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Again, welcome! RashersTierney (talk) 09:24, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

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I was just about to remove English from the nationality of Cillian Murphy, but I see you beat me to it. Thanks Aberdeen01 (talk) 14:44, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Michael Fassbender's nationality

Hi Ossici.

Regarding the disscussion about MF nationality:

Michael Fassbender's heritage was stated in several articles/interviews. In the first source referenced in article later on is stated: "Fassbender endured "plenty of slagging" over his German roots although Killarney was still "a great place to grow up as a kid."

Excerpt from another interview: "this son of an Irish mother and a German father — he was born in Heidelberg and German is his first language" link: http://mfmultiply.forumotion.com/t1313-fassbender-the-hunger-is-gone-but-the-thirst-remains

Also here: "It's no surprise that Irish-German actor Michael Fassbender is being hailed as the hottest new star in Britain." and "The jovial Fassbender, whose father is German and who moved to Ireland as an infant..." link: http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/film/the-art-of-suffering/2008/11/06/1225561021366.html

Maybe it's more an issue with interpretation of that particular wording, but for me German-born Irish suggests a person with no German roots, only born in Germany (e.g. because Irish parents used to live there for some time). Mr. Fassbender case is different: his parents are German (father) and Irish (mother). Of course maybe my interpretation of the meaning of that particular sentence "German born Irish" is wrong, but that's how I understand it. Iamnotregistered (talk) 15:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me, Iamnotregistered.

It's interesting to note that there is no mention of the fact Bruce Willis is German-born or that his mother is German in the opening paragraph of his page. He is simply described as "American".

Ossici (talk) 17:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC)