My father is Irish, my mother is Filipino, I was born and raised in England.
My older sister has always been a little embarrassed by our heritage – she hates being mistaken for Chinese or Japanese because of some of the negative stereotypes associated with them – but I’m really proud.
Being Hapa can make you feel like you don’t belong anywhere, but it also allows you to transcend racial divisions. Read More
My name is Eryn and I live in Southern California.
My dad is Scottish, Irish, German and my mother is Japanese, and I constantly get asked “What are you?”
I identify with both my white and Asian side. My brothers and I speak Japanese and have visited Japan many times. We celebrate Japanese holidays such as boys’/girls’ day and on New Year’s, we go to Little Tokyo in Downtown L.A. to be part of the Japanese celebration. Read More
I have always embraced my Hapa heritage, and fortunately I have never faced any real challenges because of my ethnicity.
My Dad’s side of the family is from Hawaii, and as you can imagine being hapa over there is not uncommon.
My Mother’s side of the family is from the Philadelphia region, so culturally I am all over the place.
Usually people who are one hundred percent Asian have a hard time believing that I am part Korean, while others can usually tell. Read More
Just stumbled upon this site, and think it’s wonderful.
I love to see what others of mixed race look like, especially my mix, because neither side of ancestry seems to recognize what I am.
9.9/10 times Filipinos are surprised that I am Filipino (maybe because of my skin colour, hard to tell in the hue of the photo, but I tend to be pretty pale), and yet Caucasians often detect Asian blood. Funny that way. Read More
I was born and raised in Asia my whole life and have never lived in a European country.
I am extremely proud of being part Asian! Because I am really proud I hate it when people say “Stop trying to be Chinese, you’re white.” I don’t try to be Chinese, I am Chinese.
I admit, I don’t really look Eurasian; I look more European than Asian but deep down my looks don’t tell the whole story. Read More
I was born in Vietnam and lived there until I was 5.
My dad is English, Irish, and Scottish. My mum is full Thai.
I moved to England and am still living there and I hope to move to Thailand when im older.
As I grew up people joked around about my race and found it funny, including my friends. Read More
Both my parents are mixed race; my dad is Punjabi and Filipino, my mom is Irish, Japanese and Filipina.
I grew up in the Bay Area and am currently a Mental Health Therapist for UCSF in San Francisco.
It was hard growing up mixed, partly because some people couldn’t understand how I could have a white grandfather and look so brown, and also for being gay (which I was bullied for in school) but it made me develop thicker skin. Read More
I wrote a children’s picture book called I am Flippish!
Years ago during St. Patrick’s Day, my 7 year old son wore a “Kiss me I’m Irish!” hat to school.
A mom jokingly said, “Take that hat off, you are not Irish! You don’t look Irish!”
It really bothered me because my son didn’t want to wear his hat anymore. He asked me if he was Irish. I told him yes, he is 50-50. He is Filipino and Irish which makes him Flippish. Read More
My Mother is Vietnamese and Korean, and my Dad is German and Irish.
Growing up, most people classified me as white, but some would identify me a partly Asian.
I was mostly known as white because of all of the freckles on my body, but have the facial structure of an Asian. My Dad is the one who gave me the freckles that I have.
