: Why can’t DNA tests and Genetics determine race & ethnicity when it can tell you where your ancestors are from, and if not what does?
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Genetics might say your genotype is 17% African. Does that make you “black” or “not black”? The answer to that question is not scientific, and most racial identity advocates say it’s more important how you “identify” than what the genetics say.
Until race or ethnicity are completely redefined, in ways that seem completely the opposite of current understandings, DNA isn’t going to be the answer to racial or ethnic questions.
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