Jess...thought

[wrxgirl]

I hope she is part Hawaiian! I think Hawaiians are BEAUTIFUL! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[LordofthePumpkinPatch]

I don't know enough about the history of Hawaii to say, but there hsa been alot of mixing with the chinese...
I too would love her to be part hawaiin!
Well, in 2 weeks we'll now for sure...

[Miss_Nellie_OMalley]

Yes, it is believed that islanders from the pacific populated the Hawaiian islands, as well as many of the islands along south america (such as easter island)

[colettedenali]

She could honestly be from anywhere. Race is not always easily determined by looking at someone's face. I'm biracial and I *never* have my race correctly interpreted by guessers. On Tuesday, I went to the DMV to get a new ID and the clerk wrote down that I was Latina. Close, but no cigar!

Check out this site on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingP...02_00-home.htm

It's called "Race: the power of the illusion." You get a series of photos and you try to guess which race the people pictured are. You'll quickly learn that it's not so easy to figure out what someone's racial background is by looking!

[Dolly6]

That would be cool if she were Hawaiin and a good idea too - AG'll be representing more of the USA.
It would be really neat if she lived in Hawaii and her book were about that.

[Skittl1321]

Well we know her book isn't about her in Hawaii, the summary tells us that.

It would still be cool if she was from Hawaii

[jenndon]

Very interesting site Collette. I didn't do too well, but the pictures were very small.

Yes, I agree that Jess could be Hawaiian as well.

[carolinapooh]

Originally posted by balletmom:
She looks exactly like a friend of mine who is part Japanese, but nothing like my Brazilian friend. But Brazil is South America, not Central America. But don't Hawaiians have an Asian heritage?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">WWAAAYYY back, maybe. They're actually Polynesian.

[GreyMyst]

Originally posted by jenndon:
Very interesting site Collette. I didn't do too well, but the pictures were very small.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I got about 3/4, but I also looked at hairstyle and makeup to try and figure our what they would CONSIDER themselves instead of what they just looked like.

I mean I look white, but I actaully am mixed and if I have to pick one race, I normally pick hispanic.

[Miss_Nellie_OMalley]

Originally posted by AGCrayZee:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by balletmom:
She looks exactly like a friend of mine who is part Japanese, but nothing like my Brazilian friend. But Brazil is South America, not Central America. But don't Hawaiians have an Asian heritage?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">WWAAAYYY back, maybe. They're actually Polynesian.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah that would have been prehistoric man (well right afterwards) Its kinda like how there is a theory floating around that Native Americans are related to the East as well as man might have traveled to N. and S. America by route of the Barring straight (yeah and i can't spell to save my life)