I am Somali and it seems like I might not be able to pass this test along with every Somali-Arab. Neither will Marka people (with mixed Arab, Portuguese and Per

I am Somali and it seems like I might not be able to pass this test along with every Somali-Arab. Neither will Marka people (with mixed Arab, Portuguese and Persian stocks) or the various Bantu groups in the south, or the small community of Italian misiyooni, or Zaylici people with Turkish lineage, or the Punjabis in Kismayo, or the Ashraf tribes who came from Saudi Arabia 200 years ago. However, Egyptians, Libyans and Berber north Africans will pass with flying colors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_people#mtDNA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_people#mtDNA Just in my own family, we have people who are half Italian, Emirati, and Thai. However, Somalis have a fairly secure system for identifying one's lineage. We know our fathers' names (ignoring infidelity here) for up to 20 names or more; I can do 39. And then there is the extensive clan system where anyone is able to name their tribe down to the minutest family name. Ask them "waar abtirso!", i.e. name your lineage, and any Somali should be able to do so. The language itself is a sufficient enough cipher; non-Somalis, at least those from that part of Africa will not be able to pronounce certain sounds, like Dh, C, X, Kh, and Q. I am not "visibly" Somali and most Somalis are awed when I speak to them, however, it just takes a brief moment of mutual introduction then it's all hugs and kisses. This is just a case of a private commercial interest pushing an expensive non-solution to the government. Instead of the cheaper alternative: higher Somali-British immigration officers, if you're afraid of corruption, higher N officers and let them perform the vetting process in a secret-vote manner, the officers are ignorant of each other and it takes (N/2)+1 votes to admit someone.