White Americans Are Very White
A recent genetics ancestry survey by 23andme found that White Americans (European Americans) on average are: “98.6 percent European, 0.19 percent African and 0.18 percent Native American.”
Wow, that’s pretty white. I’ll come back to that in a minute.
Wow, that’s pretty white. I’ll come back to that in a minute.
The survey also found that Latinos are “18 percent Native American, 65.1 percent European and 6.2 percent African.”
There might be a little self-selection here, resulting from testing more upper-class Hispanics, who tend to be more white. For instance, Rubén Lisker found the average admixture of a lower-income mestizos in Mexico City to be: 59% Amerindian, 34% European, and 6% black.
There might be a little self-selection here, resulting from testing more upper-class Hispanics, who tend to be more white. For instance, Rubén Lisker found the average admixture of a lower-income mestizos in Mexico City to be: 59% Amerindian, 34% European, and 6% black.
Back to European Americans and their utter whiteness. The 98.6% figure, mind you, is an average. According to other studies, more than 95% of White Americans have no African or Amerindian ancestry and the 5% who do seem to have very little, so it is probably this 5% of White Americans who might be adding the 1.4% admixture into the average.
Let that sink in: 95% of White Americans have no African or Amerindian ancestry and those who do seem to have very little. Wow. ...
Nonetheless, this study puts African Americans at “73.2 percent African, 24 percent European and 0.8 percent Native American.” Other studies have estimated African Americans at around 80% African and 20% European.
What does this mean? ...
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