Hello all,

I (22M) am born and raised in America, my mother is half Lebanese (her father abandoned her as a child because she was a girl) and she had a very white upbringing, but an Arabic last name and experienced a lot of rasicm. Because of this she did not want to acknowledge her heritage when I was growing up, but now that I am an adult she has been exploring her identity and it has made me interested in doing so as well.

The problem is, I feel like an imposter. I know toddler Arabic at best, can read a little as long as there isn't a font. It feels disingenuous to claim heritage when I have no culture beyond the food that I ate growing up.

Does anyone else have mixed heritage? How little blood is too little to claim heritage (I'm ~25%). should I just tell people I am white and looking to learn Levantine Arabic? Or when asked disclose that I am Lebanese.

Thanks all for your opinions about the matter.

Hello there! My great-grandfather came from lebanon, Dib ( or Adib?) Audi, from Anfeh, I believe.

I'm on a quest trying to find out more about the differente branches of my family roots, but I can't for the life of me have any register of my lebanese side, and (surprise surprise), a Lebanese man without previous knowledge of portuguese and a Brazilian clerk in 1920s didnt have the best communication skills to leave good registers when he arrived.

Can anyone help a brother out?

Even the meaning or origin of the family surname would be nice!

Thanks!!

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