How to find biological father's ethnicity?

[Brianna]

I know the name of my biological father but that is it. I was adopted by my step father when I was younger and never tried to connect with my biological father. I would really like to know more about he's race and ethnicity but I do not know where to start. I have tried Ancestry.com but it did not get me anywhere so any advice would be appreciated

[Steve]

Go to http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/ it gives you your entire genetic history.

[wendy c]

It did not get you anywhere, since the first rule of genealogy is that records of LIVING persons are normally restricted. That is not true in all cases, but most. You cannot get birth certificates on ancestry.com, or anywhere, if the person is living. What you HAVE is a name, and I would hope mom knows more than that. IF she is willing to help or discuss it. It is tricky, but you can sometimes trace a living person to their parents, then to grandparents. One source I use for finding live persons is obituaries..of their parents, or sometimes grandparents. DEPENDING on his age.. AND location, certain state records are more open than others.
The key is to get back far enough to "hook" into someone born pre 1940 then find them in the census. Records prior to that are far more open and available. Census records usually show race, but more important is place of birth. Many times, what you REALLY want is the ancestry, and where they come from (since it applies to your bio ancestry). Birth places are also shown in the census. You often need to work back a long way, if the ancestor has been in the US since the 1800s or before. If they immigrated in the late 1800s/ early 1900s, that also will appear.
But the key is MOM, and if she is ok with this. Nothing in genealogy is guaranteed, I am just saying it is POSSIBLE, under some situations.

[Comicbook Reader]

Ancestry won't help you with someone so recent. Privacy laws pretty much means he won't appear in any database like that.

Have you asked your mother? Might be a touchy subject, but she may be able to help you.

[Maxi]

So your biological father is dead and was born 70 plus years ago???? No! well that is what genealogy websites are about, looking at records/transcriptions of OLD records of dead ancestors........ simply as living people have privacy rights so these websites have to obey the law

Your search starts by speaking to your mum, she may have other information that is important and because people don't think somethings are important they say they don't know...so where did his family live, where did he go to school/work who were his friends, some of these people could still be locals and still be in touch with him but you have to ask to find out...

You are looking for a living person ( I assume) and that means social media like FB, directories and people search sites, all these collect/harvest peoples personal data and then use it for there own benefit/profit, so you too can http://familytimeline.webs.com/adoptionl...ations.htm

[Observer]

You might try checking your original birth certificate (IF you are legally and adult). Since you were adopted by a step-father, it is quite that unless your were adopted in the same county you were born in your original birth certificate is still in the records of the county were you were born. However, I have located birth records that only indicated race. So if you are of European ancestry all you may find is that he was white. You might also find that that information is not correct.
My Grandmother "race" in my mothers birth records is Italian. My Grandfather was Italian-Swiss. My Grandmother was Irish/English.