Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is gorgeous

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Anonymous wrote:So about that baby ...

He looks white and that’s not surprising considering Meghan Markle’s ancestry make-up. According to Ancestry.com, the average African American is 65 percent sub-Saharan African, 29 percent European and 2 percent Native American.
* According to 23andme.com, the average African American is 75 percent sub-Saharan African, 22 percent European and only 0.6 percent Native American.
* According to Family Tree DNA.com, the average African American is 72.95 percent sub-Saharan African, 22.83 percent European and 1.7 percent Native American.
* According to National Geographic’s Genographic Project, the average African American is 80 percent sub-Saharan African, 19 percent European and 1 percent Native American.

So if Meghan’s mother has about 20% European DNA, Meghan probably has about 60% European DNA and then mixed with British aristocracy, it’s not surprising baby Archie is white. He’s handsome and their family is gorgeous. From what I can tell African American DNA is inextricably linked with European DNA, which means its easier in a few generations for someone to either become African American or White.... Examples: Meghan Markle or the Kardashians.

You must not know many AA or mixed people IRL. Babies are typically born with very light skin that darkens with time. He will get darker. I'm sure he will be adorable, but he will look mixed (because he is). Some of my mixed friends babies look darker than their light skinned part. Genes are funny that way.

I don’t even think Megan looks “mixed” (basedon her true geneology) in many photographs. Granted she straightens her hair but I could take her for a Jewish gal or an Italian - not necessarily African American. She is beautiful, tho.

+1, she is gorgeous. Meghan is not African American, she is biracial. It’s her mother who is African American. I don’t know if Meghan views herself as biracial or just African American. Based on the percentages above, I’d agree Archie will likely seen as white? There is nothing wrong with that or if he considers himself biracial.

African American is a cultural designation. Biracial is a racial designation. Of course, one can be both. Meghan gets her culture from the parent who raised her. She is African American.

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^Does she identify as African American?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So about that baby ...

He looks white and that’s not surprising considering Meghan Markle’s ancestry make-up. According to Ancestry.com, the average African American is 65 percent sub-Saharan African, 29 percent European and 2 percent Native American.
* According to 23andme.com, the average African American is 75 percent sub-Saharan African, 22 percent European and only 0.6 percent Native American.
* According to Family Tree DNA.com, the average African American is 72.95 percent sub-Saharan African, 22.83 percent European and 1.7 percent Native American.
* According to National Geographic’s Genographic Project, the average African American is 80 percent sub-Saharan African, 19 percent European and 1 percent Native American.

So if Meghan’s mother has about 20% European DNA, Meghan probably has about 60% European DNA and then mixed with British aristocracy, it’s not surprising baby Archie is white. He’s handsome and their family is gorgeous. From what I can tell African American DNA is inextricably linked with European DNA, which means its easier in a few generations for someone to either become African American or White.... Examples: Meghan Markle or the Kardashians.

Huh?! Kardashians are white.

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Anonymous wrote:^Does she identify as African American?

I don't think it is as simple as identifying as AA. She identifies as biracial but embraces both her AA and WA ancestry.

https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/news/a26855/more-than-an-other/