What does it means when 20 percent your ancestors were white?

Question

what does it means when 20 percent of your ancestors were white?

Answer 1

It could mean several different things.

It might mean that you have 20 % of your total number of ancestors identify themselves as white.  But if your Mother says she is white, you may be as much as 70% white, DNA-wise.

So, if 20% of your ancestry is white, you are somewhere between 20 and 70% white.

Pretty much like many other folks, so why not worry about collecting whatever info you can find about your actual ancestors and not worrying about their so-called 'race'

Answer 2

It means that you have white in you.

Answer 3

The math is fine.  It means that 1 in 5 of your ancestors self-identified as white.  So if you collected the names of 10,000 of your ancestors (all those from whom you are descended), 2000 (20% of 10,000) would have identified themselves as members of the white race.

Answer 4

Not a lot.

I agree with the earlier answer - how did you get to 20%?  If it was one Grandparent that would be 25%.  

You are whatever you want to be.  25% in my opinion is mixed race if that makes you feel any better.

Answer 5

It means 80% of your ancestors were something other than white. In the end, you are who you are. Does it really matter what the math of your ancestry was?

Answer 6

well apart from the fact that 80% of your ancestry wasn't white,

It also means that you must have a rich and varried culchure to research, Enjoy and be proud of who you are.

Answer 7

Means your mathematics is off.  How do you get 20%?