What does " 1/16th Navajo" mean?!

Anonymous What does " 1/16th Navajo" mean?!

It refers to one great-great-grandparent.
You have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and sixteen great-great-grandparents.

AvangiIt refers to one great-great-grandparent.You have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and sixteen great-great-grandparents.

Thanks a lot Avangi. So it's somehow refers to the

ancestors of the one who said this, right?!

AnonymousSo it's somehow refers to the ancestors of the one who said this, right?!

Yes.

Examples:
My father was French, and my mother was Irish, so I am half French and half Irish.

My father's mother was French; my father's father was Spanish, my mother's father was French, and my mother's mother was Swiss. I am 1/4 Spanish, 1/4 Swiss an

AlpheccaStarsYes.Examples:My father was French, and my mother was Irish, so I am half French and half Irish.My father's mother was French; my father's father was Spanish, my mother's father was French, and my mother's mother was Swiss. I am 1/4 Spanish, 1/4 Swiss and 1/2 French.You can go back more generations, as long as you know who all the parents were.

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