Poll: How many generations removed are you from immigration?

Well, I'm pretty I'm sure at least 6th generation Dutch. The patrilineal line I know better and goes back further. On the other hand, I don't live in The Netherlands. I went to an English university, Scottish and American schools, and now work for an American company in the Middle East and Africa.

My parents have barely lived in The Netherlands since early adulthood, so I guess I'm a second generation permanent expat.

I think you'll find a lot of non-immigrant expatriates as well because with modern travel & communications options, moving countries is no longer the huge deal it was in the past.

I'm a descendant of slaves so my family tree gets tricky once I get (back) to my great grandparents (who were alive during the U.S. Civil War). Best guess is 5th generation.

When is one be considered an immigrant? Is it: 1) simply living in a land that one was not born in immigration; or 2) giving up one's citizenship at birth for another?

Going by the first definition, I've lived in 2 foreign countries for lengthy periods, so have I immigrated twice? But I still am a citizen of where I was born (India) and I do intend to eventually move back to home country, so am I not an immigrant at all?

In many cases it's more like a willingness to pick up and leave your discomfort zone.

And there are other ways of doing that besides emigrating between nations, like leaving home for college in a different time zone at 16 years old and despite your parents forbidding it.

Might be a self-selecting group of people who respond to this poll. I bet immigrants or recent immigrants are more likely to open the poll because it will be of interest/relevant, skewing the results.