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This is probably the Whitest thing since White came to all the other towns and made them White.
The DNA tests are on the spot. I know people with some weird ancestries and it nailed it.i'm already mixed. don't need to know even more races/nationalities to add to my stew. it's difficult enough filling out forms where one day i'll pick hispanic, another day i'll pick asian, and a third day i'll pick other.
plus i have doubts on the accuracy of dna tests that supposedly trace lineage.
Yeah. My Great Great Grandpa on my Dad's side that came to the U.S. in the 1860's and stacked land was 1/4. After that everybody started having kids with European immigrants once in the States.
My mother is almost 100% French Canadian, but is a 4th generation American and she supposedly has 1/32 of Native American in her too.
How can your mother be 100% French Canadian if she is 4th generation ???
What does the name Ramirez mean?
With two parents from India, I figured that would be my biggest DNA lineage - WRONG.
I am only 35% Dravidian (indigenous Indian)
I am 4% Russian
I am 6% Melanesian (islands northeast of Australia)
The one that really stands out is that I am 55% from the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. I suppose it makes sense since my family is much bigger built and fairer skinned than most other Indians.
Either way, it's really crazy to think that somewhere along the line some guy from Russia and Melanesia made their way into our family tree. Just thought I would share.
It just worked out that everybody from her Great Grandparents down on all sides were pure French Canadian.
Interesting. I knew that there had been massive emigration to New England, but I always figured that they integrated quite fast.
Did your mom grow up in a very thight community or something ?
Also, was anything of that culture passed on to you, like language, songs, etc. ?
I am curious.
There were a lot of French Canadians that immigrated to Upper Michigan where I am from, but they aren't the majority of European immigrants. Once the Cornish established the Iron Ore mines it was a European melting pot of German, French, Irish, Italian and later on the Finnish (Who are now make up the largest group of people with European heritage up here)
I used to say goodbye and hello to my Grandparents in French, but everybody was 100% Americanized without much emphasis on their old countries culture. It was basically just dumb luck that my Mother ended up being a pure bread.
I would go ahead and do your own test...you and your brother could have vastly different results.23andme
it was actually my brother who did the test.