LogFAQs > #901742773

Vlado, how do you feel about immigration and mixed race people?

For example, I took a DNA test and I'm 49% European and 41% Native American. Specifically, my ancestry points to these modern day countries: United States, Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom, Spain/Portugal, Ireland/Scotland/Wales, and various other countries that fall into "European Jewish" and "Scandinavia." I was born and raised in the US as were my parents (in fact, we've all lived in Southern California since birth).

What's my ancestor's land? Do I say it's the US because that's where my parents are from and because I'm partially Native American? Do I say it's Europe because that makes up the biggest chunk of my DNA overall? Do I claim all those European and North American countries as my ancestral land? Partially, in proportion to my percentages?

If I found opportunities to live in, say, Australia, is that a bad thing if I decided to move there, assuming of course that I assimilate into their culture? If so, is it bad if I married someone there and had kids? How about if an Australian moves to the US and we marry and have kids? How about if we replace Australia with a country that doesn't have a lot of Europeans that moved there, such as Japan or China?

I'm legitimately curious about how all this works.
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