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marble falls

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1. My wife started a hullabaloo in her family when her DNA chart came back with 1% ...
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 08:11 AM
Aug 2018

"west African Bantu" on it. My grandfather was snubbed by my grandmother's family when he wrote in his biography that my grandmother's father had Jewish blood. 50 years later my DNA indicated I had 3% Dutch Jewish ancestory and 1% middle eastern/Jewish ancestory.

I thought that the DNA testing was basically another form of pet rock - mildly interesting but no significance. But it really does open opportunities for conversations about what race and identity really mean.

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