I disbelieve this map. The US genome is overwhelmingly British Isle-based. This

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Sep 12, 2023
4:46:45pm

spoxjox Truly Addicted User

map would have us believe that the US genome is mostly German and African, with a good dose of Irish thrown in.

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spoxjox

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Speaking of interesting maps of the US, this has always been an fascinating one

Japan Coug

9/12/23 4:32pm

I disbelieve this map. The US genome is overwhelmingly British Isle-based. This

spoxjox

9/12/23 4:46pm

If you go back far enough, all British Isles is German.

2FarGone

9/12/23 5:11pm

If you go back even further, we're all African.

Japan Coug

9/12/23 5:16pm

That depends on whether you believe in that scenario or the one where Adam and Eve are from Missouri

2FarGone

9/12/23 5:18pm

I'm going off of our current understanding of DNA and archaeology/anthropology.

Japan Coug

9/12/23 5:24pm

Celts and Germans are both Indo-Europeans

2FarGone

9/12/23 5:28pm

OK, if you meant Indo-European rather than German, then I agree.

Japan Coug

9/12/23 6:07pm

This is a good point, but the Anglo-Saxon-Welsh lines are pretty well-defined.

spoxjox

9/12/23 8:09pm

I assume it’s self-reported, though the pockets of English in Appalachia

RevolutionDeathsquad

9/12/23 5:15pm

The largest ancestry group does not necessarily mean that it is a majority in

Japan Coug

9/12/23 5:15pm

so that's why food in the midwest sucks huh?

Strawhat4life

9/12/23 4:49pm

It is all too strong in Appalachia. Check out the family trees.

Q-grr

9/12/23 5:01pm

Ancestry DNA mapping stuff is very dumb and shows how bankrupt our understanding of basic history is

2FarGone

9/12/23 5:09pm

Actually, the Spanish are primarily of Celtic origin, per most DNA studies. The

Japan Coug

9/12/23 5:21pm

I’m not following you here. Are you meaning Indo-European instead of German?

RevolutionDeathsquad

9/12/23 5:22pm

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