Some wasian have problem looking Asian. What about a European parent who looked non-White? Should I still consider myself Wasian or Asian/European mix?
Note: The pictures are native Canary islanders who's ancestry dates back to 15th century (Tell me if they look european/white or not). They are not like recent 1st generation to 4 generation Canarian born ethnic European British, German, Italian. Those have roots in 20th century or 1920's to 1960's migrant, now a significant minority and richer than average Canarian.
My experience and problem: ( Please give me advice )
( Quick explanation on my ancestry: I'm 50% Hong Kong(Chinese), 43.75% Canarian (Spanish), 6.25% Cuban. My cousins and me are all born as Half Hong Kongers/Chinese, and all 6 of us (7 but 1 have now died), all have Canary islanders mothers (except I also have Cuban mixed Great-Grandmother)
Growing up in peninsular Spain as a kid. I told people, that my mother is Spanish(European), the Spanish kids laughed at me. or called me a liar. They called my mother a Moor, Moroccan muslim, sometimes Latin American, or on one occasion gypsy (or that she's a gypsy pretending to be Spanish) which is something I remember hating to this day.
I'll say I belong to the 30-35% of Wasians who have more Western leaning/ambiguous traits. I got confused as Turkish, or a tanned Caucasian with some Asian traits. But this was never my problem. The problem is when, even today she see's herself as European/White, than telling me I'm half Spanish(White), and emphasizes our Spanish surname, nationality, passport. language, heritage, and that many Canarian islanders looked different in their appearance because of geographic location, climate, food. Every time I tell others this, the kids would laugh, even adults would giggle, although there a few sensible adults who say is possible but even among them there they try to explain my mother was a descendant of Moor. My other cousins, their mothers, look kinda South European (not in a uniformed way), or maybe look a mix of European/Arab, (out of 4 of them, one has hazel eyes with messy blonde hair, one has curly/wavy hair. like my mother, and the other has darker skin tone like my mother too, my mother also has a hook nose, longer than the average person). She is the only that have roots from Gomera island that as highest North African dna admixture. I feel the minor Cuban ancestry my mother has could have influence her looks. It just makes my identify feel like a buffoon, because I feel like wasian identity doesn't belong to a wasian.
Reality is through discovering online genetics and history of Canarian people
The Canarian islands are colony of Spain, the original people were Guanches/North African/Berber. The citizens all have Spanish passport but geographically located in North Africa and are genetically 68-77% South European/Iberian 23-38% North African or even 31-60% North African if they came from Gomera island (from where my mother's parent came from), some have Latin American ancestry from Cuba and Venezuela. Historically considered colonial Spanish citizens rather than authentic Spanish people, some have embraced their Guanches/North African/Berber roots and many identifies as Canarian and Spanish but many also embrace Spanish identity, although a minority claimed to be Canarian only and embrace the Guanche/Amazigh roots and some wish for independence.
