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When Ancestry.com Says
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About
When Ancestry.com Says is a series of image macros in which the phrase sets up a joke about people of different ethnicities performing stereotypical actions of another race.
Origin
The earliest known usage of the meme was posted on February 10th, 2019 by Twitter [1] user @molliefounds (shown below). Above a photograph of four white women dancing, they wrote, "when http://ancestry.com says you got black relatives.."
![when http://ancestry.com says you got black relatives.. mollie mae @molliefounds when ancestry.com says you got black relatives.. MENSERWA ME OF THE NEATES 1:10 PM Feb 10, 2016 from Ohio, USA Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/473/96c.png)
Spread
The meme continued to appear on Twitter, occasionally, over the next year. On April 21st, 2017, tweeted,[2] "When http://ancestry.com says I'm .0.00001% Jamaican." The tweet received more than 130 likes and 125 retweets in less than three years (shown below, left).
Months later, on February 25th, 2018, Redditor [3] Flutfar posted a variation that reads, "Ancestry.com: According to our DNA analysis you're 2% Jewish." The post received more than 5,900 points (97% upvoted) and 65 comments in less than two years (shown below, center).
The following year, on November 25th, 2019, Redditor[4] posted a variation featuring a screenshot from the television series The Mandalorian. Within 24 hours, the post received more than 91,000 points (94% upvoted) and 740 comments (shown below, right).
On November 25th, the website StayHipp[5] published a listicle on the memes.
![When http://ancestry.com says I'm .0.00001% Jamaican. No Relation, Esq @TheCosby When ancestry.com says I'm .0.00001% Jamaican GIF 7:45 AM Apr 21, 2017 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/474/575.png)
![According to our DNA analysis you're 2% jewish Ancestry.com: According to our DNA analysis you 're 2% Jewish Youtuber: Henry Oster I Survived The Holocaust 3,180,957 views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/476/011.jpg)
![When you're ancestry.com DNA says you're 1% american When your ancestry.com DNA says you're 1% American Weapons are part of my religion. u/zavod311](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/478/628.jpg)
Various Examples
![When your ancestry.com DNA says you are 3% british When your ancestry.com DNA says you are 3% brÃtish](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/483/b5b.jpg)
![When your ancestry.com DNA says your 1% french When your ancestry.com DNA says your 1% French My Friend: Hey- lsurrender!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/482/52e.jpg)
![When ancestry.com tells me I am 0.2% human when Ancestry. com tells me Iam 0.2% Human](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/480/3a4.jpg)
![When ancestry.com says you're 100% american When ancestry.com says you're 100% American Thinkstock by Gety Images](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/479/c60.png)
![White ppl when their ancestry DNA test says they're 1.2% chinese White ppl when their Ancestry DNA test says they're 1.2% Chinese O2ERE Muchas Gracias BRE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/485/3b2.jpg)
![When ancestry.com DNA says you're 5% italian When ancestry.com DNA says you're 5% italian *LOUD ITALIAN NOISES "EY PIZZA MAMA" ETC](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/652/486/3d6.jpg)
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External References
[1] Twitter – @molliefounds' Tweet
[2] Twitter – @TheCosby's Tweet
[4] Reddit – /r/dankmemes
[5] StayHipp – ANCESTRY.COM DNA TEST MEMES
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