This is a good point. I am mixed. My father is from Nigeria (west Africa), so I believe that most likely he is a pure African. But my mom is different. She is Jamaican and there is a lot more history than meets the eye. At first glance, she is a short light-skinned woman with black hair. But her last name is Phinn. It's supposed to be F-I-N-N, but it was changed by my grandfather. Finn is a notoriously IRISH name. So when people see the name Phinn and not my mother, they say, OH! white woman with red hair and blue eyes. It's not so. They don't know that she's black and her impeccable speech throws them off. People have actually been quite surprised to find out that my mom is black and some don't speak to her anymore. But let's remember, the British colonized Jamaica and even b4 that, slave trade was in full swing. So, with this in mind, I could have ancestors from Sudan, Congo, Liberia, and almost anywhere else in Africa. Also, I could be mixed with Scottish, British, Icelanic or any other type of people up there.

And what you where saying about the 2 Europeans and the African cannot be more true. For example, (bear with me, now) real, pure-blooded Jews. I am saying this in regard to people without extensive ancestry. There are in Jeruselum, right? Wrong. Stay with me on this, I'ma hit you with some serious history. Centuries ago, during the time of the real Jews (b4 invasion and dispersement) a high priest, scientists say, was said to have carried a particular gene. This gene identified a true Jew. The priest was called a kohenim, so the gene was called the kohenim gene. Anyway, this particular gene was passed on from father to son through many generations. But when the Jews were invaded by Assyrians and many other tribes, they were dispersed throughout the Middle East. Some Jews even ended up in Africa. The Jews intermarried and therefore were no longer pure.

Scientists were in search for the lost Jews and lost tribes. Now this is where the plot thickens. They found a particualr tribe of Africans that claimed to be the real Jews. They had either similar or the same practices as the Jews in Jerusalem. On one occasion, it was said that some Jews were in search of a particular city (I forgot the name) of religious importance and left the Middle East in search of it. They presumed that they Jews were "untampered" when they left and the African tribe could be the group they searched for. So the scientists thought, "Could these Africans be real Jews and possess the kohenim gene?" So they tested the Jews in both Africa and Jerusalem. Guess what?.......

Only an estimated 10% of the Jerusalem population was said to possess the kohenim gene and an astounding 90% of the African tribe had the gene. These people were the real Jews. So that meant that a white boy in Jerusalem had more in common with an African boy than with most of his neighbors.

So in conclusion, the continents are the only difference. They in fact are the same "race" of people. Their genotype is the same. Who knows, maybe I have the same genes as some Scottish girl. Phycical features mean nothing when you consider ancestry. Genetic makeup is what really makes you part of a "race".

~Dulce~

PS- This wasn't a waste of my time, I was glad to add to the discussion.