How to calculate percentage of my heritage/background?

At what point does a generation's country of birth become accounted for when determining what parts make up their background?



For example, if I was born in France and had one English and one German parent, it would be commonly said that I was 50% English and 50% French (from background). However, would my children be part French by background, and if so, what percentage?How to calculate percentage of my heritage/background?
If you were born in France, you would be a French citizen and generally considered French. But ethnically, you would remain 50% English and 50% German. I don't get why you discarded the German background in your calculation.



Since you are ethnically not French, your children would not be French unless you married a person who was French by blood.How to calculate percentage of my heritage/background?
Well, personally, if your parents are German and English, I would say you were 50% English and 50% German - I don't consider where you're born to have a big affect on your heritage, and I don't know why you'd consider half English, half French to be your background (I mean, why choose English over German? What happened to the German blood?).

What do you pass on to your children? Well, that entirely depends of what ethnicity their other parent is. For instance, if she was Japanese, they would be 50% Japanese, 25% English, and 25% German. Or if she was English, your children would be 75% English and 25% German (I think). I don't think you'd pass on your French background, because it's not in your blood. If they were born in France, and grew up there, they almost certainly would be called French, but that wouldn't be their actual blood heritage.



Your blood heritage and your background are entirely different, and your children's background would entirely depend on where they were born.