I took a DNA test back in the beginning of May, I expect my results will be available in the next week or two. As of the 25th, they are extracting my DNA. They expect my results will be ready by about June 16th, which I am very much looking forward to.

For now, I can provide what I expect my results to be. I can really only expect 50% Indigenous or less due to both of my grandfathers being Caucasian. I know I am Secwépemc and St’át’imc for the First Nations parts of my genetic makeup and I can expect to be about 25% or less German. There will likely be some British and Irish genes. I was speaking to my counselor a bit ago and I told her that I was going to take a test, she said to expect a small percentage of Chinese genes due to the extensive interactions that took place between the rail road workers and the Indigenous peoples of the land the tracks cut through.

I can’t think of much else. Obviously, there will be some small, almost negligible, percentages of races I cannot possibly have opportunities to explore.

The one thing I am most concerned of is how large the First Nations percentage is going to be. I am a status native, I think a 6(1) designation due to that fact that both my parents are status (the fact they are 6(2) designation doesn’t matter because a child of 2 status parents, regardless of their designation, will have 6(1) status). Due to my status, my percentage doesn’t necessarily matter because my card proves my Indian-ness (a status I will pass down to my children, regardless of my partner. Whether my partner is status or not will effect their designation, but at least they will still be status), but I still am scared because…. just because. I am very white-passing, this hurts my pride because I can never truly feel at home when practicing my culture or speaking my language with my light skin because I worry people will just think I am a delusional whitey. Perhaps I am, I am writing a god damn blog, how pathetic.

(I wonder how many times I said the word “expect”.)