A new academic study looks at how white supremacists are attempting to use genetic testing to prove their ethnic purity – but often discover they have a more diverse background than they knew. What comes closest to your view?

A new academic study looks at how white supremacists are attempting to use genetic testing to prove their ethnic purity – but often discover they have a more diverse background than they knew. What comes closest to your view? Published on August 18, 2017 → Survey conducted on August 18, 2017 on 5084 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

I would be excited to learn that I have a different ethnic background than I thought

31%

I would be upset to learn that I have a different ethnic background than I thought

It wouldn’t affect me to learn that I have a different ethnic background than I thought

48%

Not sure

14%

I would be excited to learn that I have a different ethnic background than I thought

31%

I would be upset to learn that I have a different ethnic background than I thought

It wouldn’t affect me to learn that I have a different ethnic background than I thought

48%

Not sure

14%

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