The chracters recent ancestry and current nation of residence are the same. Howeverm the character has strong ethnic ties to and takes great pride in his more distant ancestors country of origin.
Your people are past the peak of their prime. Social & economical decay has begun to set in. The government seems to have become self-perpetuating and careless to the people's needs. Previously common civil liberties and services are disappearing.
Well-to-Do: These are the upper end of the middle or merchant class in Barbarian and Civilized cultures. They typically own larger homes, have a household servant (a cook and/or a maid), have private transportation, and sometimes travel abroad.
Pickpocket: During your adolescence your family fell on hard times forcing you to turn to petty theft and other criminal activities involving you with criminal organisations.
As an adult you joined a rebellion against the local ruler, if successful you are outlawed, if it failed you escape, with only friends and family knowing your involvement. (Work with your DM to detirmine the details)