Is it normal i don't know my ethnicity?

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I don't believe I am adopted. I do resemble my siblings, but I can't help but feel like I may have a different father than them. My complexion, the texture / color of my hair, and eye color all make me feel this way.

One of my siblings(the oldest of us) is close in complexion to me, but the other two aren't even close to ours, especially mine. We also have similar hair texture and color, and similar eye color.

I look at my son, and I can't help but wonder how his father and I created him, given that I am actually what I've been lead to believe. He looks just like me, but he has his fathers complexion. I must have some blood running through my veins that everyone is keeping hidden from me (they've kept big family secrets from me before).

I also tell everyone that I am what I believe I am, rather than what I've been told I am. My mother is aware of this, but my siblings are not.

Is this normal? Does anyone else feel this way?

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  • NotStrangeBird
    10 years ago

    They have DNA tests for that nowadays.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    https://www.23andme.com/
    for $99 you can get a dna test letting you know your ethnicities and what diseases you are susseptable to.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      That's actually pretty cool. I would love to do that once I get a little extra cash. Thank you for being the one person who actually helped me. You're awwwwessssoooome!

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  • grumbo
    10 years ago

    If you have doubt then you are black.

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  • Monkeybutts
    10 years ago

    Try testing your siblings and see what the results are. My granny had 12 children and to be very frank with you some of them resemble eachother and some don't. Some have very light skin and some have very dark skin. My aunt is the only one who came out with native american hair instead of afro texture hair. One of my uncles have blue eyes (we are blk, white and native amer.) my mother have beautiful green eyes that are rainbow like in the sun. My brothers have very light almost white skin (most ppl think they r white) while I have brown skin. We do have different fathers but we still look nothing a like. Most people don't even think we have the same mother or that were even related. I have learned from my family that people can come out all types of ways. Have you ever watched the Maury show? LOL that show will def make you laugh and feel better about your situation. But If u still feel that strongly about it then get ur siblings tested. Have one of them go with u and help u find the answers.

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  • babe7575
    10 years ago

    Yes, genetics are a funny thing. Sometimes I feel like we are all mixes of some sort. Also the environment can change the way different genes are expressed. Just try not to worry about this.

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  • getouttadodge
    10 years ago

    I think it's normal and if you feel you are a certain race, then it is my stance that you probably ARE. I felt black all my life although my entire family denied it. Once I had my children, in my state they do a DNA test that tells you how much Caucasoid, Africanoid, Jewish, etc blood you have (I think they do it so they can test for diseases that are predominantly in one race or another) and sure enough I was 37.5% AFRICANOID. Which means that my original theory regarding my father's bloodline is true: his mother was Mayan and his father was Garifuna (African). I had good reason geographically to believe this but nobody in the so-called "white" side of the family could admit that we grandchildren could POSSIBLY be BLACK! Well even my siblings, who are from the same father and mother, refuse to believe it. But let them choose to be whatever they want. I have a blood test and solid PROOF of what I am. And the truly ironic part is, even if my paternal Grandfather were 100% African, I SHOULD be only 25% African but SOMEBODY in the White side of my family had to have been "playing around" for me to be 37.5% BLACK! HA on THEM for all the hatin they been doing all these years!

    So yes, if you feel very strongly that you are something, then chances are, you ARE.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Very interesting :). I really want to get one of those tests done, I'd love to know what percentage of this and that, that I am. (If that made sense)

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      • getouttadodge
        10 years ago

        Course it does! Go find an excuse to get it done (so your insurance company covers it!) and keep us updated on what kinda mutt you turn out to be! I personally love that I knew what I was before I officially "knew" what I am lol.

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  • imadragon
    10 years ago

    If you have good reasons to believe so, it's definitely normal.

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    You know what I didn't understand what that was till I got turned 11 and people started asking. It does not matter what colour you are. It matters what you do with your life. Another thing is not everyone is going to be attracted to you and that is ok. Be happy with who you are and things will turn out ok. Be a good person. Your race does not define you! Your actions always will! If a white man wins the marathon he is not a white man. HE IS A GREAT MAN! Remember the people not the colour.

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    • getouttadodge
      10 years ago

      Oh Romeo, clearly, it matters to her. You are wrong to say it doesn't matter. There are things other than winning some obscure race that matters. Perhaps family history? Genetically inherited traits or diseases? Don't be so shallow in your responses!

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      • RomeoDeMontague
        10 years ago

        Clearly race is the only thing that matters to you. You are not very big if that's all you care about. Race does not make the man or the woman. You call me shallow when you want to base a persons importance on skin? Try looking past appearance. Looks are not everything. Yes in your world they might be but when we get old we are all wrinkled, fat, and fragile.

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        • getouttadodge
          10 years ago

          Race does NOT equal LOOKS. Wouldn't you want to know if your child was genetically predisposed toward Sickle Cell Anemia, for instance, BEFORE you start having children? Don't you feel it is a person's right to know of their ancestor's culture, language, history, etc?

          I REPEAT. YOU ARE SHALLOW. You can't even think beyond race equaling looks!

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          • RomeoDeMontague
            10 years ago

            So you are saying people who have genetic problems are horrible people? So people with glasses don't deserve friends? How about people who were born with legs don't work? I do not care if people are black, yellow or white. You are the one making a big deal about people MUST judge based on looks and skin. Its sad that all you care about. Get over yourself since no race is better. You're too prejudice to reason with though so I guess this conversation is pointless.

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            • getouttadodge
              10 years ago

              Wow I didn't realize you were a troll. You are a total idiot, too. She has a legit question and you have made it halwa, into some sort of sick joke. Shame on you!

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  • sux
    10 years ago

    if youre american its pretty normal

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