Using a multi-sited ethnography, this article analyzes from a historical perspectivethe processes of identification,Using a multi-sited ethnography, this article analyzes from a historical perspectivethe processes of identification, social marking, and justification put into play by vari-ous Uruguayan immigrants in Buenos Aires in order to distinguish their migratorypaths from others. This article examines the discourse of brotherhood within theinterdependency of bilateral relations between Argentina and Uruguay, the activa-tion of certain national narratives, and the development of and reasoning behindUruguayans migration trajectories from the middle of the 20th century to date.