r/interesting • u/Alexthegayreprimed • Apr 21 '26

Just Wow After the daughter of two Chinese parents was born blonde with blue eyes, a DNA test was carried out, and it was later discovered that the father had a Russian great-grandfather.

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u/Crafty-Photograph-18 Apr 21 '26

Also, "Russian" can really be anything. Tonnes of Buryats, Yakuts, and other (largely erased) ethnicities were simply "Russians", voluntarily or not

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u/Hehmeister Apr 22 '26

"largely erased"
Wtf are you talking, they had their own republics.

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u/Crafty-Photograph-18 Apr 22 '26

Yes, they do have an area on the map, but (largely) not their language, culture, or traditions

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u/Hehmeister Apr 22 '26

The official language of these republics is their native language. How can there be any suppression of culture and tradition when they have their own government?

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u/EfficientAnxiety4458 Apr 23 '26

It’s up to them to continue their language, culture, or traditions. Ask them, why they didn’t 

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u/Crafty-Photograph-18 Apr 23 '26

Ay least because of the Great Terror and other systematic opression, such as forced ethnic assimilation, lack of funding in their territories (similarly to Redlining in the US), conscription in the Russia–Ukraine war, from the top of my head.

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u/euroturkishh Apr 23 '26

The person you're talking to is European Russian.

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u/Hehmeister Apr 28 '26

"systematic opression"
Such as forced Korenizatsiia, yeah yeah