Any mixed-race people here on wrongplanet? :)

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We all are, auntblabby. We all are...
http://www.astrobio.net/topic/origins/origin-and-evolution-of-life/the-probability-of-panspermia/

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-huge-chunk-tardigrade-genome-foreign.html

^^^I sometimes feel like I look like that little beastie

I'm part Wolfman!

^^^are you furry of body?

I'm almost afraid to ask which part...

Ooh, my favorite animal+my favorite news site+a special interest

All humans are mixed species conglomerates. Research reveals more information every day (well ok, maybe not *literally* every day but certainly at least once or twice a month) about the microbiomes of skin, eyeballs, and gut, and how they have co-evolved with us (and other animals) so that they 'talk' to our brains and influence our gene expression, moods, eating habits, and response to environmental factors. Human DNA is by no means the only program running in the human species.

Race, on the other hand, is socially constructed. As such, it's constantly changing, and hard to define except by whatever current arbitrary social parameters are set for it. I'd argue that all humans are essentially members of one race, that has some high concentrations of certain groups of genes in some populations, but that there are almost no humans on the planet that share *no* common genes.

"On topic" reply to the thread:
I'm definitely mixed-race, no matter how you define race. My own 'racial' background can be described as South American indigenous (Aztec, Mayan), European/Caucasian (Irish, German, Scotch, English, Dutch), African (Spanish), and whatever the hell racial background makes up a Sicilian. The only thing that doesn't seem to be included in this mix is any Asian race.

All of the 'races' listed above are social constructs. Many have changed over time as new sociopolitical configurations arise. Perceptions matter, too - people classify you according to what they see, not what you actually are. My sisters and I are too "mixed" to look like anything but Caucasian, so that is how we are usually viewed by people I meet. Our Mom, by contrast, looks very much like a Mexican, and was usually seen that way by others. And it has sometimes made a difference in how people respond to us.

I'm half English (British?) and half Greek Cypriot. I'm fairly sure that makes very mixed as I have west European DNA and Cypriots have DNA from most races due the island nations geographical location and long history of invasions.

http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/02/06/cypri ... pulations/

My appearance is of a fairly hairless human (including receding hairline, alas!)

But what's inside me----there's a great amount of Wolf within my Unconscious!

^^^ I see I'm not sure of precisely what is in my subconscious. although I am prone to slipping into emulating elvis now and then.

And on a totally random note, I have finally realized that you are in fact a male. Wow. Not that it matters much to me, but still...

Mixed with Black, Native American, French, White, and Spanish aka Creole.

I hope that means you still respect me

the largest percentages of races in my genes are Mexican, Irish, and German. My mom never taught me Spanish growing up, because she didn't think I'd really need it. my German and Irish genes are dominant so I always got called 'White Boy' and people always thought I lied about being part Mexican.

Oh yes. I'm thinking I just need to be more attentive to profile details in the future

I'm Metis, so that means I have mixed European and Native American heritage. Granted, I'm much more white than native, but still, it's enough that I'm a card carrying member of the Metis Nation of Alberta.

I'm the opposite in a way, I look more Mexican than Native, black or white (if you see my profile picture I'm sure you would agree ), plus I speak a lot of Spanish; I kinda have to since a lot of my Mexican family doesn't know that great of English.