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In reply to the discussion: Obama's mom was not really "white" [View all]grasswire
(50,130 posts)34. ancestry.com is a publicly traded company. Mormons own familysearch. n/t
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Not anywhere, really. Race is a social construct. It has no biological meaning.
antigone382
Jul 2012
#8
Love that last point: there's more variation WITHIN a "racial" group than there is BETWEEN them.
patrice
Jul 2012
#38
And the genetic material that accounts for "race" is a minute fraction of a person's whole genome. n
patrice
Jul 2012
#44
In a very general sense you can, but intermarriage is not at all a new thing.
antigone382
Jul 2012
#64
Isn't this more important to the black community who see a difference between blacks who are
dkf
Jul 2012
#22
Stupid of Ancestry.com to research it and to publish it. Makes it look like they're
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2012
#16
It's a misfire because it implies that all Virginians are related to John Punch
CJCRANE
Jul 2012
#36
It's not impossible but the chances for this being correct are very very slim
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#54