Not as "white" as they had hoped to be

In the article titled, “White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests with surprising results” by Eric Boodman, he tells a story of a white supremacist Craig Cobb, had his DNA testing results read to him and he found out that he was only 86% European and 14% Sub Saharan African. Cobb was booed and laughed at for trying to get the people of North Dakota to become an all-white dominance. Although Cobb was a white supremacist he was expecting to see that he was all-white but he played it off as in that the DNA test was wrong and that he wanted to be re-tested. Codd also mentions that he tried to say that the test was all but “statistical noise”. But little do they know now that they have made their ancestry public they would have to take down their sign of being a complete 100% white supremacist.

Lately people have been finding out that they are not as “white” as they had hoped to be. More and more people recently have been getting their DNA tested to see what they actually are. Some people are not pleased to see what they actually are. A lot of the people that get their tests are surprises to see where their ancestry comes from. Places like ancestry.com can actually be wrong with their data, “the science is often murky in those areas and gives ambiguous information” says J. Scott Roberts. Although ancestry.com can find lots of the peoples ancestors there is nothing like having your actual DNA tested to see where or what you actually come from.

Scientific American. August 16, 2017. Eric Boodman. Biology. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-nationalists-are-flocking-to-genetic-ancestry-tests-with-surprising-results/