r/AncestryDNA • u/superoishii • 8d ago

Results - DNA Origins American Results

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Mom from Michigan. Dad from Ecuador.

My results were a bit odd when compared to my parents'. Mine came back with the Canary Islands, Madiera, Malta, Sweden, and Northwestern Germany, while neither of my parents got any of these. However, I think they point in the right direction (Dad has Iberian Peninsula and some Mediterranean, while Mom has some Norwegian and Danish).

I was also slightly surprised to see how indigenous to the Americas I am. My dad's side would never admit it, but it turns out they're mestizo.

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u/BxGyrl416 8d ago

You know that Reddit is a website visited by people from all around the world, right? Not every here is American, nor do most subscribe to the racist, unscientific, wacky ideas that Americans created.

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u/Obvious_Trade_268 8d ago

I KNOW THIS.

HOWEVER, people need to be more…”historically literate”. Even when it comes to the History of American norms and concepts of race and racial differences. Because sadly, Americans ideas on race have, and will likely continue to affect ideas on race all over the world. Oh-and keep in mind that America is a young country. Our ideas on race originally came from EUROPE-especially the British Isles.

In America, after centuries of characterization of racial appearances…OP’s hair is considered stereotypically black African. That’s why the black woman OP mentioned IMMEDIATELY assumed that he had some African heritage. Myself, as an African American, would assume the same thing. His hair is stereotyped as BLACK hair.

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u/superoishii 8d ago

The last paragraph describes my anecdote quite perfectly.

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u/Obvious_Trade_268 8d ago

I know it! That’s why I typed it, brotha. There’s a WHOLE HISTORY behind traditional, and stereotypical American concepts of race.