African American 23 & Me Breakdown | Haplogroup | What Am I, Really?

Hello beautiful, peeps! In this video I compare my Ancestry DNA Results to my 23 & Me Results. Hope you enjoy!

[@AwilDoinIt]

One thing I noticed about African Americans, is that we have a high percentage of Nigerian in us. Like 30% plus on average.

[@sincerelyvali]

That is so true & I’m so proud of it!! 😊 🇳🇬 🇳🇬 🎉

[@00700556]

Nigeria didn’t become a country until 1960. That area of west africa people will share a lot of the same DNA. A person from ghana can test and have the same results. With African Americas though the DNA is so limiting because it just tells you an area…. not the tribe you come from. Nigeria has over 300 ethnic groups….. and over 500 languages….. And no they do not consider themselves to all be the same people.

[@rwconz_live2267]

⁠@@00700556Well, African Ancestry exists. Also you can upload your results to LivingDNA and that gives you the tribe, in fact multiple tribes. I took African Ancestry and on my paternal, I come from the Fulani and Yoruba.

[@mpaige7081]

Yes maam 😊

[@fabbeyonddadancer]

⁠@@00700556Nigerian here just means population who inhabit that area . The test is illustrating that Afro diasporic populations share genetic ancestry with populations in nigeria . Genetic genealogical data actually can illustrate deep relative connections this is you get a match with say a nigeria whose family claims Igbo identity then you can assume you had Igbo ancestors. 23 and me is just getting more rigorous they are now able to illustrate actual tribal groups you share ancestry with now

[@reisanderson9069]

I’m Jamaican I got 88% African 12% European(British) and have traced my family back too the 1700s Jamaica

[@sincerelyvali]

That is amazinggg! 🇯🇲 Thanks for sharing.

[@Jake-nk4wg]

You are blessed my friend!!!

[@alexandracruz5243]

I wish I could track my ancestors so far back. My parents come from Dominican Republic and we don't have many record before 1800s.

[@reisanderson9069]

@@alexandracruz5243 I’m sure yall do you just gotta know where to check do yall have an archives?

[@2008Sanai]

I’m Haitian American. I can’t wait to find out my results. I also used 23andMe.

[@sincerelyvali]

Sweet! Good luck 🇭🇹 😊

[@worldofroseboihere9187]

I recently learned that tribes in Madagascar are mixed with East African and And Southeast Asians. So ppl from Indonesia travelled as east as Esther Island South America and as far west as Madagascar. Some slaves were taken from Madagascar around mid 1700s

[@godneverfails8698]

Look up president nixion and what he said about Igbos he said “They are wandering Jews”

[@michaeltaylor8501]

Nice comparison. 😎👍 I agree that each DNA-testing company has at least one strong point over other such companies (which can make testing with multiple companies quite informative: giving one access to living relatives &/or a better view of the big picture ethnicity-wise, time-wise, & migratory-wise). Also, it's nice that you referenced periodic updates because as more folk participate more is learned - leading to more refined ethnicity-area guesstimations (where about 2 decades ago a company could only name a continent with any degree of accuracy, nowadays with so much more participation - increasing their knowledge database - they can often point to a more-specific group of countries on a continent & some cases they can narrow their guesstimations down to a small region, city, or even a tribe). I heard about 23&Me having that ethnicity-timeline feature (which looked cool); but then, I discovered CRI Genetics offered the same thing - in a different format - but that they went back much further [In my case I got lucky & they were able to go back 73 generations, to around 175AD (assuming 25yr/generation; further back if assuming 30 or 40 year generations); & they call this their Advanced Ancestry Analysis where they describe where on which chromosome they found the relevant data for each ethnicity guesstimate - & what the statistically-determined accuracy of their guesstimate is (such information can be an eye opener & show ethnicities that one's family had already forgot, or was never discussed during family gatherings); but, CRI Genetics doesn't offer any DNA-matches with living folk outside of some generally indirect & very-distant cousin matches to some selected celebrities, a few of which are still alive]. FamilyTreeDNA offers the best detailed Paternal-Line Y-DNA & Maternal-Line mtDNA test results, but as of yesterday navigating some areas of their website wasn't very user friendly (due to scrolling issues). Some companies offer haplogroups, but they stop short of a full examination & give a basic haplogroup designation like R1b or H6 rather than look deep & see if they can also determine the "address-like" subclaves of a haplogroup as well (something FamilyTreeDNA does, but isn't always successful at as varying factors may be involved - & they charge much more due to this effort, be it fruitful or not). Each company's respective database & algorythms are different, so ethnicity guesses vary (sometimes a little bit & sometimes quite a bit). Sometimes one can find connections to differing guesstimates by coming across & considering relevant histories of ethnicity-areas during certain timelines. And certain companies are said to be better with guesstimations about certain continents or peoples (mostly due to differences in databases).

[@Cheriencaleb]

Congratulations! The citizenship for Sierra Leon can only be obtained if you do the African Ancestry DNA.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thanks for the confirmation 👍🏾 I hope to do African Ancestry soon!

[@rightofcl]

Not only relatives from Jamaica you have ancestors from Jamaica

[@Bori-Domi-24]

23andme is more accurate

[@sincerelyvali]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@nerdlarge4691]

Debatable. 23 & Me has a larger database than Ancestry which helps with population resolution but who knows how these companies construct their matching algorithms.

[@Bori-Domi-24]

@@sincerelyvali You Welcome

[@maestrosavage1359]

Is 23andme’s raw dna file also more accurate? Because I read that Ancestry DNA raw files had more SNPs so additional analysis on other sites would be more accurate with theirs.

[@SimpleMinded221]

No its not, ancestrydna has the largest database among all dna testing companies. Not sure why you have to lie for. Ancestrydna is more accurate. But 23andme gives more information ( health, haplogroups etc)

[@hasanicarter5543]

You have a tribal connection, on both Nigeria(Igbo) and Congo (Kongo and Umbundu peoples). Neat.

[@sincerelyvali]

Yes! 😊 I forgot to emphasize the tribal connection to Congo. But that is indeed amazing!

[@SJones-kk5lg]

You might not have Caribbean ancestry, but just share a common ancestor with a Jamaican. Jamaica was also part of the slave trade.

[@HawaiiDEEPS]

Exactly. I was given a Barbados community but nobody in my family is from Barbados. More likely is we have a common ancestor from Africa whose descendants were taken in the slave trade and brought to different parts of the Americas, so my family ended up in one place and the other line ended up in Barbados

[@IsatouSey2023]

Beautiful results ❤ I prefer 23andme over Ancestrydna.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thank you!! I prefer 23 as well for an ethnic breakdown.

[@DannyJsPlaceII]

Dope gonna get my results soon

[@uchennanwosu4625]

DNA ancestry is still in infancy. The tribes in Nigeria have links with Asia and the Middle East. Therefore, when a Black American or West Indian finds Asian links, those links may have been transferred by the African ancestor.

[@sincerelyvali]

Wow, that’s interesting! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@fabbeyonddadancer]

No they don’t stop spreading misinformation. The only population in Nigeira that share west eurasian ancestry is Fulani and maybe some Hausa . Afro diasporic populations with Asian ancestry is more likely from recent intermixing or madagascan ancestry.

[@uchennanwosu4625]

@fabbeyondjefe4204 What do you know about Nigeria? Have you heard of the Edo tribe of Benin. Tokyo used to be called Edo. The emperors palace is called Edo castle. It has a similar design with the Oba of Benin's ancient palace in Nigeria. They are both surrounded by a mote and rampart. There are more than similarities in language. Osaka, Osama, are all Edo language from Nigeria. Osa means God. The Samurai are really Osama warriors. The Japanese language is full of Edo, Igbo, and some Yoruba. The Yoruba is found in military titles from the Oyo empire. Sogun is Yoruba. So and Ogun concatenated. So means wizard. Ogun means war. Ogun is the Yoruba god of war. Yorubas have names like Soyinka, Sowale, Sobowale, Sonuga, Sokari etc. I showed a picture of one of my Edo friends from Benin to an Edo Japanese I met at a coffee shop in Los Angeles and he was stunned how much they looked alike. My friend is from the royal line of Benin. His father is the Iyase of Benin in Edo state Nigeria. It's not just the Edo tribe of Benin that has links in Asia. The 'Chi' found in China and many parts of Asia originate from Igbo language. Taichi, Hitachi, etc. The Asians describe it as the god within. Chi in Igbo means spirit. I have a sister called Chinye. Everyone knows Chinua Achebe, the famous Nigerian writer. Igbo has more Chi occurring than any other language on earth. We call God Chi Ukwu. It is concatenated as Chukwu, but it is actually a two syllable word Chi Ukwu. It means the great spirit or God. Chinese means the spirit that creates or Creator. The Asians did not originate the word. The north central part of Nigeria is full of Asian language, and names: Langtang, Kafanchan, Pankshim, etc., are popular towns. There is a tribe in that region whose entire language is found in Asia. Don't be totally reliant on DNA research. The manner in which sampling is done as well as how results are interpreted is evolving. I have a postgraduate certificate in machine learning and artificial intelligence, and I understand the limitations of the modeling so far employed. The Edo perform ceremonies that Shintos perform, and their shrines are almost identical. The Benin Edo warriors have identical flags with the ancient Edo Samurai. The Samurai used an amount called Oyoroi that originated from Oyo state Nigeria. Refer to the map of Nigeria to see Edo and Oyo states.

[@user-dv3kq3rm4h]

@@fabbeyonddadancer Asian people literally came from Africans. There are numerous small African-descended tribes like the Aeta in the Philippines among many others which give you a clue as to how the Asian population came to be. Some Africans to this day still have the epicanthic fold in their eyes, which is a key feature of many East and South East Asians. The evidence is literally staring you in the face.

[@Mope333]

@@user-dv3kq3rm4hTrue, been theories that the San people are their ancestors. Native Americans are also basically Eurasian with African blood which what makes them

[@LeViz101]

You should do LivingDNA they have more extensive information for ethnic African ancestry.

[@doubleutee8867]

If you want to help Black people out for the sake of helping Black people out take 'African Ancestry' for a tribal breakdown, but if you want to save yourself a ton of money, and get an African tribal breakdown along with non-African ancestry then take 'Living DNA', cause it does the same thing at a much cheaper price. The nation Myammar is pronounced "MEE - A - MAR". Myammar was formerly "Burma". Many Black Americans get bits of Far East Asian in their results, and I also have a full ethnic Indonesian distant cousin on my list of DNA matches. Your video was very well done. Thanks for sharing it.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thanks so much for the feedback & recommendation! I will definitely look into Living DNA as an option 👍

[@doubleutee8867]

@@sincerelyvali You are most welcome. Peace!

[@radiant2052]

Nice! The Nigerian pronunciation of Igbo is E-bo. Also, to get your parental breakdown on 23andme you have to link one or both of your parents. Bc of thus, the breakdown on 23andme is more accurate than Ancestry DNA.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thank you for all the great information!

[@nwachinemere7759]

That's not true. She pronounced Igbo correctly the exact same way that Nigerian Igbos pronounce it. It's true that some other Nigerian tribes pronounce it as Ibo, but not Igbos.

[@radiant2052]

@@nwachinemere7759 I am Igbo.

[@nerdlarge4691]

Great vid. I had one of my Mother’s brothers tested with Family Tree DNA and my mother’s aunt tested with Ancestry several years ago. Both of their tests showed that we had some distant relatives (3rd/4th cousins) in Jamaica. This is odd because my Mother’s family comes from the Carolinas with no known Caribbean ancestry similar to what you mentioned. Not sure what to make of those results but I read there was a lot of migration between the Carribean and the Gullah coastal islands in the past.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thanks for watching & for sharing that information!

[@longinusukenta]

What do you mean it's odd? It's quite normal. What that shows is that your American slave ancestors had slave relatives who were sent to Jamaica.

[@25oxendine]

Charleston SC and Savannah Ga. were MAJOR hubs for importing and exporting slaves, including many who were transported to Jamaica. Slaves were raided in Africa village by village by the larger tribes like the Fulani. Whole families and lineages would be on the ship together, so, at auction in Charleston SC, siblings could be divided and sent anywhere once they got on the auction block. "Between 1751 and 1767, nearly two-thirds of the enslaved people trafficked into Savannah were from the Caribbean and a quarter were kidnapped directly from Africa’s west coast. But by 1771, 86% of the enslaved people arriving in Savannah’s port were trafficked directly from Africa under horrific conditions." ~Equal Initiative: The TransAtlantic Slave Trade

[@nottyQ1]

My whole entire family is from South Carolina more specific Beaufort, Lexington, Sumter, Richland and Summerville Counties. I also show people that are directly from other Caribbean countries. But, my newest region that shows I have ancestry on 23&Me is Guyana South America which threw me for a loop 😮. This country is predominantly of Indian/ South Asian who came in with the British as indentured labor after slavery ended. The second population is Afro Caribbean which I think are about 30%of the population . There were also Chinese indentured labor as well that came in the late 1800's. Portuguese came there as well. You also have the indigenous People who were there before all. I am surprised because I have been told that many people from the Carolinas share lineage with people from Barbados because some of the slaves that came to the Carolinas were first in Barbados and then taken to the Carolinas and vise versa. I have taken Ancestry and 23&Me as well and my highest match is Nigeria. But for some reason on 23 it does not give me a region where I am from.

[@nottyQ1]

​@@25oxendineI see that your last name is Oxendine are you a Lumbee?. I took ancestry and I am showing a few people from the Robeson North Carolina area that identify as Lumbee that are between 5-8th cousins with me. Their names are Locklear, Oxendine, Chavis, Jacobs, Lowry, Hunt in their family trees and current surnames. I know on my great grandmother side she was a JACOBS from Richland South Carolina and there is Chavis in her line as well.

[@DOWNR4NGE]

I commented on your African Ancestry tribe reveal video and I forgot to post my haplogroups. I’ll share them with you here since you spoke of them in this video. Paternal: E-M191 Maternal: L2A1F Maybe were related 😄

[@Futuredoc1130]

Awesome results. I’m half black American and half white American. My results for ancestry was 58% European and 42% west African(Nigeria 14, western Bantu 14, Ghana 7, mali 4, Senegal 3. My communities were early North Carolina african Americans and early Alabama and Georgia african Americans. 23 and me said 38.8% sub Saharan african. I have also taken african ancestry and traced my paternal to the Fula and balanta of Guinea buissau.

[@sincerelyvali]

Wow, nice! I’m looking forward to taking African Ancestry soon 😊

[@michaelmichael8314]

I'm pretty much the exact same as you. I've a black father from America and an Irish mother. Came back as 62% European and 38% African. I also got the early North carolina community. What was your paternal haplogroup out of interest? I've noticed most people that have an E haplogroup tend to get the exact same report on 23andme. Mine was E-M191. Maternal haplogroup T2B

[@Futuredoc1130]

@@michaelmichael8314 paternal was E-M4451 and maternal was H7

[@econhelp583]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your DNA background! I did a DNA test from three different companies. Basically I am a European mutt. There weren’t any huge inconsistencies between the three tests, but I felt that 23 & Me was the best of the bunch in terms of detail. I am an American and almost 100% European (I have many European countries in my DNA and also a fair amount of Neanderthal DNA) but I am actually fairly dark in complexion due to one Italian grandfather but the look I have from it is almost middle-eastern (Lebanon, Cyprus, Turkey). There probably was migration from this area to Italy at some point. It’s weird because on my birth certificate it says “white” but I have never felt “white”, maybe because my brother looks Northern-European white with blonde hair (my brother looks like our Swedish grandfather, and our last name is Swedish). My Swedish grandfather passed away many years before this DNA stuff arrived on the scene and he would have been very surprised because he was proud of his Swedish ancestry. BUT it turns out that his Swedish DNA (and my Swedish DNA) is actually most concentrated in the Netherlands and Northern Germany!! So really my grandfather the Swede could have been my grandfather the German. Learning your history via DNA is a real eye opener!

[@sincerelyvali]

Nice! DNA can definitely reveals such interesting stories! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@WackyChu]

you’re really pretty and i love your hair! im also an african american and i really want to do a DNA test! I want to know what part(s) of africa my ancestors come from as well as any other locations they could’ve been at like maybe i have some Caribbean in me that would be awesome.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thank you for the compliments 😊 & good luck with your DNA journey! You’ll learn a lot about your roots

[@evamamani9026]

Hello, good results friend, I took the DNA test and it came out. 50% Native American 🇺🇸 50% South American very proud of my origins and being from THE AMERICAS 😊🌎👋

[@WalonCv13]

Keep Lying To Urself

[@profg5tv785]

Igbo are the richest tribe in Africa. You're welcome my Nigeria sister ❣️

[@sincerelyvali]

🙌🏽🙌🏽 🇳🇬 😊

[@mr.e212]

I would recommend having someone like a brother or your dad take the test first so you can get your (y) chromosome results first from African ancestry. Then if you chose to ro your moms side you can pick a later date to do your test. In the mean time you can do yourportaldna that can give you an idea and its cheaper.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thank you for the info and recommendations 😊

[@mr.e212]

@@sincerelyvali You welcome

[@TonyKnowsMore]

theres a 1 in three chance they'll give her no information from african ancestry. all they do is haplogroups and a lot of their repots on tribes are lies because many haplogroups are massively multi-tribal much like haplogroups anywhere else.

[@stophackingmyaccount930]

@Sincerelyvali Actually, the lower the number of the genetic distance, the closer you are to that population. At 1% you are very close to senegal. Research the term Genetic Distance and you will see what I am talking about. Those various low are the areas of genetic distance is that of of the ancient "Israelites DNA". You can research on that more if you are interested. European comes from mostly Black Moors not Caucasian-Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark....

[@sincerelyvali]

Very insightful! thank you

[@HoneySwtDrms]

I hate 23andMe's recent update as it pertains to the Caribbean country matches which are extremely inaccurate if you're Black American. Most BAs who took the test received a Caribbean country with 23andMe's latest update (I didn't.) My full blooded siblings each got a different country and so did our mother (make it make sense.) We have zero Caribbean ancestry, as do most Black Americans.

[@nottyQ1]

yup. I got Guyana and have no caribbean roots whole family on both sides from South Carolina.

[@animekkgjgirl]

Guys, remember during the slave trade, slaves were traded and exchanged between different markets. Our great great great great grandpa could have started off in Guyana had some children and then got "transferred" to the US etc etc

[@brandimatthews19]

@@nottyQ1a lot of slaves from the west indies were dropped off in the Carolina’s. Majority came from Jamaica , Barbados and Guyana. Your family is most likely Gullah Geechie . Also check your DNA matches it should show you on there.

[@brandimatthews19]

@@animekkgjgirlyes exactly!!

[@sincerelyvali]

Oh, wow! Interesting information. Thanks for sharing :)

[@ikanfire2379]

I'm from St Elizabeth what's up cuz lol

[@sincerelyvali]

Heeeeeeeyyy! 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 😄lol

[@hummingbirdofgumption3263]

The SE Asian may relate to South African triba ancestry.

[@godneverfails8698]

Put your dna in GEDMATCH you will see deeper.

[@sincerelyvali]

Thanks for the recommendation! Will definitely look into it 😊

[@godneverfails8698]

@@sincerelyvali No problem ❤️ Don’t listen to no one. You are a Hebrew❤️ Read the Bible. If you need any help im not smart but im learning a lot.

[@luisfd70]

Is the term European American used to refer to white people in America?

[@sincerelyvali]

Yes, that is correct. Europeans (usual whites) that migrated to American.

[@LuckyAtom-dx5yf]

Are you Mtdna L3E?

[@nwachinemere7759]

People always describe people who looks mixed as coming from Awusa tribe or Fulani tribe or Ethiopian. What these people don't understand is that Ethiopians, Awusa and Fulani tribes are mixed. Fulani are North African men mixed with West African women. And Awusa tribe are Europeans mixed with Sudanese Nilotics. And Ethiopians are mixed with Arabs and West Asians. Mixed people, especially Blacks mixed with another ethnic group have a certain generic looks.

[@dorianduka]

That is wrong Around 10 000 years ago Anatolians (ancestors of Indo Europeans) came down south with cattle they did domesticate (not modern Europeans ,only our ancestors) They did in time assimilate with the local populations and that is how Chadic people have been made The only thing they have to do with Europe is the haplogroup (R V88 originated in the Balkan region) everything else can be considered Eurasian after almost 10 000 years and can't be defined to be European only

[@dorianduka]

And btw west africans themselves are the product of local women and north African men...as far i know only some obscure tribes like Khoisan even today have ancestral male haplogroups for the regions

[@nwachinemere7759]

@@dorianduka That is false. Around 80% of West African mtdna is L2 and L3. West Africans are genetically identical at around 90% having arrived West Africa as one group from Southern Ethiopia 25,000 years ago.

[@exalteduchiha1563]

ethiopians are not mixed with arabs. they looked like that since the beginning of time or maybe an ancient back to africa migration but it has nothing to do with arabs. get in the bin with your logic. Africa is the most genetically diverse continent in the world, you know nothing. stop spreading misinformation

[@dorianduka]

@@nwachinemere7759 25 000 years ago ? that is new ....

[@gibbsthomas3201]

Hausa - Howzuh

[@00700556]

Nigeria didn’t become a country until 1960. That area of west africa people will share a lot of the same DNA. A person from ghana can test and have the same results. With African Americas though the DNA is so limiting because it just tells you an area…. not the tribe you come from. Nigeria has over 300 ethnic groups….. and over 500 languages….. And no they do not consider themselves to all be the same people.

[@thewordsmith5440]

It actually had hundreds of more tribes but colonization and slavery got rid of them and sometimes forced tribes to combine.

[@stophackingmyaccount930]

Those are the areas of the ancient "Israelite DNA". You can research on that more if you are interested.

[@LuckyAtom-dx5yf]

And get your father to do the 23andme , That's how you will find our true origin , By his Y chromosome haplotype or get your brother or uncle that is related to your father

[@luciangabrielpopescu]

Test seems accurate. You look mostly Nigerian, but your very long face comes from your British ancestors. Interesting that genetic tests confirm that almost the entire European ancestry in African Americans comes from the British Isles (England mostly), stemming from inter-racial relationships during slavery times.

[@hiddengem4293]

British people have really gotten around travel wise!

[@sincerelyvali]

Thanks for the feedback! & I would have never guessed that my face shape was a British feature.

[@SundayAutumn]

Inter racial relationships? The results of a bit of white in AA’s is because of slavery, white slave owners r*ped black women who were enslaved. It wasn’t a consensual “interracial relationship “ calling those white slave owners ancestors is wild and sick

[@Myhandle718]

Ur side view reminds me of Whitney Houston..

[@sincerelyvali]

It may be the hairstyle lol :)

[@iknowthetruthcommonsense3643]

Haplogroup ?

[@nicholasadams3902]

Your Asian ancestry indicates Malagasy ancestry from Madagascar.😊

[@nicholasadams3902]

I received the same results indicating I have Malagasy ancestry too. I can not wait for the DNA test updates.👌🏽

[@uchennanwosu4625]

I am Igbo, but I have an aunt from Sierra Leone. You can definitely pass as a blend between Nigerian Igbo and Sierra Leonian

[@sincerelyvali]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@mpaige7081]

Yes…your oval shaped face is very European 11:47

[@joemama4473]

More like east African,