Genetic Testing and Race

[retired]

proving lineage would be impossible for some people. my family tree ends at my father as all records were destroyed in WW II

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by retired

proving lineage would be impossible for some people. my family tree ends at my father as all records were destroyed in WW II

How does someone show their ancestry if they were adopted & no records were available?

[T.G]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

How does someone show their ancestry if they were adopted & no records were available?

[jledou]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

How does someone show their ancestry if they were adopted & no records were available?

I would try to see if there is any precedence for using the testing as the proof. I would guess that a university might deal with this question or have dealt with it and you might be able to search online for faq at their financial aide office or call them to ask the question.

Alternatively you might have to go to the state that the adoption took place in to find the records of the adoption.

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by jledou

I would try to see if there is any precedence for using the testing as the proof. I would guess that a university might deal with this question or have dealt with it and you might be able to search online for faq at their financial aide office or call them to ask the question.

Alternatively you might have to go to the state that the adoption took place in to find the records of the adoption.

I am getting at the larger picture of it all, which is poignant today. A lot is being put on one's race or country of origin in our country. White Supremacy is considered health crisis and bigger than Climate Change. Reparations are be awarded on a state level and being talked about in Congress. How do we define both groups and groups beyond that? Asians are being attacked purely do to their race we hear every day.

Everything is identity based, yet I am not sure the definition of how we fit into one of or the other. Is it just a shot-from-the-hip definition?

Ancestry was mentioned and has holes. Genetic testing is method. Should we even try to divide or group ourselves into these to start with?

I take it some find this a difficult topic and it is. I fall into many of these groups, or none of them depending who is deciding.