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What ethnicity would you say I am?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Techno Kid, Jan 13, 2014.

  1. Techno Kid

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    From looking at my album picture what ethnicity would you say I am?
    I know this seems like a strange question, but I'm kind of curious about how I am perceived by others. I was adopted at a very young age so have no memory of my birth parents, but my parents I have grown up with told me I'm white because of how my birth mom looked (they never saw my birth dad). I don't feel I look white though... I mean I have a tan all year long, dark hair, and dark body hair. : 3
     
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    Hmm. My best friend is Indian, and his cousins are Indian on one side and Caucasian on the other. I've seen pictures of his cousins and they have some features like yours. But that's 100% guessing on my part.
     
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    I'm terrible at identifying different ethnicities but for some reason I want to say you possibly look partly Mexican?
     
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    Mexican could make sense, or maybe somewhere from South America? Hard to tell, because you're most likely mixed.

    Isn't that something they can test for with DNA testing? :slight_smile:
     
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    I agree....maybe some mix of European and Mexican?
     
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    This is what I was thinking. I think Ancestry.com has some packages you can get where you get a kit and send in a cheek swab and they'll sequence your DNA and determine your haplogroups. Maybe that can be a goal for later on.
     
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    hmm good question.
     
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    From your pics I've always thought that you were of some sort of Indian subcontinent ethnic background. At least partially. But I could be way off.

    (We should have a "Guess the preceding poster's ethnicity" game :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:)
     
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    Arabian Peninsula to eastern India I would guess. Probably from Pakistan or India based on complexion and facial features alone.
     
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    I actually agree with the Indian or Middle Eastern theory more. I'm Hispanic and you don't quite look that Hispanic, if that makes sense. However, there are many types of "Hispanics" so that doesn't rule it out.
     
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    Ooh I like this ethnicity game.

    I don't think you look Indian or Turkish unless that's mixed with European. You look like a mixture of indigenous South America and European to me, and countries such as Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru have a good degree of racial mixing so it'd make sense.

    It must be weird not knowing your ethnicity though...
     
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    you look persian
     
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    Very interesting reading through all these different perspectives so far! :grin:

    @Harve
    Sometimes, but I don't think about it too much. lol
     
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    I'm "white" but due to incoherent ramblings of my grandmother I'm not sure if it's English, French German or whatever. I know my moms side of the family is like polish or Lithuanian.

    But I just go with "American".

    (I recently found out my great great grandfather was a Mohawk Native American though).
     
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    I would say a mix of Anglo and Middle-Eastern or South Asian. There are a few people I've met with a parent from England and another parent from India, and you somewhat resemble them.

    Hispanic roots could be possible, but it's a stretch. I don't see it.
     
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    I would say white/Indian mix, you look a lot like my Indian friends. Possibly Middle Eastern, but I'd bet on Indian
     
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    Why not a mix of Spanish and Middle Eastern?
    Doesn't seem like a very common combination, but a guess is a guess.
    Most Indians I know have darker skin than that. I don't think it's too likely.
     
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    I'm South Indian, and I would say you look like someone from the area surrounded by North India (some of them are very fair and have lighter skin than you), West Central Asia, to possibly Eastern Europe (at least the Caucasus). You kind of remind me of a Roma, who originally came from India.
     
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    I'm going to make one now!!!!!!!

    ---------- Post added 13th Jan 2014 at 08:27 PM ----------

    Never mind ill just go play it
     
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