Ancestry DNA Results | How Puerto Rican Am I? Indigenous, African, Spaniard?

Ancestry DNA Results | How Puerto Rican Am I? Is it true that I'm Indigenous, African and Spaniard? For years I've been curious about my DNA makeup.
Because of history and colonization, Puerto Rican Culture is primarily mixed with Indigenous Taino, Africans, and Spaniards that's why my people come in all shapes and colors.
But what does my specific DNA say? I reveal my results in this video.
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[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Have you done a DNA test have been surprised by your results? Also, let me know if you want to see my husband's test results so I can upload that next?

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

@Emma Bruno Hi, after dropping off my samples at the post office, it took about 4 weeks.

[@colinchampollion4420]

I am a Euro-Castizo-Mexican because my predominance is European ~70% the rest Jewish, Middle-Eastern, Turkish, % Indigenous- Mexican

[@bigdaddyboomakamr.knowital8079]

Actually TAINO no longer exist en PUERTO RICO that is correct. What exist is Maternal traces of DNA of the TAINO. The Taino were wiped out due to Conflict, abusive labor practices, and Diseases brought by Europeans like Small Pox that Taino had no defenses against. The Taino tribe no longer exist. What does exist is small traces or percentages of Taino Maternal DNA in Puerto Ricans. Usually between 4% to 15% range. Since the Paternal TAINO DNA is wiped out the Taino are actually EXTINCT from the island of PUERTO RICO. From the Puerto Rican study from Puerto Rico it was said that 60% of all Puerto Ricans have Maternal Taino DNA. It is a little over one half of all Puerto Ricans. Since it is only Maternal DNA each generation will see less and less of it over each generation. What does that mean. If you have 18% it is most likely your offspring could have even less depending on who you marry and have children with. So what is the difference between Traces or small percentages of DNA vs people in let say Mexico or Peru or Bolivia or Ecuador or Chile, Colombia who actually still have Living Tribes like people of AZTEC and Mayan, Zapotec, Purpecha and in PERU, Bolivia, Ecuador or Chile, Colombia they have people of INCA descent still living or other tribes in these countries in Latin America.

[@JosephRondaUSMCVet]

I can definitely explain the Portuguese, Italian and European Jewish connection

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

​@bigdaddyboomakamr.knowital8079 An additional reason why the Taino no longer exist as a separate people is because of intermarriage. They ended blending into the melting pot.

[@ce7133]

Nice results! I’m half Irish half Puerto Rican I’m 82%European 44%Ireland 11%Scotland 9%Portugal 9%Spain 6%England Wales and Northwestern Europe 1%Basque 1%Germanic Europe 1%European Jewish 11%African 6%Cameroon,Congo and Western Bantu Peoples 2%Senegal 2%Nigeria 1%Mali 7%Native American 7%Indigenous Puerto Rico.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

cool! Nice mix 😃

[@ce7133]

@@YaritzaBetancourt Thank you so much!😀

[@ce7133]

@@YaritzaBetancourt I thought I was going to be 75% European,12.5-15% African and then 10% Indigenous (Taino).

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

@@ce7133 I mean you weren't too far off. Why or how did you come up with those numbers?

[@ce7133]

@@YaritzaBetancourt Because my great grandfather was a black Puerto Rican and my great grandmother had Taino features even though she was lightskin.

[@jm-7953]

Betancurt es un apellido muy común rn Canarias, de origen francés. Nada tiene de portugués

[@ibon11]

Tu apellido llega a Puerto Rico por los canarios que inmigraron a la isla que fueron muchos. El hablar canario influye mucho el nuestro y nos unen muchas palabras que tenemos en común.

[@Jeannette84]

wow so diverse! you should do the 23andme, I hear it's more accurate.

[@AishaLaDon]

So excited for you! Love that you took this test. There is so much that you can do and learn from this point. Congrats!

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Thank you so much! I know I feel like I can't just stop here. I need to learn more, or reacher more or I don't know. It's very fascinating!

[@christineperez6397]

Hey 👋 I wanted to reach out because my dad is also a Betancourt and your dna analysis is similar to mine. I didn’t get to meet much of my dad’s family either, it’d be cool if we were related.

[@DeLaTr0ll]

18% Taino that’s awesome.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Right I was so happy to see that!

[@RushayBooysen]

Thanks for sharing this. Im South African and I'm hoping to do my DNA test soon, I visited PR last year and it felt so homely.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

I’m so happy PR made you feel homely 🤗

[@RushayBooysen]

Definitely I am going back. @@YaritzaBetancourt

[@joeflores378]

Very nice results 😊...18% native Puerto Rico.🧬🧬🧬👍 nice

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Thank you! I was very excited by that 18% 😃

[@maliekjcksn]

It's quite possible that you're related to the Amazighs (Berbers) of Northern Africa. Their history is quite interesting in my opinion.

[@alexnavarro6941]

They mixed a lot with the romans and iberians long time ago. There were even roman emperors of Northern African origin. Also the moors and almohads (berbers) that came to conquer the iberian peninsula. With time they mixed with the local iberians during the reconquista. My guess is that 2% small trace of North African genes came with the spanish colonizers themselves, andalusians probably, who had already north african roots.

[@DarrenMoore-le6pg]

There was also genetic overlap between West and North African. I have 2% North African (most likely Amazigh) as their lands bordered that of the Fulani of which a major part of my ancestry is. in addition to Yoruba and some British Isles and 1% Indigenous. Makes sense because many Black Americans are descended from those groups or varying degrees of them.

[@albertocisneros79]

That's pretty cool you having Taino blood.

[@JakeToroBetancourt]

Aye another Puerto Rican Betancourt! I have the similar genetic mixture from the island as well, pretty interesting! We may have the similar family on our dad's side lol

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Maybe so who knows 😂

[@user-ym6lt1ms7y]

I love these videos,they show how are ancestors migrated accross the world and how all races are tied together. In America unless you'r skin color doesn't mean shit. My mom was blaxk skinned black haired with dark eyes but she was 100 percent Scandinavian while my dad was blond with green eyes but was has both Nigerian and native blood i came out white af.

[@gabrielvaldes-ramos6980]

The majority of Puerto Ricans are mixed race. Either biracial (Black and white) or tri-racial (White, Black, Indigenous). There are definitely Black Puerto Ricans and White Puerto Ricans but those are both minorities. Some towns in the island have more of one race than others.

[@orlandovelastegui1391]

That’s a lie !! Because my wife is 💯 Puerto Rican and she only has Native American and European and my friend has mostly Native American and European and both of them don’t look White they both look Native American.!!!

[@EXTALT]

⁠@@orlandovelastegui1391not a lie, she just has more Taino than african. she’s bi-racial european (spaniard) = white and then of course she’s native but how does she not have any african if she’s boricua ????

[@EXTALT]

@@orlandovelastegui1391also your ethnicity still ties into your race as much as looks, i hope this helps btw

[@orlandovelastegui1391]

@@EXTALT theirs lots of Boricuas that don’t have any African but, that doesn’t mean that other boricuas don’t have African because they do.

[@orlandovelastegui1391]

@@EXTALT im Ecuadorian and I have white, Black and Native American. My father is Ecuadorian and he only has White and Native American but I get my African blood from my mom because she was black, white and Native American.

[@skayt35]

Very nice! Right from the beginning I thought that you look pretty indigenous. Something which wouldn't usually appear from European or African roots. The Taino shines through you ❤

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

🥰 aw thank you that’s so sweet 🤗

[@jacquen697]

Your my 4th cousin 🥰 just saw your name last night while doing my ancestry and thought “wow what a pretty name” …

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Hola Prima 🤗 I wonder how we’re related

[@jacquen697]

@@YaritzaBetancourt I am under Jacqueline Negron on Ancestry. You are from my fathers side. We are also Negron Y Rodriguez

[@jacquen697]

@@YaritzaBetancourt Also Carron !

[@psypher8184]

My came back Jewish (Mum) and Anglo-Celt (Dad). 1% Viking was a surprise.

[@julianf.wheeler3665]

Basque? Welcome aboard, hermana. 🙂

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

👋🏽🤗

[@alexnavarro6941]

These DNA analysis are sooooo interesting. It can be resumed as... 54% Iberian dna, that came from the Spanish and Portuguese settlers. 18% of caribbean dna, taíno I hope. I would have loved it was more taíno genes. 1% indigenous americas-Ecuador. A taíno and a south american native fell in love at some point in the far past ❤ 21% subsaharian african dna, probably from the african slavery trade. The taíno died mostly from epidemics, and the spanish settlers needed more cheap labor, so they purchased the slaves to the portuguese traders. Shameful part of history, but it's history and we are here to learn from it. 1% of italian I guess it's just because the iberian peninsula was a roman province, full of roman people. So, it's normal, it's a gene that comes from the spanish settlers who had ancient roman ancestry. 1% European Jewish. Spain was one of the last European countries to expel the jewish (zefardíes). Many of them stayed, forced to be converted to christianity if they wanted to keep their businesses and properties. At least we didn't kill them like they did in center european kingdoms. 2% of North African. That came with the spanish too, andalusians probably. During the roman empire times, there were roman cities in north Africa, a time full of commerce and migration. At least three roman emperors had north African ethnic origin. Then the romans fell. The visigoths came to the peninsula. Moors came invading the iberian peninsula. Then with the reconquista, the moors in south Iberia mixed with the locals. I think that's where that 2% North African comes from. The south of Spain is a mash up of genes from all around the places. And 1% scandinavian I think it's also ancestral heritage. In this case from the vandals that invaded the iberian peninsula, during the barbarian invasions in the 5th century. When the visigoths came, the roman emperor let them settle the iberian peninsula, with the condition that they pushed away the vandals, suevi and alans (other migratory tribes from East Europe and Center Asia) out of the peninsula. So maybe 1500 years ago you had a vandal family member :D 2% Scottland and Wales. That comes from the Spanish settlers too. Because a big part of Spain has celtic roots, specially in Galicia and Asturias. There are even celtic ruins. At some point, the Iberian peninsula was shared by celts, iberians, fenicians, and greeks, before the romans and carthaginians came in. Oh dear, this is so cool. It's all guessing, I'm no expert at all, but all of this makes my brain work and imagine the possibilities. I want to do it too!!!

[@petergeramin7195]

Italian DNA is because someone moved to Puerto Rico, not because of Romans. DNA tests only go back 500 years.

[@MP-pz9oe]

Noruegan & Nigerian, the best combo !

[@wherewindstakeme5460]

uuuu, I see there some Romanian Blood on the map ahaha, so cool. Always wanted to do this

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

haha it's definitely very interesting

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

The Taino Indians were not "killed" off by the Spanish. Intermarriage was an official policy of the Spanish Crown which promoted it. The Taino ended up blended into the larger population through intermarriage. That is why more than 60% of Puerto Ricans have between 10 to 30% of their ancestry from the Tainos.

[@The_SixShooter]

Yep yep I also met few have 35% between 40% that's kinda rare too like my cousin got 35% while me got 22%.

[@rivkyb7840]

Your DNA results are very typical actually for your community. A real mix.

[@beanem.3989]

Maybe someone made a family tree on ancestry and knows more about your paternal grandfather… Very exciting - have fun discovering about your family

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Thank you! I haven't seen anything yet. But I did find a family for my mom's side. Very exciting

[@mundorivera2188]

Bettencourt and Betancourt are originally place-names in Northern France. The place-name element -court (courtyard, courtyard of a farm, farm) is typical of the French provinces, where the Frankish settlements formed an important part of the local population.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Interesting!

[@labas9817]

​@YaritzaBetancourt you probably already know this, Basques Region, I do believe is in France.

[@antoninodiazrodriguez]

@@labas9817y el País Vasco está en España

[@michaelpierce3264]

The Betancourts were originally English Catholics who fled to the cannery islands and Portugal after the English protest reformation.

[@CP200S]

Hey cutie, you gave me a heart and I decided to take a peek at your videos. Differently of other mammals, we humans have no races, so we are just human and that's it - genetic differences among ethnicities are not enough to allow race separation. Also, a friend of mine with german and english ancestries (and surnames) made one of these tests and I would tell you that a have seen just a few more random-looking things in my life - there were many "origins" on it but no german and no english so I think that's some kind of scam and that they base their responses more on personal information from you than anything else. I wouldn't believe it completely if you ask me. You seem to be a lovely person and your husband is a very very lucky person.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

hmm interesting perspective. Thank you for sharing!

[@jesseaar9253]

I got my results yesterday and I was also surprised. The only disappointment is that I always had the feeling that I had blood from the middle west and it turns out that I do not. Other than that the results were great.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

I’m glad you’ve had a positive experience with your results. It’s very fascinating information!

[@AKMarch01]

Really Interesting results! Genetics are so interesting especially because you're half Iberian but as you said, it doesn't really show up in your features as much as your African heritage. Great video!

[@peterconnel7495]

Huh? The Iberian would be Spain and Portugal,which was in her DNA.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Right! I'm fascinated and I want to learn more. Thank you for watching

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

@@peterconnel7495 Yes they're iterating what I said in the video which is: I'm really surprised to have such a high percentage of Spain and Portugal when physically I don't feel like I have European features (my skin, hair, eyes, body)

[@kikimanchester]

@@peterconnel7495 And the Basque

[@beanem.3989]

Certain genes are more dominant (e.g. a darker complexion).

[@orlandovelastegui1391]

Betancourt comes from place in Bosque County North Spain and close to France

[@sandgarmor]

I forgot to tell you than Jean IV de Béthencourt was the conqueror (he was a noble, seafarer and a pirate) of 3 of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro. But the Bethencourt's are present in every island. At present the Betancourt family lives in France (the owners of L'Oréal). Betancourt baptized many of the guanches as Betancourt but he also had descendants that emigrated to the America's. There are many variations of the last name Betancour, Betancur, Bethéncourt, Bethancur, Betencur, Bethancor. And I believe that there are more than one lineage of Betancourt's. Also you should know that the Portuguese were a very important group of settlers that arrived to the Canary Islands. They influenced our language and music: Words like gaveta, botar, etc come from Portuguese.

[@reggaerasta4285]

Nice results. I got my results from My-Heritage at the end of December last year. I am still shocked because I am 35.5 percent "Meso-American and Andean (Indigenous Maya, Inca) and 1.8 percent Native Amazon while I always thought I was Caraib Taino! Turns out it's not true. But I'm very proud of it and now I understand why I am so attracted to (Latinos) and especially the Indigenous people when we are not Latinos in culture ourselves.

[@doubleutee8867]

Question? Did you get any genetic groups in the Caribbean?

[@reggaerasta4285]

@@doubleutee8867 No, there were no results from genetic groups in the Caribbean. So my (original) ancestry is not there, but from Central America, Colombia, Venezuela to Chile, if that's what you mean?

[@doubleutee8867]

@@reggaerasta4285 O' okay. Well, the reason I asked was because My Heritage has not updated their reference panels in a while, but they did introduce genetic groups a little over a year ago. Therefore, even if you had Carib-Arawak-Taino results unlike Ancestry DNA, My Heritage wouldn't show it as Indigenous Puerto Rico, or Indigenous Cuba for instance, instead they would indirectly indicate you have Caribbean native DNA via your genetic groups, and also highlight the aforementioned "Meso-American and Andean" region and/or the "Native American" region in your results. It's a bit frustrating on why they are seemingly stuck in time regarding updating their ethnicity estimate reference panels. So, if a person from Malawi or Swaziland takes a test with My Heritage, their compelled to question, "Why did My Heritage give me Nigerian, Kenyan, and Masai?" for example. Anyone who looks at a map of Africa would clearly see those nations (Malawi and Swaziland are southern Africa, while Kenya is in East Africa and Nigeria is in West Africa) are miles apart from one another, but because My Heritage apparently refuses to update those reference panels, it means anyone can be stuck with puzzling results. The genetic groups are safer to go with with a My Heritage DNA test result.

[@reggaerasta4285]

@@doubleutee8867 Ok, I see what you mean. To be honest, I'm still not completely satisfied with the "native" results myself and for exactly the reasons you've mentioned.When I look at the results for the "Meso American and Andean", a huge area is shown but there are no reference points at all. Incidentally, my grandmother keeps insisting that she comes from the "Kalinya" tribe, those are tribes which are said to have come from the Caraib/Taino natives of the Caribbean and some of them had formerly expelled the arawak tribes in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana (I am originally from Suriname). So it is very confusing indeed, maybe I have to have this examined by another DNA research agency because they apparently indicate more reference points.

[@doubleutee8867]

@@reggaerasta4285 I fully agree with that assessment, because both 23andMe and Ancestry DNA will infrequently update their reference panels. Why MH is not doing it is an enigma to me. In their favor, the genetic groups are more accurate than the ethnicity estimates. I read a few times that MH favors Europe a little more, and IDK if that's true, or has to do with it, but they're being paid to be up to date. I just don't know what's up with them.

[@doubleutee8867]

"I know that not all Puerto Ricans have all three mixed into their DNA....". You're bright okay! You did a very good job on this video. You even included your genetic community. My fiance is Puerto Rican and her genetic community is also in the Northwestern region(s) of Puerto Rico. I have three genetic groups: two are here in Black (African) American areas here in the USA. However, the other is in Central Puerto Rico. The one in Central Puerto Rico is stronger than one of the other two here in America. I was shocked by that. The company (My Heritage) informed me, "You have Puerto Rican ancestors". When I inform people about this, some say, "I guess it was meant to be (concerning me and my fiance being together)". With her in my life it's fun learning about PR history and culture. I was partial Afro-Latino all my life and never knew it. HA! So, now I know more about mofongo, bomba, etc., etc., etc... Also, the way you looked at the Equador in your ethnicity estimates is similar to the way I looked at the Puerto Rico in my genetic groups. According to DNA companies your genetic communities/groups are much more accurate than your EE. I would love to see your husband's results. Again, great video and thanks for sharing this.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Oh my gosh that’s amazing!! You had Puerto Rican blood in you all along. So yeah it was meant to be for you and your Fiancé 😃 Thank you for watching and sharing your story with me. Have you need to PR?

[@doubleutee8867]

@@YaritzaBetancourt No, I've never been to PR (I would love to visit there), but along the lines of growing up she has several times. Actually, it's one of our joint desires and maybe at some point, hopefully when this Covid stuff is on the decline (PR has tough airport screening measures), we'll take that desire much more seriously and make it a past event. The only thing is my preference is not to go to San Juan (which now has a subway system) only, because 1) Most people make that their destination, 2) I already live in a city, so I 'prefer' to visit other than a city, and 3) I'm more curious about the last areas MH pinpointed the geographic range where my DNA was mostly concentrated in. Yet, I'm under the belief that such a trip would be much more costlier than a trip to San Juan, because San Juan is one province that already has an international airport. To go to Central PR means I'm talking a lot of car rental (or taxi) money? Then, here on KZbin (thank God for YT) you have some of these videos where people will warn you to make sure you're being $treated$ right. So, bottom line is just to say we been there, I guess, San Juan would probably be the cheaper option (I do understand that there are several other airports on the Island, but I believe most of those are on the coastal regions). God willing, hopefully that day will come...

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

@@doubleutee8867 Wait I'm so confused by these KZbin Videos "that warn you about making sure you are treated right." I just took my husband to PR for the first time last August it was an amazing experience. I have a few videos on my channel of our trip if you want to check those out. Old San Juan is a great place to start your trip, there's so much history there and then expand to the rest of the island. We spent a day in Old San Juan and then drove to Patillas for the rest of the trip mainly because that's the region where my family and friends live. But you can go anywhere on the island. And I would encourage you to. As long as you respect local, culture and customs you will be fine.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Also my husband's DNA results video just went live if you're still interest kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpPNeYdqh8RoorM

[@doubleutee8867]

@@YaritzaBetancourt Okay.... Thanks a lot. That's what I wanted to hear - positive feedback! I will explore the videos you left about your PR experience too. Yes! I also saw YT videos on Old San Juan and I would love someday to see PR for myself, and maybe even ride the subway😊. That's incredible that Puerto Rico has a subway system. Don't worry about that comment I read, because most of the videos seem to be very enjoyable experiences. Thanks again for the feedback...

[@DoramasGuanarteme]

Yaritza este era Juan de Betancourt del que puede que seas descendiente: Jean IV de Béthencourt, a menudo castellanizado como Juan IV de Bethencourt -y otras formas del apellido-, fue un noble, militar, navegante, explorador, comerciante y pirata francés, nacido y fallecido en Grainville-la-Teinturière, Normandía (1362-1425), que dio inicio a la llamada conquista señorial de las islas Canarias -para distinguirla de la conquista realenga emprendida por los Reyes Católicos-, logrando tomar Lanzarote, Fuerteventura y El Hierro, recibiendo el título de señor de las islas de Canaria. El relato de su expedición de conquista se recoge en la crónica Le Canarien (El Canario). Por eso pienso que como más de la mitad de los Puerto Riqueños eres descendiente de las islas Canarias.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Gracias por la informacion. Tender que hacer mi research.

[@heatherwiner2883]

Lots of Portuguese people have the last name Betancort.

[@scifilover6056]

Congratulations on your DNA test! Fantastic to be able to know your ancestry in this way. I do have some suggestions for further research. Because you don't know the identity of your father's father, paternal grandfather, a Y-DNA test on your father would help research the origin of your strictly paternal line (father's father's father's, etc.). The Y-DNA test is different than DNA test that you've already taken, which was an Autosomal DNA test. The Y-DNA test only looks at only your paternal line, father's, father's , father, etc., and since only men have a Y-chromosome, only a male can take a Y-DNA test. While the results from a Y-DNA test likely won't reveal the identity of your paternal grandfather, your father's Y-DNA matches would reveal other people along that line who you are related to, whether Betencourt or not. Remember, the use of surnames only goes back so far, but Y-DNA can go back beyond that point, so there would be matches with people of other last names as well. However, you should tend to see certain surnames keep repeating in the match results. The information from your father's Y-DNA test could also help you search for relatives on your father's side among your Autosomal DNA matches. Any autosomal matches with a CM count well in the hundreds for whom you don't know who they are, especailly after looking at their family trees, could be from your father's side. Family tree branches that keep popping up among your autosomal DNA matches could be a great clue. Happy Hunting

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

I’m gonna look into that and see if my father would like to do a test. Thank you so much for watching and for all the great feedback and info 🤗

[@thefjplay]

"Bethencourt" is a French last name, yes, but deformations of it such as "Betancourt", "Betancort", "Betancour", "Betancor"... All originated here, in the Canary Islands, Spain. Your Spanish and Northafrican percentages and maybe some of your Portuguese percentage surely roots back to the Canary Islands.

[@2254Y]

I only have 1% indigenous Puerto Rico,.but my dad's family is black and they not Spanish or have ties to Puerto Rico. I'm so confused as to how I have that I also have 3% Spain and 2% Portugal, I have last names connected to his mom's side of the family but not his father's side. No last names on his father's side shows up. I'm so confused as to why and how I have Spanish in me but the family on both his mom and father's side is neither. My mom isnt Spanish either. Im starting to think hes not my father

[@robertbilotta6651]

Just received my results! 🎉 I found your video when I searched “my dna results say Indigenous Puerto Rico”. So glad I found your video!! I am also Puerto Rican and my results were so similar! My results were in this order Indigenous PR, Spain, Portugal, Africa! So similar! So happy for you and love how you shared your results! My husband is doing his next! What were your husband’s results? 😊 ~ Leticia

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Hi Leticia 👋🏽 I’m so glad you found my video and your results are similar. So Ancestry has actually updated my results and my indigenous % went up to 20% 😃 I don’t know how they determine that but it’s pretty cool. I think my husband was mostly Spanish, Native & indigenous Mexico. I shared a video with his results too. You can find it here 👉🏽 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpPNeYdqh8RoorMsi=lOHrCONwjbUGbUgw

[@GilBeloGil]

Betancourt (a Latin-American adaptation of the surname "Bettencourt"), although technically of French origin, is a very common last name in Portugal, so I assume you must have gotten from your Portuguese lineage (fun fact, here in Portugal we have a very famous and genuinely great musician named Tiago Bettencourt, and the song-writer for the American hit song "More Than Words" is also named Nuno Bettencourt, a Portuguese-American. Also, the reason Puerto-Ricans are so genetically rich, aside from the obvious Spanish/Portuguese/Native-American/African, is because of the Piracy age. Plenty of Europeans from everywhere else in Europe (Dutch, Irish, British, French, etc...) ended up settling in Puerto-Rick.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Thanks for the piracy age to the conversation. Def had not thought of that

[@sandgarmor]

The Portuguese were one of the most important groups of settlers in the Canary Islands. We inherited from them many words that we also brought to the Americas like gaveta, botar, fósforo. And they also influenced a lot our Folk music (folías for example). Also It is believed that the traditional canarian houses with wodden balconies and colours were influenced by the Portugueses. We brought this way of arquitecture to Puerto Rico. Many Latin America cities in the Caribbean are based in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in Tenerife

[@n.b.l.5709]

I came out a few points rounded off 40 percent African 30 percent Native American and 30 percent European, I'm pr and Ecuadorian

[@Quitumbe954]

That's way too African for sometime who's only half Puerto Rican your Ecuadorian side is definitely very African I've never seen a Puerto Rican get anything close to 80% African

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

so cool thanks for sharing!

[@GazilionPT]

Being 20% Portuguese does not mean some ancestor of yours went directly from Portugal to Puerto Rico. You may have ancestors further back that moved from Portugal to Spain, and then their descendant(s) moved to Puerto Rico. Or it may just be that some bits of DNA are common in Portugal and at least some parts of Spain (e.g. Galicia) and the company attributed it to Portugal when in fact in your case it may come from that part of Spain. Bitancourt (variant spellings: Bettencourt, Bittencourt, etc.) is indeed a name of French/Walon origin. With the spelling ""Bettencourt", it is a relatively common surname in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores; it is, in fact, the quintessential Azorean surname: if someone anywhere in Portugal is named Bettencourt, everyone will assume he/she is Azorean, and they will probably have guessed it right. According to this page forebears.io/surnames/betancourt the name spelled "Betancourt" is more prevalent precisely in Puerto Rico, but it also ranks relatively high in other Spanish-speaking countries. "Bettencourt" is more prevalent in Portugal forebears.io/surnames/bettencourt

[@goodaimshield1115]

It makes absolute nonsense to separate Portugal and Spain. Portuguese dna is mostly North Western Spanish, from Galicia. All Western Spanish regions come out as Portuguese, because they all are originally from North Western Spaniards taveling south, so most people from western Spain who have 0 Portuguese ancestry come up as Portuguese, when, if anything, it is the Portuguese who are just North Western Spaniards.

[@fernandodavidruizcanas7692]

Suponiendo que la población taína existente no era mucha, el hecho de que haya muchos puertorriqueños con porcentaje genético indígena taíno muestra que la "desaparición" de los taínos fue por ser "diluidos" entre los nuevos pobladores. Sois la prueba de ello, debéis de estar orgullosos.

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

The "Portuguese," might actually be Galicia which is part of Spain. The people of Galicia and Portugal are ethnically similar.

[@Dominican1923]

Its interesting how genetics work i would have guessed by your appearance that you're at least 30 to 40 percent west African

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

It’s very interesting

[@luishumbertovega3900]

My latest DNA Ancestry update: 18% Indigenous Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 28% Spain 19% Portugal 25% rest of Europe (10% Basque, 5% Scotland, 5% Jewish, 2% Sweden and Denmark, 2% France, 1% Ireland) 10% African (3% Senegal, 3% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples, 2% Nigeria, 1% Mali, 1% Northern Africa) Needless to say, very proud of those results 😁!!! Bendiciones desde Cupey, San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 !!!

[@LuckyBruin1]

I tested with 23andMe and Ancestry. Then downloaded the raw files from the latter and uploaded to LivingDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritage, and GEDmatch. It is free to upload to those, but you do need to pay to use some of their tools. My results were true to what I expected: Spanish and Indigenous (Mexican father) along with a European mix from my mother.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

oh cool! Did you find anything interesting from uploading your results to the other sites?

[@LuckyBruin1]

@@YaritzaBetancourt There was a longstanding rumor that my paternal grandfather had a son from a previous relationship. We were able to confirm that he had TWO children from a precious relationship. I also helped a cousin figure out who his birth father was thru comparison of our shared matches. I have another that I'm trying to help untangle their relationship now. I also learned that my father's side is from a highly endogamous population group in Mexico, mostly because they wanted to remain Hispanic, rather than having mestizo bloodlines. Since you have Puerto Rican ancestry, you are likely to have endogamy in your family tree, too. They didn't have a lot of people to choose from, so cousins married cousins quite often.

[@LuckyBruin1]

@@YaritzaBetancourt I noted you had some confusion about the south American native ancestry. When you start getting into the 1% or less categories, remember they are classified as "trace" and the precision may not be that high. It is possible they are false matches that they don't have quite right.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

@@LuckyBruin1 hmm interesting! I thought only Royals did that to keep the bloodline. 😳 But that's so cool everything that you were able to discover.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

@@LuckyBruin1 That totally makes sense.

[@Myguyver]

just want to also include that many people from different countries have migrated to the island . for example the Italians, Irish, Scottish, French ,Dutch and many more . so with the many ethnic groups of Spain, as well as the many tribes of each African country . also the native indigenous ancestry includes from other nations besides the Arawaks .

[@mauricio5486]

hahaah no they didnt, those europeans went mainly to argentina, uruguay and south of brazil. puerto rico is mostly mestizo, mulatto and white of spaniards because of the colonization not because europeans recently emigrated there

[@Myguyver]

@@mauricio5486 excuse me ! Are you from Puerto Rico ? I'm from there and I'm of Irish descent, I have cousins of French descent, I'm also of Basque. So unless you educate yourselve don't make idiotic comments.

[@rommelmanson9212]

Betancourt fron Canary island?

[@gothmamasylvia462]

Betancourt is a surname of Old French origin, derived from a place name that means "the beautiful court" or "the farmyard of Betto"12. The name was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Normans, who conquered and settled in some regions of Spain1. The name is also associated with the first conqueror of the Canary Islands, a knight of Norman-French origin34. Betancourt is a common and widespread surname in Latin America. I think this will help you understand the origin of your surname.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Thank you!

[@longinusukenta]

What is your maternal and paternal haplogroups?

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

No idea what haplogroups mean, will have to look it up

[@longinusukenta]

@YaritzaBetancourtMedia Your maternal haplogroup is who your original mother was. Wether she's african, native American or European. Same thing for the paternal haplogroup which will also tell you your father's origin.

[@chavezmoore390]

❤❤

[@interrupted9671]

Happy to be Italian

[@IslenoGutierrez]

You’re almost 60% white at 59% European (that 2% North African is found in Spaniards/Portuguese), 21% black and 19% Indigenous. So your order is not indigenous, African and European, but is European, African and then indigenous since European is your largest and indigenous is your smallest. You think you don’t have European features but go look at pictures of Spaniards and Portuguese (they don’t look the same as British), you have plenty of that influence in your phenotype but the mix of African and indigenous in your blood has influenced your phenotype as well and along with European ancestry has created a hybrid phenotype that doesn’t look like either ancestries.

[@Quitumbe954]

Well put hermano she is just confused like most Latinos in the states

[@IslenoGutierrez]

@@Quitumbe954 yes it seems so. Un saludo

[@jkbezo]

She looks mixed race. She has some African and Amerindian features.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

@@jkbezo Yes I agree she looks mixed race. I noted that there is Iberian European features in her, but I also noted indigenous american and west african ones too. I noted that her phenotype doesn’t exist among europeans, indigenous americans or west africans and is a made up phenotype.

[@why2874]

What is white? I would say she Spaniard, I have European DNA at 40% British/Irish and that doesn’t make me British or Irish, I’m am of that Haplo group through my father, maybe some from my mother, both AA. IM OF AFRICAN DECENT

[@alexislizetteb.8298]

I got my ancestry DNA results and I am so confused. I grew up thinking I was almost half Puerto rican, but I'm still trying to understand if I would consider myself half if I am mixed with Spain, Portugal, African and Taino? Because those are all their own ethnicities BUT they are responsible for majority of the current Puerto rican DNA. My dna Results I got from my mom (who is Puerto rican born in San Juan) is 17%- Spain, 10%- indigenous Puerto rican, 10%- Portugal, 7%- African, 3%- Irish, 2%-England, 1%- basque. So would I be considered 45% Puerto rican??? Helpppppp.

[@ibon11]

That is exactly our DNA, what yours is. Most of us are mostly Spanish and Portuguese. Thats where our last names come from.

[@grampux]

Portugal

[@ChrisM-vz4pe]

The native indigenous taínos never died because they live through your blood, dna and your spirit. Also, you have beautiful mix of ancestry and that is what makes you una Puertorriqueña 🇵🇷❤️🙏

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Aww thank you so much! 🤗

[@benparks3564]

When they were being slaughtered by the Europeans many of them escaped to the mountains and later intermarried.

[@GoldenBoyDims]

Almost all got wiped out unfortunately she is a rarity to have such high percentage native taino

[@ChrisM-vz4pe]

@@GoldenBoyDims It’s actually not rare at all. There are a ton of Puerto Ricans just like her on Reddit that post their dna results who score 15% to 20% N/A on the average. Also it depends which part of Puerto Rico they are from.

[@n.b.l.5709]

Oh please what she get 5 10 percent ? Wooptie do

[@jm-7953]

Portuguese dna could be from Galicia (Spain)

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

Basque is actually part of Spain.

[@biancayazypereiraakaziky5448]

We are only one rase the human rase and different ethnicities

[@MrRyuken22]

Alot of Puerto Ricans get a good amount of Portuguese

[@rockygirlstevenson3568]

Male Tainos (Originally the Arawak tribe ) were slautered and females were taken as brides and concubines. Our ancestors were the first tribe have an entire generation of Mestizos. Tambien soy Boriqua.

[@vamoneygroup]

This is true. I'm from America and this is how it was taught. Europeans were VERY pleased with Taino women.

[@why2874]

@@vamoneygroup European raped those women, not pleased with them and that wasn’t ok, regardless of how they taught it in school. Who favors their rapist, these islander’s are proud to claim their rapist. I’m curious what her Haplo group is, surely African.

[@why2874]

I’m 40% European and two AA parents, can I claim I’m European, No, because I am what my parents were and they weren’t confused. Regardless of their appearance and upbringing, no colonizers worship on their part, my dad could have fit in with the Europeans, but he would have to deny who his mother was! No regrets on his part and he lost her at a young age, we all should live our truth and lives with excepting who we are. I just can’t with these islander’s that presenting as they are of African decent that rather claim their rapist men DNA as an identifier as to who they are. I know women that have children from rape and they bare that for a lifetime with that child as a reminder, you can hear the pain when they speak of said child and that it was rape. Talking about it is what keeps them grounded, what do you think of the child having to hear the mother talk about that all of their life. Rape is rape and it’s a bad thing.

[@kinglisco1379]

Iam 48% jalisco native American. And 51% European spanish/Portuguese/Italian/basque

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

almost split right in the middle!

[@MeditationForLifeU]

I did 23& me and like you I am a "mut"

[@DoramasGuanarteme]

Yaritza waching your test results and your name. As We say here in the island. Tu eres más Canaria que el gofio. This test has a big mistake doesn't make the diferente between the Canarys and the rest of the Spanniards. We Belong to Spain but actually we come from the north of África. Anyway your name Betancourt is the name of the Normand conqueror of the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura . So probably your family come from This islands. Saludos desde Canarias, mi niña🇮🇨🌴🇵🇷

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Hola! it would be cool if they distinguish what part of Spain because of the different ethnic backgrounds in the country. My husband showed me a video of someone from the Canaria Island and said that the accent is similar to ours.

[@DoramasGuanarteme]

@@YaritzaBetancourt Of course the accent is very similar, but not just the accent Also the food, the Music anda many of the habitudes of the boricuas come from the Canarys inmigrants. Here is a link to a video were explain this influence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6ulqoh-qs-Gr5I Saludos desde Gran Canaria 🇮🇨🌴🇵🇷

[@punchyrivera9061]

Well your a true Puerto Rican you got a mixture of all three African and indigenous and euro. There are still other Puerto Rican that have a higher percentage indigenous. I saw one video of a Puerto Rican he was 35 percent Puerto Rican indigenous.

[@Jayla-dj2gj]

Watch out Puerto Ricans are kind of all related to each other especially if you go be regions. My parents are 3rd cousins. Freaked me out. My dad's side settled in NY area and my mother's side California. I can only imagine the Puerto Ricans in NY might be marrying 2nd cousins and not even know it.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

hahah that's hilarious! Well glad I'm married to a Mexican

[@sergiofernandes6798]

51% iberian... Olá, irmã...

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

I'm not surprised by your genetic makeup. I am not Puerto Rican, but some people assume I am. I am a descendant of The African diaspora and Indigenous America with a splash of European.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

very similar genetic make up to me

[@sandgarmor]

Betancourt is a french last name very very very common in the Canary Islands. Probably you are a Canarian descendant. The 2% of North African DNA probably comes from your canarian blood which is a mix between Spanish and bereber blood (guanche). Portugal and Spain are the same people (Celts and iberians).I am Canarian by the way. And it is not true that taínos dissapeared. They mixed as the guanches did. Most Canarians have bereber blood which it is against the theory that they were all killed by the Spaniards. This is part of the black leyend against Spain.

[@funnysungames546]

So you are 21 subsaharian african 59 % european ! and 20% native american!! !cool results

[@breh7661]

I see African features in you

[@jm-7953]

Spaniards did not kill the natives in Puerto Rico as English did in their part of the Caribean.

[@Jonmad17]

Most Puerto Ricans can trace their European roots to the Canary Islands, which belong to Spain, but was at one point colonized by the Portuguese. That's most likely where your Portuguese comes from.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Hm I didn’t know that, thanks!

[@dannysajna-nx8sk]

Not really they're all from lost 12 tribes of Isreal they're original name is Ephraim they're related to the blacks and other Latinos in the world they were scattered..in slavery

[@hejazi1987]

You are mixed with the moors of Spain when you see north Africa and Senegal that's Muslims only countries and the moors are a mixed ppl from that area including Mali dna.. beautiful 😍

[@funnysungames546]

not at all lol stop spreeding ignorance.Moors =only north africans and middle easterns .Her mali and rest of subsaharian african its because the slave trade

[@hejazi1987]

@@funnysungames546 how about the fulani moors? North Africans them selfs are mixed with west Africans so please you stop spreading ignorance.

[@funnysungames546]

@@hejazi1987fulanis are not moor cmon dont say stupidities lol fulanis have a tiny middle eastern ancestry ,but they are not moors lol .The hartanis are the subsaharian descendents from slavery in north africa,you cant call them north africans lol .Moors enslaved blacks so how you can call black fulanis moors ?Dont be stupid cmon

[@jmtrevijano9160]

Spaniards mixed since the beginning. In the year 1512, just a couple of decades after the Discovery of the New World about 50% of the Spanish settlers were married by the Catholic Church to natives. The Royal Decree of October 19, 1514, is probably the clearest example of the reality of Spanish interracial policies under the Catholic Church and the legal recognition of rights by the Crown of Spain that gave rise to modern Hispano-America. The Royal Decree of October 19, 1514, ordered by King Fernando the Catholic, King of Aragon and Regent of Castille dictates the following: "It is our entire will that the Indians have, as they should, complete freedom to marry whoever they want, both with Indians and with natives of these Kingdoms (Aragon and Castile), or Spaniards born in the Indies and that in this they are not hindered. And we order that no order of ours that had been given to them or by us, can prevent or be a barrier to the marriage between the Indians men or Indians women with Spanish men or women and that all have complete freedom to marry whoever they want, and our Audiences (Tribunals) ensure that this is how it is kept and complied with" (Law 2, title I, Lib.VI). This explains why you are a result of a mix of Spanish and Native American plus, later, Black Africans brought to Puerto Rico. Note that interracial marriages were forbidden in other countries until recently, more than 400 years after Spain made it legal with full rights for their descendants as any other Spaniard from Spain. Portugal, probably most of it is Spain too. There were not Portuguese people in Puerto Rico but in those DNA test they pretend to differentiate Spain´s genes from Portuguese, they were Iberians.

[@fablb9006]

Why do you say that you do not have European features ?

[@freepalestinanow]

Egyptian

[@blackallday]

I think you have the whole world in your DNA🤭🤭

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

🤗

[@jameseddy4748]

Wonder what your husbands results is going to look like??? Any good guesstimates from him....

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Thank you! My husband's DNA results video just went live on my channel you can check it out here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpPNeYdqh8RoorM

[@yotuve87]

Spanish you are more than 50-60%.... spain + portugal + basque + probably the rest of european you got....

[@MiguelLopez-tc5nm]

The Taino came from South America there’s no surprise of having Ecuador DNA🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MiguelLopez-tc5nm]

@big tornadoes Most likely hers came from South America always a smart ass

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

You're right! the video is my initial reaction but I thought about that afterward because I had read about that before. But at the moment all I thought about was my Puerto Rican aunt who married an Ecuadorian man. 😂

[@MiguelLopez-tc5nm]

@@YaritzaBetancourt yeah the Taino‘s came from Venezuela

[@Amber-rq7kf]

You look Portuguese & Hawaiian

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

that's a first

[@annasaddiction5129]

I mean the Jews didn't grow out of the ground overnight, they've been in the majority of European history so I wouldn't even be gobsmacked if some of them also ended up in Spain. And I am totally aware most people connect Ashkenazi with Eastern European but people have been lovehate eachother for eternity 😉

[@lovlyprice9173]

I like 23&Me because it gives you your haplogroup. It would be cool if your X chromosome was Taino. I am 90% West African 9% European 1% South Indian. My mother's haplogroup comes from South India

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Hmm maybe I’ll do 23 & Me and compare the results

[@fztheamazighiya1047]

You are look exactly as your ancestors. This is how Spaniards looked when they left Spain. The white people are from the north has more German and British dna. The south and central Spain has more African Dna. That’s why you look Moroccan

[@user-yr9qs2wn5l]

You just discovered that you are puertorican, that is what I have and I am a lot darker than you

[@brittongodman7769]

So, you are about 58% White European.........

[@flo-xj6sr]

So you're mixed,the Jewish & Arabian dna is from Spain & Portugal a lot of conquistadors had jewish & Arabian bloodlines..

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

The exact results a Puerto Rican should expect. >50% European with the rest split between Indigenous and West African.

[@rcafmaintainer3723]

Bantu actually means "people" lol

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Learn something new everyday

[@cangrejitamora]

La Historia que te han contado de los españoles es mentira, procede de la Leyenda Negra de los anglosajones. Puerto Rico y Cuba fueron España (provincias españolas) no pertenecieron a España y fueron conquistadas por los EEUU. Así se recoje en el primer articulo de la Constitución Española de 1812. Y no los tainos no fueron aniquilados por los españoles, los españoles practicaron el mestizaje. Algo de verdad: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3nPp4uGa7lspNU

[@TheBigdaddy64]

Taino dna exists but most of it is on the female side, mtdna. The Spaniards didnt kill the women but the men were wiped out. A full blooded Taino no longer exists in fact its been hundred of years since one existed.

[@frankieself1238]

It’s not really uncommon a lot Spaniards conquered thee americas different names but and there were slaves brought over ect ect … depending on what was going on that part of the country … Mixed with Spanish blood African, there was alot going on that time yes you do look you have a little bit white ancestry in you appearance show a little and some African for sure and bit everything

[@Quitumbe954]

Wym a little bit white ancestry lmfao she's 61% Caucasian that's way more than anything else

[@mundorivera2188]

100% puertorican. 70% Europe, 22% Taíno and 8% West Africa.

[@bigdaddyboomakamr.knowital8079]

Actually TAINO no longer exist en PUERTO RICO that is correct. What exist is Maternal traces of DNA of the TAINO. The Taino were wiped out due to Conflict, abusive labor practices, and Diseases brought by Europeans like Small Pox that Taino had no defenses against. The Taino tribe no longer exist. What does exist is small traces or percentages of Taino Maternal DNA in Puerto Ricans. Usually between 4% to 15% range. Since the Paternal TAINO DNA is wiped out the Taino are actually EXTINCT from the island of PUERTO RICO. From the Puerto Rican study from Puerto Rico it was said that 60% of all Puerto Ricans have Maternal Taino DNA. It is a little over one half of all Puerto Ricans. Since it is only Maternal DNA each generation will see less and less of it over each generation. What does that mean. If you have 18% it is most likely your offspring could have even less depending on who you marry and have children with. So what is the difference between Traces or small percentages of DNA vs people in let say Mexico or Peru or Bolivia or Ecuador or Chile, Colombia who actually still have Living Tribes like people of AZTEC and Mayan, Zapotec, Purpecha and in PERU, Bolivia, Ecuador or Chile, Colombia they have people of INCA descent still living or other tribes in these countries in Latin America.

[@YUCAYEQUE]

I ended up with H3C mtdna but my fathers side his mothers is B2B

[@sabirsal]

Interesting results. I would’ve guessed somewhere around 50 euro, 30 African, and the rest Taina/Moor/Jew. You’re the perfect example of why American standards of racial categorization do not serve Boricuas and other Caribeños (diminicans, Colombians etc.) In America you are probably labeled or pushed to identify as Black which only speaks to 20-25 percent of your blood, not to mention your culture.

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

yes! I've always struggled to answer that race question on papers sometimes I would mark mix, sometimes I will check off white, black and indigenous and sometimes if it wasn't required I would just leave it blank. Like it's complicated lol

[@footballfan5462]

@@YaritzaBetancourt america is really racist if you have any black blood they say your black

[@jeffpagan7735]

See if I'm in your matches, I have 280,000 DNA matches.

[@spacemonkey8244]

She said she was mostly surprised that she’s Spaniard and Portugal but then followed up with the fact that Spaniards colonized Puerto Rico😐😐 prettiest ones always the dumbest lol

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

I said I was surprised by the high percentage of Spanish. I knew it would be in there just didn't think it would be 31%

[@spacemonkey8244]

@@YaritzaBetancourt Spaniards and Portugul colonized all those islands and u thought u was lower than 30🫠 must be straight outta Africa

[@spacemonkey8244]

@@YaritzaBetancourt if African Americans colonized America nobody would think oh I might be lower than 30% African🤣🤦🏽‍♂️ (example)

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

@@spacemonkey8244 Listen, I'm not a historian or an expert. I literally didn't even know Portugual had a say in this game because I've never heard anyone mention Portugal when they talk about the history of Puerto Rico. So when you combine Portugal and Spain and that makes up 51% of my DNA, that's surprising. This was my initial reaction obviously after thinking about it, it makes sense.

[@spacemonkey8244]

@@YaritzaBetancourt I barely turned 18 it’s just common sense, what would America bc if it was colonized with Africans from 1500-2022, like🤷🏽‍♂️

[@josephvazquez764]

listen i don't put too much faith in dna tests for the reason that they seem to short change our taino dna looking at your beautiful Appearance i can see so much of your taino traits i have met many puerto ricans that took that test and were informed that they don't have any taino dna even thought their appearance contradicts their results so for the amount of taino dna there are special exams that need to be performed to truthfully determine the amount of dna of our taino heritage since there are no more pure taino left but thanks for sharing your results

[@YaritzaBetancourt]

Yeah, they recently updated my results. Not sure if I should do an updated video, but in the new results, they put me at 19% Taino

[@The_SixShooter]

No more Taino left? Meanwhile I have 22% Taino, my cousin got 35% Taino and I also met few ppl who got 30% between 40% three ppl that's rare, while a lot ppl majority that have 10% 11% etc etc between 20% of course some Ricans doesn't have it, all DNA % and races varies..all aren't same and this woman got 19% is one of lucky woman with beautiful combined w other races in her DNA....so again we still around runnin in our mixed blood n proud.

[@josephvazquez764]

@@The_SixShooter I don’t think you understood my point that I was trying to make I never stated that there were no more tainos left I was making the point that dna test are not to reliable to determine Taino ancestry because our ancestry strictly comes from our mother side either through forced marriage or more often through rape it is hard to detect true Taino heritage just by using normal dna test kits or exams that is why so many Latinos are misinformed about their native ancestry I consider myself to be a Taino warrior even though by my appearance you would not think that I have any Taino dna so my point is that there are millions of Latinos out there that are misinformed by these agencies about their correct ancestry dna those 10% or less that you mentioned in your reply can actually be twice or more than the % reported and by the way in your comment you use my cousin got and few people got the correct manner of making that statement is my cousin has and people who have since they are presently living and we are speaking in the present state but thanks for your late reply

[@The_SixShooter]

@@josephvazquez764 oh one thing I m a dude that have 22% Taino native, meaning I can give to child maybe lower 18% or so unless 22% mines and woman like 10% both Taino can give child higher than parent around 25% between 30% but of course depending on other parent races, DNA will balance it and decided it before born, as DNA test explained between two parental this was new came out updated. if u haven't check it out really interesting .......like my dad had 17% my mother had 5% in parental dna shown then there me born with 22% Taino. Even my cousin got higher 35% than me thanks to her both parent, but again if ubhavent read how two parent combined give a child with % from them, but true alot Spaniards raped them Taino women made kids half or lower bec Spaniards have none natives but with boys and girls from mothers those both boys and girls were the future to keep natives alive only they knew how dna combined works.

[@The_SixShooter]

@@josephvazquez764 don't worry about grammar correct because my primary language is sign language so the sentence construct is bit different from English structures so don't mind mines structures. Has having have no words in ASL basically short cut sign faster communication with other deaf ppl.