Would you change your self-identification?

[thenewestmember]

Let's say you know that you are Georgian and identify as Georgian but you look a bit different. you take dna test and then see that you cluster with Gypsies but not cluster with Georgians. After that would you change your self-identification?

[TheMaestro]

I have thread similar to this. If I’ve found out on autosomal that I’m of different ethncity and later on find out the truth, then yes, I would identify myself differently. But I would also proclaim both nations.

[Daco Celtic]

No, because I identify as an American and genetic results don't change that.

[itilvolga]

No, culture and upbringing are much more important than genetics for me.

[FergusNeil]

I would change self-identification of ethnicity. But nationality would be the same

[Luso]

Culture doesn't change. But my self-perception of my ethnicity would align more with that new finding.

[Chaos One]

Let's say here in Brazil I'm perceived as white and was classified as white all my entire life.

Still, sometimes people asked me if I was Half-Asian or something like this, to a point that when I lived in Japan most people just thought I was there because I had some ancestry.

After DNA test, I started to classify myself as "Yellow" here. While I'm not full asian, at some degree hapas are seen as one, so no problem at all.

[Dr_Maul]

It depends on how much, I guess 25% would be the maximum. Higher than that and I would probably identify with both. Its not like if you are 25% something than the other 75% doesn't exist lol. 25% or less I think is just part of your past, like a grandparent or something. Obviously if you know about it then you can look at it as part of your ancestry and identify with it

[Westbrook]

I guess I'd have to stop and ask whether anyone else on this planet actually cares how I "identify" myself... and upon realizing the answer is no, I'd probably wonder why I'm spending my limited time on Earth worrying about this

[Kaspias]

upbringing > anything