Reply #33: A high percentage of white southerners have genes from [View All]

[kayell]

Africans also. In the past, African Americans who were born light enough to pass, would often do so, for the economic and social benefits to them and their children. (there are heartbreaking cases of families abandoning a member who would pull down the future chances of the rest by a revealing dark skin). Passing "blacks" (a truly meaningless word, but by the standards of the day, any African blood made you black) married with "whites" (another meaningless word, since we all originate from Africa). Lots of escaped slaves also bred with native americans such as the cherokees. How many southerners are extremely proud of their indian blood? So after a few generations you can find plenty of African genes running around loose in "white" southerners. And plenty of you yankees too, hah.

Even those of us unaware of it are thoroughly blended, and have been for millenia. It's human, it's normal, and it makes the world a more interesting place.