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How would I describe myself?

If someone was born and raised in Poland, for example, then went to the United States and lived there, they would be considered Polish American.

My story, however, is a bit more complicated. I was born in Chile and stayed there with my family until I moved out as a child. Then, I lived in Brazil until I was 13 and moved to the United States. When I was 17, my family and I moved to France. Am I just Chilean-French or something? Chilean?

If asked, I would just say « Je suis né au Chili mais je réside à France maintenant. »

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Where is your citizenship?
If you are a French Citizen, you are Chilean-French
If you are an American Citizen, you are a Chilean-American immigrant to France
If you are a Brazillian Citizen, you are a Chilean-Brazillian immigrant to France.
If you are a Chilean Citizen, you are a Chilean immigrant to France
But you could also drop the "Chilean-" part and say you're a Brazillian/American/French if you feel like it. Usually, people identify with where they have citizenship in.
I was born in People's Republic of China, and I only use "Chinese-American" when I'm speaking from a racial/cultural experience, but if I'm running for office or something, I'd just be "American".
- I am a citizen of France as I live there, but I’m also a citizen of the other 3 countries
  
  Damn, that's a lot of citizenships 😅
  Just [Chilean-(Whatever country you feel most attached to)]
  Chilean-Brazilian
  Chilean-American
  Chilean-French
  Pick one, don't worry too much about it

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