I figure the persons actually contributing sperm and egg are not always the ones recorded as the parents, there’s so much stuff that goes on with folks raising their sister’s out-of-wedlock child, traveling peddlers, etc. Even in what we think are closed communities like European ghettoes.

Maybe what kind of Jew, Ashkenazi or maybe some other middle east in there. Might even find a tiny bit of Spaniard(Spaniards loved the middle east).

Same. Im of Indigenous South American descent so I know theres some spaniard in there but I dont think much else will be found. My family keeps saying I look a bit asian so maybe theres some chino-latino in there somewhere.

As an adoptee, I would love to get my DNA analyzed.

Every day, I wake up and think “Maybe I’ll actually make it through a day without crying about something terrifically sad that I see on the internet...”

Wow. That’s kind of a staggering thing to watch at my desk.

I can trace my genealogy back to Israel in 1565. Jews love to keep records. I wonder what a DNA test would actually be able to tell me.

What a fantastic example of how something small and concrete, like a piece of paper, can make history seem so very real. Hell, how a single image can make current events seem more real (thinking of the little 3 year old body washed up on a Turkish shore last summer.) I still tear up when I think of his little red…

It’s like the shoes in the holocaust museum. Like “OH SHIT THIS WAS REAL!?”

Excuse me while I weep furiously at my desk.

My mom, who identifies as Black and Mexican, recently got her DNA analyzed and found a surprising amount of British DNA. We know the black side of our family comes from Georgia and Louisiana (and also Nigeria and Senegal it turns out), but finding that British ancestry kind of shocked her into thinking about slavery…

My mom’s cousin (male-so not dressed down) died this way in Maine. They lived in York, and he was walking home drunk. I believe they also found discarded clothing too. It's so easy. People need to realize HOW dangerous it is and prepare plans to get home so it's not a decision they need to make drunk. I'm in York…

I used to live in Boston... there are lots of stupid men there that make a big deal about their manhood being tied to their wearing shorts year ‘round. One, Jim Shorts on Sports, is/was a sports announcer when last I lived there.

Thermostats around here are frequently set higher in the winter than they are in the summer, further promoting the idea that people shouldn’t “need” to dress for the weather. I constantly talk to my family about the importance of dressing for the weather outside, wearing layers of clothing to help you stay comfortable…

But I feel like its especially in cold places where 98% of activities happen inside that people don’t dress for the weather. I remember this in Colorado all the time - its fucking snowing outside and girls dressing to impress and random teens (boys and girls alike) are in shorts and sweatshirts and sneakers. Grownups…

I used to have that problem when I lived in London, Ontario, which is known as a university city. I’d be at bars with friends in the winter with it -15C in sweaters and boots watching the university girls across the street wade through 2-foot snowbanks in stilettos, miniskirts and tank tops to get to the clubs. Pay…

I live in DC but I was born and raised in Rochester, NY. One of the first trappings of being old that I truly embraced was giving up the idea that I had to wear skimpy clothes out to a bar in the middle of winter. F that noise. Ditto with shoes that aren’t comfortable. Put on a coat, put on a hat, and put on some…

I live in Bangor, where the New Year’s tradition is throwing a beach ball off the roof of a local pub. A few years ago, the temperature was WELL below zero when the parties started spilling out into the streets, with a lot of women wearing really skimpy dresses and heels. I will NEVER be able to understand how they…

Don't think this is only young women, though. I've seen plenty of "young dudes" making stupid fashion choices in winter as well. The 365 Gym Shorts Guys. Guys who feel baseball/trucker caps are good cold-weather headwear. I just had to stop my college-aged son from leaving the house in 2 degree weather because he was…