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I don't see why to be indigenous it has to date back thousands of years. My family, as far as I can trace it back, is from the British Isles- mostly England, some from Northern Ireland, some the Republic of Ireland. I consider myself indigenous British. I'm not the only one in that situation. What more is required to be indigenous? How far back does the "melting pot" have to go before you can be called indigenous?
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Okay, I'm going to ask the same thing back to you. If you consider yourself indigenous British, how many generations will it take for an immigrant to be considered equally so?
Specifically, what about a second or third generation person of Indian or Pakistani heritage? Would you consider him absolutely British, given that he's grown up in the same primary culture you have, with some familial influences?