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Ancestry refers to the lineage or descent of a person, family, or group, tracing back through generations to identify their origins, heritage, and familial connections. It encompasses the genetic, cultural, and historical ties that link individuals to their forebears, shaping their identity and sense of belonging. Ancestry is a multifaceted concept, intertwining biology, genealogy, history, and culture, and it plays a significant role in how people understand themselves and their place in the world.

At its core, ancestry is rooted in genetics. Each individual inherits a unique combination of DNA from their parents, who in turn inherited their DNA from their own ancestors. This genetic material carries information about physical traits, predispositions to certain health conditions, and even behavioral tendencies. Advances in genetic testing, such as DNA analysis, have made it possible for individuals to trace their biological ancestry with remarkable precision. Companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA offer services that analyze genetic markers to provide insights into a person's ethnic composition and geographic origins, often revealing surprising connections to distant relatives or previously unknown heritage.

Beyond genetics, ancestry is deeply tied to genealogy, the study of family history and lineage. Genealogical research involves constructing family trees, documenting relationships, and uncovering historical records such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, census data, and immigration documents. This process often reveals stories of migration, resilience, and adaptation, offering a window into the lives of ancestors and the challenges they faced. For many, genealogy is a way to honor their forebears and preserve their legacy for future generations.

Cultural ancestry is another critical dimension, encompassing the traditions, languages, customs, and values passed down through generations. It connects individuals to their ethnic or national heritage, shaping their cultural identity and worldview. For example, someone with Irish ancestry might celebrate St. Patrick's Day, learn traditional Irish dance, or explore the Gaelic language, while someone with Japanese ancestry might practice tea ceremonies, study calligraphy, or observe Obon festivals. Cultural ancestry fosters a sense of continuity and belonging, linking individuals to a broader community with shared experiences and values.

Historical ancestry delves into the broader context of a family's or group's past, including significant events, social conditions, and historical movements that shaped their lives. For instance, the transatlantic slave trade, the Irish Potato Famine, or the Jewish diaspora have profoundly influenced the ancestry of millions of people, leaving lasting imprints on their descendants' identities. Understanding historical ancestry often involves grappling with complex narratives of triumph and tragedy, resilience and oppression, and the interplay of individual and collective experiences.

Ancestry also has a deeply personal and emotional dimension. For many, exploring their ancestry is a journey of self-discovery, offering insights into who they are and where they come from. It can foster a sense of pride, connection, and continuity, as well as a deeper appreciation for the struggles and achievements of those who came before. At the same time, it can raise questions about identity, belonging, and the complexities of heritage, particularly for individuals with mixed or multicultural backgrounds.

In a globalized world, ancestry serves as a bridge between the past and the present, connecting individuals to their roots while also highlighting the interconnectedness of human history. It underscores the diversity and richness of human experience, reminding us that every person's story is part of a larger tapestry woven over centuries. Whether through genetic testing, genealogical research, cultural practices, or historical exploration, ancestry offers a profound way to understand ourselves and our place in the world.

A diversification score measures the diversity of ancestries in the county. As the value appoaches 100, ancestry diversity decreases and therefore increasing the risk of a lack of cultural diversity. The ancestry diversification score for this county is:

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

Ancestry Report Part I
Description	Total Population	American	Native American	Hawaiian	Caribbean (Latino)	Mexican	Central American	South American	Other Hispanic	African American	Sub- Saharan	Caribbean (Black)

Comanche County	121,206	5,310	6,388	794	3,963	10,647	1,008	316	921	10,775	3,755	3,351
Oklahoma (in 000's)	4,117	225	305	8	28	390	37	16	22	185	53	46
National (in 000's)	343,251	13,890	2,213	626	11,327	38,879	6,181	4,644	3,687	25,893	7,852	7,174
Grady County	58,568	5,163	2,767	34	397	2,973	38	118	296	783	259	304
Stephens County	43,670	4,556	1,915	12	187	3,007	179	24	209	323	139	223
Caddo County	26,819	969	5,141	13	145	3,638	125	109	304	453	122	153
Kiowa County	8,212	502	484	3	29	790	5	0	127	163	56	66
Tillman County	6,736	373	163	0	23	1,675	1	0	170	232	109	103
Cotton County	5,548	634	459	8	10	343	4	0	31	41	16	23

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Comanche County	10.59	4.38	5.27	0.66	3.27	8.78	0.83	0.26	0.76	8.89	3.10	2.76
Oklahoma	11.59	5.47	7.42	0.19	0.67	9.46	0.89	0.39	0.53	4.48	1.30	1.12
National	7.83	4.05	0.64	0.18	3.30	11.33	1.80	1.35	1.07	7.54	2.29	2.09
Grady County	14.82	8.82	4.72	0.06	0.68	5.08	0.06	0.20	0.51	1.34	0.44	0.52
Stephens County	15.10	10.43	4.39	0.03	0.43	6.89	0.41	0.05	0.48	0.74	0.32	0.51
Caddo County	14.71	3.61	19.17	0.05	0.54	13.57	0.47	0.41	1.13	1.69	0.45	0.57
Kiowa County	14.51	6.11	5.89	0.04	0.35	9.62	0.06	0.00	1.55	1.98	0.68	0.80
Tillman County	14.79	5.54	2.42	0.00	0.34	24.87	0.01	0.00	2.52	3.44	1.62	1.53
Cotton County	13.72	11.43	8.27	0.14	0.18	6.18	0.07	0.00	0.56	0.74	0.29	0.41

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Comanche County		80.11	71.07	349.13	488.04	92.82	93.61	66.62	143.98	198.28	238.79	247.20
Oklahoma		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		73.99	8.70	97.26	492.57	119.68	202.70	345.74	203.52	168.25	176.32	186.88
Grady County		161.19	63.71	30.94	101.18	53.64	7.30	51.49	95.77	29.82	34.09	46.41
Stephens County		190.77	59.14	14.65	63.92	72.76	46.14	14.04	90.69	16.50	24.53	45.66
Caddo County		66.07	258.50	25.83	80.70	143.34	52.46	103.86	214.79	37.67	35.06	51.01
Kiowa County		111.78	79.48	19.47	52.71	101.65	6.85	0.00	293.04	44.27	52.56	71.86
Tillman County		101.25	32.63	0.00	50.97	262.75	1.67	0.00	478.21	76.82	124.73	136.72
Cotton County		208.95	111.57	76.85	26.90	65.33	8.12	0.00	105.88	16.48	22.23	37.07

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Comanche County		108.26	817.38	358.98	99.08	77.55	46.18	19.27	70.75	117.85	135.43	132.28
Oklahoma		135.15	1,150.07	102.82	20.30	83.55	49.33	28.92	49.13	59.44	56.71	53.51
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Grady County		217.84	732.71	31.81	20.54	44.82	3.60	14.89	47.05	17.72	19.33	24.83
Stephens County		257.81	680.09	15.06	12.98	60.79	22.76	4.06	44.56	9.80	13.91	24.43
Caddo County		89.29	2,972.95	26.56	16.38	119.76	25.88	30.04	105.53	22.39	19.89	27.30
Kiowa County		151.06	914.07	20.02	10.70	84.93	3.38	0.00	143.99	26.31	29.81	38.45
Tillman County		136.84	375.29	0.00	10.35	219.54	0.82	0.00	234.97	45.66	70.74	73.16
Cotton County		282.39	1,283.09	79.02	5.46	54.58	4.00	0.00	52.02	9.80	12.61	19.83

Ancestry Report Part II
Description	Total Population	Canadian	British	Dutch	French	German	Italian	Polish	Scandinavian	Scotish/ Irish	Spanish	Other European

Comanche County	121,206	271	4,487	445	955	7,325	1,469	493	742	6,284	404	1,639
Oklahoma (in 000's)	4,117	6	254	22	32	270	35	16	39	265	13	69
National (in 000's)	343,251	1,350	18,069	1,828	3,642	24,708	9,027	4,667	5,969	20,625	1,140	9,563
Grady County	58,568	88	4,093	525	546	4,555	578	190	760	4,732	223	1,274
Stephens County	43,670	33	3,348	256	455	2,366	314	118	351	3,818	165	608
Caddo County	26,819	9	979	170	141	1,278	83	38	145	1,372	203	208
Kiowa County	8,212	7	519	136	41	614	41	7	62	643	33	89
Tillman County	6,736	0	367	43	18	362	24	5	32	373	20	77
Cotton County	5,548	2	370	82	27	364	33	7	21	431	84	91

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Comanche County	10.59	0.22	3.70	0.37	0.79	6.04	1.21	0.41	0.61	5.18	0.33	1.35
Oklahoma	11.59	0.14	6.18	0.53	0.78	6.56	0.86	0.39	0.95	6.43	0.31	1.66
National	7.83	0.39	5.26	0.53	1.06	7.20	2.63	1.36	1.74	6.01	0.33	2.79
Grady County	14.82	0.15	6.99	0.90	0.93	7.78	0.99	0.32	1.30	8.08	0.38	2.18
Stephens County	15.10	0.08	7.67	0.59	1.04	5.42	0.72	0.27	0.80	8.74	0.38	1.39
Caddo County	14.71	0.03	3.65	0.63	0.53	4.77	0.31	0.14	0.54	5.12	0.76	0.78
Kiowa County	14.51	0.09	6.32	1.66	0.50	7.48	0.50	0.09	0.75	7.83	0.40	1.08
Tillman County	14.79	0.00	5.45	0.64	0.27	5.37	0.36	0.07	0.48	5.54	0.30	1.14
Cotton County	13.72	0.04	6.67	1.48	0.49	6.56	0.59	0.13	0.38	7.77	1.51	1.64

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Comanche County		155.47	59.91	69.11	101.22	92.16	141.00	105.27	64.52	80.64	108.92	81.23
Oklahoma		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		273.52	85.18	100.24	136.29	109.78	305.96	351.89	183.25	93.45	108.55	167.36
Grady County		104.48	113.09	168.73	119.76	118.61	114.81	83.96	136.76	125.66	124.42	130.66
Stephens County		52.55	124.06	110.34	133.85	82.62	83.65	69.94	84.71	135.98	123.46	83.63
Caddo County		23.34	59.07	119.31	67.54	72.67	36.00	36.67	56.98	79.57	247.34	46.59
Kiowa County		59.27	102.27	311.73	64.14	114.02	58.08	22.06	79.57	121.78	131.31	65.10
Tillman County		0.00	88.17	120.16	34.33	81.96	41.45	19.21	50.07	86.13	97.02	68.67
Cotton County		25.07	107.92	278.20	62.52	100.06	69.20	32.66	39.89	120.83	494.74	98.53

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Comanche County		56.84	70.33	68.94	74.26	83.96	46.08	29.92	35.21	86.28	100.34	48.53
Oklahoma		36.56	117.39	99.76	73.37	91.10	32.68	28.42	54.57	107.00	92.13	59.75
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Grady County		38.20	132.76	168.32	87.87	108.04	37.52	23.86	74.63	134.46	114.62	78.07
Stephens County		19.21	145.64	110.08	98.20	75.27	27.34	19.87	46.22	145.50	113.74	49.97
Caddo County		8.53	69.35	119.03	49.55	66.20	11.77	10.42	31.09	85.14	227.86	27.84
Kiowa County		21.67	120.06	310.98	47.06	103.87	18.98	6.27	43.42	130.31	120.97	38.90
Tillman County		0.00	103.50	119.87	25.19	74.66	13.55	5.46	27.32	92.16	89.38	41.03
Cotton County		9.16	126.69	277.53	45.87	91.15	22.62	9.28	21.77	129.29	455.78	58.87

Ancestry Report Part III
Description	Total Population	Chinese	Filipino	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	South Central Asian	South East Asian	Other Asian	Middle Eastern	Other Ancestry	Unknown

Comanche County	121,206	217	807	141	883	304	388	162	141	139	26,406	19,876
Oklahoma (in 000's)	4,117	12	8	2	5	22	20	14	12	11	798	878
National (in 000's)	343,251	4,461	3,010	793	1,541	1,913	5,452	1,643	1,229	1,931	47,322	51,000
Grady County	58,568	25	56	3	62	20	16	46	21	35	10,604	16,984
Stephens County	43,670	2	37	0	25	54	0	58	47	19	8,821	12,001
Caddo County	26,819	0	8	1	3	0	4	23	6	3	5,496	5,477
Kiowa County	8,212	0	3	0	0	3	0	7	16	4	1,407	2,355
Tillman County	6,736	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	0	6	1,357	1,174
Cotton County	5,548	0	0	1	14	0	0	1	0	12	1,086	1,353

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Comanche County	10.59	0.18	0.67	0.12	0.73	0.25	0.32	0.13	0.12	0.11	21.79	16.40
Oklahoma	11.59	0.30	0.20	0.05	0.12	0.52	0.49	0.33	0.30	0.26	19.39	21.33
National	7.83	1.30	0.88	0.23	0.45	0.56	1.59	0.48	0.36	0.56	13.79	14.86
Grady County	14.82	0.04	0.10	0.01	0.11	0.03	0.03	0.08	0.04	0.06	18.11	29.00
Stephens County	15.10	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.06	0.12	0.00	0.13	0.11	0.04	20.20	27.48
Caddo County	14.71	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.09	0.02	0.01	20.49	20.42
Kiowa County	14.51	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.09	0.19	0.05	17.13	28.68
Tillman County	14.79	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.34	0.00	0.09	20.15	17.43
Cotton County	13.72	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.22	19.57	24.39

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Comanche County		60.41	330.46	221.30	589.07	47.81	65.48	40.31	39.02	43.30	112.38	76.87
Oklahoma		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		438.49	435.29	439.40	363.10	106.22	324.91	144.34	120.13	212.37	71.11	69.65
Grady County		14.40	47.46	9.74	85.60	6.51	5.59	23.69	12.03	22.56	93.39	135.93
Stephens County		1.55	42.05	0.00	46.29	23.57	0.00	40.05	36.10	16.43	104.19	128.82
Caddo County		0.00	14.81	7.09	9.05	0.00	3.05	25.86	7.50	4.22	105.71	95.73
Kiowa County		0.00	18.13	0.00	0.00	6.96	0.00	25.71	65.35	18.39	88.38	134.43
Tillman County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.22	102.97	0.00	33.63	103.92	81.70
Cotton County		0.00	0.00	34.29	204.04	0.00	0.00	5.44	0.00	81.66	100.97	114.32

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Comanche County		13.78	75.92	50.36	162.24	45.01	20.15	27.92	32.48	20.39	158.03	110.37
Oklahoma		22.81	22.97	22.76	27.54	94.14	30.78	69.28	83.25	47.09	140.62	143.58
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Grady County		3.28	10.90	2.22	23.57	6.13	1.72	16.41	10.01	10.62	131.33	195.17
Stephens County		0.35	9.66	0.00	12.75	22.19	0.00	27.75	30.05	7.74	146.52	184.96
Caddo County		0.00	3.40	1.61	2.49	0.00	0.94	17.92	6.25	1.99	148.65	137.45
Kiowa County		0.00	4.17	0.00	0.00	6.56	0.00	17.81	54.40	8.66	124.28	193.01
Tillman County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.61	71.34	0.00	15.84	146.13	117.30
Cotton County		0.00	0.00	7.80	56.20	0.00	0.00	3.77	0.00	38.45	141.98	164.14

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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