"What, pray tell, makes a person ""Basque"" in your mind? Is it the fact that they speak Basque with fluency? If so, then by this definition you yourself would not qualify as Basque. Is it the presence of ""Basque"" surnames por los cuatro costados? Again, if so, by this definition you would not qualify as ""Basque."" Is it the fact that you were born in El País Vasco? If that's the essential qualifier then your good friend King could not be considered Basque. Is it subscription to a belief that El País Vasco should have ever greater autonomy or even total independence? If so, then some fluent Basque speakers of ancient Basque ancestry would find themselves in the absurd position of not really being Basque. So I ask you, with an open mind and without prejudice, who or what (other than the cliffs, the stones, the trees) is Basque?[I thought you might appreciate reading this message I left our mutual ""friend"" Sugaar]Saludos. 

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