I Celebrated Black History Month...

[Pete]

I Celebrated Black History Month… By Finding Out I Was White

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/i-celebrated-black-history-month-by-finding-out-i_us_58b1ce17e4b0e5fdf61972bb

Be careful what you look for.

"A few weeks ago, in celebration of Black History Month, I completed an ancestry composition report through 23andMe. I found myself interested in their claim of helping clients find where their DNA came from around the world, since DNA can tell where a person’s ancestors lived more than 500 years ago. After completing my home-based saliva collection kit I quickly received my results:

Sub-Saharan African: 67.2%

European: 31.5%

East Asian & Native American: 0.6%

Unassigned: 0.6%

Huh? ..."

Family stories can be a bitch sometimes. On my wife's side is a story about an "Indian Princes" way back there.

Mine? Family says Scandinavian with a little German and English thrown in. But if I had my DNA done I would not be surprised to find a little else in the mix due to the "traveling nature" of my Viking ancestors.

You are what you are. You get to make your own choices in life. Deal with it.

[Guy]

Although, I didn't take a DNA test.

I found out, I was 100% AMERICAN!:lifter

[Streck-Fu]

Time to start exploiting all that White Privilege she's been missing out on.

[Guy]

Time to start exploiting all that White Privilege she's been missing out on.Like swimming...

[SF_BHT]

Although, I didn't take a DNA test.

I found out, I was 100% AMERICAN!:lifter

You racist bastard:p

Too much American Privilege ;)

[Penn]

23and me has had some questionable results with regard to lab quality, we processed our DNA survey through Ancestry.com. the results for myself were reflective of oral family history and historical records dating 1810 forward. 100% Northern European, Celtic, my wife, a Puerto Rican by birth, 52% Western Europe, 36% Nigerian, 16% Native American, 6% Italian, with no trace of Spanish heritage has cause some serious identity argument with in the family.

[ddoering]

Like swimming...

Shit, I just spit my coffee all over my computer screen. Thanks.

[Badger52]

Shit, I just spit my coffee all over my computer screen. Thanks.No shit, hand me that micro-fiber cloth when you're done, will ya?

[Joker]

23and me has had some questionable results with regard to lab quality, we processed our DNA survey through Ancestry.com. the results for myself were reflective of oral family history and historical records dating 1810 forward. 100% Northern European, Celtic, my wife, a Puerto Rican by birth, 52% Western Europe, 36% Nigerian, 16% Native American, 6% Italian, with no trace of Spanish heritage has cause some serious identity argument with in the family.

Uh Western Europe is Spain... wait, let me check a map... Yep. So there is your "Spanish" heritage. :cool:

[Penn]

No, my wife heritage is a product of the slave trade. Her father is represented by the 52%.
The remaining is the 36% Nigerian, 16% Native American, 6% Italian, Her Mother identified as Taino Indian, the native culture of Puerto Rico.

To answer the 52%, her fathers DNA.

Although, he was Spanish by birth, his DNA carried no genetic Spanish marker. Thus the identity issue. Spanish identity issue is cultural, informing a global view.

From a sociological perspective, Uri Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory of Development, sums it up best. You are a product of your environment; religion, politics, social norms, the socialization process, are all developmental

Follow the DNA, the context.