I loved this article. To be honest it had always intrigued me as to why my hair controlled a large aspect of my life? When I hit puberty my dark shiny wavy hair turned into a frizzy curly mess after my mother cut it in the late 70's. My father was an Argentinian Jew and he sported the Jew fro. My mom was Puertorican though and she had straight hair, she was born a blond. She was the typical fair skinned Puertorican. My hair became the pilar of my confidence. When I finally discovered curlers, wrap do's, and conditioning products, I set out to master my ability to control my crazy hair. I wanted to look pretty after the teasing and the constant longing to have the easy, soft silky hair the other pretty girls had. Ohh my story is long. But let's just say that I finally got the opportunity to have my DNA tested to find out if I had any black ancestors in my DNA because I was positive there had to be a great great great grandmother or father who was black. This would make sense as to why my hair was so similar to the black woman I knew but did not explain my pale white skin. Well my answer was a bit surprising. The high percent of my DNA was 27% European Jew all the other percentages was in locations where the Jewish population magrated too. Though it was a resolve to me, my result also showed that I was 10% Afican. Not sure if that's why my hair seemed so out if place? I was positive I would have a higher percentage, but it sort of answered my long curiosity as to why I was so different and confused as to where to place myself.
I loved this article. To be honest it had always intrigued me as to why my hair controlled a large aspect of my life? When I hit puberty my dark shiny wavy hair turned into a frizzy curly mess after my mother cut it in the late 70's. My father was an Argentinian Jew and he sported the Jew fro. My mom was Puertorican though and she had straight hair, she was born a blond. She was the typical fair skinned Puertorican. My hair became the pilar of my confidence. When I finally discovered curlers, wrap do's, and conditioning products, I set out to master my ability to control my crazy hair. I wanted to look pretty after the teasing and the constant longing to have the easy, soft silky hair the other pretty girls had. Ohh my story is long. But let's just say that I finally got the opportunity to have my DNA tested to find out if I had any black ancestors in my DNA because I was positive there had to be a great great great grandmother or father who was black. This would make sense as to why my hair was so similar to the black woman I knew but did not explain my pale white skin. Well my answer was a bit surprising. The high percent of my DNA was 27% European Jew all the other percentages was in locations where the Jewish population magrated too. Though it was a resolve to me, my result also showed that I was 10% Afican. Not sure if that's why my hair seemed so out if place? I was positive I would have a higher percentage, but it sort of answered my long curiosity as to why I was so different and confused as to where to place myself.