Do my 23andme dna results match my phenotype/appearance?

[Mollymolly377]

[Doom880]

I wouldn't guess Native American, I thought you were mainly African American with a small percentage of European admixture

[Mollymolly377]

Thats weird because most people think im part indian and not white. How much european did you think I had?

[Doom880]

When you say Indian, you mean Native American or Indian from India?
About 10-20%
You look mainly African, but not 100%
You look a bit different from a Nigerian or Kenyan, I don't know if it makes sense

[Mollymolly377]

Well you were right because I'm 18.7% European. Some people say Native American and some say Indian from India. I personally think I favor Indians from India more than native Americans

[Mollymolly377]

What makes you think I look different from people who are fully African?

[lamaguy]

I could be surprised you’re 20% European

[Mollymolly377]

Lol why are you surprised

[lamaguy]

I don’t know I mean I don’t not believe it or anything just not what I would expect I guess

[Mollymolly377]

Did you expect me to be fully African? Or African and part something else other than European?

[lamaguy]

Partly other stuff and not European but not fully African

[ArtemisSilver]

This may come as a surprise, but Europeans originally came from Africa and people have been going back and forth on boats for centuries. It's not that surprising.

[Mollymolly377]

Partly what considering I'm African American?

[Mollymolly377]

@ArtemisSilver but isn't that 18.7% European dna due to rape during slavery?

[lamaguy]

That’s negative
Haha

[ArtemisSilver]

Well possibly if you're related to enslaved people. But regular old interracial marriage wasn't as unheard of as people would have us believe. Particularly for sailors and traders who retire on their old favorite routes.

Sort of related, there's a town of people in China who are all descended from a lost Roman army company. You never know who you might be distantly related to.

[lamaguy]

And I know the theory of people originating from Africa

[lamaguy]

Yeah weird

[lamaguy]

Cool story

[lamaguy]

I’m 1.5 percent Punjabi and Chinese but I guess it’s common for everyone to be a few percent Asian or Indian

[lamaguy]

I thought that was interesting

[Mollymolly377]

I think my second great grandfather on my dad's side was white, because my grandfather looked very mixed race.

[lamaguy]

Yeah so I guess from him you’d get about 6% of your DNA so that probably contributes a good amount
Interesting

[Mollymolly377]

Yea thats interesting. My whole life I thought I was part Indian because of the way I look, but it turns out I'm part white instead. Dna is crazy!

[lamaguy]

It really is

[bigpauly]

Yea that makes sense to me.

[Mollymolly377]

Thanks SpongeBob 😊

[bigpauly]

Lol you got it Molly

[Imsmurter1]

Thought you might be Native American

[Mollymolly377]

Fully Native or partly?

[ArtemisSilver]

Looks pretty spot on