I consider myself associated at least in part with four countries: the country of my ancestors and heritage, the country of my parents and their experiences, the country of my birth and nationality, and the country of my own nurturing and character development. I don't really feel I belong to any one of these countries, particularly as one of those countries had major influences (for good and for bad) in the history of two of the other countries, so I can't really say I feel a strong attachment for the atrocities or otherwise of those countries' past.
Regarding the countries of my birth and my upbringing (England and Scotland respectively), which have had a long history against each other, there is this conflict of loyalties and of identity, yet also because of my family's past and own heritage, I am somewhat an outsider in these affairs in general, and I end up falling between several stools, or feeling awkward when it comes to trying to adopt the cultures of either e.g. wearing a kilt.
Regarding the countries of my birth and my upbringing (England and Scotland respectively), which have had a long history against each other, there is this conflict of loyalties and of identity, yet also because of my family's past and own heritage, I am somewhat an outsider in these affairs in general, and I end up falling between several stools, or feeling awkward when it comes to trying to adopt the cultures of either e.g. wearing a kilt.