Am I REALLY 100% Japanese? (DNA Test Reveals My True Ethnicity)

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00:00 Intro - I'm quite certain I'm Japanese...
00:36 Everyone has always doubted my ethnicity
01:55 MyHeritage Sponsor
02:35 Taking the actual DNA test
04:53 What my mom thinks...
06:10 My grandma on my dad's side is WHAT???
07:31 My mom's reaction to our old family photos
08:45 What my husband thinks...
12:20 THE RESULTS
19:00 Some ridiculous story time with my mom
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[@ReinaScully]

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[@MistahPaul]

Hey Reina. So during a bit of Elden Ring Lore research, I started doing a little bit of study on Sengoku Jidai. After Hideyoshi shut down all the ports and tried to isolate Japan, apparently the Dutch from 1640-1854 were the only people trading with them from a post on Dejima. Although the Netherlands is on the other side of Denmark that at least gets you to Europe, and I've seen at least one map that has the Dutch trading in 1665 with routes all the way from Dejima to the Baltic Sea near Finland and even on the other side of Scandinavia, in a Russian city called Arkhangelsk. Shot in the dark, but I'd bet that's where the link would be. It's a big world and a long history tho, so who knows. Hope you're feeling better!

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

Hi Scully San, I am half Japanese and both my parents did the My Heritage test as well, and you should know that My Heritage does not have a good coverage of Asia. Nothing bad said about My Heritage, but to make these estimates, they need alot of DNA from each region, to estimate the mixture of "race" in your specific region ex. Japan. It is a myth that each country is made out of pure race, obviously we are mixed, borders are man made not natural. This whole DNA thing was started by the Mormons in the US because they believe that it's possible to find your ancestors and baptise them into their religion, this is why the My Heritage "database" already has a lot of Western, especially European DNA. My Mothers results looked something like yours, although instead of Inuit, it she had Inca (South American) DNA. She also had 2-3% Finish in her, and I believe that the indigenous people of that area called the Sami is the reason. They are an indigenous group of north of the Nordic countries, Norway, Sweden and Finland. They are a travelling people and they do look like they have mongolian heritage. You can find language videos on youtube, where you can listen to Sami and Ainu language, and there is a lot of similarities. When assessing your DNA it's easy to say, oh well it must have been because this Hablo group moved from this area to this area 10.000 years ago, but remember, these DNA kits can only measure back around 500 years, meaning only six-seven incestores back (if they live to around 70 years old). So someone in your recent ancestry was full Inuit, and someone even further back was full Finish. Now having said all this, the test kit also includes that the only assessments that is 100% correct is the first line, meaning that you are 98% Japanese. The rest is an estimate, and if you do another test from another test kit that has a different database, your answer will be different. As a Japanese person I would advise you to get an asian based or Japanese based DNA test kit. I know that they exist because I wanted to find one for my mother. I hope this helped just a little...thank you for this video! Kind regards Ken

[@AutoReport1]

There are Japanese DNA companies which are apparently more detailed when it comes to Asian ancestry. Bigger sample sets. You may be able to upload results for analysis.

[@auroraflash]

Aren't these a total scam? Is this a scientifically proven method? xD

[@tonegrail650]

Can we go under the assumption that you haven't undergone any cosmetic procedures? A lot of Asians who have had surgeries often get assumed to be part white.

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

The Inuit and Finnish DNA is probably through Ainu. So a single Ainu ancestor 7-8 generations back sounds pretty realistic...

[@mfreak1126]

No, because many Koreans and Chinese people have them too. Besides, all these simple DNA tests say that Ainu people are about 80％ Japanese and 15% South Asian and that the rest of their genome comes from random places including Europe and North Africa. It also says Inuit but not all the time, and even when it shows up it's always a tiny bit. On the other hand, South Asia shows up all the time. If she had Ainu ancestry, she would be more South Asian than Inuit. But she isn't, meaning that her Inuit ancestry doesn't come from Ainu people.

[@Stringbean0000]

@@mfreak1126 The Ainu are native to northern Honshu, Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and Sakalin. Are you thinking of the indigenous people from the Ryukyu Islands that are located to the south of mainland Japan?

[@mfreak1126]

@@Stringbean0000 I clearly said Ainu people.

[@Obscurai]

Note that these DNA tests primarily expose DNA add mixture. In this case, the Inuit and Finnish DNA is just shared DNA with these groups. It doesn't mean there is a specific ancestor that came from these people groups. For example, as humans we all share common DNA by definition , but we cannot necessarily show ancestor relationships with this knowledge. In this case, the Finnish people also share Sammi (a nomadic group of reindeer herders that spans all of northern Europe and Asia). This doesn't mean you have Finnish DNA, it just means Reina shares DNA with Finnish people who shared DNA with Sammi and Inuit. Also, the DNA testing database probably doesn't have enough data to discretely resolve the difference between Finnish, Sammi and Inuit DNA, and so reports Finnish and Inuit as broad categories. The subtleties of DNA haplogroups is complicated especially when many haplogroups and markers are shared across many different peoples, and then these peoples are separated by relatively recent national borders.

[@Stringbean0000]

@@mfreak1126 I’m confused by your comment because the Ainu people are not South Asian and are most likely descendants of people from the Jomon period

[@livingabovethe12th]

Finns Russian -- go look up "Ingrian Finns". Possibly in your family's past someone was remembered as coming from Russia but was ethnically Finnish. Finland also borders Russia. Finland also dealt with forced deportations into Russia in the past. Ppl also constantly confuse Nationality and Ethnicity.

[@user-3aa6234fh]

Many Asians get Finnish percentage but I think it’s from Siberian Asians

[@chickenmonger123]

Finnish are a meshing of Slavic and Nordic Peoples generally. The fact of Inuit peoples in Russia suggest that’s the crossover. Like the others said.

[@White_wellbeing_and_Peace]

English speakers confuse nationality with Citizenship, and you’re one of them lol

[@cmhenator]

Yeah! Finland was ruled by Russia for a long time, and Russia has a long history of sending prisoners to Siberia-which would very likely be where your Inuit ancestry comes from!

[@mfreak1126]

And people like you confuse ethnicity with ancestry. Your ethnicity is your cultural identity, not your ancestral lineage. Just because she's a little bit Inuit by ancestry doesn't mean she's also ethnically a little bit Inuit.

[@8bitvapor]

Inuit Finnish makes allot of sense based on the fishing routes in the Arctic back in the day. Inuit came over from Mongolia Siberia area 10,000 years ago.

[@downtomars6268]

I was thinking this too. The indigenous inhabitants of the Nordic region were the Saami whom have the closest genome to Siberians out of all Europeans. Over time, this group of Arctic people's genome has been diluted with European mixing.

[@David-qk7um]

Not 10.000 years ago.. it was when Mongolia invaded east Asia, closer to 800 years ago,, the 10.000 years migration is a BS Myth,,

[@8bitvapor]

I'm sure your right about the Mongolia thing being only 800 years , it was a Inuk that was teaching me about the Mongolia Inuit link and how similar there cultures were, but I'm not sure the 10,000 year thing is a myth because "13,000-year old human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast" in 2018. And there was 3 waves of peoples to the America's the Inuit were the latest one 800 years, as you pointed out which is why they look so similar to Mongolians compared to there Native American counterpart . @@David-qk7um

[@David0lyle]

Well, that’s kind of the “historical bias” recorded history has to get, well “recorded”. The Mongols were making records while the Inuit were trading, traveling and having children. 🤷 Not stuff that made the history books but did make our ancestors!!

[@Meme-op8fu]

A lot of Mongols, Yakutians, Nenets, Nepalis, and Kazakhs look Japanese too. Nenets and Yakutians also hunted whales too

[@3364dean]

OMG your mom is a total sweetheart🥰 and looking at those pics, she was a cutie even back then. Big Hugs to you and your whole family!!!

[@edwardtrinidad7541]

The story of your mom going to the river is so cute, im dying

[@ianramos8503]

I hope you have a follow up with mom’s test I love seeing these kinds of videos

[@SuviTuuliAllan]

I'm not surprised by the Finnish bit. You somehow look a bit like my aunt. 😂 I'm Finnish, btw. DNA tests often show a tiny bit East Asian or Arctic or even Amerindian for Finns. It's complicated. No, I'm no viking. No, Finland technically isn't in Scandinavia. Look up Uralic peoples. Finns were called China Swedes in the US back in the day. Yeah, an old German map even shows Finland as yellow for mongoloid. Anyways, AMA.

[@Gwenhwyfar7]

Yeah they even had laws banning the China Finns because they decided they weren't white they were closer to Siberians. They were only very partly right because the DNA does cross over a lot. Considering how much the Inuit move around the world over the past few thousand years, it makes since that the rest of the northern peoples would do a lot of the same, being nomadic.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

Finns don't look like japanese a bit. or any other Asian countries . I used to live in other countries and everybody asked if I came from Sweden , Norway etc The same with other Finns as well. . Watch the video " Coding Ambassador &the Finnish Double flip -Education in Finland."

[@SuviTuuliAllan]

@@diamondsarenotforever8542 No-one said that Finns in general look Japanese. Too tired to write a long reply on my phone but read the Eurogenes blog if you're interested in population genomics.

[@butterflies655]

​​@@SuviTuuliAllan don't believe everything you hear or read. Trust what you see. Use your brains. Watch the video "Which country has the most blondies?" The answer is Finland. The other European countries have got asian dna even more than Finland by the way.

[@SuviTuuliAllan]

@@butterflies655 Yeah? Which ones? Btw is this your sock-puppet?

[@noordic]

Actualy the Korean language and Finnish language have similar words and there was emigration from the Korean region towards Finland a long time ago 😊

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

Very very little. The Finnish language has mostly the same words as the swedish language.

[@rednight2476]

Finns are part of the Arctic people groups, like Siberians, Sami, and Inuit. The Finns western neighbors are the Germanic Scandinavians.

[@user-3aa6234fh]

Many Asians in Russia have same dna haplogroup as Finns but they look like East Asians or Central Asians not like Finnish people. Maybe that’s where it’s coming from. Really near to Japan that Asian part of Russia

[@clarehidalgo]

@@user-3aa6234fh And the Sami who live in Finland migrated from that Area of Russia in Siberia to Finland about 3000 years ago

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Finns are predominantly Caucasian but probably like 8% of the population has some Asiatic admixture because of the Sami. Most of our ancestors didnt cross Racial lines, was only a small percentage

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

​@@lucianaromulus1408 Sami ppl are different ppl. They have a completely different culture.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

@@diamondsarenotforever8542 I know, they're like an Asiatic mix, similar to the people of say Tajikistan or Uzbekistan

[@Chachixo]

Ooh we got a Reina's mom cameo? Blessed! She's so cute!! She looks like New Jeans Hyein in her throwback photo - soooo pretty!

[@MxPotato84]

Your mom is adorably funny! I was smiling and giggling while reading the subtitles of what she was saying. Both of you are cute when you talk to each other. ❤

[@leslielamour85]

Totally off topic, but you nonchalantly picking the lint off Mike’s shirt when he’s on camera is maybe the cutest thing I’ve seen 😅

[@margiestevens2384]

I really understood your mother when she talked about wondering if she was adopted. I felt the same way for much of my life, finally met a cousin that looked enough like me that I felt that I belonged in my family.

[@breydbeauty7]

How have I followed you since source fed days and I just now realized that Scully isn’t your actual last name!?! Duh!!! You’re a huge xfiles fan of course that’s your stage name.

[@kmyres14]

I fully assumed it was her stepdad's last name for all these years 🫣

[@Sasharra]

That older pic at the end of your mom that she was embarrassed by was so cute!!!!

[@kalum312]

The cool thing with MyHeritage is they constantly update your percentages the more people test. The percentage breakdowns for my ancestry have changed multiple over the last several years, so it will be interesting to look at them a year or two later.

[@wuverrabbit]

all of then do, it's not just myheritage. Fun fact, never do a DNA test to know your ethnics. DNA is about proving family.

[@ijustneedmyself]

​@@wuverrabbit Why not?

[@JSN723]

Yeah, I'm Korean and used 23andme. At the beginning it said Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian. It tightened up over a year and ended up like 100% Korean.

[@Iflie]

@@wuverrabbit Being extremely mixed and having my brother show very similar results means I know MyHeritage is very accurate with their predictions, they could even point out the small places the mix of my ethnicities was most common and that was the island my father came from. My DNA comes from all over the world so it's very much not random.

[@athena7042]

"@JSN723 Yeah, I'm Korean and used 23andme. . . it said Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian. It tightened up over a year and ended up like 100% Korean." It's a racket. This lady and her family look way more than a few percent non Japanese. Not believing those results.

[@AlleyBetwixt]

Your mom is so adorable! Those old photos are precious. Fun video. I dunno if any of these DNA tests ever come back as 100% anything. I'd think not. Perhaps folks whose families have stayed in a narrow area of Africa for an extremely long time or something. Otherwise we're all some wonderful scramble of genetics. And phenotype is gonna phenotype. Genes can do plenty of unusual things regardless of expectation of how ethnicity presents physically or previous results through family lines. I never understand people who think they can always identify someone's ethnicity just by looking at them... or question it. Very odd to me.

[@HUN73RK1LL3R]

There not, there was a news piece done with a set of identical twins (one of them being a journalist), who tried three seperate companies including the company that reinascully uses and they both got completely different results which is impossible if they are identical twins

[@TheBaldr]

Anything under 5-10% should be discard as skeptical. These test are not accurate.

[@ianhelyar6383]

I vaguely remember a YT video where some Irish people tested as 100% irish...no, I can't cite it...@@HUN73RK1LL3R

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Im 100% Caucasian. Most people are 100% 1 Race, usually only mixture of ethnicity within the same Race..the only 2 groups heavily mixed are modern Middle Easterners and modern Latin Americans.

[@antonc81]

There’s a few finno-ugric type ethnicities in Russia. A lot of Russians from the Siberian region often get a small “Finnish” percentage in these dna tests. Some linguists have speculated that the Japanese language is related to the Finnish-ugric languages.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

The language relation actually kinda would make some sense.

[@antonc81]

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 my friend’s 100% japanese mum also got some “Siberian” percentage in her 23andMe results. My understanding is there is some evidence that a portion of the makeup of the Japanese ethnicity comes from ancient north East Asian Siberia/Baikal populations that are probably related to Yakut, Buryat, and Evenk peoples today. Another significant part probably coming from Southeast Asia.

[@Japinoyboi2004]

The Yayoi people. Because Yayoi people came from the North of China. Not Southern China.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

@@antonc81 Logically, the Japanese people had to go there from somewhere. Considering that it is an island and you hardly will find any island filled with humans that were not "conquered" by the first people stepping onto it.

[@antonc81]

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 for sure. The geographic location and ice age geography of the region makes Siberia and China the two most logical sources of immigration into the Japanese archipelago. Genetic evidence confirms this.. which is why you so often see “Siberian” and “Finnish” admixtures from services like 23andMe for their Japanese clients. I’m half ethnic Russian and I get a small “north Asian” component in genetic tests.

[@BananahLlamah]

This was such a cute, fun video 🥹 your chats with your Mum and with Mike were so comfy and nice to listen to

[@hachimaki]

The Sami people, which is the Scandinavian equivalent of the inuit, has lived across the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia for thousands of years, so the likelihood that some of them came across the inuits isn't far fetched at all. So most likely that's the explanation for the Finnish in your DNA test.

[@clarehidalgo]

And the Sami migrated from Siberia to Scandinavia about 3000 years ago

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

Not really. I've got both in my test.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

Sami ppl are not Finns. Sami ppl are a different race with a completely different culture. Finland has not even got very many of them. Mostly Norway has them Sweden is the second Finland is the third and Russia has the smallest number of Sami ppl. Very often Sami ppl are represented as finns, but they are different ppl.

[@Nuihc88]

@@diamondsarenotforever8542 You are partially wrong on all counts there. While most Sami are not Finns, most Finns are part Sami. Finland used to have many now blended tribes with their own Finno-Ugric dialects of 'Suomi/Sami' language with shared cultural roots in Asia.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

@@Nuihc88 You are wrong . Sami ppl themselves say they have a completely different culture to all Nordic nations. They are very strict with it. For instance they don't want any finn or any other Nordic ppl to wear their national costume. Do you think other Nordic countries have not got dna of other nations? Little you know. All the ppl everywhere are mixed. By the way watch the video "Which country has the most blondies?" The answer is Finland. Percentually Finland has the most ppl with blue eyes and blond hair and they are tall.

[@Deathbunnygirl]

He's Handsome! Being a local Cork person in Ireland, I can confidently say he has a big Irish head on him!

[@teaandfire]

My PopPop had those eyebrows- I did when I was younger but they’ve thinned out as I grew up

[@justinfufun5483]

And nose.

[@solarguy1702]

We can get Murphy's here in Philippines now.

[@athena7042]

He looks more than half white. Various members of her family look like various Non-Japanese peoples. Kind of like Ainu's. Different Ainus look like all different peoples.

[@thisaintyourname]

I appreciate Reinas "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" quote (You sound like your from london!)

[@sassimouse9891]

that part with your mother was the most wholesome thing i watched in a very long time ❤ and i could listen to you for hours 😊!!!!

[@Miku_miku_chan]

Your mom was so fun to listen to! Would love if you make a video of her results as well!

[@KendallM0219]

I never realized you were so into languages. I wish you shared a bit of your learning techniques and how many languages you know. That would be so interesting to hear about ☺️. Also if possible can you give us an update in your mom’s results? Thank you

[@Blkdad]

😭😭😭😭😭 your mom and the river. Omg, girl that has my wife and I rolling over here. 😭😭😭

[@veebee2405]

You are so sweet with your mom and hubby! It warmed my heart to see all that love! 🥰

[@catzhakury]

Thank you for sharing those results. I even thought you were half Japanese. Those stories and photos of your mother are so cute! 🥰🥰

[@abinder3]

Reina, it doesn’t matter what the results are (there’s definitely room for error in the ‘results’). You’re an amazing person, have an amazing family. Your KZbin channel is one of my favorite channels and always look forward to your videos. All the best to you and your family in the future.

[@abinder3]

@@AntiXtoxiC I never said there was. Why are you responding to what I said with your reply???? Smh

[@xm2895]

Your mom looks so cute!!!! not Reina saying her friend looks like a ghost 😭🤣

[@kawaiikinomoto728]

such an interesting video!!! you and your mom reminiscing about old stories together is so adorable, makes me wanna talk to my mom more about how her childhood was!! i wish she had more photos but when she was moving overseas, in the 70's the airline lost their luggage and that luggage had ALLLLL of their childhood photos too and they were never able to recover it sadly!! its really heartbreaking all these years later too =(

[@loftonrudolph7586]

This was fun to watch!

[@rahjahknows]

Haha love the intro, well edited

[@christopherchaparro3892]

You guys have such cute chemistry on Camara. Would love to see more vids like this . Great to know what you are. My parents are both 100% Puerto Rican. But knowing the history of the place and how many different countries came through there. I know I'm a mutt just not sure what the numbers are.

[@wuverrabbit]

most people in the world are mutts unless they have stuck to their own ethnic group for generations. (Jews, Amish, Mennonite, and least but not last German Russians to 100% Germanic Emprie)

[@clarehidalgo]

Sounds like my Puerto Rican Grandma "I'm 100% Spanish" She was like 70% Spanish 15% Taino 15% African which is pretty average in Puerto Rico

[@anorax001]

One of the best vids to date. Really fun! 😄

[@TonyKoji]

Excellent video! It's so interesting to find out where we actually come from. Sometimes the results are surprising.

[@michaelanderson1476]

Damn it I didn't want this to end because it was so much fun and very interesting!! I love this kind of stuff....awesome!!😁😆😅🤣😂😊😇❤👏🙌🙏👍🎉🇯🇵

[@davidjackson6475]

The genotype of the indigenous peoples in North and South America has been found to be a relatively unique mix of south East Asian and Siberian so that could explain the tiny bit of Inuit dna but the Finnish portion sounds interesting.

[@RebeccaH43]

I have been following your videos for quite a while now and that question never crossed my mind...

[@cieloagulto9960]

Its really so interesting to get the dna test result, because you realize that you are a mix of so much more than you actually know. That is how I felt and my mom as well, when we got our results from My Heritage.

[@elittle711]

Reina... your mom is LOVELY. ❤

[@BrianEagen]

Last video that started like this, you announced you were "gregnert". Thankfully no "big" surprises (despite the obvious), but we do get a Mike reveal, along with a possible explanation for his illustrious full Turkish-style eyebrows.

[@NikkiLove9022]

This was one of the best videos! Really needed something wholesome right now.

[@Sherman1fan]

Your mom is so cute! Wonderful interactions in your family! Don't know if anyone is 100% anything nowdays (or the probability would be really small). Of course in certain instances you can be sure but chances today people will get results similar to your findings. Please show the river and if your mom can be there that would be amazing, hilarious and worth it! Glad to hear your face is healing. That moving picture is neat/creepy, very Harry Potter-esque.

[@Furienna]

Mayim Bialik (the actress) is 99,5 % Ashkenazi Jewish, and I saw a video about a guy who was like 100 % Bosnian. It is rare to be so fully just one ethnicity, but it happens...

[@briansmith48]

​@@Furienna. I came here to say the same thing. Jewish people are nearly 90 to 100%.

[@yugioht42]

Technically most Asians have some sort of Chinese DNA somewhere. It’s normal. You also might find European DNA and possibly native DNA. There is literally no pure Japanese in genetics terms yet. It’s some type of mixed heritage.

[@rawkusrex]

if someone took a DNA test and got 100% anything, I would genuinely be concerned that that test was wrong

[@28gire-jp1tw]

There many people here on KZbin and are 100% of what they are.

[@rawkusrex]

@@28gire-jp1tw i find that hard to believe. since the dawn of modern humans, that person's entire ancestry from their moms side and dads side never once dipped their toes into other cultures/races? I know people who have taken tests and gotten as high as 97-98% something, but never a full 100%

[@rizluz396]

I got 100% Scandinavian on the same test. But when lookin at the map online, it was also northern Germany (but that was danish at a time) and if going back to 1600s (I think it was a slider), also some british, so not sure. But it said 100% scandinavian.

[@ashtonyoung9101]

@@rawkusrexthere’s some some African Americans have 100% African dna

[@msli1an]

You should look up Conan O'Brien's (night time tv host) dna test 😮. He is 100% Irish but there's a twist.

[@anyaroz8619]

I love your mom's hair in that picture! She is so beautiful

[@Tybold63]

Your mom was/is a beauty - so wholesome to watch you two chatting.

[@battman505]

Swear the northern islands of Japan are close to Russia, heard there were land disputes between the two nations way back when.

[@user-3aa6234fh]

That’s where both „Finnish“ and „Inuit“ might be coming from. Indigenous people in Asian part of Russia are few but diverse. Some are Turkic, some are Mongolian, some are Finno-Ugric and some are directly related to Inuit and other Natives of North America (maybe even South)

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

​@@user-3aa6234fhThat theory has been debunked for a long time ago.

[@rhade3845]

Please be aware that DNA ancestry results are not very accurate. Identical twins have taken these tests and gotten different results which is impossible if the test was very accurate. The results are a best guess by looking at where most of your gene expressions most commonly appear geographically. The smaller the percentage, the less accurate the measurement is.

[@David-rx5eo]

That is what I have been telling people for years. They do get a little better as more people get tested, but they are not that good. How can you differentiate between an Irish Gael, and a Scottish Gael that's ancestors migrator from Ireland hundreds of years ago? What about Anglos and Saxons that migrated from Germany to Briton, etc., and so many others that migrated and intermixed with others.

[@e.g.1218]

Actually it is totally normal to for siblings to get different results due to genetic recombination. So you can get variations actually. You don’t always get equal amounts of the same dna. You only inherit 50 percent of your parents and your sibling can inherit different part is your parents 100% available dna.

[@e.g.1218]

* parts of

[@rhade3845]

@@e.g.1218identical twins, people born with the exact same DNA get different results.

[@e.g.1218]

@@rhade3845 by large amounts? twins do get some variations not by large amounts on some of the better tests that I've seen. Of course they are estimates and when some regions are close by and historically mixed it can be harder to determine, like Irish vs Scottish, etc. My 23 and me and my Ancestry test are pretty close to each other and were both taken separate, no raw data uploads from one to the other.

[@paavohynynen2654]

Congrats, great result. You belong now to my superior clan, best regards from mighty Finland !

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

Try uploading your raw data to Wegene!! They have more sample groups so there's a better break down for East Asian ethnicities. MyHeritage DNA said I was 3% Filipino/Malay, but when I used Wegene that 3% transformed into 4.6% Indigenous Taiwanese. (The rest is a mix of six different East Asian ethnic groups and Vietnamese 😅)

[@yugioht42]

Turkey was a big center of trade and they often went to Italy and the European continent. Very classic story of intermingling going to England and Ireland and likely a little Scottish too.

[@denisedarland3345]

I have been told that when doing these DNA tests that any percentage under 2% is not statistically significant. And that it becomes very hard to determine with any accuracy what that result means. So, I would take the "Finish" thing with a grain of salt. ;)

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Exactly. Id say 1% and under is not accurate at all.

[@David-rx5eo]

Exactly. I would also like to see the result from say three different DNA test to see if the agree on the results.

[@ynotchristian1366]

I love this & your personality & family! New subscriber! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@susandevinenapoli7649]

I already took two DNA tests and waiting on my heritage. My dad's side looks like your husband's results. My mom's side has Scandinavian but raised Canadian that goes way north like yours does.

[@wuverrabbit]

if your from the NA, do Ancestry, u can upload to myheritage for free. There is a small fee if your interested in building an idea on DNA matches to prove family. If not you don't need to pay anything.

[@dbl0fluff]

Also Inuit is tribe located in Alaska.

[@andrewfontana3136]

This is awesome. I find it so interesting, one of my sisters has done one but I haven't yet and this is the first Japanese one I've seen. To be honest I wasn't even sure how much different Koreans were to Chinese, I'm pretty sure there are plenty of mixed ancestry there too so it makes sense to me that the Japanese heritage would have at least some Korean in it as well. I guess the Finnish would more likely to have been an explorer or trader that came to Japan more recently though. Would be fun if you could track them down. Thanks so much for sharing. :)

[@wdvnge]

It makes sense. Very common to get small percentages of japanese/korean for finnish people in dna tests too. Long time ago the origin is same in siberia. Finnic people moved from the east to the west and west and northern russia used to be region of finnic tribes which have many lost in history or are in small numbers nowadays. Finns still carry rare haplogroup which makes them ancestry very unique. There is a saying that finns are the most and least europeans of european ethnic groups. 15:44 this man has features that are quite common in Finland. Super interesting guys. But your husband definitely has no idea about it because of his weird theory of finns going with scandinavians in viking boats 😂 its just small sea and bit if land between finland and japan. During long periods of time its not weird that there is this root.

[@vernonwungnema]

Watching the video, I could tell being 100% Japanese really meant a lot to you. I found your recent short post on KZbin. You are correct, it does not matter and I’m glad it does not bother you as such. Look at it this way. Many of us on KZbin started to learn Japanese because of your videos. Sugoi! I am glad your facial injury is healing. :)

[@terrawolf3802]

the inuit part is probably like you said picking up on the Ainu (certain dna tests aren't as accurate , my heritage is mostly german but since part of the ancestry comes from northern german, they said that it was british and scandinavian)

[@advocatusdiaboli7101]

You should have had the song by the Vapours playing in the background during this vlog 😊😊😊😊

[@aviewer9516]

Thankfully, and not sure how or why, but KZbin put you in my feed. As a Japanese American, of course I had to click on your video and watch it. You and your mom are so adorable. Her personality reminds me alot of my mom. You also so remind me of a young Valerie Bertinelli, beautiful and adorable!

[@fjdoucet1465]

I used to live in Northern Canada, in an Inuit settlement, and I can see a touch of something similar in your face. And your husband absolutely looks like a perfect mash-up between Italian and Irish. It's a bit eerie!

[@JeffTiberend]

I've never known my biological father. I don't really want to meet him. But, I wish that I knew a little bit about him. So, I had some family member who had done the Ancestry DNA. And, so I did the Ancestry DNA as well. It was interesting to see how it connects me to my family members and also give and brief history of where my ancestors on my mom's side came from. I hope your results gave you what you wanted. And, yes, your mother is a sweetheart. (I don't know how you would say sweetheart in Japanese.) I also subscribed to your channel. I hope to learn more about you in your videos. This was so fun to watch. Good job!

[@ChelseaASTERISK]

One cool/interesting thing about DNA tests is that your percentages can vary depending on the actual genes you inherit. For example two siblings from the same parents can have different ethnicity percentages. I have a higher Native Taino percentage than my younger brother, by like 10%. Meaning inherited more the the Taino genes from my parents than he did.

[@malinostman9187]

Very interesting! For the finnish part of your result, I wonder if it might be because of a Sami connection? They are a people that live in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, and would have been nomadic or semi-nomadic following their reindeer herds during the migrations. For them to have connection with the inuit people would not be strange at all, to my mind. It's certainly a fascinating thought to consider how much people of the past traveled, and how connected we all are! I still dream of visiting Japan one day, it's been a goal since I was really young. Greetings from Sweden! ❤

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

Finns and Sami ppl are different ppl. Sami ppl have a culture of their own. Norway has most Sami ppl. Sweden is the second, Finland the third and Russia has the smallest number of them.

[@XCerykX]

I took a few of these. First one gave me a surprises. Had to double check. Turned out I am a quarter Japanese and didn't know I was part Asian at all. A lot of what is on my birth certificate is wrong because the person who I was told was my father is not my father. Was a wild ride.

[@thoroku4463]

Of course there's also the unique results that can vary between testing sites. MyHeritage would like people to think I'm 12% Italian. I'd say I average 2-3% on other sites. FamilyTree DNA would say 7% Magyar. Non-existant elsewhere. Most of the sites would say I'm 4% Indigenous North American, but MyHeritage doesn't have enough samples from that according to the part of the site I was on, so I get Mesoamerican & Andean in my results instead. Also the only place that gives me any Inuit.

[@ernestestrada2461]

I'm hafu. I enjoyed hearing you and your mother speaking in Japanese. I speak with my mother all the time and we do the same thing switch between English and Japanese. Because my father was in the military and I got to see different parts of the world. I could see the Korean in your mother. And your grandfather very much. Looks like some native Americans and Alaskan natives I've known. I was doing some research on Japanese history and the finish could be from sailors who shipped with the Dutch or the French to Asia for trade. You look a lot like my sister, I can see why some people think you're Hafu. I live in the southwest and many times people see my mixed heritage and ask me what tribe I'm from. So I can empathize with people asking, what is your heritage? First time, I watched your channel only because I was curious about this 100% Japanese. I hope you have much success with your children family.

[@justcrazy1981]

Thanks to for sharing your and Mike’s DNA experience! I actually took one for fun and it is possible to be 100% ethnically something. Both my parents are from Okinawa my results show 100% Japanese. Mine talks about how I share a distinct genetically Ryukyuan make up. My ancestors didn’t go anywhere. A little disappointing, but it is what it is. I hope your mom finds something that makes her feel good about herself in her DNA results.

[@fusionor]

That's pretty neat finding out about your ancestry. The Finnish Inuit part makes sense if your grandma's father is from around the Hokkaido region. Having watched Golden Kamuy, he probably was around that era where Finnish and Russian had a huge presence on the island. The 1.4 Iberian and 6.2 West Asian for Mike is probably dating back to when the Moors inhabited Iberia when is now called Spain which was from 700 AD to 1500 AD. This is during the height of the Spice trading route.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

Inuits are not Finns. Finns and Inuits are different races.

[@Lemonroots]

Love the video, my point of criticism is that the curly font in between shots is harder to read but you have it shown for too short of a time :(

[@SailorYen89]

Just ordered one!

[@wuverrabbit]

Unless your from the EU who has banned ancestry, 23&me ancestry are much better options when you can upload to myeritage for free.

[@Sakana_Ren]

KZbin put your vod in my recommended feed. Whaaa-aa-at? How is this possible? Now, I've got to know, if I might be mixed. On 1 side of my family, I'm from the northern part of Japan (insert thinking emoji here). I've liked, subscribed and commented. Looking forward to more vods. Keep up the awesome work. And, take care. \o

[@Jiddy12345]

Lovely news to hear, Papa Reina. You're mom is so cute! I believe Conan O'Brien did a video about how he is 100% Irish.

[@Silver5021]

To see your mother and Mike on the video is very fulfilling to see just because I enjoy knowing more of your family and seeing how you react when you have loved ones with you to share to the world. I have followed you for so long since the SourceFed time maybe back more but to see Mike on is interesting. Love your content and will continue to show my support for you and your family that I’ve grown to love for so long. I have seen some people do take those DNA tests from Japan and some say they are actually 100% Japanese. So, yes it’s possible but probably not common or rare. That picture of your mother is not from 6th grade! I call cap! 🧢🧢🧢 Lol wow she does look like an adult! When I took my DNA test I thought I would be in the 90% tile of Mexican decent but when I got the results, I am not😮. I was spread across Latin America and Spain with Portugal which that part would make since since the Spanish and Portuguese did take over Latin America in that period of time. But those DNA tests are fun to take 😁

[@romlyn99]

Doing a DNA test is a good idea. And you can create a family tree also. My family had stories from my father, that we had Māori blood... but the DNA shows that it wasn't Māori, but Chinese. So doing the DNA test dispels the stories. And then you get curious about who gave you that bit of DNA, so you do a family tree to link names and pictures to the DNA.

[@wuverrabbit]

Very true, sadly, like them, they are doing it for ethnics than proving family (like many too). I have a lot of unknowns in my family i got certain family to take tests so i can solve mysteries. My first breakdown was proving a relationship to a certain family based on census and a surname. Found out via DNA and their trees, my hunch on a fake birth record was accurate. She also faked her own daughters birth record. Her daughter would go on to fake her 1st sons birth record too. Though i can not prove whom my maternal grandmothers father is, what i found out is that her and what was known for 80 odd years for a full brother is that she actually had 3 1/2 siblings not 1 full and 2 half. And that for whomever he was, the mother of the child was from the same ethnic of being a german russian but families who have never married into each others family that i can see.

[@David-rx5eo]

The DNA test are only as good as the previous DNA samples they have from different areas. As they get more DNA samples from different regions your results can change, and many people have stated that their results have been updated and changed.

[@loreman7267]

Hold onto your hats... Finnish genetic markers are also found in some Canadian Native tribes! The Bering Land Bridge allowed a LOT of spread!

[@littlef7206]

My Heritage guesses a lot when you get into the low procents. Me and my sister took the test and our low procents differed wildly, while the big group was identical. So we learned that anything below 2% you take with a pinch of salt

[@jaimeflor4181]

I just randomly came across your video, but it’s super interesting. You do look a tiny bit European. My sister did 1 and our family’s from the Philippines. We’re actually east and central Asian, and 1/4 Polynesian. We have Chinese ancestors, but many people came into the region from Indonesia, Malaysia and southeast China.

[@gundambassexe31]

Good morning reina sensei !. And XD here we go again 😅😅🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵😊

[@Lootykris]

Your DNA results are so interesting. I think it is cool to find out that you're not 100% Japanese. the Inuit & Finnish was the interesting mix. I agree with the theory from other comments that they are most likely from a Northern Japan relative. You asked if anyone was 100%, well I did a 23andMe DNA test and came up 100% Japanese. I wasn't expecting it as my mom who was from Japan talked about being teased as a little girl for having reddish colored hair. My dad was a Japanese Nisei as his parents immigrated to the US before he was born. What was most interesting to me was that my results actually stated which areas of Japan my DNA came from. Tokyo (my mom was from Chiba), Hiroshima and Okinawa.

[@romlyn99]

I am 5% Chinese and I found out that my great, great, great grandfather was Chinese. So 5 generations back. So to be 1~2% Finnish it would be many generations back, maybe 6 or 7 generations back?

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

Nah it's just a glitch. Most Asian testers do get that 1% Finnish or Irish/Welsh in their results with MyHeritage. I did the test with two other Asians and we all got this glitch.

[@trulymadly9562]

I love the relationship you have with your mom. It’s so sweet and you can tell you are close. I took 23 and me and the results are that I’m 100% Japanese even though I’m third generation Japanese American. Not sure how accurate 23 and me is compared to other DNA tests though.

[@davidkerstetter3161]

I like videos when your with your mom, your so genuine (not that you seem fake other times)

[@pig71395]

Hearing Reina's mom's story about the river is the nice version of what many of us Viet kids get. We get told we were found in the garbage (/lovingly) 😂

[@MiaH56]

Hey, your video just recommended so I watched and found out that our stories are similar! I have been told that I might have Russian blood while our ancestors lived in Hokkaido so I took the same test couple of years ago ago and my result came back that I have 2.4% Finnish! The calculation tells me that I have a Finnish ancestor 5 generation back! I am happy that my family rumors came out kinda true! Oh, I am “Japanese “ btw😊

[@bbaker9270]

Your mom's school picture is adorable

[@-tsvk-]

You should have all your older relatives take the DNA test too, to be able to build a family tree in the service and hone in from which family branch the ancestry is inherited from. 👍🏻

[@yowaikemen]

When your mom talked about feeling like she didn't look like anyone in her family, I can tell you as someone with mixed ancestry, I did the same. Sometimes you inherit more from one side and their recessive genes to boot, so you end up looking unique. But, when you see photos of your ancestors, I can guarantee you can see your face in them. It made me feel connected to them deeply.

[@joandsarah77]

This was so interesting. First time on your channel and I would not have guessed you were Japanese if you hadn't said so. I might have guessed Siberian which I possibly the Inuit ties into, but that is such a small part I don't think it would show, but genes are fascinating things in how they come out. As for people being 100% I have come across about 3 people whose DNA results that were 100%. Possible but I think rare.

[@displacerkatsidhe]

My mom was her full height of 5'8" by 6th grade so seeing her photos from back then are pretty wild. I'm taller than she is but I didn't get this tall til 10th grade.

[@Jessica-kk1cz]

My Dad who is Irish, has some Iberian also. It’s from the Spanish Armada that landed in Ireland. Most of that side of my family has very blonde or red hair, freckles, hazel eyes. I am the only one with either dark brown / black eyes and dark curly hair. In Ireland that phenotype is called Black Irish. There is some misunderstanding about what that term is - some mistake that for blue eyes and dark brown hair but it is not. The blue eyes are from the many others - Norwegian, for example.

[@draughtismycraft]

The first settlers of Ireland were Iberian Kelts, so many Irish people show some Iberian ancestry. Also, all Mediterranean peoples generally share some Iberian, Italian, Greek, and West Asian- Caucasian.

[@dewdew80]

My family used to go on about having a Cherokee princess in the family lineage...ends up when both my parents got their DNA tested my mom was 80 percent Irish and My dad was like 95 or something like that. The other 20 percent was British for my mom and the 5 percent for my dad was Lithuanian and Czechoslovakian. So that was some bullshit.

[@David-rx5eo]

My half brother was supposedly part Cherokee, from someone abandoned on the Trail of Tears, but DNA test said otherwise. I think it was just a BS story from his dad.

[@yugioht42]

There is a way to absolutely be sure but it requires a lot of research and travel. You’re going to have to trace the family back through the generations by going through all records. Finding names through births, marriages, and deaths after that you have to go through newspapers and books to find their deeds. You also might need to look into stories of the past. You might need a family historian or a historian to figure out the time periods. It’s not easy as most of the records from Tokyo were lost due to fires and the bombs. You might get lucky though. Start with libraries and census records as it’s a good place to start.

[@arkaig1]

Great video, genetic-genealogically speaking. MyHeritage in Eurasia tends toward thousands-of-year scales, while Ancestry in America tends toward hundreds-of-years scale. Your husband may get better granularity there, but still probably not "to Cousin Tony's home village". :) Both are getting better by the year. Good luck if you go further!

[@melbobineau9405]

If I recall some northern European country did expedition ls to alaska and northern Japan. There were also trades from Alaska to Japan.