Poll of the Day > you pay for an ancestry test, but somethings are best left undiscovered, ok?

(+) Yeah! (+)

like a nazi grandfather, ok?

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what kind of jackass pays to give their dna to some rando company, way to get cloned genius.

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darcandkharg31 posted...

what kind of jackass pays to give their dna to some rando company, way to get cloned genius.

But what if they're cloning like Bill Gates, Chris Hemsworth, or Anna Kendrick? We could use a couple more.

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and then they give your dna to the feds
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I am pretty sure all the OG Nazis are dead. They'd be like 100+ by now. And I bet they would not be taking the test. "Hey, Israel, here I am!"

Who cares, people aren't responsible for the sins of their ancestors. We'd all be in deep shit if that was the case.

Send me an Anna Kendrick please:)

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My favorite videos are those people who do DNA tests and find out they're like 90% white.

They were hoping for something exotic. Something oppressed. A whole mixed bag that tells a magical and complicated story of forbidden love, traveling, immigration, etc.

But no. You jusss white.

And here's the best part.....

They cry. And then get angry.

They are genuinely upset that they are 90% white.

It's so strange. That casual racism.

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Shut the fuck up Aculo

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Like, you telling us your main account.

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I wouldnt care if i found out that one of my grandparents were a nazi as its not something that i could change in any way history is history and nothing can change that.

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My father's father was conscripted into the fascist Italian army during WW2 and ended up in a Soviet camp. Not sure what camp it was; the only thing I know about it is that it didn't have a fence because there was nowhere to run to. Interestingly, while my grandmother was abusive to my father and his brothers, my grandfather was apparently a very meek and gentle man, albeit obviously traumatized. Several of his siblings starved to death when he was young... he'd been raised by monks at some sort of Catholic monastary, and I think he spoke... 16? languages. But he didn't talk much about his past and I don't know much because he died before I was born.

I am also descended from Sarah G. Bull (early US settler), so I am distantly related to a ton of other people in the USA. Wouldn't be at all surprised if a bunch of them were involved in fascism... it's almost certain, tbh.

Edit: Damn, I wasn't emotionally prepared to look up one grandfather only to find the obituary of the other one. Man... ;_;

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Turns out I'm the last Neanderthal... weird

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My ancestors have a long history of running away from wars. That must be where I get my smarts.

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darcandkharg31 posted...

what kind of jackass pays to give their dna to some rando company, way to get cloned genius.

my DNA is on, or in a lot of places, but point taken, ok?

GreenKnight127 posted...

My favorite videos are those people who do DNA tests and find out they're like 90% white.

They were hoping for something exotic. Something oppressed. A whole mixed bag that tells a magical and complicated story of forbidden love, traveling, immigration, etc.

But no. You jusss white.

And here's the best part.....

They cry. And then get angry.

They are genuinely upset that they are 90% white.

It's so strange. That casual racism.

i went in expecting that, but not the nazi ancestor part, ok?

inloveanddeath0 posted...

Shut the fuck up Aculo

why harass ziggi, he's a great poster, ok?

Locke90 posted...

I wouldnt care if i found out that one of my grandparents were a nazi as its not something that i could change in any way history is history and nothing can change that.

i would say i'm a very understanding guy, ok?

Gaawa_chan posted...

the only thing I know about it is that it didn't have a fence because there was nowhere to run to.

i don't think there's much i can say but, damn, ok?

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"When it comes to ancestry, DNA is very good at determining close family relations such as siblings or parents, and dozens of stories are emerging that reunite or identify lost close family members (or indeed criminals). For deeper family roots, these tests do not really tell you where your ancestors came from. They say where DNA like yours can be found on Earth today."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-accurate-are-online-dna-tests/
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PKMNsony posted...

Who cares, people aren't responsible for the sins of their ancestors. We'd all be in deep shit if that was the case.

reperations
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Yellow posted...

My ancestors have a long history of running away from wars. That must be where I get my smarts.

username checks out
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Reparations are more about justice for families wronged by the government, in which case only the history of the victims, not the perpetrators, would be required. People take reparations too personally. Think of it as a large scale version of a civil court case, perhaps comparable to a wrongful death suit. In this case, the plaintiff would be African Americans, and the defendant would be the US government, paying for damages.

Reparations really shouldn't be a controversial topic- I suspect that most people are freaked out by it because they assume that they will be taxed to pay for it, which is... not how economics works on the federal level anymore, unless austerity is implemented. Speaking of implementation, there's the real hang-up. Programs like this tend to be vulnerable to predatory agencies that will target the people being compensated and try to trick them into signing away their money. It's very common, (happens a lot to black people who received money due to red-lining and gentrification leading to them being exposed to lead) so if reparations are implemented, something needs to be done to prevent predators from snatching the compensation.

ClarkDuke posted... i don't think there's much i can say but, damn, ok?

Yeah, that's pretty much everyone's reaction to that bit. I was a bit stunned myself when I first learned that.

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^
wrongful death doesn't apply to your ancestors that you didn't even know
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so did you pass the test?
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Im not sure if my German ancestors did anything for the Nazis, more likely they helped the poor Jewish people get away.

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

so did you pass the test?

yes, i'm really white, ok?

Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

Im not sure if my German ancestors did anything for the Nazis, more likely they helped the poor Jewish people get away.

i used to think this, don't dig into your ancestors, ok?

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