Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

When I first started delving into genetic genealogy I really didn’t have a lot of expectations.  I simply thought it would be a cool way to tie the paper trail and research that I had amassed with my genes.  As I explored and conversed more and more with others in the genetic genealogy community, I noticed that there was a common theme that occurred in African American circles…resistance from European descent DNA matches.  The incidents that occurred seemed unreal, especially in this day and age.  Some of the exchanges were pretty funny.  But yet and still there is some resistance from European descent testers to collaborate or even corroborate information with African descent testers.  Back in July 2015, I fell victim to the same rejection as my cohorts.  The note was crafted in what many would consider to be code language.  The message was crafted as not to offer offense or as not to give the appearance that there was some form of bias toward me; but I knew better.   Like all things, I handled it like a champ and moved on.   I won’t lie, it still kind of stings when I think about it.