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Old 05-11-2010, 03:03 PM
 
Location: Between a rock and a hard place.
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It is also fact in the North America that few, if any African- Americans lack European blood. What Americans view as "Black" features are already a diluted mix of African and European from hundreds of years of closeness.
Sometimes our fears are actually visions of our own selves.
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Old 05-11-2010, 03:07 PM
 
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Yes, I would say that there's a higher probability that most black people have white ancestors. This is because in the old days someone with any black blood was considered black and would not likely be able to marry a white person and have even whiter children. In my state VA it was illegal until the 60's for a white person to marry a person with any black blood.
However, sexual relations between the races, went on, regardless of the legality of marriage. Whether interracial marriages were legal in one state, or another, is mute. Whites mixed with Native Americans, Blacks with Native Americans, Whites and Blacks, all of it, happened.
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Old 05-11-2010, 03:46 PM
 
Location: Way South of the Volvo Line
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There were many pioneer territories, now states, that saw a lot of racial mixture because there was no established authority to forbid it. Many free Blacks farmed and ranched their own lands. Many Native Americans that adopted European style lifestyles also lived off land in the territories independent of a speicific tribal union. These people worked, played, and married as they saw fit.

True pioneers.
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Old 05-15-2010, 10:30 PM
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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Whether interracial marriages were legal in one state, or another, is mute. .
Moot, not mute.
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Old 05-16-2010, 02:23 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Moot, not mute.
Or, if you're Joey Tribbiani, it's a "moo" point.
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Old 05-16-2010, 06:24 PM
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Or, if you're Joey Tribbiani, it's a "moo" point.
Supposebly.
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Old 05-18-2010, 05:23 PM
 
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Hmmm, I've been wanting to do this for a while. $150 for this test is quite a pretty penny though. Maybe I'll split with my sister. There is a -3500% percent she could possibly have a different father since if the two of us were in the movie Face-Off, it would have been a completely useless operation.

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