re: #267 calochortus

It would be fun to be able to have a DNA analysis that would reveal a lot of things about one’s ancestry. Since I fall into the pasty-white category, I doubt there would be any huge shocks for me, but it would be interesting to know how far back genetics match paternity records. (I’m pretty sure my parents/grandparents weren’t fooling around on the side, but past that, who knows?)

According to my results. I have some very distant Spanish/Portuguese and Italian/Greek. No idea where that would come form. Would assume my mom simply because of geography but there’s also the Black Irish legend of the Spanish Armada survivors mingling with the women of Western Ireland where I have ties on my Dad’s side. And honestly one’s place of birth can only tell you so much. For years, I thought I was Slovak but I’m actually a stateless group called Rusyn. Andy Warhol was from the same group. Honestly, it’s absurd to be racist. We’re all mixed in some way. There’s no such thing as a “purebred”(Sorry not sorry Katrina Pierson) and there’s certainly no such thing as a master race. Truthfully, I’m proud to have a diverse amount of ancestry.