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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2019-04-18 06:55 pm
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Re: genealogy

(Anonymous) 2019-04-19 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Can you (non-snarkily) explain the connection between genealogy kits and being white? I don't know much about them except that one of my white friends got herself tested with one, but the ads for them don't just feature white people?

Re: genealogy

(Anonymous) 2019-04-19 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
My guess would be that non-white people (in the United States at least) are a lot more likely to have a fairly good idea of their ethnic origin already?

Re: genealogy

(Anonymous) 2019-04-19 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Well, not so much for black people descended from slaves.

Re: genealogy

(Anonymous) 2019-04-19 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, and it's obviously the case that non-white people do use the thing, but it is still a different historical experience and concept

Re: genealogy

(Anonymous) 2019-04-19 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
That's an entirely US-centric POV.

Re: genealogy

(Anonymous) 2019-04-19 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently way more white people use them compared to other races, so if you use one and you're white it will tell you much more about the areas your DNA is likely to have come from, whereas if you are black, for example, it will say much less and just "north Africa" instead of narrowing it down. It's supposed to improve if more non-white people use the kits, but it's also an unregulated database of ppls DNA, which is highly skeevy, imo, and I get why people steer clear.
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