What are they, the people of the future?

German photographer Martin Scholler, one of the world's most famous portrait painters, wondered how the new people of America identify themselves, those who cannot clearly identify themselves with any of the races.

Modern America has become one of those places on Earth where the melting pot has connected dozens, maybe hundreds of nationalities. The number of people of mixed race is growing year by year. In 2000, when the US Census Bureau allowed the selection of multiple items in the "racial" column, 6.8 million people identified themselves as being of mixed race. A decade later, this group of the population has increased by 32 percent.

The boundaries are blurred with each new generation, society is becoming more tolerant, and the old framework is too narrow for the new reality. Perhaps, after some time, humanity will no longer divide people into black, white and yellow, and the Earth will be inhabited by new people who will not judge a person by his genetic origin.

1. Mackenzie McPherson, 9, with parents Alison, 36, and Lawrence McPherson, 40, Houston, Texas. Self-identification: mulatto, mixed origin. Census response: white/black.

2. Julie Weiss, 33, Hollywood, California Self-identification: Filipino, Chinese, Spanish, Indian, Hungarian, German Jewish. Census response: White/Asian/Indian/Chinese/Filipino.

3. Maximilian Sugiura, 29, Brooklyn, New York. Self-identification: Japanese, Jewish, Ukrainian. Census response: White/Japanese.

4. Imani Cornelius, 13, Shakopee, Minnesota Self-identification: black and white. Census response: Black. Imani needs a bone marrow transplant, but due to a shortage of African-American and biracial donors, she has had to wait two years for a donor to be of similar origin.

5. Adrian Adrid, 24, Haleiwa, Hawaii Self-identification: white. Census response: White/Filipino.

6. Celeste Seda, 26 years old, Brooklyn, New York. Self-identification: Dominican and Korean. Census response: Asian/other race.

7. Jordan Spencer, 18, Grande Prairie, Texas Self-identification: black, biracial. Census response: Black.

8. Tayden Burrell, 5 years old, Sarasota, Florida. Self-identification: black and white, belongs to two races. Census response: white/black.

9. Yoel Shaq Batista, age 7, Castaic, California Self-identification: black, Mexican, "Afroxican". Census response: Black.

10. Jakara Hubbard, 28, Moni, Illinois Census white and African American. He considers himself a person of indeterminate race.

11. Tevan Jones, 22, Grant Pass, Oregon Census African American and white. He considers himself a man of the triple race, jokingly calls himself "Trinidad".

12. Temba Alleyne, 30, Los Angeles, California. Census Black, White, Native American, Asian, Hawaiian, Islander. He considers himself a multinational person. “I check every nuance,” he says to himself.

13. Judah Holman, 29, Los Angeles, California. Self-identification: half Thai, half black. Census response: Asian.

34. Helen Robertson, 54, Los Angeles, California. Census white and Asian. She considers herself a native Englishwoman.

15. Alexander Sugiura, 27 years old, Brooklyn, New York. Nationality is mixed. Japanese census. He considers himself Jewish and American.

16. Ariel Toole, 14 years old, Chicago, Illinois. Self-Identification: Mixed ancestry, multiracial. Census response: white/black/Vietnamese.

17. Gabriella Guizzo, age 5, Rockville Center, New York According to the census, white and Japanese. He considers himself "a mixture of all people."

18. Harold Fish, 23, Austin, Texas According to the census, genetic affiliation is not determined. He considers himself Puerto Rican, Texan, Jewish and European.

19. Daisy Fenkl, 3, San Antonio, Texas Definition given by parents: Korean and Hispanic. Did not participate in the 2010 census.

20. Jessie Lee, 32 years old, New York. Chinese census. She is half Chinese, a quarter French, and a quarter Swedish.

21. Joshua Asoak, 34, Anchorage, Alaska Self-identification: Jewish and Eskimo-Inuit, "Jewish". Census response: Alaska Native.

22. Jacob Benavente, age 5, Torrance, California. Census resident of Hawaii, Asian and islander. He considers himself an American.

23. Kelly Williams II, 17 years old, Dallas, Texas. Self-Identification: African American, German, multi-racial. Census response: Black.

24. Christopher Braxton, 33, Brooklyn, New York. Census African American and Korean. He considers himself black and Asian.

25. Cameron Benjamin, 22, Los Angeles, California Self-identification: Hawaiian, Chinese and Caucasian. Census response: white/Chinese/Hawaiian.

26. Lula Newman, 7 years old, New York. According to the census white, Chinese and Asian. She considers herself Welsh, Polish, German, Indonesian and Chinese at the same time.

27. Maya Joey Smith, 9 years old, Cary, Illinois. Self-identification: black and Asian, Korean and African American. Census response: Black.

28. Mariam Nayeri, 33, Brooklyn, New York. Self-identification: Mexican and a descendant of the natives of Saudi Arabia. Census response: indeterminate race.

29. Mars Wright, 25, Austin, Texas Census African American and resident of the Philippines. He considers himself black and Filipino.

30. Osanna Marshall, 32, New York African American census. He considers himself a mixture of blacks, Indians, whites and Jews.

31. Sandra Williams, 46, Chicago, Illinois. Self-identification: biracial, "human". Census response: Black.

32. Solomon Xiang, 29, San Francisco, California According to the census, white and Chinese. He considers himself a Chinese and a Jew.

33. Una Wally, 25, Brooklyn, New York. According to the census, white and Chinese. She considers herself Jewish and Chinese.