What do you think my ancestry is?
Daniel, Charlotte, NC. I do not want to say what country I am from, because I want you all to guesstimate my ancestry? Where would...
You do not look Puerto Rican.
Beatriz McConnie Zapater, Jamaica Plain, MA. I am Puerto Rican with white, indigenous, Spanish, and African ancestry. When I hear that I do not look...
Learned my truth. Did my DNA.
Candance W Reaves, Seymour, TN I may look like I’m only a Scots Irish woman. I’m not. There’s a story in my ancestry that says...
I am 0.4% Sub-Saharan African
Mary Jo Latham-Martin, Houston, TX After being diagnosed with Essential Tremor, and being told it was hereditary, I started on a quest to learn about...
Enough to make you look pretty
Adrienne Zimiga, Minneapolis, MN. I was born and raised on the Pine Ridge reservation my first 12 years. Upon moving from Batesland, SD to Castlewood,...
Race pigeonhole’s people’s perception of others.
Leah Wilson, Moreno Valley, CA I’ve lived too long to have personal issues with another person’s race. Went thru trying to identify my mixed racial...
I’ve never really been black enough.
Taylor Butts, Chesapeake, VA. I’m Black. Completely. I’ve tried to trace my ancestry but couldn’t get very far. I’m very light skinned and “talk white”...
Who knew Hispanics could be Native?
Luis Toro, Denver, CO. They try to tell us Hispanics are either white or black but my family’s ancestry is definitely Native American, we even...
Family trees can tell you more
Isabella Evans, Seaford, VA Growing up I did not know much about my family tree. I only knew a select amount of my family. Digging...
Same DNA but born this way
Lily, Lake Forest, CA. Currently taking Biological Anthropology and am finding it both fascinating and eye-opening. My six words are an excerpt from Lady Gaga’s...
So much more than just “white”
Candace, USA I am white. I hold ancestry from several European countries but identify strongest with my Italian side. I am proud to be third...
Would All My Ancestors Love Me?
Melissa U., Charlotte, NC. My Taino people would love me, from my plump lips to my curly hair. My African people would love me from...
I don’t even know my origin
Creytisha Gray, Lubbock, TX After centuries my ancestors being stripped from my Homeland, I have no idea where I, nor my ancestors are from. The...
Jim Crow Paper Genocide Native AmerIndians
Paper Genocide, Pinnacle, NC. Pictured: Monacan Indian Children at Recess How Jim Crow Practiced Paper Genocide Against Native American Indians. Jim Crow laws were a...
Am I Jewish? Ancestry vs. Religion
Alexandra Vogt Crofton, MD Because I was not raised in the Jewish faith, I feel unable to claim my ancestry on my father’s side the...
