mfh asked:


As a child I remember listing my different nationalities (as we called them) although we were referring to ethnic background. I remember my friends and my parents always saying that all Americans had Amerindian ancestry. I never really thought about it over the years but recently I had an autosomal DNA test which showed me to be 14% Native American. I have told all of my friends about the test and the ones that took it had between 6% and 20% Native American DNA. So now I am thinking, maybe the American Indians didn't disappear. They were assimilated into the rest of the population.

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Amanda asked:


I'm nordic european and most of us don't really consider "white" americans to be white since alot of you have mixed blood lines just like blacks in america have mixed blood line from europe.

I also found this to be interesting.

"I think those white people out there that believe Hispanics & Asians are closer to white need to educate themselves.
If you study or know history/genealogy one would know that despite some Hispanics having light skin and East Asians having fair skin they're not close to white.

About 1/3 of American whites have black in them. And it would be more if it wasn't for the influx of immigrants that came to this country in the 20's/30's.
Many white Americans are under the impression that they're "pure".

That reminds me of the movie Lost Boundaries. Where the biracial (white/black) family was passing for white and living the life of what whites where living.
And one day everyone found out that they where "negro" even though they didn't look it. They had to break off friendships with their white friends etc...
That biracial family did not look black. They just looked like white people but that just happen to have some black ancestry. All those white people that acted like they was so disgusted because they was mixed with black probably didn't realize they where likely mixed too.

As for your question. No whiteness is not devalued when it's mixed with other races. In fact it's elevated.
I don't know how many times I've seen whites make a big deal over an "Eurasian" child. Some even classify the child as white even though they look Asian.
I don't know about white/Hispanic because where I live most Hispanics & whites don't hang together let alone have kids. But I'm sure those that do don't see white mix with Hispanic and devalue it.
Many whites think "black blood" is some how tainted. And even if it's mixed with white it doesn't matter. That's why the One Drop Rule continues to exist.
"Black blood" = bad has been in breaded in many people for centuries.
It would take and enlightened person to believe otherwise."

"What white people are really afraid of (and the reason the one drop rule still exist) is not being able to tell if a white person is "mixed" with something else.

My daugther is biethinc (black & white) and you should hear some of the crap that comes out of white folks mouths. Mind you, I am a dark skinned black woman and my daugther basically looks white. The will come up with anything, any explination to assure themselves that she is NOT mine.

The best is not being asked but being told how wonderful of me that i adopted her...LMAO (Let me just say that if I were going to adopt a child i would adopt a child of color...lord knows many of htem need homes, and when was the last time you saw a black person adopt a white child??)

Bottome line is they are afraid becasue they can't tell that she is black and that messes them up. The thought that their son could bring her home some day or they could be friend her and have no idea that her mother is black (that she is black)freaks the hell out of them!!"

Here's a great article about the subject: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jul/15/usa.genetics

This is from the artcile: "Fine has a point. For centuries, America has been less a racial melting pot and more a stew, where different communities bump up against each other, but keep mostly to themselves. Yet, as millions of Americans take DNA tests, they are discovering a surprising truth: America's strict racial lines are, in fact, blurred. One-third of white Americans, according to some tests, will possess between two and 20 per cent African genes. The majority of black Americans have some European ancestors."

So....thoughts?
this might also interest you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6FzRGHN3Y&eurl=http://siditty.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-12-21T08%3A22%3A00-06%3A00
These are stories from black women duh they're not mine. and "huntress" i find it highly unlikely that most white americans have native ancestry since your people shot half the native americans like dogs and wouldn't come near them! genocide at it's worst! I always find it amusing if not some what pathetic when a white american claim native american ancestry. Get real, the white man back then wouldn't come near a native american, it's the worst history of all and i find it insulting to the native americans everytime a "white" (and i use that term loosly) american claim to have native heritage. No wonder the native trives like cherokees now make you PROVE that you have native american blood lines, many white americans have tried by DNA test and failed! because they thought and was so sure of that they had native in them, instead they found out something else, something that scared them, they instead found out that they had black ancestry! and we know how you "white" american are scared
of BLACK blood lol

Robert asked:


Since the Huns and the Mongols were both Asian, and these groups both invade Europe centuries ago. Most likely these groups mixed with the people there.Could any direct me toward some websites that may have some DNA testing results or historical documents, anything like that? Thanks in advance.

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Jeremy Descrist Fuhenstasse Sun asked:


Native Americans came from Asia and so I am of their ancestor, sort of. Thus, I can legitimately claim Native American ancestry? I'm haplogroup A, which is also a Native American genetic marker.

Where I'm from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanzhong

My mt DNA type: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_A_(mtDNA)
No, I did not ask this.

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Ercassam Rellik asked:


I just recently got back my DNA test results which revealed that my genetic ancestry is 85% European, 9% Native American, and 6% African.

After seeing my results, I still self identify myself as White because that is what I mostly am ancestry wise and my phenotype looks White. Phenotype wise, I do not look Biracial at all.

On the flip side, what would you call somebody who's ancestry is 85% African ? Would you call that person Black or Biracial ?

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Jeremy Yongpeng Sun asked:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_E3b_(Y-DNA)

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