What is a term that refers to one's descent or parentage only?

[healer]

A term that has no reference to one's nationality.

For example, instead of 日系アメリカ人, can we say 日系人?

By the same token, instead of 中華系シンガポール人 , can we say 中華系人?

 

[Julie.chan]

Just 系（けい） does the trick. (Learned this one from a friend with an ancestrally Mexican but American-born husband.)

E.g. メキシコ系, イギリス系, イタリア系

Now I'm not familiar with 日系, but the dictionary suggests it means an ancestral Japanese person who isn't a Japanese citizen. Is that incorrect?

My understanding of 中華 is that it means "Chinese food", so I wouldn't think that would be the right term to use, but maybe someone else can clarify. I think 中国系 should be good, though, following the same pattern as above.

 

[healer]

I got 日系アメリカ人 from a textbook. Chances are it is correct. It is supposed to mean Japanese American which refers to American people of Japanese descent.
I don't think 中国系 is correct because 中国 refers to China, not ancestry.
中華系シンガポール人 is supposed to mean Chinese Singaporean. I was told of this term by a Chinese Singaporean who can speak Japanese.
According to the dictionary I use, 中華 means Chinese food, China. However all examples of Japanese terms for Chinese food given in the dictionary have 中華 refer to China, not Chinese food.
I wish more native Japanese people could comment on having 系 to refer to lineage, ancestry and family line. Many Thanks!

 

[Toritoribe]

中華系 and 中国系 are both used.

Just 中華 without 料理 can mean Chinese food/cuisine, for instance 中華食べに行かない？.

○○系 works well, but it might be more common to say one's descent/parentage concretely, e.g., 父はドイツ人です or 祖先がロシアからの移民です.

 

[healer]

Thanks for your help!