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”.