My biggest issue with mixing would be this: genetically, if I were to have a child with an Asian woman, it would actually be less related to me than any random child from any random Polish, German, or French couple any the world. It literally would be "less a part of me" than the children of some of my fifth cousins.
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Lol, using this stupid logic you should marry your sister. Go on bubba, remember, the only thing that's important is how close genetically you are to your offspring.
And this is why reproductive cloning of humans is unethical.
The point of sexual reproduction IS mixing the genes with every generation. It makes life harder for pathogens infiltrating the organism, neutralises recessive gene defects, creates new combination of traits, and might even result in heterosis, where shared traits with different genetic causes result in progeny who manifest that trait stronger than either parent. If you see the mother (or father) of your children as an incubator of your clones, you are doing it wrong, and probably should abstain from reproduction (preferrably by removing yourself from the genepool permanently). She should be a person worthy of having your genes mixed with hers, you should want to see her genes being carried over into the next generation as well. Or to put it into emotional terms: you should love her.
Of course, his statement is factually incorrect: The variation of genotypes is smaller between different human population than within a human population, virtually all genotypical diversity of humanity is exclusive to Africa, and all humans are more closely related to each other than the members of a single troupe of chimpanzees.
Behold Charles II. of Spain, paragon of genetic purity!
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So me disowning you has some weight in your twisted mind then? Wonderful!
Now never breed. The race needs neither the oversaturation of degrading genetic code or your poisonously neglectful incompetence as a caretaker for the next generation.
Dumbass must have been sleeping when the teacher started talking about genetics.
1.Just because your offspring MAY have more Asian features than white doesn't mean your genetics aren't in the kid.
2.Genetic variation is good, genetic stagnation is bad.
THAT IS NOT HOW HERITABILITY WORKS.
Any child you have will have 50% of your genes. Period.
Racial categories are a purely human invention; there is at least as much genetic variance within these categories as among different ones. If you pick two Swedes and a Han Chinese at random, it is entirely possible for the first Swede to share more DNA with the Han than with the second Swede.
This is stupid on two levels.
First of all, as multiple people have already pointed out, that is not even remotely how DNA works.
Secondly, why does your ability to empathise and care with people depend entirely on their genetic similarity to you? By this logic, you'd care for a clone twice as much as you would care for a child conceived normally.
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