Tyler Blackburn of Roswell/Pretty Little Liars fame "oops, I may be white?"

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[brennans]

ok elizabeth warren

[disgruntledyawn]

hdu she is 1/64 to 1/1024 cherokee

[wee_em_cee]

what is this word vomit

[ljtryout]

Seriously my dog eats a letter noodle soup and poops more coherent stuff.

[holyfrijoles_2]

...why admit to this like it’s a cute fun story

[neuers]

........

[piratesswoop]

the thing about ancestry tests is that while they can tell you a lot about your own personal genetic makeup, there's a lot about your family history that they can't. so while his story sounds pretty typical of spicy white people, it's possible for you to have a great-grandparent from a certain region, but it doesn't reflect at all in your ancestry/23andme report, meanwhile your full sibling takes the same test and can read as 34% of something you have nothing of.

[anna_drenxavier]

OMG that is so confusing. What is even the point of taking those tests if they can't actually tell you everything?! (I'm cheap.)

[djbbgoose]

it's testing gene expression, so simpified, that sibling can have the cherokee genes while you have more scottish genes
but it can be helpful for getting a general picture if you don't know anything about your family background

[piratesswoop]

i think it has value if you're interested in finding out about your potential heritage, but it's more helpful if you have a lot of family members who also take it, so you can track your actual ancestry. my cousins and i were able to figure out who our great-grandfather's father was, and we discovered our grandmother had a half-sister she (probably) never knew existed. it's been really eye-opening!