• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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    2 hours ago

    I may have worded it poorly. What you describe is understandable. What it’s not is going to those lengths as to take dna tests to know the percentage of you is from each country.

    It’s good to know your ancestors, but do you really need to know how much of you is Irish to annunce it publicly as if it was something to brag about?

    • velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 hour ago

      Ngl I have never met anyone who actually brags about their ancestry like you describe or like the internet portrays Americans on this topic. Mostly it’s just a neat thing to find out.

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        18 minutes ago

        fwiw I have — both the stereotypical “I’m 1/X native American” and also “I’m X% Dutch”, the latter due to folks taking pride in having Dutch heritage, real or imagined, where I grew up.