tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post6088901856679178313..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: My Ancestry.com results John Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-60329219335648743342013-07-18T17:57:41.194-04:002013-07-18T17:57:41.194-04:00Anon --
Actually, the 8% uncertain was something o...Anon --<br />Actually, the 8% uncertain was something other than the identifiable major groups they can identify, from what I understand. It's quite possible there's some sort of subset of Asian genes they're not comfortable with naming yet, but if it had been standard East Asian, which is what she theoretically is coming from Japan, they would have just said 50%. But you're basically right, the 49% is probably just some sort of rounding error, I just wanted to tweak my mother a little. On the other hand, Ainu are proto-Caucasoids, so who knows. Their blood got mixed up with Japanese blood back when they were samurai. <br /><br />I agree, it's a little disappointing they can't pinpoint ethnicities further; "British Isles" is a little disappointing too, how does that break down between irish, Scottish, etc? And "Central European" could be German, or French, or Polish, or Czech, etc. <br /><br />I'm probably going to go to 23andme to see if they do a better job. Also curious to see how my kids come out.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-39435109184177963522013-07-18T17:47:40.169-04:002013-07-18T17:47:40.169-04:00Your mom isn't necessarily "only 98%"...Your mom isn't necessarily "only 98%" Japanese. With that 8% uncertainty, she might be 114%. Kinda disappointing they just call it "East Asian". Can't they narrow it down to Chinese/Japanese/Korean/etc? With such inexact DNA testing even today, maybe the jury was right to set OJ free-at-last 20 yrs ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-585992950381238662013-07-18T10:33:20.564-04:002013-07-18T10:33:20.564-04:00Glen --
No question, civil rights has been turned ...Glen --<br />No question, civil rights has been turned on its head. Now all the official discrimination goes the other way, but they're still acting as if it's the 1955 JIm Crow era. Look at the way they're equating Trayvon Martin with Emmett Till. Till was lynched because he talked to a white woman; Martin was killed in a self-defense shooting because he was sitting on top of another guy punching him in the face. But as far as the libs are concerned, there is no difference. Insane. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-75069345028170878762013-07-18T10:22:17.016-04:002013-07-18T10:22:17.016-04:00Years ago I knew this young lady that had a native...Years ago I knew this young lady that had a native grandparent.<br /><br />The natives in Canada are a registered, designated victim group that are so pathetic that on reservations they get<br /><br />free food<br />free housing<br />free medical<br />free education<br />Massive tax exemptions<br />etc <br />etc<br />etc.<br /><br />(But they are just as good as anyone else!!!!)<br /><br />They get all that by being genetically eligible to carry a native card (for all intents and purposes, a 'race card').<br /><br />In any event this lady applied for the card and got it because one of her grandparents was a full blooded first nation freeloader - making her eligible to be one too.<br /><br />As a result her taxes were negligible and she got all kinds of perks...but to look at her you would think she was 'whiter' than I am.<br /><br />This ass-hattery has left me convinced that toy poodles are actually wolves and that we should have picked our own goddamn cotton, and that the US Cavalry only did half the job in the American western frontier!<br /><br />I should get financial compensation too!Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-11070155106814611882013-07-18T07:21:15.209-04:002013-07-18T07:21:15.209-04:00Anon --
You're right; I actually did a little ...Anon --<br />You're right; I actually did a little research last night and it turns out that the Finns (especially the Lapps), unlike the Swedes and Norwegians, have some Mongolian admixture. I Google-Imaged "Finnish people" and there were plenty of Nordic types, but also a fair number of blondes with epicanthic folds. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-89149093218648003002013-07-18T07:16:17.537-04:002013-07-18T07:16:17.537-04:00> The big surprise was the 8% Finnish/Volga-Ura...> The big surprise was the 8% Finnish/Volga-Ural. Or maybe it wasn't such a big surprise: even though many people take me for Hispanic, maybe the guy who mows their lawn, I've always thought of myself more as a Scandinavian beauty.<br /><br />It's a shame Finland isn't a Scandinavian country in this sense ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com