Family tree privacy on Ancestry
Ancestry In general, the terms ancestry and ancestors frequently refer to a general connection to people or things from the past. However, they have a more specific meaning in a genetic context: your ancestors are the people from whom you are biologically descended , and ancestry is information about them and their genetic relationship to you. However, confusion arises from the manner in which ancestry is presented in front of people. Rather than emphasizing its complex structure, results are frequently reduced to discrete categories. While this is convenient and sometimes useful, it ultimately misleads about the nature of ancestry . These labels can also impose modern political or cultural divisions that may be inaccurate representations of ancestral relationships. Ancestry fundamentally connects genetics and society. It has cultural, religious, and even political significance for many people, and it can play an important role in shaping personal and public identitie...