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Several people told me recently that they think I'm Jewish. That's strange. As an adoptee who had a reunion a long time ago, I thought I knew my background. Even asked my natural parents about it, but no, even death certificates don't give it away. So now I'll check with a DNA test as soon as I can afrford one. This is really wierd as several people who don't know each other mentioned this observation to me. Wouldn't bother me if it turns out to be true. I'd think it waas cool, another discovery.
Several people told me recently that they think I'm Jewish. That's strange. As an adoptee who had a reunion a long time ago, I thought I knew my background. Even asked my natural parents about it, but no, even death certificates don't give it away. So now I'll check with a DNA test as soon as I can afrford one. This is really wierd as several people who don't know each other mentioned this observation to me. Wouldn't bother me if it turns out to be true. I'd think it waas cool, another discovery.
So, your DNA is going to tell you what religion you are?
I am adopted, and found my birth parents when I was in my early 20s and answered the question (almost) about my ethnicity.
I am from Pennsylvania Dutch/Swiss/German blood, on my father's side. and have a full Irish grandmother, with light brown hair, and green eyes/blond haired, blue eyed grandfather on my mother's side.
My birth mother has red hair and green eyes. My birth mother says there is Blackfoot Indian heritage on my father's side... they were all Mennonites in PA, going back to the 1700s, so I'm not sure how Blackfoot could be intertwined, as I thought they were from the Plains. My birth dad had brown hair/eyes.
When I was born, my birth father came to the hospital and refused to sign for me, saying he thought my mother had slept with a "tall yellow". I'm not sure what that is!
Anyway, I have had numerous people tell me I look american indian, from hairdressers, to strangers on the street. Although I was blond haired as a kid, my hair started to turn brown when I was around six. My adopted mother "kept me out of the sun" when I was a baby, as I was getting so dark. Then she died my hair blond, so I would "fit in".
As an adult, I have olive skin, dark hair, and dark brown eyes. When people are discriminated against because of the color of their skin...although I consider myself white, I can relate to it, due to never being "light enough" in my family. Sorry, this thread just brought all that old bullsh*t up.
I'm 3/4 Norwegian and 1/4 Swedish. I have brown hair and hazel eyes. People get so stuck on the "blonde, blue-eyed" thing that they start just getting stupid about it. Unfortunately, those same people typically can't seem to avoid opening their mouths and actually saying what they think.
That's true. I'm half Scandinavian (3/8 Swede and 1/8 Dane) and half Czech-Hungarian and I have brown hair and brown eyes.
Several people told me recently that they think I'm Jewish. That's strange. As an adoptee who had a reunion a long time ago, I thought I knew my background. Even asked my natural parents about it, but no, even death certificates don't give it away. So now I'll check with a DNA test as soon as I can afrford one. This is really wierd as several people who don't know each other mentioned this observation to me. Wouldn't bother me if it turns out to be true. I'd think it waas cool, another discovery.
While DNA testing can reveal theretofore unknown (Ashkenazic) Jewish ancestry - it did for me - that certainly won't change your life in terms of religion.
My parents were both Algerian and I've been told I look Arab, Jewish, Persian, Mexican, Spanish, Italian, Greek, I think Filipino one time, Indian, and part black.
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