And then back to Eastern Africa. Once in a pub I heard we all come from some ocean or what. Seems I am more educated than you.
I am Polish.
If you have Polish roots, if you feel Polish, if you have Polish loyalties, then you are Polish, whether you speak perfect contemporary Polish or not, whether you are a Polish resident or not. They don't understand that.
You will come to Poland, and you may be cheated and framed by Poles, you being naive in the new strange environment, but those thugs and thieves will take your Polishness without giving it a second thought, and they will exploit it. Family, you know. That's the worst case scenario. On average, the Nation will embrace you.
BTW, what you call an ethnicity, in Poland is a nation. Americans twisted the good old meaning of the word to create something meaningful out of a formless mix of national splinters. They succeeded, and good for them, still a Pole being an American is as good a Pole as any American Irishman is Irish, and AmItalian is Italian. Despite different experiences of everyday life.
Welcome back, have a drink.
There are only a few Poles here in these forums, so don't get confused.