2006-08-03 02:50:33 · 12 answers · asked by gearsctt 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
If you trace your family tree you will find that you are a mix of many races and cultures. We all originated from someplace and it is not hard to find out.
Good luck!
G.G.
2006-08-03 03:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Genealogy and/or DNA. Skin color actually has nothing to do with it. Physiognomy also helps. Shape of head, nose, whether the eye has that extra fat layer that makes the Asian eye almond shaped, whether you have a blue birthmark on your back which is indication that you are Mongol. But you can be black as an ebony tree and be Caucasian. And you can be white and be *******.
I'm glad you asked about ethnicity because I wish people could get it through their heads that there is only one race, the human race. Well, it's really the heart we need to get it, eh!
2006-08-03 03:34:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the situation -
If you can get special goodies, government deals, or preferential treatment by claiming a certian (true) heritage, then go for it!
If you tend to identify with one particular ethnicity, then that is yours.
Everyone assumes you are aparticular ethnicity, then you might want to figure out why.
You can always have dna testing, http://www.ancestrybydna.com/welcome/ is a place that does that.
Or you can just choose. Nothing wrong with that.
2006-08-03 07:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by Mutantmoose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 100% Scottish since I was born there and so were all of my ancestors but my children have a Russian/Canadian father. One of my kids identifies with his Russian ancestry (mainly because he looks identical to his Russian great grandfather) and the other is all Canadian (it's the hockey). I have a friend who's visually very Japanese but she identifies herself as French because she was born in France and her mom is French.
In North America, many families have been here for generations and when looking at their heritage, there's an ethnic stew. How you choose to define yourself ethnically is really more of a personal choice.
2006-08-03 03:18:48 · answer #4 · answered by Canadian_mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tracing your family tree, your last name has a little clue to offer as well. I'm Cherokee Indian, German, and Scot-Irish, and a tiny bit of French, to look at me I'd only look Indian. So let me ask you this. If I am all those things why couldn't I say one of those instead of just saying I'm a white American born in America? Shouldn't I be able to claim something else? Is it discrimination to make me say I'm white and American? That's what I've had to say all these years. I am not allowed to put down Indian, German, Irish, Scottish, or French. Something to think about.
2006-08-04 01:06:22 · answer #5 · answered by JBWPLGCSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out ur race. Depends on ur birth place and also ur ancestors/father's. Tht's ur ethnicity.
2006-08-03 02:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by Atieno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surname usually points in the right direction, also look at your characteristics and try to place them somewhere in the world.
2006-08-05 11:58:51 · answer #7 · answered by Chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My skin colour and parents.
2006-08-03 05:14:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes by your father.
2006-08-03 02:54:05 · answer #9 · answered by rockinrobyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting website:
http://www.mercer.edu/publications/discoveries/ethnicity.htm
http://www.projectrace.com/statefederalcensus/census/archive/census-unun00.php
http://www.hhmi.org/cgi-bin/askascientist/highlight.pl?kw=&file=answers%2Fgenetics%2Fans_011.html
2006-08-03 06:34:50 · answer #10 · answered by Peaceful Warrior 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋