"I don't know how to feel, because I don't know what feeling Turkish and German is," says Seyran, who has a typical Kurdish name. "I guess I'm just me."

In Germany, only the children of German mothers can acquire German passports. The "blood inheritance" law of citizenship was broadened in 1975, when not one but two German parents were required for citizenship.

In school, kids don't pay any attention to who's German, says Seyran, who has a Nirvana poster and a poster of Kurt Kobain on her bedrooom wall. They're divided into cliques based on who's the "best," not nationality.

"I got rollerblades for my 13th birthday. I started with this, but now I prefer skateboarding. Most of the people who have skateboards are nicer than in-liners. A lot of times in-liners are like, 'Yeah, I'm cool'. When a skater falls, everybody laughs, even the skater who fell."