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edited Aug 16, 2017 at 15:14

After author's clarification, I'm adding the answers to the "where are you from" question.

Here are some answers I use to give to the "where are you from?" (I somewhat tested most of them):

Workable

All over

I moved around

From different places

I'm a universal soul/world citizen/global citizen/citizen of the world (sometimes becomes a mocking topic)

I came from [name the last country visited] (sometimes becomes a mocking topic)

I am from [name the last country visited] (sometimes becomes a mocking topic)

I am living/live in [country]

I have no simple answers to short questions

I'm multi-local

I don't consider myself a part of any particular country

Funny

I'm not (and then start asking personal questions or "where are YOU from?", "oh, from the US, I like McDonald's")

Well, if you can't tell does it matter?

I'm am a mongrel/monggy

Uh, you know, here... There... You know how it is..!

I wear many hats

Krakozhia / Mordor / Tatooine / etc

Taiga / Europe / Asia etc

Rude

That depends

From my mom/a woman/womb

It's insignificant/inconsequential/unimportant

I don't care / It doesn't matter (to me)

My origin is unimportant to me

Does it matter?

Depends on what do you mean and why do you want to know

I'm not into labels

Why's this important right now?

Well, thank you (and then start asking personal questions i.e. "are you married?", "why?", "when are you going to get married?")

How much time do you have?

Pretentious

Perception stains reality

I possess no personal designation/categorisation

I have no place of personal association

Suspiciously weird

I cannot answer this question

It's not my favourite topic

This question makes me feel uncomfortable

Not helpful

Lived in [name the countries you lived in]

Was born in [country] (but lived in [countries])

Untested

I'm anational/nationless (derived from your topic in English Stack Exchange)

I'm cosmopolite/cosmopolitan

I'm transcultural/intercultural

I'm extraneous

Who I am is completely independent from my heritage

I don't deem myself coming from a particular place

My home is where I am (stand)

My home is where I'm happy

I don't belong

I can't name any particular place

After author's clarification, I'm adding the answers to the "where are you from" question.

Here are some answers I use to give to the "where are you from?" (I somewhat tested most of them):

Workable

All over

I moved around

From different places

I'm a universal soul/world citizen/global citizen/citizen of the world (sometimes becomes a mocking topic)

I came from [name the last country visited] (sometimes becomes a mocking topic)

I am from [name the last country visited] (sometimes becomes a mocking topic)

I am living/live in [country]

I have no simple answers to short questions

I'm multi-local

I don't consider myself a part of any particular country

Funny

I'm not (and then start asking personal questions or "where are YOU from?", "oh, from the US, I like McDonald's")

Well, if you can't tell does it matter?

I'm am a mongrel/monggy

Uh, you know, here... There... You know how it is..!

I wear many hats

Krakozhia / Mordor / Tatooine / etc

Taiga / Europe / Asia etc

Rude

That depends

From my mom/a woman/womb

It's insignificant/inconsequential/unimportant

I don't care / It doesn't matter (to me)

My origin is unimportant to me

Does it matter?

Depends on what do you mean and why do you want to know

I'm not into labels

Why's this important right now?

Well, thank you (and then start asking personal questions i.e. "are you married?", "why?", "when are you going to get married?")

How much time do you have?

Pretentious

Perception stains reality

I possess no personal designation/categorisation

I have no place of personal association

Suspiciously weird

I cannot answer this question

It's not my favourite topic

This question makes me feel uncomfortable

Not helpful

Lived in [name the countries you lived in]

Was born in [country] (but lived in [countries])

Untested

I'm anational/nationless (derived from your topic in English Stack Exchange)

I'm cosmopolite/cosmopolitan

I'm transcultural/intercultural

I'm extraneous

Who I am is completely independent from my heritage

I don't deem myself coming from a particular place

My home is where I am (stand)

My home is where I'm happy

I don't belong

I can't name any particular place

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created Aug 13, 2017 at 11:04

Nergüi

I'm happy to find people with a similar problem. My story is very alike as well. I've been struggling with this for quite a while. I look for an answer, do research, ask on the internet, monitor any similar topic on the web all the time.

I used these options to call myself:

Global citizen / World citizen / Citizen of the world
Independent from my heritage
Multi-local
Transcultural / Intercultural
Universal soul
Extraneous

Some friends kindly called me:

Cosmopolitan
Natural born explorer
Fair human being
Open-minded
International
Free thinker

People in my "home" country called me (derogatory):

Outcast
"Special"
Renegade
Dissident
Turncoat
Social pariah
Cast-away
Black sheep
Alien

People outside my "home" country called me (derogatory):

Laissez-faire
Guerrilla
"Global citizen"
Undefined
Worldly

But to me the most difficult question is "where are you from?" and all the follow up after it. And I still haven't found how to deal with it. Even sometimes I manage to deal with it, later on it still pops up, particularly in every work place.

I hope we can somehow connect to share our experiences.