What is your ancestry?

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AspieOrNot
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20 May 2011, 2:18 pm

Yuck, I only have genes of South Slavic genes (You haven't probably even heard of the ethnic group, besides the fact that Russians are Slavic). Well, I also think that Autism is basically not-existant in the Slavic genes, which makes me believe less that I have Asperger's, but I'm not sure really. Do Autistic people appear in all ethnic groups since I can't remember any relatives which are Autistic.

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20 May 2011, 3:58 pm

AspieOrNot wrote:

I too have about 2/4 of south Slavic genes, but I doubt that we're somehow exempt from the spectrum. :scratch:

It's just that awareness of AS is so low here, that many (basically almost everyone) live they're lives without even knowing the main issue.

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20 May 2011, 9:21 pm

100% Asian Indian

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melodylynette
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20 May 2011, 11:41 pm

Verdandi wrote:

37.5% Irish
12.5% Norwegian
25% English
12.5% French
12.5% Blackfoot

These are mostly approximations.

Wow...I am:

25% French (Cajun)
25% German
25% Irish
12.5% Blackfoot
12.5% English

AspieOrNot
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21 May 2011, 7:26 am

Booyakasha wrote:

AspieOrNot wrote:

I too have about 2/4 of south Slavic genes, but I doubt that we're somehow exempt from the spectrum. :scratch:

It's just that awareness of AS is so low here, that many (basically almost everyone) live they're lives without even knowing the main issue.

Yeah, I know what you mean entirely.

Woodpeace
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21 May 2011, 10:31 am

Predominantly English. A great grandfather (or great great grandfather) of my mother was Irish.

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21 May 2011, 6:12 pm

Mine's very easy.

My dad was born in Scotland to Irish parents

My mom was born in Canada to Italian parents.

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21 May 2011, 9:39 pm

100% Asian-Indian

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21 May 2011, 9:41 pm

Awesome! I learned something new today. Had no idea about Plesiadapis. Seems like we have one thing in common: fascination with human lineage and evolution. You got any good reading for me?

alexptrans wrote:

My recent ancestors include Homo ergaster, Homo habilis, with maybe a little bit of Homo neanderthalensis mixed in. If you're talking about like 55-60 million years ago, then I'd have to say Plesiadapis.

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11 Oct 2018, 12:45 am

I am of mostly of French with English, Irish, and Swedish.

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11 Oct 2018, 1:15 am

I hope that you realize that the person above you posted seven years ago and that no one above you on this thread is gonna read your reply.

Just sayin'.

That said, the topic is still relevant.

So...

Am over half of German ancestry, with some English, and some French (by way of French Canadian) ancestry. Some evidence of a little smidgeon of possible Jewish ancestry from way back as well.

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11 Oct 2018, 5:00 am

Turkish, Yörük, Greek

IstominFan
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11 Oct 2018, 6:24 am

German and Italian

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11 Oct 2018, 7:45 am

African American is a widely accepted term used to describe U.S. born people whose ancestors came from Africa.
I'm Western European American.

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11 Oct 2018, 8:04 am

Matt55 wrote:

There is all this talk within the scientific community about Autism being geneticly linked. What geneticists are looking for are genes specifically responsible for the Autism/Asperger's itself and not taking a more broad approach, such as measuring the prevelance of Autism/Asperger's among SPECIFIC ethnicities and nationalities. For example; when statistical reports give the rate of Autism among Hispanic children is X percent, it is in my opinion, a very vauge and misleading statement. There are many different ethnic groups in Latin America and to lump them all into one catagory is foolish! For instance, epidemiologists should take into account which regions of the world an Autistic individual's family originated from. So the next time they measure the rate of Autism among the hispanic population, they will then ask the question which part of Latin America did your family come from? Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Chile, Guatemala? I believe that by carefully examing and scrutinizing national and ethnic backgrounds of people on the spectrum, we will discover commonalities that could possibly further our understanding of the origins of Autism.

To get started here's my ethnic profile:
25% Swedish
25% English
25% Lithuanian
12.5% Spanish (Possibly Argentinian or Chilean)
12.5% Scot-Irish

A lot of Americans don't seem to understand that Hispanic is not really a race, it is a culture. There are actually several different races of people living in the Latin American countries. Some are descended from the native people that lived there before the colonists arrived, some are descended from the colonists that came over from European countries like Spain and Portugal, and some are descended from the African people who were brought over during the slave trade.

Personally I think that when you get down to it, it really isn't too different from the United States because they are a melting pot of different ethnicities just like we are.

Anyways here is what I know of my ancestry.

My Mom's Side:

Irish for sure.
German for sure.
A little bit of Native American (don't remember if it was Creek or Cherokee)
Possible Jewish but not sure

My Dad's Side:
Hawaiian for sure
Filipino for sure
British for sure (from his mother's side)

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11 Oct 2018, 8:50 am

My aunt (American of Italian descent) did her Ancestry.com profile. It showed there was some Greek heritage. That could explain my strong interest in that country's history from antiquity to today.

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