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Old 10-27-2013, 04:54 AM
 
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Lol, everyone related to me on 23andme seems to run as fast as they can from me when I tell them that I am only half Jewish. They get snobby REAL fast. Now I can see the hell that my parents must have gone through.
I have hundreds of Jewish relatives on there, and am sharing with many of them. But I don't put my picture on the site.

 
Old 10-27-2013, 05:11 AM
 
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I have hundreds of Jewish relatives on there, and am sharing with many of them. But I don't put my picture on the site.
Not sure why you mention putting your picture on the site?
 
Old 10-27-2013, 05:50 AM
 
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My only answer to that would be: Why should it have ever been in style to be of full European descent?
Why should any particular type of ancestry be "in style" at all?
 
Old 10-27-2013, 05:50 AM
 
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That is funny. You even see some of that on here sometimes.

We always thought we were just plain old white, Dutch and English. Ancestry dna told us there's Scandinavian, Finnish, Irish, and Iberian in the mix. Woohoo. Still white and European, but at least we know where that Spanish-sounding last name came from!
 
Old 10-27-2013, 06:06 AM
 
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Why should any particular type of ancestry be "in style" at all?
I am stylin!
 
Old 10-27-2013, 06:08 AM
 
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Back to the point the OP made, my wife is like 99.9 Northern European with .1% Unknown according to 23andme. She never logged into 23andme again after discovering that the rumors she was part American Indian were possibly untrue.
 
Old 10-27-2013, 06:31 AM
 
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Considering only a small minority have even heard of 23andme, I'm thinking very few ever think of their whiteness.
 
Old 10-27-2013, 08:48 AM
 
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Not sure why you mention putting your picture on the site?
I'm of African origin. But because there are so few African people on the site, most of my DNA relatives come from my non-African ancestry. In some cases, not all, people do not want to share or contact relatives of other races. I have had that happen to me.
 
Old 10-27-2013, 08:49 AM
 
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Why should any particular type of ancestry be "in style" at all?
Agreed.
 
Old 10-27-2013, 08:56 AM
 
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I'm of African origin. But because there are so few African people on the site, most of my DNA relatives come from my non-African ancestry. In some cases, not all, people do not want to share or contact relatives of other races. I have had that happen to me.
My picture is on the site and I have never experienced anyone not wanting to communicate with me due to my race. Matter of fact, I sometimes get people reaching out to me to see if we are related or for general genealogy chat.
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