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?

Conducted

August 18, 2017

5084 US adults surveyed

Conducted August 18, 2017

YouGov surveyed 5084 US 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%

Conducted August 18, 2017

YouGov surveyed 5084 US adults

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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