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**fkisjjdhh** · 03-19-2012, 02:23 AM

Their samples came from IlhÃ©us in the interior of Bahia (even though it is a coastal town). Most people from Bahia live in the interior, which is significantly less SSA African than the capital Salvador.

You can see that their sample of selfidentified " blacks" only have a maximum of 50% african ancestry, for Bahia it's even as low as 36% , this seems to be a little bit off though to be honest...

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Try to find pics of crowds of regular mainstream Brazilians who look overwhelmingly African in these regions: Northern Brazil, Central West Brazil, Southern Brazil, interior of SÃ£o Paulo state, and also CearÃ¡, Rio Grande do Norte and ParaÃ*ba (states in the Northeast of Brazil). You won't find them, since they are a very small minority there!

^You're not getting my point. I'm saying that ancestral components as shown by DNA studies or (limited) 23&me results don't matter IRL, because Genotype does not equal Phenotype. especially in Brazil with its large segment of multigenerational mixed Pardo's..

03-19-2012, 02:23 AM	#1
fkisjjdhh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	Their samples came from IlhÃ©us in the interior of Bahia (even though it is a coastal town). Most people from Bahia live in the interior, which is significantly less SSA African than the capital Salvador. You can see that their sample of selfidentified " blacks" only have a maximum of 50% african ancestry, for Bahia it's even as low as 36% , this seems to be a little bit off though to be honest... ---------- Post added 2012-03-18 at 18:25 ---------- Try to find pics of crowds of regular mainstream Brazilians who look overwhelmingly African in these regions: Northern Brazil, Central West Brazil, Southern Brazil, interior of SÃ£o Paulo state, and also CearÃ¡, Rio Grande do Norte and ParaÃba (states in the Northeast of Brazil). You won't find them, since they are a very small minority there! ^You're not getting my point. I'm saying that ancestral components as shown by DNA studies or (limited) 23&me results don't matter IRL, because Genotype does not equal Phenotype.* especially in Brazil with its large segment of multigenerational mixed Pardo's..
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