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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]The Mouth
(3,145 posts)I mean are you talking skin colour? Or that one is from a country that is considered 'white'? Or simply a lack of DNA from African or Latin American countries?
I get that we use 'black' since so many African Americans are descended from slaves who were ripped from their home nations and subsequently didn't have the kind of genealogical data that a typical Irishman or Italian or Englishman might- you know, being able to say that great grandad grew up in this town... but what it 'white? My oldest childhood friend is Sicilian, his skin is dark from working outside, welding, for 45 years; it is nearly as dark as a good friend who is from Eritrea. Another friend is 3/4 polish 1/8 Cherokee and 1/8 black- paler than me, but 'white?....
I'm pretty sure I'm boring old Irish through and through, but considering dad was kind of racist it would be pretty cool to find out I had some African DNA in there