I was born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire with the surname Smith.

My mother and father were also born here but my mums maiden name is Davies and so was my grandads of course and my Grandmas was Foulkes which upon research seems to be of Welsh origin too. From my understanding but not entirely sure, both of them too were born in Stoke on Trent which leads to me being confused over if I’m English or Welsh, deep down I want to be English and not Welsh but everything seems to be fitting into me being non English, I was a proud Stokie until I started looking into things and now I feel like a stranger who doesn’t belong here.

I haven’t bothered to look more into my fathers side as I don’t even look like him, how could I ever associate myself with being part of his English side (not sure of his family’s origins though) if I don’t feel like I’m his son, I know for certain that he is my father, sometimes DNA is weird and I’m said to look more like my mother and my mothers dad.

It’s wierd but I’m feeling depressed about the thought of being Welsh, not sure of the reason but yeah, any opinions would be appreciated but id rather a truthful answer.