I think it really depends on what you believe in. However, if you're talking about a classification of a bi-racial child, then the child is most likely as to what ethnic the father is.
It was "Francois Rabelais" who wrote the humorous novel Pantagruel, published in 1532, which poked fun at the established order, since this was during a time when many voices of "protest" made their way through literary works such as this.
A confederate system sits at the other extreme in terms of centralization. A confederacy is a loose relationship among a number of smaller political units. The vast majority of political power rests with the local governments; the central federal government has very little power. Local governments have a great deal of freedom to act as they wish, but this freedom often leads to conflicts between states and the federal government. In some cases, a confederacy is little more than an alliance between independent states.
The romans saw Jesus as someone that could takeover and become more important than them. He would overpower them and make them lose their position as kings and rulers
The Tsar was related to the British Royal family. if he lost his power they'd lose thier influence.