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After years of being told I was part Cherokee, someone was mad that I wasn't. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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He is now denying the validity of dna tests. I don’t want to say the past 35 years of having him treat me worse than he treats his sister had anything to do with his assumptions of my dna, but he was upset to learn that I am more Irish than him. I wonder what he thought of my mother before these results…

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've been in the USA, I think you've already quite a bit to do at home. If it's about the genes of the people you help, I know of a good book to get you started, but beware, its in German

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

It’s about family. A lot of Irish people are related. It was really disappointing to see so many Irish people dying in the cold, sleeping on the street, years ago. I’m sorry you think everything is about race.