Are You a Man (or Woman) of the World?

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Being a 'man (or woman) of the world' is a common way of saying that we are canny, savvy, knowledgeable about the ways of the world and that we are not likely to be easily taken in, fooled or scammed. Of course, it can also mean that we are a member of the human race - a brother or sister to everyone else in the world, whatever their nationality or colour of their skin - but the expression is not so often used that way. If you were asked what nationality you consider yourself and what your racial heritage is, would you identify mostly with one country, maybe acknowledging some European, Native American, African or Asian heritage? If your DNA were analysed, you might be very surprised! I have had my DNA profile done and I was astounded to find that there was a very small component which may have come from East Asia, though most of it showed that (as I expected), for the last 10,000 years my ancestors mostly lived in Northern Europe and migrated to Britain, but, before that, my father's side probably came from the Middle East and my mother's DNA showed links with Siberia. Do watch this video! It is really enlightening. It shows how we all may be related to each other through mixed race marriages which could be more recent than we realise! (It's also worth watching the stories of Aurelie and Jay and others which follow on from that) http://youtu.be/tyaEQEmt5ls