Originally Posted by Jetée

Yes, I'm aware of this, but that particular question of mine was more of an existentially-rhetorical one, as I'm not sure if many other Americans can appropriately distinguish the two, or even care to... too much stock is placed on birthrites and birth nationality, as well as the ethnic ties that bind, that it sometimes obscures and prematurely labels an individual to the masses before he/she gives off one word of introductions (this is in the world of politics, mind you, where I've witnessed this moreso than anywhere else).