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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Their great-great-great grandfather was black. Tell them that. [b]I wouldn’t refer to them “mixed race.”[/b] [/quote] Black biracial person here (i.e., one of my parents is black; other is a "brown" race). I agree with PP. I'd just say you have a small amount of African ancestry due to a white-passing ancestor. As far as "passing," you can just explain that societal conditions were unfair for black people at that time, so much so that some with mixed heritage decided to "pass" into white society. A lot has been written on this phenomenon. [/quote] +1 I’m of mixed ancestry. We actually had a reverse passing in our family so my Irish great-grandmother could legally live with her AA/NA DH and their mixed kids. I have DNA test results that support the family oral history of indigenous ancestry, but I don’t tell people I’m NA. My kids shouldn’t claim it because that’s an experience they have never lived.[/quote]
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