What is Nationality!?

Just came back from a fabulous weekend in my home country, sharing the time with family and loved ones. It's weird but, as much as I associate some integral parts of my behaviour, speech, character, personality, choices etc with my birth country, in so many other ways I find no connection to my fellow countrymen at all.  These "national" characteristic's more bring a flavour of sorts, to who I am, rather than defining who I am.

For as long as I can remember, I have always felt more European than I have my own nationality. Growing up, I always felt different in my outlook and view on things than I did to those around me, finding more in common with people from outside my home country than within it.

So it brings the question....what is Nationality and is it still as relevant a notion to cling onto with such vigour? Personally, it is becoming less and less relevant for me in my life. Don't get me wrong, I am proud of where I come from and of my culture, very proud.....but I refrain from making it a statement of who I am or how I should portray myself.  Should we not all aim to be proud Mother Earth citizen's and share with each other those exciting and interesting differences that having a different nationality brings? Nationality, like so many other of life's characteristics can be used to drive a wedge between people, to marginalise and disassociate when in make up and race, we are all the same. As the world is becoming more and more global in every conceivable way, should we all not increase our own sense of how we fit into the Global World, rather that so staunchly stick to nationalistic ideas?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm