Find out more yourself.
Intermix is a website for the benefit of mixed-race families, individuals and anyone who feels they have a multiracial identity.
The book Genetics of Interracial Crosses in Hawaii by Newton E. Morton (1967).
Prof. William (Bill) Amos Professor of Evolutionary Genetics.
University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Museum of evolution, free to visitors.
The Races of Mankind: a Victorian description of the characteristics, manners and customs of the principal varieties of the human family
Dr Jim Wilson, Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh.
Help & support
Jewish Care is the largest health and social care organisation serving the Jewish community in London and the south east of England with over 70 centres and services.
Tay-Sachs is an inherited genetic disease that affects young children. There are non-Jewish carriers of the Tay-Sachs disease, but it is more common in the Jewish community, where one in 25 people is a carrier. To find out about screening for Tay-Sachs, speak to your GP who can arrange a test at a genetics centre or contact Jewish Care who run public screening sessions.
Antenatal Results and Choices or ARC provide non-directive support and information to parents throughout the antenatal testing process and when an abnormality is diagnosed in their unborn baby. They offer continued support to parents whatever decision is made.
Discover more about the Race: Science's Last Taboo season.
