Of course you can claim and own your heritage, just as the native Americans can theirs. What you can’t do is lay claim to it exclusively. Others can share it, if they want to and are entitled to. Just as other American citizens do in the USA. There’s nothing genetically unique about us that allows such an idea to be correct.

No one stops you from believing whatever you like. Beliefs are free and personal. Only actions are subject to restrictions.

Perhaps you, and those others who take a similar line, could answer 2 questions.

One of my grandmothers was French. Does that mean that, in your eyes, I am not English?

My wife has colleagues at the hospital who are married, have made their home here and have 2 children. He was born in Italy and remains an Italian citizen, entitled to stay here under the post Brexit arrangements. She was born in the Philippines, but has acquired British citizenship, whilst retaining her original too. So a dual national. The children were both born here, only have British passports, only have English friends, go to a local school, watch British TV, play rugby and cricket and support English teams. Are they English? If not, what do you think they are?

Prince Phillip would've called them slanty-eyed spicks.
But he wasn't english either.
He comes from a family of vampires who live in Corfu.

That Joe Biden eh!

Have his batteries gone flat again?

Joe Biden has to be the worst president I can remember.

The Democrats have made everything worse, domestically and aboard.

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I see Mike Pence is refusing to endorse Trump and won’t be voting for him.

Doesn’t it say quite a lot when your previous VP, who has witnessed him at close hand, decides he ought not be President again.

I guess that’s scuppered his chances of getting the gig this time around. Trump only chooses yes men.