What is your Race?

AZ Jim said:
I just seriously don't see the need for the question. What difference does it, should it, make?
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Why do you think some people jumped on that dna bandwagon. not most, but a few, so maybe, just maybe it's very important to some people for not just the following, but if it quacks like a duck and keeps popping up. For the record, I'm not saying all people interested in getting dna testing are making sure to rule out any particular bloodlines, just talking about a select few who want to make sure they aren't what they consider the wrong mix. LOL All in fun people, don't take yourselves too serious, most people won't ask if the blood they're receiving belongs to a person of another race when they're about to die if they don't get some blood, no matter who the donor, that's for certain.

 

AprilT said:
Human
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You nailed it April, short-sweet-simple. ;)

You mentioned DNA testing, I just got the testing packet I ordered from Family Tree DNA today in the mail. I am not "worried" about what's in my ancestry, I am interested(as in "nosy"), I did genealogy research for several years as my main pastime. What got me started was hearing from my g.aunt that my great-grandfather was an orphan. My first question: was my surname(Thomas) the one my g.g.dad had from his birth family, or was it from his adoptive family. After 3 months searching books in LDS family history libraries, and viewing miles of micro-filmed census records, I found that answer(birth parents). Of course, by then I had run across all sorts of interesting stories, that side-track my research efforts to this day.
 
tnthomas said:
You nailed it April, short-sweet-simple. ;)

You mentioned DNA testing, I just got the testing packet I ordered from Family Tree DNA today in the mail. I am not "worried" about what's in my ancestry, I am interested(as in "nosy"), I did genealogy research for several years as my main pastime. What got me started was hearing from my g.aunt that my great-grandfather was an orphan. My first question: was my surname(Thomas) the one my g.g.dad had from his birth family, or was it from his adoptive family. After 3 months searching books in LDS family history libraries, and viewing miles of micro-filmed census records, I found that answer(birth parents). Of course, by then I had run across all sorts of interesting stories, that side-track my research efforts to this day.
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I was interested in the DNA testing too and I had a root around to find out more about it and according to all I've read it's fairly meaningless...so I decided against spending any money on it..

here's a link to what is being said...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sci...2/DNA-ancestry-tests-branded-meaningless.html
 
I had the DNA testing and I think it was a waste of money. They just gave you educated guesses according to your haplogroup or whatever.

I'm a mutt (I get jumped on for using that word here and am told I should say mongrel. Whatever!). From my genealogy research I know I'm Irish, English, Welsh, probably Scottish, German.
 
Butterfly said:
I would be happy to see the time come when no one cares or asks what race (or religion, for that matter) a person is. What difference does it make?
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Well, as history has shown us, it's evidently important enough to go to war over ... if we haven't learned our lessons by now it's doubtful that we ever will.
 
OK Let Me Ask Another Way

Do we have any Chinese, Japanese, African Americans, Mexicans, Indians, or are we all white Anglo Saxon mixtures on this Forum. It would seem that we are the later.:love_heart:
 
When most of us were made ( conceived) there was no such thing as test tube babies , well not that I know of but stand to be corrected if I'm wrong..
so we were all made the same way so we are no different irrespective of the colour of our skin or the shape of our eyes.
if that was so how would I be treating my Beautifull grandchildren, Two grandaughters whom have a Vietnamese father , ( My Daughters Children) Two G/S who are under two years their mother comes from the Philippines, They are my eldest sons children he decided to marry for first time when he was 47


Photos are Grandsons

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applecruncher said:
It would seem that someone is obsessed with the race of other people, and trying to justify said obsession in various ways.
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No obsession CRUNCH

I just like to know what and why people feel the way they do about a number of issues and that includes people from minority groups and unfortunately it appears that this forum has little or no minority representation and makes me wonder why. Living in Ohio I suspect has some influence on your thinking. Now have I justified my OBSESSION? Let's recruit some minorities to join Senior Forums.
Surely minorities become Seniors at some point.

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Kadee46 said:
When most of us were made ( conceived) there was no such thing as test tube babies , well not that I know of but stand to be corrected if I'm wrong..
so we were all made the same way so we are no different irrespective of the colour of our skin or the shape of our eyes.
if that was so how would I be treating my Beautifull grandchildren, Two grandaughters whom have a Vietnamese father , ( My Daughters Children) Two G/S who are under two years their mother comes from the Philippines, They are my eldest sons children he decided to marry for first time when he was 47


Photos are Grandsons
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Oh photo of Travis is upside down sorry, don't know how to fix that on iPad , Photo taken Last Christmas , they live 500 km from me ...
 
Kadee46 said:
Oh photo of Travis is upside down sorry, don't know how to fix that on iPad , Photo taken Last Christmas , they live 500 km from me ...
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Your grandsons are adorable Kadee, I fixed the picture for you. :)
 

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