In these times of condemning nationalism and tabooing racism, why are DNA tests so popular?

I will admit to being affected to the core when I see images or places of Anglo-Saxon past, which I don’t get when I see or experience something from Scandinavia, Russia, or the Mediterranean.

I suspect a LOT of people feel, and want to know, “where they are from.”

But there are two other strains that should be factored in. It is acceptable to be whoever you want to be. If you are a Native American Indian Chief that would rather be a Scottish clan chief or chieftain, you can be Scottish. You can take up a kilt and pipes, and be thoroughly enamored with, and live in the culture of Scotland.

Or anyone with the right “spirit” may resonate more with Native American culture. Or combine elements of Celtic, Angolian, and Native American in one’s personal persona. Even I emulate both Irish and Andian/Peruvian elements and Native American culture.

So, if you can be anyone you want, why is DNA so important?

Secondly, isn’t one’s enamoration with one’s lineage and heritage what some people consider racism? I agree that one can love their own heritage without disparenging others, but there is a lot of condemnation as racism if one cherishes their own Anglo-Saxon culture.

So, if racism and nationalism are bad, and we can choose to be whomever we identify with, why do we need these DNA tests showing our lineage?

I am NOT in any way condemning anyone who has had any of these tests. I just want to know why people pursue DNA and national ancestories.