I have always identified culturally as an American female with an African (black) American identity.
I tested my dad and he has zero matches for his test (says Afghanistan, Morocco for ancestral origins - not what I expected) - Dad is E1b1a
I tested my MTdna and discovered I have an H haplogroup with over 300 matches on the HVR1 - (i'm testing HVR2 to narrow the matches down).
My mother identifies as a black female (she is black American with European ancestry as proven by the DNA test I took). She looks more Caucasian than African.
My genetic DNA results have given me an H - haplogroup as my genetic group.
On the surface my cultural identity and appearance is in conflict with my genetic legacy.
I understand how this is possible by genetics.
Her mother's death certificate (my grandmother's) says "white" which is in conflict with how she identified herself to the world but someone else made a determination when she died on her death certifiicate.
I don't want to cling closely to conventional ideas of race in the United States but, it is interesting to me what the facts are.
And I am wondering how people perceive each other in a "racial" context because "race" has no bearing on genetics.
I tested my dad and he has zero matches for his test (says Afghanistan, Morocco for ancestral origins - not what I expected) - Dad is E1b1a
I tested my MTdna and discovered I have an H haplogroup with over 300 matches on the HVR1 - (i'm testing HVR2 to narrow the matches down).
My mother identifies as a black female (she is black American with European ancestry as proven by the DNA test I took). She looks more Caucasian than African.
My genetic DNA results have given me an H - haplogroup as my genetic group.
On the surface my cultural identity and appearance is in conflict with my genetic legacy.
I understand how this is possible by genetics.
Her mother's death certificate (my grandmother's) says "white" which is in conflict with how she identified herself to the world but someone else made a determination when she died on her death certifiicate.
I don't want to cling closely to conventional ideas of race in the United States but, it is interesting to me what the facts are.
And I am wondering how people perceive each other in a "racial" context because "race" has no bearing on genetics.
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