Where are you from?

As one can imagine, this is a typical question here. And I’m still struggling how to answer. I often revert to - I am German, but I live in the States.

If I just say - Seattle, Washington, people will quickly get from my accent that this is not where I was born (not to mention that people all around have no clue where to put my funny language mix of German native, British English in school, some time in Australia and now working for a US company for over 10 years, 3.5 of those living in the US).

But just referring to Germany does not sound right either. That‘s not really reflect who I am.
I tried once or twice just to keep the conversation short - but then you can bet that someone has an uncle, a kid or some good friend in Germany… 🤷‍♀️😀Læs mere