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Earlier today (July 2, Tue) I got a surprise from one of my sisters in an e-mail she sent me. Without the knowledge beforehand except for our mother, my sister got a DNA testing done and found out she is 82 percent European, ten percent Amerindian, and eight percent Asian.
Now, the percentages of each ethnic genes can vary from one sibling to another, right? If so, it still means that all of us in our family, to varying degrees, are predominantly European and partly Amerindian and Asian. I think it's so cool that my sister got this done because before this, some of us in our family have been curious about our ancestral ethnicities but never did anything to satisfy this curiosity until now.
This leads to more questions though. What Amerindian tribe would our family ancestry be a part of? What Asian ethnicity would our family ancestry be a part of? Amerindian and Asian are incredibly broad, blanket inclusions of diverse ethnic groups. But this explains why some of us in my family have a short nose (such as myself) and why others in my family have a somewhat dark skin complexion (such as my mother). It may also explain why I only shave once a week at most, and have no body hair beyond pubic hair (nearly all Amerindians are incapable of growing substantial facial and body hair). Another question is, when did the genetic mixing between ethnicities occur in the prehistoric or historic timeline?
Are some questions impossible to answer? My sister and I have talked about her discovery at length earlier tonight on the phone and she is going to ask some more questions when she calls the company she did the test through, tomorrow.
So, how well do you know your own family's genealogy? How much of an interest do you have in your family's genealogy, if at all? Any interesting facts/stories related to your family's history that your family has passed down?
Now, the percentages of each ethnic genes can vary from one sibling to another, right? If so, it still means that all of us in our family, to varying degrees, are predominantly European and partly Amerindian and Asian. I think it's so cool that my sister got this done because before this, some of us in our family have been curious about our ancestral ethnicities but never did anything to satisfy this curiosity until now.
This leads to more questions though. What Amerindian tribe would our family ancestry be a part of? What Asian ethnicity would our family ancestry be a part of? Amerindian and Asian are incredibly broad, blanket inclusions of diverse ethnic groups. But this explains why some of us in my family have a short nose (such as myself) and why others in my family have a somewhat dark skin complexion (such as my mother). It may also explain why I only shave once a week at most, and have no body hair beyond pubic hair (nearly all Amerindians are incapable of growing substantial facial and body hair). Another question is, when did the genetic mixing between ethnicities occur in the prehistoric or historic timeline?
Are some questions impossible to answer? My sister and I have talked about her discovery at length earlier tonight on the phone and she is going to ask some more questions when she calls the company she did the test through, tomorrow.
So, how well do you know your own family's genealogy? How much of an interest do you have in your family's genealogy, if at all? Any interesting facts/stories related to your family's history that your family has passed down?
I didn't bother doing the math.
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