If you are 9% native American, 17% North African and the rest White, what would ..

Applying to College
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<p>If you are 9% native American, 17% North African and the rest White, what would you tick?</p>

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<p>Are you registered with any tribe?</p>

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<p>How do you calculate those percentages??</p>

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<p>It’s not me.</p>

<p>If by [DNA</a> test,](<a href=“https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/participate.html]DNA”>https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/participate.html) someone gets to know that he’s 9% native American, 17% North African and the rest White, what should he tick?</p>

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<p>You will not receive a percentage breakdown of your genetic background by ethnicity, race, or geographic origin. Nor will you receive confirmation of an association with a particular tribe or ethnic group.</p>

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<p>you can’t mark Native American without official tribal affiliation, and North African (usually countries like Egypt, Morocco, etc) is considered Caucasian – so add that to the fact that you are white – and you mark White or Caucasian.</p>

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Not that test, but some do:</p>

<p>“Our Ethnicity DNA Test provides a global overview of your genetic makeup telling you what percentage of your DNA is shared with Africans, Europeans, Asians and Native Americans.”
[url=<a href=“Health & DNA -”>Genealogy - Health & DNA]Link[/url</a>]</p>

<p>Ok, If someone is someone gets to know that he’s 9% native American, 17% African and the rest White, what should he tick?</p>

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<p>how about “other”</p>

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<p>He should tick whatever he considered himself before he took the test.</p>