makes me a roma, i was not taught the roma language at birth, neither was i raised in any specific traditions, or specific culture. But other things can be important too, like mother tongue is important, but under certain circumstances and in combination with others, for example a black kid who speaks german at birth isnt really german, but if a group of germans adopted english as native language they would be anglo-americans like they are often in america. So under certain circumstances and in combination with other things, all things are somehow important, but i made bold what is the most important in my personal case, why im a gypsy.