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hypodescent
The criterion for assigning individuals to specific "races" based on only a distant hereditary relationship. The nazis used this criterion for labeling people as jews whose only connection with judaism was a grandparent. Similarly, it has been used in north america to label people as african american even if they were mostly european in biological ancestry. Hypodescent is also known as the "drop of blood" criterion.
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