African American are not mixed race

[ButlerKing]

If they have only 12.5% White DNA on average that means they are only Black with small white admixture.




For example some 1/2 White or 1/4 White are mixed but anything less than are not counted.

[Smeagol]

A lot of African Americans are more than 12.5% black. I thought the average was 20%.

[alfieb]

I'm skeptical of those results. Most African-Americans that I know of claim to have some minor Native American DNA.

And if the average Afram was only 1/8 non-black, their skin color wouldn't be considerably lighter than what you find in Caribbean blacks and native Africans, but most Aframs have lighter skin than say, Jamaicans and Haitians.

[SilverKnight]

[Carlito's Way]

i thought they were like 20% on average
they also dont consider themselves a mix race, not even their mulatto people, they always claim being black

[ButlerKing]

I'm skeptical of those results. Most African-Americans that I know of claim to have some minor Native American DNA.

And if the average Afram was only 1/8 non-black, their skin color wouldn't be considerably lighter than what you find in Caribbean blacks and native Africans, but most Aframs have lighter skin than say, Jamaicans and Haitians.

DNA shows only 5% of Black African American have 12.5% Native American ancestry

[KidMulat]

It is regional and largely based on class; PNW AfrAms are on average near mulatto whereas Deep Southern rural AfrAm can be as little as 0 to below 12.5%

Oprah is zero percent euro and 10% Choctaw

below 12.5% NA but above 6% probably skyrockets in certain places

[ButlerKing]

A lot of African Americans are more than 12.5% black. I thought the average was 20%.

only 15% are 30% White and 5% are 50% White.

[alfieb]

DNA shows only 5% of Black African American have 12.5% Native American ancestry

12.5% would be 1/8th. Who's saying it's that high?

[KidMulat]

12.5% would be 1/8th. Who's saying it's that high?

For most Americans that is high