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Kingpoleon
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« on: March 20, 2017, 11:40:06 PM »

According to this:

http://ethnicelebs.com/cory-booker

Booker took a DNA test for the “Finding Your Roots” show, and the results showed:

47% African
45% European
7% Native American (higher than Elizabeth Warren  Tongue )

It says that both his parents were black, and mentions only one white great-grandparent.  But if he’s 45% European, then he must have more white ancestry than that, though where that comes from is not explained anywhere.


Has Obama taken one of these?


I know some blacks, including Jefferson's children, were three-quarters white. Jefferson's children, interestingly, were also his wife's half-nieces. I believe one of them had kids who were seven-eights white and whose descendants all married African-Americans. Being descended from someone born in 1860 who was seven-eighths white would make one pretty European.

On a similar note, North Africans, particularly Moroccans and Egyptians, have a surprising amount of ancient European ancestry. Mediterranean is often its own thing in genealogy test, as ancestry from Venice, Casablanca or Gibraltar, Istanbul, and Cairo all likely have a good amount of blood in common.
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Kingpoleon
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2017, 12:36:26 AM »

That's right. I was confused, obviously.
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