Genetic DNA testing and diveristy

skieurope
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 01:56:10 +0000

I think the situation with adoptees is a lot more complicated than meets the eye.

I’m not sure anyone is disagreeing, at least I’m not. But there is a difference between adopting a child that assumes she’s Latina based on bits and pieces she has gleaned (whether subsequent DNA testing, if any, confirms/denies/is ambiguous) and has explored that avenue in various ways vs a kid who was adopted from Russia, looks white (whatever that means), identifies as such, but 2.5 minutes before submitting a college application discovers he has some percentage of African blood from a DNA test. Where the OP’s kid falls on that spectrum is unclear since the post, as previously noted, is vague.