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To: aladin who wrote (96667)	1/25/2005 12:03:29 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793698

Thomas Jefferson's wife had a slave who was her half sister (same father). After his wife died, this woman gave birth to a number of children whose father was either Jefferson or his brother or another male relative. These children were, at minimum, 3/4 European in ancestry. What race were they? According to Virginia law, and the law everywhere else in America at the time, they were black. So were people who were 1/32 in African ancestry. I would venture to guess that a number of people who think they are black have more Irish blood than African blood. And vice versa -- a number of people who think they are Irish actually have more African blood than they realize. As far as that goes -- how can you tell whether someone is Irish, English, German, Scandinavian, Russian, or Dutch, just by looking at them?