Looking for your roots? For Asians, blacks and Latinos, DNA tests don't tell whole story
Apparently the tests work better for whites (or European ancestry) than for others... but what if I'm not actually as white as I think I am? I think I'll wait a few more years before I pay to find out how Neandertal I am.
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When I joined Ancestry.com, I was quite surprised to be able to find a lot of information about my father's side of the family. Apparently, the database gets bigger and bigger as more people post information and share.
However, I found very little on my mother's side of the family...she is Japanese. I have written records (in Japanese, unfortunately) and some oral history, but almost no other records and no DNA...
The detail provided in DNA testing on my father's side was incredible...but on the Asian side, it is very general...Asian/Japanese...no shit sherlock...I just think they don't have enough samplings yet...maybe someday, for the grandkids and great grandkids, they will have a much better idea...for now, we just tell them they are 25%/12.5% Japanese.
thinktwice
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Jan 3, 2019
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Complete nonsense - the DNA testing works just fine for everyone regardless of skin pigmentation - and just because yours shows that you're 3% Asian doesn't change your whiteness.
SLBushway
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Jan 3, 2019
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@John_Tyrrell Not really because it's an opinion piece - since most people descend from Asian or African ancestry that can be traced back to one common ancestor - the article is meaningless. The major difference is not the DNA but the records that were kept and the more accurate record keeping was the result of the bias of the time.
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