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You look white to me. Sure, you don't look Nordic white (British, Scandinavian, German, etc) but you do look Mediterranean white (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc).
Most Hispanics/Latinos that look like you are overwhelmingly white too. Many people in the USA seem to be oblivious to this.
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Most Americans would assume you were from Mediterranean Europe, such as southern Italy. They are European with some North African and sometimes Sub Sub-Saharan African ancestry.
You look white but also could pass for a Latino. This could be the influence of your Native American Ancestry. It is good that you are willing to consider other options for your ancestry. I suspect that you have been raised as white but do respect and learn about Native American culture. You have a higher percentage of Native American genes than most people who identify themselves as Native American.
Some day, they will likely shift to some sort of skin color definition, like the do for Hair and eye color.
The fundamental problem with 'race' is the use if the word. although it may seem necessary, in some ways. Once we are past the need for the 'word' and think in terms of ethnicity, there will not be 'race' concerns.
You look white but also could pass for a Latino. This could be the influence of your Native American Ancestry. It is good that you are willing to consider other options for your ancestry. I suspect that you have been raised as white but do respect and learn about Native American culture. You have a higher percentage of Native American genes than most people who identify themselves as Native American.
Actually I didnt even know I had any native american ancestry in me until my parents took DNA tests. Also is 14% native american really more than most people who identify as native americans?
Actually I didnt even know I had any native american ancestry in me until my parents took DNA tests. Also is 14% native american really more than most people who identify as native americans?
No, I don't know where you got the impression that most people who identify as Native American are less than 14% Native American. As far as I know, stats on that do not exist because so few Native Americans participate in genetic testing. What is true is that Latinos tend to have more Native American heritage than non-Latinos - on average it's about 18%, so you actually have less than the average for Latinos. As such, I imagine people who identify as Native American tend to have more than 18%. People who do not identify as Native American but have more than 5% Native American heritage tend to identify as Latino.
I agree with poster #11 - you DO look Mediterranean white. The Mexicans we see in the US and Indian-mixed, but in Mexico itself you would be surprised at how "white" they look.
Justified? Go by whatever you want as long as it's got a semblance of biological accuracy. I went to high school with a few people who were 1/4 black and the rest white and identified as black.
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