Most of my ancestors were German or English, but with several who fought in the Revolutionary War (on the good side). My wife’s family are a mix of French-Irish Huguenots and Scandinavian. My kids couldn’t be much more of a mixed bag. Why would we call ourselves anything but American? Unlike what the Daily Mail implies it has nothing to do with politics. Does the writer call himself a Saxon? Is he a proud Norman-Viking?
I think the DailyMail writer correctly gives the nod to the many White Guilt liberals who call themselves merely "American" because they think they are being noble not to acknowledge the ethnic origin of their forebearers.