Knowing the Unknown Unknowns

I can’t express how how wonderfully this expresses my issues with the whole concept of cultural appropriation, which seems such a buzzword in most esoteric, spiritual and secular fields these days. Thank you, Abfalter. Both for the post and my new favourite label for the purity crowd… Schicklgrubers 😉

The Weekly Druid

dnaA couple of days ago, I had a pretty good idea who I am when I woke up that morning. Going to bed later that day was a different matter. Much – and nothing – has changed. How so? Well, I got an email from Ancestry.com that my DNA heritage analysis was done and that I could see the results on the web.

Now, why did I do that in the first place, you may say. What’s so important about one’s ethnic heritage?

It’s not important at all, but interesting. And a little more different from what I thought it would be.  It also conveniently confirms certain believes I have had all along.

Let me start with telling you what my ancestry is, ethnically speaking………….Really?
Sorry, no, I am not going to tell you what it is. Because it does not matter. Most is not surprising anyway, only one is in the…

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Intermittent posting of random touchstones, memories and events. This wasn't meant to be what it would become... But then, is it ever?
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