Data - South American or French?

[Ragitsu]

Good afternoon.

In "The Big Goodbye", Picard hastily describes Data as being from South America; in "Time's Arrow", Data declares himself to be a Frenchman. Between those two possible origins, which seems more likely to be true for the Enterprise-D's resident android? Does he appear more South American or French?

 

[Mage]

No.

 

[Orphalesion]

People from both South America, and France can look, sound, and act very differently from each other.
However neither are very likely to have pearlescent skin and bright yellow eyes.

 

[carcinoGeneticist]

I, for one, think he looks like an android.

 

[Ragitsu]

No.

"No" to "what", exactly?

People from both South America, and France can look, sound, and act very differently from each other.
However neither are very likely to have pearlescent skin and bright yellow eyes.

France seems closer - though perhaps not by much - given that it receives less overall sunlight and is cooler. The eyes, though...those are a tougher sell.