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The 99% of white Americans for whom all ancestors were from Europe, are European.
by artichokes 5y ago
The 99% of white Americans for whom all ancestors were from Europe, are European.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> The 99% of white Americans for whom all ancestors were from Europe, are European. “White Americans” average a little under 99% Eurooean ancestry, but far fewer than 99% have exclusively European ancestry.
- akomtu 5y agoJust checked that there are 7 millions Jews in the US. That's a lot more than 1%. About 3 millions are Slavic people. Many millions are european-type Arabic people. They all look like white Americans and if they grew up in the US, they won't even have an accent. The number of "true north-european descendats" must be a lot lower, maybe 60% of white Americans. And this number is going downhill rapidly because Americans don't hesitate to mix with other races and nationalities. My point is that albedo of skin is a really poor predictor of ancestry, about as good as a coin toss.
- staticman2 5y agoEvery human being descends from the original humans in Africa so I don't think the term "true north-European descendants" makes much sense.