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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)

Hood County	69,884	7,340	339	56	413	7,965	465	57	327	501	48	60
Texas (in 000's)	31,782	914	89	29	430	10,041	761	331	754	2,587	710	454
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
Johnson County	215,597	33,544	852	772	1,795	45,917	1,895	644	1,939	6,777	1,721	1,013
Parker County	183,804	14,283	937	93	786	22,395	379	288	1,101	1,655	291	294
Erath County	44,545	2,895	196	15	236	8,491	80	31	901	753	140	86
Palo Pinto County	30,479	2,744	148	9	232	5,115	207	16	380	460	109	108
Somervell County	10,115	1,169	51	0	24	1,726	40	1	31	80	34	3

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Hood County	12.86	10.50	0.49	0.08	0.59	11.40	0.67	0.08	0.47	0.72	0.07	0.09
Texas	14.72	2.87	0.28	0.09	1.35	31.59	2.39	1.04	2.37	8.14	2.23	1.43
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
Johnson County	13.94	15.56	0.40	0.36	0.83	21.30	0.88	0.30	0.90	3.14	0.80	0.47
Parker County	13.73	7.77	0.51	0.05	0.43	12.18	0.21	0.16	0.60	0.90	0.16	0.16
Erath County	14.28	6.50	0.44	0.03	0.53	19.06	0.18	0.07	2.02	1.69	0.31	0.19
Palo Pinto County	14.16	9.00	0.49	0.03	0.76	16.78	0.68	0.05	1.25	1.51	0.36	0.35
Somervell County	14.85	11.56	0.50	0.00	0.24	17.06	0.40	0.01	0.31	0.79	0.34	0.03

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

Hood County		365.34	173.21	86.48	43.68	36.08	27.78	7.84	19.72	8.81	3.07	6.01
Texas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		140.76	230.24	196.94	243.93	35.85	75.19	130.06	45.26	92.67	102.36	146.29
Johnson County		541.19	141.11	386.45	61.54	67.41	36.70	28.71	37.89	38.61	35.72	32.89
Parker County		270.30	182.03	54.61	31.61	38.57	8.61	15.06	25.24	11.06	7.08	11.20
Erath County		226.06	157.11	36.34	39.16	60.34	7.50	6.69	85.22	20.77	14.06	13.51
Palo Pinto County		313.15	173.39	31.87	56.27	53.12	28.36	5.05	52.53	18.54	16.00	24.80
Somervell County		402.00	180.04	0.00	17.54	54.01	16.51	0.95	12.91	9.72	15.04	2.08

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

Hood County		259.55	75.23	43.91	17.91	100.63	36.95	6.03	43.56	9.50	3.00	4.11
Texas		71.04	43.43	50.78	41.00	278.92	133.00	76.89	220.97	107.91	97.70	68.36
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Johnson County		384.48	61.29	196.22	25.23	188.03	48.81	22.08	83.73	41.67	34.90	22.48
Parker County		192.03	79.06	27.73	12.96	107.57	11.45	11.58	55.77	11.94	6.92	7.65
Erath County		160.60	68.24	18.45	16.05	168.29	9.97	5.14	188.32	22.41	13.74	9.24
Palo Pinto County		222.48	75.31	16.18	23.07	148.16	37.71	3.88	116.08	20.01	15.63	16.95
Somervell County		285.60	78.20	0.00	7.19	150.65	21.96	0.73	28.53	10.48	14.69	1.42

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

Hood County	69,884	242	7,476	640	652	5,631	753	381	1,211	5,861	237	1,740
Texas (in 000's)	31,782	47	1,148	72	205	1,152	237	130	195	1,068	107	442
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
Johnson County	215,597	147	11,408	522	1,273	9,495	1,622	715	1,533	10,702	664	2,715
Parker County	183,804	588	20,212	711	2,171	14,958	2,419	1,260	2,399	14,639	1,309	4,274
Erath County	44,545	48	3,398	355	317	2,945	385	129	432	3,242	197	711
Palo Pinto County	30,479	47	2,406	84	402	1,543	264	79	397	2,200	111	356
Somervell County	10,115	18	963	40	54	616	92	62	55	662	0	151

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Hood County	12.86	0.35	10.70	0.92	0.93	8.06	1.08	0.55	1.73	8.39	0.34	2.49
Texas	14.72	0.15	3.61	0.23	0.64	3.62	0.75	0.41	0.61	3.36	0.34	1.39
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
Johnson County	13.94	0.07	5.29	0.24	0.59	4.40	0.75	0.33	0.71	4.96	0.31	1.26
Parker County	13.73	0.32	11.00	0.39	1.18	8.14	1.32	0.69	1.31	7.96	0.71	2.33
Erath County	14.28	0.11	7.63	0.80	0.71	6.61	0.86	0.29	0.97	7.28	0.44	1.60
Palo Pinto County	14.16	0.15	7.89	0.28	1.32	5.06	0.87	0.26	1.30	7.22	0.36	1.17
Somervell County	14.85	0.18	9.52	0.40	0.53	6.09	0.91	0.61	0.54	6.54	0.00	1.49

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

Hood County		235.25	296.22	406.88	144.80	222.29	144.40	133.65	283.03	249.47	101.12	178.98
Texas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		267.21	145.76	236.61	164.66	198.59	352.45	333.30	284.01	178.73	99.05	200.27
Johnson County		46.32	146.52	107.57	91.64	121.50	100.82	81.30	116.14	147.65	91.83	90.52
Parker County		217.32	304.49	171.86	183.31	224.51	176.37	168.05	213.18	236.90	212.35	167.15
Erath County		73.20	211.22	354.08	110.45	182.39	115.83	70.99	158.40	216.49	131.87	114.73
Palo Pinto County		104.76	218.58	122.45	204.70	139.66	116.08	63.54	212.74	214.70	108.59	83.96
Somervell County		120.89	263.62	175.70	82.86	168.01	121.89	150.26	88.81	194.67	0.00	107.31

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

Hood County		88.04	203.22	171.97	87.94	111.94	40.97	40.10	99.66	139.58	102.09	89.37
Texas		37.42	68.61	42.26	60.73	50.36	28.37	30.00	35.21	55.95	100.96	49.93
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Johnson County		17.33	100.52	45.46	55.65	61.18	28.61	24.39	40.89	82.61	92.71	45.20
Parker County		81.33	208.90	72.64	111.33	113.06	50.04	50.42	75.06	132.55	214.39	83.46
Erath County		27.39	144.91	149.65	67.07	91.85	32.86	21.30	55.77	121.13	133.13	57.29
Palo Pinto County		39.20	149.96	51.75	124.31	70.33	32.93	19.06	74.91	120.13	109.63	41.92
Somervell County		45.24	180.86	74.26	50.32	84.60	34.58	45.08	31.27	108.92	0.00	53.58

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

Hood County	69,884	61	94	14	47	62	150	30	48	48	10,376	16,559
Texas (in 000's)	31,782	251	167	27	91	312	671	109	74	109	4,681	3,388
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
Johnson County	215,597	107	455	31	229	555	340	354	167	474	38,499	36,721
Parker County	183,804	151	308	16	214	282	53	112	155	555	25,770	48,746
Erath County	44,545	140	21	31	23	18	110	11	24	16	7,611	10,557
Palo Pinto County	30,479	8	10	32	0	0	150	12	27	4	5,509	7,310
Somervell County	10,115	1	0	7	4	0	10	8	1	0	1,806	2,406

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Hood County	12.86	0.09	0.13	0.02	0.07	0.09	0.21	0.04	0.07	0.07	14.85	23.69
Texas	14.72	0.79	0.53	0.08	0.29	0.98	2.11	0.34	0.23	0.34	14.73	10.66
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
Johnson County	13.94	0.05	0.21	0.01	0.11	0.26	0.16	0.16	0.08	0.22	17.86	17.03
Parker County	13.73	0.08	0.17	0.01	0.12	0.15	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.30	14.02	26.52
Erath County	14.28	0.31	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.25	0.02	0.05	0.04	17.09	23.70
Palo Pinto County	14.16	0.03	0.03	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.49	0.04	0.09	0.01	18.07	23.98
Somervell County	14.85	0.01	0.00	0.07	0.04	0.00	0.10	0.08	0.01	0.00	17.85	23.79

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

Hood County		11.05	25.62	23.62	23.43	9.05	10.16	12.52	29.65	20.07	100.81	222.25
Texas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		164.48	167.03	272.35	156.45	56.83	75.20	139.56	154.61	164.38	93.60	139.36
Johnson County		6.28	40.19	16.95	37.01	26.25	7.47	47.88	33.44	64.25	121.24	159.75
Parker County		10.40	31.91	10.26	40.57	15.65	1.37	17.77	36.40	88.25	95.19	248.75
Erath County		39.78	8.98	82.06	17.99	4.12	11.69	7.20	23.26	10.50	116.01	222.29
Palo Pinto County		3.32	6.25	123.79	0.00	0.00	23.30	11.48	38.24	3.84	122.72	224.95
Somervell County		1.25	0.00	81.60	13.78	0.00	4.68	23.06	4.27	0.00	121.23	223.10

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

Hood County		6.72	15.34	8.67	14.98	15.92	13.51	8.97	19.18	12.21	107.70	159.48
Texas		60.80	59.87	36.72	63.92	175.97	132.99	71.65	64.68	60.83	106.83	71.76
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Johnson County		3.82	24.06	6.22	23.65	46.19	9.93	34.31	21.63	39.09	129.53	114.63
Parker County		6.32	19.11	3.77	25.93	27.53	1.82	12.73	23.54	53.68	101.70	178.49
Erath County		24.18	5.38	30.13	11.50	7.25	15.55	5.16	15.04	6.39	123.93	159.51
Palo Pinto County		2.02	3.74	45.45	0.00	0.00	30.99	8.23	24.73	2.33	131.11	161.42
Somervell County		0.76	0.00	29.96	8.81	0.00	6.22	16.52	2.76	0.00	129.51	160.09

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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