My Ancestor :)
Added by J. The Perverted Summoner • Updated 26 days ago by J. The Perverted Summoner
![cartoonish black person looking up at an ancient egyptian bust and a thought bubble that reads my ancestor :)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/033/204/Screen_Shot_2020-03-16_at_1.09.07_PM.png)
Type: Exploitable, Catchphrase, Character, Cliché, Parody,
Tags: ancestors, descendants, we wuz, looking up, different, statues, busts, tutankhamun,
![cartoonish black person looking up at an ancient egyptian bust and a thought bubble that reads my ancestor :)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/033/204/Screen_Shot_2020-03-16_at_1.09.07_PM.png)
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
"My Ancestor :)" refers to a series of exploitable images image macros depicting a character of a designated ethnicity, species, time period or group looking up towards another character (usually a bust, a sarcophagus or a statue) that does not resemble him/her/it at all, and proudly thinking "My Ancestor :)." Though initially used for race-related and racist jokes, the format evolved to include more parody and nonsensical edits.
Origin
On January 15th, 2014 the website knotofstone.com,[1] dedicated to the exploration of African history, published several images on researchers analyzing the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Among those images, there was one in which a woman of Sub-Saharan African origins was photographed from the side, while facing the sarcophagus (shown below).
![Black Woman looking at Egyptian Sarcophagus](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/861/406.jpg)
The Facebook page Unapologetically Black captioned the image with "That moment You realize That Royalty is In your DNA" (shown below). While the post is lost, it was reposted to Imgur[2] on March 29th, 2016 with a WE WUZ KINGS title.
!["The Moment you realize that royalty is in your DNA" Unapologetically Black 47 mins · e STAY REMAIN PROUD #UnapologeticallyBlack "That moment You realize That Royalty isIn your DNA" %3D Like Comment Share](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/899/fb6.jpg)
Spread
On April 4th, 2016, an anonymous poster on the 4chan board /pol/ [3] posted a MS Paint drawing of the template, captioning it "My ancestor" (shown below, left). Months later, on December 17th, 2016, an anonymous user drew it using the Nordic / Mediterranean style, depicting a modern man looking at a Neanderthal[4] (shown below, right).
![My Ancestor Original BLACK Unapologetically Black REMAIN PROUD STAY 47 mins · e #UnapologeticallyBlack "That moment You realize That Royalty isIn your DNA" t Like - Comment A Share My ancestor :)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/903/841/217.jpg)
![Modern Man and Neanderthal My Ancestor :).](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/863/135.png)
The template saw use on other 4chan boards and Reddit. Some Mediterranean users of /pol/ turned the meme around, mocking Nordic and Finnish people who believed to be ancestors of Rome, Greece or Mongolians (examples shown below).
![Nordic and Mediterranean My ancestor :) HEIL DIN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/922/96f.jpg)
![Finnish and Mongolian My ancestor :)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/927/97d.png)
On May 29th, 2017 an anonymous user who claimed to be the one who drew the original template, expressed his dislike for Nordics being depicted with the same skull shape as blacks, and in the post, he drew a brand new one depicting a blonde and blue-eyed person doing the same look and expression (shown below). However, his complaint fell on deaf ears, as users kept using the meme as they pleased.
![A (failed) attempt to make the template for the meme change my ancestor.png, 13KİB, 427x622 My ancastor Anonymous ID:FNOPJUR9 Mon 29 May 2017 10:37:51 No.127553928 >>127552052 The point of the "My ancestor :)" image (I drew the original) was to point out the obvious difference in skull shapes. Nordics don't have Negroid skull shapes.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/986/e6e.jpg)
Various Examples
![Alien version My ancestor :)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/985/f67.png)
![Zero-Two and Lum My ancestor:) Zerotwo's ancestor](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/979/3b9.png)
![Atheist and Monkey my ancestor :) I THINK THEREFORE I AM NOT RELIGIOUS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/931/216.png)
![The Chad and The Officer My ancestor :) OT OƏ JIAL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/787/054/b1b.jpg)
![Bird and Dinosaur my ancestor :)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/924/877.png)
![Ashi and Aku My ancestor :)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/786/929/f8d.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Knotofstone – Exploring Past and Future Lives Tutankhamen
[2] Imgur – WE WUZ KANGZ AND SHIEEET
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Tags: ancestors, descendants, we wuz, looking up, different, statues, busts, tutankhamun,
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