AFRICAN ANCESTRY RESULTS ARE IN!!

[@sjcharles1]

I did my DNA test with African Ancestry and found out that I'm Igbo on my maternal line. By the way this is a proud Grenadian whose happy to find out from once we came. The Caribbean is an important part of our story but it is not the beginning of it.

[@avjack2702]

Do you truly believe it? Show at least 1 relative .. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY !!! They cannot give you ethnicity at certainty at most 50% not 100 but they can connect you with relatives. So where’s your cousin from Africa??

[@WeatherAnchorMama]

Absolutely. I agree. There’s so much more to learn about our history.

[@design401]

I got back my results and I got so many tribes 97% matches with the Fula people in Guinea Bissau, Mandinka in Senegal, Mende and Temne in Sierra Leone like you and Kru people in Liberia. I tend to go with the Mandinka since I got Mende as well. It’s basically the same tribe just called Mende in Sierra Leone. It’s been amazing to learn this info. We are descendants of the Mali Empire 💃🏿

[@WeatherAnchorMama]

I know. It feels great to learn about our history. It’s like filling in the blanks.

[@555125kevin]

Great means u can get Sierra Leone citizenship

[@Jungz.88]

I just got my test kit in the mail yesterday. I’m also from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and have always heard that the Africans taken to Jamaica were from Ghana. So I was kind of leaning towards the test maybe coming back as a tribe from Ghana, but seeing yours come back Sierra Leone shows me that our story isn’t so cut and dried lol. Thank you for sharing and when I get my results I’ll definitely come back and share.

[@WeatherAnchorMama]

Yes. I was pretty surprised too. Can’t wait. To hear your results.

[@theblackpresenceinbritain5048]

Worthwhile considering that when our ancestors were taken the current counties didn't exist with exact borders. Sierra Leone was used to resettling Jamaican Maroons and Black Nova Scotians who fought for the British in the War of Independence. There was a lot of too-ing and fro-ing - Google Jamaican maroon Sierra leonne. Plus Slaves were traded between the Islands, and from North America and South America Guyana, Panama etc. So we really are a mixed bag.

[@siriusamunra]

Hey congrats beloved! What was the mtDNA haplogroup African Ancestry assigned you? Your haplogroups typically is listed with a Letter and number combination via L2a, L1b, L3d etc.

[@Breyionna]

Congrats!! Have you looked into Sierra Leone citizenship yet?

[@Im.Etheric]

I took African Ancestry; My Mother side goes back to Nigeria 🇳🇬 L3e2b Yoruba & Fulani, For The paternal lineage it’s complicated for Haplogrouping males they don’t show you oddly you have to find a Predicting Haplogroup site, type in the Markers & Allele sizes (E1B1A) was my Y DNA, Central Africa Gabon 🇬🇦 BaKota, Ateke & Mitsogo. Bantu, from what I know their are more Bantus on the East coast of America & South America.

[@AishaLaDon]

Thanks for sharing your results. It's really interesting to dig into these things.

[@visionquest7870]

From what I recall reading the Mende are originally Mandika people from the Empire of Mali. Some of them immigrated to Sierra Leone on something called the Mane invasion probably around the mid 1500s or early 1600s after a female General named Macarico fled after insulting the Mansa (Emperor) of Mali. Once in Sierra Leone some of the Mandinka intermarried with the Bullom and other coastal people in Sierra Leone and the offspring were known as Mende or Mande,. However whether called Mende or Mande or Mandinka or Mandingo or Malinke or Bambara or Soninke or any of the othe Mande tribal names they are Mande people from the West African Empires of Ghana and Mali. From what I recall Mali is a translation of Mande and Mandinka means "people of Mali."

[@555125kevin]

Also a lot of Mende ppl migrated to Sierra Leone from Guinea from the 1870 to 1890.

[@patrickwright6644]

Congrats !

[@SistaGurlonFilms]

Congratulations!!! I share maternal ancestry with the Temne people of Sierra Leone

[@blackazoe6444]

I am Mandinka but we and the Mende people have the same ethnicity it's just different tribes like the Bantu people

[@prettyboyterianoabioye4833]

I’m Bantu from Gabon bakota on the paternal side

[@freedom_is_gold6747]

yes the mende is a mandinka people, their is a sierra leonean guy teaching here on youtube that mentioned it!

[@visionquest7870]

That is correct. Mandinka and Mende are the same people.

[@A__Mina]

True, I'm both 😊

[@555125kevin]

Yep so if you're Mandinka from a country outside of Sierra Leone, chances are your results will come back saying you're from the Mende ppl in Sierra Leone which is ok because they're pretty much the same.

[@zainabntaamah5029]

Welcome to our family! #Mende #SierraLeone #Salone 🇸🇱

[@TheRealZarp]

the actors Isaiah Washington and Michael K Williams ancestry results are Mende too. I've been thinking about doing this more and more. AncestryDNA is good but for Black folks, this is even better. I want to tie my ethnic background to an ancestral country of origin and this test will do that.

[@WeatherAnchorMama]

Yes. I definitely recommend doing this one. I also did AncestryDNA. Let me know what your results are if you decide to try it.

[@johnwebb2442]

Both are great DNA tests for black people.

[@design401]

I really thought you would say Fulani since you look like them. I’ve gotten that before. I’m waiting on my test kit... I’m so excited. 😆

[@ochiegodfrey6428]

True, me too

[@Im.Etheric]

She looks Congolese they have her facial features.

[@adamamunu3046]

welcome home sis x

[@jamesmcneil4808]

What is your haplogroup

[@MrAlpha130]

Welcome sister!

[@WeatherAnchorMama]

Thanks sis

[@tankkormanti8668]

Wow the Mende people have a great culture.I would have thought, because you come from Jamaica, that you have had Akan or Igbo ancestry.Since booth tribes were shipped there in large numbers.

[@Im.Etheric]

@Justinthe Comments that’s not how that works, if you come from a particular Haplogroup family then you’ll trace to a specific people group, now it’s possible that her father could be of another Haplogroup family an come from a tribe who has the same genetic sequence, precentages throughout Africa only tells you how frequent your dna is found among a population that belongs to a Haplogroup family, example I could have (E1b1A) at 10% found in South Africa and in West Africa it can be 80% common dna most tribes get adopted into others or get married into others, some tribes are matriarchal

[@Im.Etheric]

@Justinthe Comments Mtdna & YDNA are what determines sex & linage, autosomal dna only provides characteristics to determine what a child may carry over, like disease, & anatomy hight etc

[@fomalhauto]

@@Im.Etheric The mitochondrial test only shows the matrilineal ancestor mother's mother's mother's mother's mother's Mitochondrial DNA is only a very small fraction of the genome

[@fomalhauto]

@@Im.Etheric autosomal DNA also includes ancestry too

[@A__Mina]

I was close, I guessed Madingo 😊 don't forget your Sierra Leone passport!

[@kargbo1337]

Welcome my Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 sister

[@chimakalu41]

8:53 mende of Sierra Leone. Cool

[@bootboy17]

Good video, I wish I could push 10 thumbs up.

[@KoriRuns]

That's fascinating, Stacy-Ann! I bought one of those ancestry things a while back but got freaked out after I watched that one episode of Black Mirror😂.

[@WeatherAnchorMama]

Lol 😂. Thank goodness I missed that episode. You should totally do it. Let me know if you do. Love your running updates on IG and KZbin.

[@alwaysalady9616]

Do you have people in the Carolina's? Most came from Sierra Leone!!!! Gullah Geechee people !! Let me know

[@nonenone9338]

She resembles Keri Hilson 😳

[@adamkofi5683]

Beautiful lady

[@Africaemerged]

🎉🎉🎉🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱

[@willis3537]

Those who dispute the effectiveness of DNA testing are idiots. All Africans can easily guess the origin of other blacks in the diaspora from their physical appearance. They had known it for a very long time but could not tell them. Soon, by following these DNA test results, African Americans, Caribbeans and West Indians will be able to guess the origin of their compatriots themselves. Long series make it easier to understand the laws of breed genetics.

[@kargbo1337]

my sierra leonean sister

[@hasanicarter5543]

It’s also possible, to find continental African relatives, on AncestryDNA, as well.

[@johnwebb2442]

True.

[@avjack2702]

Remember entertainment purposes only

[@hassanabdur-rahman1559]

You look more like Fulani than Mende. You have a phenotype that looks Fulani.

[@michaelgyan3626]

look Hausa a bit

[@markradvanszki5659]

Don't call yourself a mom, shame on you

[@lamonesjr9819]

So where are all the Africans coming to America taking DNA test to find there long lost relatives because I never seen that🤔 Those DNA test are for entertainment purposes and 1 percent accurate

[@donyachant9103]

THAT SHOWS HOW DUMB YOU ARE....LOL

[@adamamunu3046]

kzbin.info/door/ADZIoCBAYUP23LYA6FMQog

[@prettyboyterianoabioye4833]

You do know the so called slaves brought to America and the slave trade were people from Africa tribes in Africa. Such An idiot

[@mabelilly4188]

I guess when your momma was looking for who your daddy was , that was for entertainment purposes only huh?

[@lamonesjr9819]

@@donyachant9103 once again tell me where all the Africans that are coming to America and taking these fake DNA test to find there long lost African relatives here in America?

[@loveobviously]

We might be related. “Gooden” & Jamaican