Do you think I look my ethnicity?
The short answer is very much yes. Although I am not sure how you would define your own ethnicity.The world would probably refer to you as ‘black’ which we all know is a lazy, slavery inspired shorthand.On a personal level you could be Afro Caribbean as you look like many members of my own extended Caribbean family. That’s what I call myself when asked or I’ll say British Caribbean when I am abroad. You could equally be African American of course.The human genome project completed research into the admixture across the African diaspora in the US and the Caribbean and your ancestral mix is very typical for both African Americans and for Afro Caribbeans. In Jamaica for example the ‘black’ populace are around 70–75% Sub Saharan African with the rest British European, mixed with a dash of Asian and a splash of indigeonous indian.I prefer Afro Caribbean as it is a shorthand for all that admixture, I am not African and I am not European but I am a product of my history which includes a bit of everyone, it tells the enquirer more about me than just saying I am Black British.However we all know that really race doesn’t exist at least from a biological view but we are compelled to define ourselves because society says we must.And finally, what was your motivation behind the question and how would you define yourself?
Do you look like your ethnicity?
i'm black, white, and native american and people can obviously tell i'm mixed they can just never guess which races everyone seems to think im mexican or mixed with black and asian for you i'm gonna guess asian...maybe filipino?
What ethnicity do you think I am? PICS INCLUDED?
I'm adopted, and my adoptive parents never found out what race I was. Thanks for letting me know of you thoughts. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/BeautifulMistake1988/IMG00411.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/BeautifulMistake1988/IMG00256.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/BeautifulMistake1988/IMG00246.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/BeautifulMistake1988/IMG03364-1.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/BeautifulMistake1988/1170476003_l.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/BeautifulMistake1988/untitled64564-1.jpg
Can you guess my ethnicity?
We are all bored at my office job and this question came up. Am I mexican, cuban, white, puerto rican, french, from brazil, from germany, from the states, from columbia, from europe, belize? whatever you think just guess! Entertain us with your reasons. Here are some pictures. http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/onegirl249/me7.jpg http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/onegirl249/me4.jpg http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/onegirl249/me5.jpg http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/onegirl249/me1.jpg http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/onegirl249/newpic1.jpg http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/onegirl249/me6.jpg http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/onegirl249/mepic1.jpg
Can you guess my ethnicity?
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff34/thisiszoya/DSC05141.jpg A lot of people confuse for me being different ethnicities. So I just want to see what the majority of people think I am. and they can never guess my age. After you have guessed what ethnicity I am. click my icon thing and read my About me in my yahoo answers profile thing. :D this should be interesting.
Do you think two persons of the same ethnicity and share the same surname are actually related?
It just depends. The rarer the surname, the greater the chance that they are related by a common ancestor with that name. If two people come from the same region and have a common last name, then that also means they are more likely to be related. The Roosevelts would be a good example of a no-brainer family connection, had they met as total strangers to each other, and could only confirm they were both from the New England area, but they were in fact both born in New York City and had met as children. However, this isn't always the case. For instance, Welsh surnames cannot be trusted. Llywellyn from Wales, whose father was named Evan would have the name Llywellyn Evans. Their next door neighbour, who is also named Evan, has a son called Thomas. Thomas would be known as Thomas Evans. So, in fact, you'd have a Llywellyn Evans and a Thomas Evans living in the same town, on the same street, with no connection to each other. This was how people were known in Wales until one fine day the King of England declared that everyone must have a defined surname so the taking of your father's name stopped. Therefore, Llywellyn Evans grew up and had a son, David Evans. David's son was William Evans, and so on. I'm descended from at least two different Williams families. DNA testing has shown they have no connection to each other whatsoever, even though both families moved from Wales to Virginia to Southern Indiana. People with occupational names like Taylor, Butcher, Baker, and Cook are also not necessarily related. The same could be said of the color names, like Black, Brown, White and Green. Those surnames sprang independently from familial connections.