Japanese equivalent of "I identify as X"


I'm looking for a way to express the feeling that sometimes comes up when the
way you feel about yourself contrasts with surface-level observations about
you. In English we have the "identify as" construct e.g.

"I was born in France, but I identify as American."

You can replace "I identify as X" above with "In my heart, I am X". The
closest thing I could find in Jisho was:

「自分が別人になった感じだ。」

Using that I did my best to translate the sentence above as:

「私はフランスで生まれだけど、自分がアメリカ人感じだ。」

"I was born in France, but I myself feel like an American."

Is this accurate, and if not, what would be the best way to express this type
of sentence in Japanese?




Here are two possible expressions you can use (After the "I was born in
France" part):

[code]

    (私は)もうすっかりアメリカ人になっています。
    
    (私は）自分の事をアメリカ人だと思っています。
    
[/code]

I think if you modified your above attempt to say "自分がアメリカ人みたいな感じ", it would
be a little more natural.




Here are two possible expressions you can use (After the "I was born in
France" part):

[code]

    (私は)もうすっかりアメリカ人になっています。
    
    (私は）自分の事をアメリカ人だと思っています。
    
[/code]

I think if you modified your above attempt to say "自分がアメリカ人みたいな感じ", it would
be a little more natural.

