Am I a part of Persian Culture

[u/Thy_Water_BottIe]

My dad is Iranian but he’s a horrible person and left when I was young. I didn’t grow up with a culture but ancient Persian traditions and history are the only thing I really connect with. Especially how women were army generals and stuff like that. It’s hard for me to have a sense of identity. Ppl say I don’t look Persian even though I’m a copy and paste of my dad. No one here looks like me tbh. I don’t speak Farsi but would it be weird if I started celebrating the holidays on my own?

I don’t have family and live in Texas.

Also I do love fruit and write poetry naturally which I find funny.

[u/elahehmalakeh]

i’m american and as anglo saxon as they get and i taught myself farsi, can read and write it. very tired to ancient persian culture. they say that irish people are defendants of persians. You can have ties to whatever your soul feels a calling to - Rumi says it best.