Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
Oh, I see. I guess I don't have that skill, although that might be cuz I have trouble with faces. Like, I can usually tell when someone's white or Black or something. But no way can I pinpoint Italy or Haiti or other ancestral origins.
Yeah, most people can't narrow it down that close unless they are very familiar with said populations, but I think pretty much everyone can, as you say, tell when someone's white or black or something.

Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
Maybe the knows-from-childhood narrative?
Yeah, that's definitely one. I personally didn't really suspect I was genderqueer until college (although looking back I can sure see the signs in retrospect) but several of my friends insists that all transpeople are born that way and always know from early childhood.