That's exciting! I enjoyed seeing your DNA results. And you very beautiful too.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
Allison Reece Thank you Allison :)
@KarmasLighting9 жыл бұрын
+EverythingEbonee Of all the girls that Ive seen do their DNA test on youtube... you're the prettiest one.
@PHlophe8 жыл бұрын
you have a calming voice , mwah mwah !
@NamuBang9 жыл бұрын
It's important to let people know that this borders/countries did not exist until the scramble of Africa in 1884. That's when those dudes at the Berlin conference decided to divide Africa and parceled it to each other (that's how colonisation worked/started). People who shared DNA and ways were separated by these artificial borders. That's why the DNA will show up in many places. My nationality is Zimbabwean but my roots are from the Zulu in South Africa. If I did my ancestry I would not be surprised if it pinged four countries. People used to move freely between kingdoms. Bantu just means people who speak Bantu languages (thus from Central Africa going down to Southern Africa. Your blood drew your to your people - Ghana :) (again West Africans are divided by these artificial borders but at the base of it all, they are one people)
@roberthouse42286 жыл бұрын
you are so correct
@sueme556 жыл бұрын
Fi truth!
@caetechclub10 жыл бұрын
This is so interesting. I've seen many people share their findings but your video really makes me want to find out for myself. Thanks for sharing!
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Keya Clayton You're welcome, thanks for watching Keya!
@clarencethornton46667 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your video I recently took the DNA test I'm 94% African 46% of that is from Ivory Coast Ghana 🇬🇭 4% Europe 2% Asia south
@EboneeDebrah7 жыл бұрын
Clarence thornton Cool...I like that mix since I love Ghana.
@MsPooh4048 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being so thorough and sharing so much about your results. It makes me want even more to get my DNA results done!
@skizzbanga61710 жыл бұрын
you did a real good job on breaking down how ancestry dna works this the best ancestry dna video I seen so far im waiting on my results now
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
heyskiz Thank you. I am glad that you found my video helpful :) I am sure that you will enjoy reading your results when you get them.
@skizzbanga61710 жыл бұрын
yes I cant wait then I will make my own video
@christinemanczuk52668 жыл бұрын
It really does make a difference knowing where your ancestors were from. I don't know why exactly but it does. I'm glad you took the test. Thanks for sharing!
@eaglbabe10 жыл бұрын
I think it is so cool they can break things down in such detail! I just ordered my test last night, I am super excited/nervous. i am totally going to try to record my reaction. :)
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
TheEagals Nest I would love to see your reaction video.
@TheKofinyarko10 жыл бұрын
You are right about Ivory Coast/Ghana. both countries have more than 50% of their population that belong to the Akan Tribe.
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
K Yankee Thank you for confirming that.
@Bembesito9 жыл бұрын
interesting european results usually most north afro americans have a lot of like british but if you think alabama could be that those people could have been french
@simplyshama9 жыл бұрын
If I hadn't heard your american accent I would've thought you were Nigerian! And it's interesting that they grouped Ghana and Ivory Coast because Ivory Coast has quite a French history whilst Ghana doesn't
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
simplyshama Thanks for sharing :)))
@TheKofinyarko9 жыл бұрын
simplyshama Ghana and Ivory coast are mainly Akan people (Ashanti etc). The English/French connection counts for nothing. The invaders who know no better just drew a line through the region dividing families. We need to reverse this calamity by rejecting so-called country boundaries created by foreigners who knew nothing of our people,
@eniceassouman15639 жыл бұрын
simplyshama Ivoirian and Ghanaian are both Akan. Our culture are very similar some tribes in my country understand and speak twi and fante. Micheal jackson is also of Akan Ivorian decent ;).
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
Enice Assouman Michael Jackson? And mainly the reason why they grouped the two countries together is because right now there isn't enough sampling.
@TheKofinyarko9 жыл бұрын
APgeneticgenealogy lover It's not about enough sampling, its because they just drew a line between same families for their own economic gain.
@2012loveyourself9 жыл бұрын
the reason why it is Ivory coast and Ghana are together is because there is a large tribe Family called AKAN which Ivory coast and Ghana share across borders because there use not to be two separate countries there used to be regions, Empires and Kingdoms. The Akan Tribe has several small tribes like ebrie, agni, baoule, ashanti and more. I am from Ivory Coast . The typical native will never have 100% of their dna matching those aeras because we mary other tribes and other Africans it's always been that way and some tribes were nomadic and some were forced to move also, tribes like Fulanis were nomadic you can find them a little everywhere across Africa . Hope this helps ( my mom is Fulani and my dad is mandingo)
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
+Myriam Bamba Hi, really the reason why Ivory/Coast and Ghana are together (as are "Benin/Togo" and "Cameroon/Congo") is because the reference data is currently very limited. The ethnicity results are dependent on how many different groups of Africans, Europeans, Asians, etc. have been sampled. There have been thousands of Europeans who have been sampled, but only a few hundred Africans at most who have been and therefore the ethnicity is more specific and accurate for people of European descent, but more vague for people of African descent and that's why the countries are combined together. Looks like you are correct about the Akan group though, as apparently the reference they have is an Akan group, the Brong people, for both Ivory Coast and Ghana. tracingafricanroots.wordpress.com/ancestrydna-regions/
@AlMahdi2k9 жыл бұрын
+Myriam Bamba I'm about 32% Ivory Coast/Ghana. Nice.
@asanteakan707 жыл бұрын
APgeneticgenealogy lover the problem is they sample based on country and not ethnic groups like they should. Irish are a ethnic group so are Germans these African countries are not ethnic groups.
@Th3lite6 жыл бұрын
Good to know. My highest percentage is Ghana/Ivory Coast then Cameroon / Congo I'm elated, I'm soooooo happy. 90% of my DNA came from Africa I'm doing my happy dance. Baba Olua oshay.
@ladynefertitibk9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your results.
@jayraynido10 жыл бұрын
I love your video. I'm getting ready to make mine revealing my results. Question: how do you make your video split between you talking and your computer screen?
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jonathan. I have a video editing software called Corel Video Studio Ultimate X7. With that software, I am able to record whatever I am doing on my desktop. At the same time, I recorded myself with the webcam sitting on top of my computer screen. I took the recording of my desktop and uploaded to my video editor, and I inserted a small window with the webcam footage of myself. So it was two videos that I merged together into one.
@jayraynido10 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your thoroughness..oh ok that's what's up. I will try it out. Thanks again.
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
You are welcome.
@Bizz2k8 жыл бұрын
It's funny that many African American have presumed that they have a huge amount of native American descent. but from my observations, it's like non-existent or miniscule amount of percentage. Perharps the natives didnt really blend or mix with the blacks as they thought. I see more blacks have a mix of European descent that native. Interesting!!!
@onlyasitiswritten58288 жыл бұрын
A lot of raping occurred but the Most High will fix that. Shalom
@SuthenGirl9 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I missed this video of yours. I ordered the National Geographic Geneology Project test but I ended up shipping it to my brother to take. Males can get both the mother & father results. TFS, it was very interesting. & you look awesome.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
SuthenGirl Thanks for sharing that. I wonder what males have in their DNA that allows for both mother and father results. Gonna research that. Thanks for watching.
@HairH2O9 жыл бұрын
***** Y chromosome
@SuthenGirl9 жыл бұрын
Well, it's the "y-chromosome" is the difference. Now I slightly remember that from biology but not really. Lol!
@HairH2O9 жыл бұрын
Yes females are xx men are xy or yx ?
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
SuthenGirl That wouldn't matter with Ancestry.com's test, since they just have autosomal for ethnicity and genetic relatives. Only National Geographic's Geno 2.0 and 23andme include haplogroups in their tests. Ancestry.com had a maternal and paternal lineage, but it was separate from the autosomal testing (like with Family Tree DNA) and they got rid of it last year. I think you should do either Ancestry.com or 23andme or both sometime. Especially because Ancestry.com right now is the only company with any kind of West African breakdown for ethnicity and 23andme either this year or next year will be guaranteed to have their own coming out and it should be even better than Ancestry.com's. I don't have experience with Geno 2.0, but from what I've read others say, it's not worthwhile plus it's too expensive.
@charmainej48208 жыл бұрын
i'm a bantu...but the 'tribe' has divided into different tribes...several years ago
@Lovelezlie10 жыл бұрын
Lovely video! It's such a great experience.
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Love Lezlie Yes ma'am, it was!
@comptonproduction8 жыл бұрын
There are about at least 10 different groups of people in Nigeria.
@EboneeDebrah8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the info.
@ImSavedByGraceAlone8 жыл бұрын
Hi, enjoyed your video...you had a nice result. Will or has your husband had his DNA done? That would really be interesting.
@rondar6238 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! You are beautiful, hunty!l! Your eyes looks like my nephew and niece's eyes. Their dad is Haitian and I was saying this week to my sister that I wonder if her husband''s family has some Asian DNA jn them being that Asians were in The Americas when the slaves arrived. I also scrolled your page and someone stated that slanted eyes are a Nigerian trait. Now that I think about it, I do know several Nigerians with slanted eyes.
@vixxa9 жыл бұрын
They grouped Ivory Coast and Ghana bc they are both Akan, ethnically.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+vixxa Thank you for sharing.
@PHlophe8 жыл бұрын
Naw.... mama only a 1/3rd of ivory coast is akan , the rest ain't . its not the same thing. i can see what's innacurate about the test but its ok it ain't that much of a big deal.
@corazoncubano53729 жыл бұрын
The Bantu is still a tribe and you are a nice mix of several African countries. Very nice.
@NamuBang9 жыл бұрын
+nizbt Rodriguez Bantu is not a tribe
@leomarumbu68939 жыл бұрын
+nizbt Rodriguez , Bantu to me are a race.😊
@leomarumbu68939 жыл бұрын
***** , Bantu is a language group of related peoples which = race IMO.
@leomarumbu68939 жыл бұрын
***** , Bantus are (generally) genetically closely related. I just did not want to bring it up. Being the largest related group in Africa, i think that qualifies them as a race. They are different from West Africans and HOA. Fact.
@wadoit468 жыл бұрын
What company did you use for this test?
@SimplisticallyDigital10 жыл бұрын
You are gorgeous! Great detailed video. I am way more African than you are :-) The DNA services are truly interesting! I am basically Nigerian. People always asked me if I was native Nigerian, although I was born in the U.S. My family was caught up in the slave trade like most other A.A.s. I am trying to learn more about my Native African side now.
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Swarthy Daisy Thank you! Isn't is cool to know that your a lot of your DNA is matched to those of Nigeria? Like you said, the DNA services are truly interesting, although it does not change anything in my day-to day life, it is just really interesting to know and learn more about. I am happy I did it. Thanks for sharing :-)
@SimplisticallyDigital10 жыл бұрын
Np. You make me want to try Ancestry.com now for more detailed African breakdowns. Btw you could have had a little affiliate link below your video by ancestry to get a few clicks, just sayin' :-)
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Swarthy Daisy I never thought about that, thank you for bringing that to my attention.
@SimplisticallyDigital10 жыл бұрын
***** NP! No need to advertise for free. Lol. I have a 23andme link under my vids. Look into it 4 sure.
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
I just did and found the affiliate information easily! I am very thankful you shared that, otherwise I might not have ever known.
@jmldz726010 жыл бұрын
And for ivory coast, Ivory coast is a immigration host country in africa. A lot of africans from other countries go there to live. Especially people from burkina faso and mali. In ivory coast there is a lot of people which have their origin from burkina faso and mali. You know them by the family name. For example, in ivory coast footbalm team, there was a player called kader keita.... he was the cousin of a malian player called seydou keita. Two cousins. One born in bamako, the other in abidjan. And there is a lot of people like that.
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
jmldz Very interesting, thank you for sharing that bit of information, something I would have never known.
@TheKofinyarko10 жыл бұрын
iTS STILL PREDOMINANTLY THE AKAN TRIBES WHICH IS 47%
@Mrs.buildingblackwealth8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!! Be chance is your family from alabama last name Hunter?
@veritasjustice78789 жыл бұрын
Bantu is a huge language group, not a tribe but many many tribes that speak languages with that base.
@veritasjustice78789 жыл бұрын
***** That's what I thought as well before I read about it.
@veritasjustice78789 жыл бұрын
***** Here's the thing, you are talking about a "collective", you can be Bantu, but that's like saying I'm an American. I could say that and be absolutely correct, But its not a ethnic descriptor from a biological sense, it is more a language and cultural reference. Bantu's synonym in Western culture would be Germanic (Or if you step out further Indo-European). There are several Germanic languages and groups of people who speak them, one such even calls itself "German" today though not so long ago they might have been Prussians or Holy Romans, or whatever. There are Germanic peoples, but but they don't identify themselves as German, they are English, Spanish, Irish, German, Austrian, etc. But you might not include other peoples who we would deem as "white" in the US. - At the end of the day, we likely only have a difference in nomenclature use and what level we want to drill down to. I'm following the one that most US born folk would understand. Your method would basically lump a southern Nigerian with a Zulu 3000 miles away in South Africa because of language and some culture similarities that go back like 2000 years, even within just Nigeria you have a multitude of recently unrelated groups. I'm interested in learning more about the Bantu. Was there a pre-eminent Bantu kingdom? What's the genetic basis of the Bantu? What is a Bantu phenotype? Besides languages that share a common ancestry what other things link the Bantu?
@veritasjustice78789 жыл бұрын
First of all, I never insulted you. You are the only person communicating with insults. Second I'm not arguing, I'm simply discussing, I''m angry, I'm not insulting, that's you dear. - If anger is all you have then we can cut it. The difference was already determined anyway. What you consider a people and what I am for the purposes of this post are two different things. You have your anecdotes from Africa and I have my own from Africa.
@veritasjustice78789 жыл бұрын
And you're comparing migrations that happened Eons apart... smh
@veritasjustice78789 жыл бұрын
I agree that Africa is genetically diverse, which is why I don't agree with using a nomenclature methodology that doesn't respect that diversity. Like I said that are Bantu people, but its based on some 3000 year old grouping. And I absolutely can use Germanic as a comparison, or Indo European because guess what, all whites ain't German. If you choose not to see an analogue, I can't help you, but at least I'm not using one that is 15000+ years old.
@amiikydongas43327 жыл бұрын
The Ivory Coast and Ghana match means that you're partly the from the Akan ethnic group found in both countries but predominantly from Ghana. In Ghana the biggest group out of the Akans are the Ashantis.
@ForeverRepublic8 жыл бұрын
Was this expensive? My Mom was offered to take part in a genetic study on Ashkenazi Jews several years ago and it was free. Her results were 74% West Asian/Semitic. The rest was Southern European (Italian and Greek) in origin if I remember right. Her grandparents were from Prague. My Dad is of a Sephardic background from Algeria so I would like to get a DNA test myself, I'm from Israel so that might change things but how much was it for you?
@Cindy997658 жыл бұрын
The DNA testing kit is $100 I believe.
@thentheresmee10 жыл бұрын
This was a really interesting video. For all I know, my parents, grandparents and so on are from Ghana and my parents are part of the Akan tribe. Have you ever been there before? You really should and make sure to check out the beaches. Stay Blessed💕
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
TD74 I have never been but hope to go one day soon! Thanks for sharing.
@latimothystarr742510 жыл бұрын
Very interesting Ebonee. I'm 76% African (29% Ivory Coast/Ghana, 20% Nigeria, 13% Benin/Togo, 7% Cameroon/Congo, 5% Africa Southeastern Bantu and 2% Mali), less than 1% Native American and 23% European (20% Great Britain and 3% Ireland).
@erickanew9 жыл бұрын
+Rupert Fox are you a kid playing on the computer. You sound really stupid
@ghrtfhfgdfnfg9 жыл бұрын
+Rupert Fox We're all more non-human than human, sir.
@ghrtfhfgdfnfg9 жыл бұрын
Rupert Fox You're pretty fucking dim if you couldn't tell that I was joking.
@yejideng13418 жыл бұрын
I love this, I wish we made Ancestry DNA testing mainstream in education for high school kids. We are more close related than we think. In teaching history I always disclose that I am west African descent, researching history of where my grandparents settled in the southwest allows me accept some truths about my history.
@itoroots72919 жыл бұрын
27% Nigeria!! Great results
@jitaamesuluma97309 жыл бұрын
no its got a fare amount of european in africa from the slave trade , up load to gedmatch is more reliable , you can check against tribes as well
@jitaamesuluma97309 жыл бұрын
+Jita'ame suluma btw i am 12.5 percent african
@bd1023200310 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing! This is something actually very close to my heart that I have been wanting to do. Thanks to my great grandfather who died 10 years ago at 99, he was able to fill in a lot of blanks for me. He was from the west indies and cf he remembers clearly his Ghanian older relatives from his young childhood. And his last name is actually a name common in Ghana today. But my southern american fathers side of the family is what I would love to learn more about. I plan on doing this on the future!
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
bd10232003 That is very cool, especially the fact your gr. grandfather had a last name you can trace back to a particular country. Ghanaian culture is near and dear to my heart. I love everything about Ghana. You were lucky to have your great grandfather for so long. I have no great grandparents living, and only one of my four grandparents is still alive so I don't have access to talk to them but I would have loved to hear anything they had to say.
@bd1023200310 жыл бұрын
***** Yes, one day I plan to visit and be "full circle", though I am fairly certain that other countries must be also in the bloodline. I understand how you feel, sometimes I feel like I am only a stepchild with no true identity but these types of tests are such a great thing to know where we came from.
@asanteakan7010 жыл бұрын
Was he a maroon?
@bd1023200310 жыл бұрын
Mike Marson Actually I am not sure but it is am interesting question. You prompted me to do a little search online and yes St. Croix did indeed have maroons. So it very well could be possible...especially since the family name is common in Ghana to this day. (Sackey). Also they also have some sort of maroon remembrance holiday there. So that is very interesting to me. Thanks for asking!
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
bd10232003 Yes, Sackey is a Ghanaian name. My husband and I have a friend from Ghana named Mr. Sackey.... a very nice man, although that does not really make a difference, I just thought I might add, hahaha.
@ladylionXOX9 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the Nigerian family (:
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+Rome Alexander Thanks love :)
@amaka6378 жыл бұрын
Omg you're just so beautiful xD I love your almond-shaped eyes.
@EboneeDebrah8 жыл бұрын
Thank you my dear :)
@amaka6378 жыл бұрын
***** You're very welcome :D
@umum49129 жыл бұрын
46 weeks??
@Njoofene8 жыл бұрын
The typical dna reference relates to the fact that most of their dna would come within their country e.g. Nigeria, but the remaining would come from a neighboring country e.g. Benin.
@jackmaverick54819 жыл бұрын
Only about 2% of the African American population have any Native American DNA. My mother's family thought they were part Native American as well, but after having my DNA tested by two different companies for both my maternal and paternal DNA it showed that my maternal side didn't show any African or Native American DNA at all, but was rather a mixture of Middle Eastern, Great Britain, Irish and Italian. My father's side was from Madagascar, Central African Republic and East India of all places. DNA test results are like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're going to get.
@jackmaverick54819 жыл бұрын
You or we need to be very careful how we interpret DNA results, because people have migrated over the centuries. Those of us who are the descendants of people who were victims of the transatlantic slave trade have been in North America around 500 years now and during this time, people have moved around. My paternal DNA matches "ONE" man in a small tribe in Central African Republic, but my direct paternal ancestor came to America from Madagascar. Genealogy records from United States Census records are a far more reliable source for connecting to your roots; not to mention that if you have your DNA tested by multiple companies, you will get back multiple results, but when you search the United States Census records, you only get back one set of results. Then there is the fact that the only thing of any real value you get from DNA results is maybe health information like disease or medical or physical traits information and these things have a certain value, but the more important information is "CULTURE." What kind of culture did your "DIRECT" ancestor come from and DNA results cannot tell you that, DNA results can only tell you who matches you "TODAY", living in a particular place, it cannot tell you when or how they got there today or where they were before they got there. It can be very easy to read too much into DNA results, they are useful to a point, but only as a sort of genetic map that hints to a "POSSIBLE" migration pattern over the centuries.
@leomarumbu68939 жыл бұрын
+John Galt , how does that work? Are talking about your paternal DNA make or his Y chromosome?
@jackmaverick54819 жыл бұрын
Abraham Maru Could you rephrase your question? because I don't understand your question.
@RobinPoe9 жыл бұрын
The Europe West may not have been incorporated in your Family tree in the USA. There were a lot of French people in the Nigeria and Ivory Coast area. You do have a French look about your face.
@Njoofene8 жыл бұрын
lol. Utter rubbish not to mention delusional.
@nanakgee5 жыл бұрын
IF its ivory coast/ghana then it means u come from the Akan ethnic group. Ghana and Ivory coast share an ethnic group which is the Akan . The origin of the Akans is Ghana and some migrated to Ivory Coast.
@CYaya888 жыл бұрын
You look Nigerian...yoruba to be precise! :)
@PHlophe8 жыл бұрын
I was thinking she looks like the regular Olafunke or Chioma from Anambra . she has a lot of senegalese but she doesn't look like it at all
@PHlophe8 жыл бұрын
***** ok. i don't think you are familiar with Teranga folk the same way I am .If you happen to be in Dakar you'll notice that the men are generally well over 6ft2, very thin with very long arms and a deeper shade of dark.They are much similar to the sudanese.that's the country's trademark look and i get it that fringes of the country do not look like that.These people recognize one another in the streets the same way a sizeable number of Rwandese can spot their country men in the streets,That one science is almost accurate. Before you ask. I know their fulani have lighter skin tones but i can tell them from Nigerian fulanis easily. Now in the case of nigerians. they have millions of looks of their own, you have a point here.but some people strike me as Nigerians but others truthfully do not and its only because i spot certain features i am familiar with.I didn't want to stereotype Nigerian looks but i do recognize that plenty of people will be assumed nigerian only because a specific demographic is more prominent in one city.
@CYaya888 жыл бұрын
Afro Lover because she has typical Nigerian features. I specified Yoruba because she has similar features to family members. I didn't say there aren't Yoruba people in Benin.
@CYaya888 жыл бұрын
Afro Lover I certainly didn't say she had similar features to the seven Nigerian musicians you mentioned. I don't think you understand what I meant and that's okay. No need to continue this further, take care.
@PHlophe8 жыл бұрын
CYaya88 you see i thought so too but afro olver begged to differ, so i just thought i might have read too much into her features. I am glad to know I am not the only one who recognizes features that are essentially Nigerian ( not typical ). If i met in her in the street she'd defo appear Yoruba not igbo to me.Afro lover mean well, he really does. but he probably doesn't have the full vocabulary of african features. You threaded this nicely without indulging into cliches.
@laurag44949 жыл бұрын
I was under the impression that I was mostly Polish, Belarusian, and Russian (Slavic, basically) but I got my results back and it turns out I'm actually quite a bit middle eastern, almost as much middle eastern as Slavic.
@tangerinepanther19879 жыл бұрын
makeup on fleek!
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+tangerinepanther1987 lol, best comment ever! thank you :)
@tangerinepanther19879 жыл бұрын
you welcome
@seybren9 жыл бұрын
The Melanesia could come from The Netherlands (West-Europe) because they had a colony there.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+Seybren nwa Thanks for sharing.
@tonytebliberty10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
tonyteb You are very welcome.
@Nghilifa9 жыл бұрын
Oh, and Cameroon/Congo mainly consist of bantu-speaking peoples too.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
RickyboyH Thanks for the info.
@robertdaniels349 жыл бұрын
***** o
@cahokiahawkelderwomanappal75778 жыл бұрын
you are you, Yisrael
@lgnawa7 жыл бұрын
And please stop using the word tribe when you talk about Africans. They are ethnic groups and not tribe. Tribe is a condescending word.
@EboneeDebrah7 жыл бұрын
Leo Gnawa -- How is it condescending? The literal definition of tribe is a division of people linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties with a common culture and dialect. Is that not an interchangeable word for ethnic group? In my mind tribe reflects a meaning of closeness between the people. How do you view this word that would give you an impression that someone who is using it is being condescending?
@lgnawa7 жыл бұрын
In that case why TRIBE is only used for groups in Africa and never for groups in Europe that may even be smaller in size and importance to the African groups? Do you think it is just innocently that the powers that be always talk about tribal wars in Africa and ethnic wars in Europe? have you ever heard the word tribe used when talking about Irish, Basque, Latvian? No. Only the Hausa, Zulu, Kikuyu, Igbo, Ashanti are called tribes because tribe simply connotes with primitive while ethnic group is used for people who are supposed to be civilized. You got to understand how racism and white supremacy works to understand the subtleties in the use of these words for different groups.
@lgnawa7 жыл бұрын
Go to google search and enter this title(The Trouble with Tribe | Teaching Tolerance) The article by that title may enlighten you. Also, this title (What is in the word tribe?) on pambazuka dot com.
@EboneeDebrah7 жыл бұрын
Leo Gnawa -- It was never my intention to use a word that presents someone in a negative light. It's one of those things that you don't know unless someone has brought it to your awareness which you have just done but I must admit, it is very difficult to say anything lest you offend someone somewhere because descriptive words will affect various people differently based on their personal experiences. I will read the articles you have mentioned, I am not opposed to learning in the areas I may be ignorant.
@go4thandconquer10 жыл бұрын
Ebony, this was so interesting. My son is extremely interested in investigating his roots. I'm going to share your video with him. TFS and have a wonderful holiday. Give the little one a hug. Blessings
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
go4thandconquer Thank you!!! Will do. Thanks for sharing my video with your son, I hope it helps him in some way, have a great weekend.
@TheMidnightBell079 жыл бұрын
Hey, can you do me a favor? Please look up Native American and see what the percentage is for the Natives of the Americas.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+Midnight I'm sorry, I do not understand your question and I really hope this is not sarcasm in order to leave an ugly comment.
@TheMidnightBell079 жыл бұрын
Hey, no ma'am I wasn't trying to be funny. I wrote to you because I thought you'd be the only person that could really understand. I didn't realize I was being insulting for asking that of you. I just thought because you could click on your ancestry and find out that people Native are 86% that you could click on other things as well. I just wanted to know the % of Native Americans. I wasn't trying to be mean or funny.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+Midnight Please accept my apologies. I have received some not so nice comments on this video so I guess I became defensive prematurely. I clicked on the Native American info, and it shows me that typical Native Americans have 100% Native Ancestry. I know that sounds a little high but the site also says the following: "Individuals from the Native American region are much less admixed than individuals from most other regions. This means that when creating genetic ethnicity estimates for people native to this area, we rarely see similarities to DNA profiles from other regions. We’ve found that approximately 100% of the typical native’s DNA comes from this region." I hope that helps answer your question.
@TheMidnightBell079 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks a bunch and I understand. I jumped down a guy's throat because I thought he was trying to blast me about his results. I apologist but I still felt bad. These things are normally a lot of fun but some people can make them seem really not so much so I do understand. I kept trying to figure out what I had said wrong lol. I'm better talking than writing about stuff sometimes and I was like oh no because I thought I had typed something and didn't realize it came out wrong. The estimate is helpful because it answers two things. The first thing is when they say they don't have many samples in the database. This leads me to believe they really don't have any samples lol. Secondly, the fact that they can't tell North from South indicates that the person is most likely Hispanic in origin. I don't know why but something tells me they don't have more than one person that's one-hundred percent. I'm wrong all the time though but I keep trying lol. Thanks again for sharing and don't worry about people. They are probably jealous that you had the money and the chance to get your heritage tested. I really want to do it myself but I'm kind of nervous and broke lol.
@veritasjustice78789 жыл бұрын
Native American is likely Creek which inhabited a large portion of Alabama and Georgia.
@PHlophe8 жыл бұрын
there is almost none in there , but this is what you feel more drawn to . lol! not surprised.
@veritasjustice78788 жыл бұрын
Lechiffresix six Not sure what you mean? I actually live in the area so it's a random fact that I know, especially after researching my own lineage. Are you saying there's no Creek Indians here or that there's almost 0% in AL and GA? That wouldn't make any sense since there are remnants here, genealogical records sorted by mission districts from my grandmother's time, and photographs and paintings of the people. For example I have a painting of my father's-mother's-mother's-father.
@PHlophe8 жыл бұрын
Jelani Newton I ain't saying there was none but if you are using the word remnant, then this is telling. its sediments of fossilized DNA that you are referring to. we know we can't have much of dna of people removed 4 times from our current life. you wouldn't even know how said person looked like.I still find mind boggling that black people ( hell i know plenty of whites who do too ) will insist someone is indian in their family when said person has next to zero dna trace in their dna and virtuallly no family heritage. All those faceless indians with long hair that populate the fertile imagination of african americans . it is ridiculous and frankly embarrassing.
@veritasjustice78788 жыл бұрын
OOOOOh, OK, you're saying that there's hardly any Native American DNA. Welp! Again all I did was take note of the ethnicity mentioned and the region and tied it to something that I know. If you want to expound on the rest of her genetic background, then by all means do so. But don't be so sensitive that the mere mentioning of Native American turns you into a douche. She said she has a portion of Native American heritage, regardless of the amount, and that she has roots in Alabama going back 5 generations, so I mentioned a simple possibility because its true of myself paternally. If she mentioned something else that I could relate to I would have likely added to that comment. I couldn't tell you where at in Africa my ancestors called home and I probably have access to more records that most black people since my mother's people are from Pointee Coupe Parrish, Louisiana one of the few places that has slave trade records that survived. Though I do have pictures of the plantation they were captive on and some of the structures are cared for by a cousin of mine Ernest J Gaines. But she ain't mention nothing related to that so I digress. - And again many aren't faceless, some of our families actually have photos of these "faceless" people. Not sure why it matters so much to you though to spend the energy. You simply went full asshat on a simple comment that you can't truly refute. In other words that little statement got you all up in your emotions. If there's something to be upset about, be upset that her "African" results are based on European segmentation of Africa and not tribal or African ethnic distinctions. I've never taken any of these "tests" because I feel they are somewhat "scammish" because they break things down based on imaginary ever changing national borders. From what I understand they don't use autosomal DNA but typically use mitochondrial DNA and y-chromosome DNA to look for certain markers; but those to pieces of code are bred out more quickly than as they are typically copies from the parent and not a blending from each parent. For example, If I were married to an Ethiopian woman, and I'm 100% Native American and had 4 girls and no sons with her, they would show up as having little to no Native American DNA, cause the primary markers I could provide would only be inherited by any sons, and there is none to inherit from their mother's mitochondria. Native Americans also share haplotypes with other and can be read as Asian and vice versa. So for example in the woman's case it could be reading DNA that was actually contributed by a Japanese person, a Samoan, a different European and isn't Native American at all (but these cases are less likely that the Native American possibility.) Anyway, I'm rambling... Moral of the story is DONT BE A SENSATIVE ASSHAT, DON'T GET OFFENDED AT STATEMENTS THAT AREN'T EVEN MADE TOWARD YOU. YOU DON'T COME OFF LOOKING LIKE A CONSCIOUS PERSON THAT IS ABOVE THAT "NATIVE AMERICAN THING THAT BLACK PEOPLE DO", JUST AN ASSHAT...AN NO ONE LIKES AN ASSHAT.
@veritasjustice78788 жыл бұрын
Lechiffresix six And what do you mean by "fossilized DNA"? Shout out to everyone with mineral deposits in their DNA instead A, T, C, and G....
@YaAllahswt10 жыл бұрын
I want one of these SOO bad but they're too expensive and my mom is not going to be willing enough :(
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
***** Yes, it is a bit expensive. $99. I hope you will be able to get it one of these days :)
@BewitchingSouls10 жыл бұрын
Sometimes Ancestry.com has coupons where you can get 20 dollars off. Some people paid 79.00 dollars for their's plus free shipping, so look out for that whenever you go to order.
@YaAllahswt10 жыл бұрын
BeWiTcHeD Thank you SOO much! :) actually, my mom told me that I can get this as a gift when I graduate 8th grade with is may 15th! Honestly can't wait :)
@BewitchingSouls10 жыл бұрын
***** That's good to hear. ^_^ I just sent in my kits from 23andMe. If you don't mind spending 99 plus 14 dollars for shipping, I would go with that one. They give you a lot of stuff that Ancestry.com doesn't, plus they'll connect you with any potential cousins you may have in the system from all around the world. Also, if all four of your grandparents are from the same country in Africa, you can get the kit for free. Anyways, Good luck!
@YaAllahswt10 жыл бұрын
BeWiTcHeD That honestly sounds great! I've searched up some videos about 23andMe and they do give quite alot of more information compared to the videos i've seen with ancestry. I think i'm going to give in more with 23andMe. It would be really cool to see my 1st and 2nd cousins and if i'm bound for any diseases. That part pulled my interest in towards that kit rather than Ancestry. Thank you soo very much for telling me this! You were a really big help :) xoxo
@trnigyul9 жыл бұрын
I agree she does look very Nigerian, I would have thought so if I didn't her your accent...very cool sis.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
trnigyul Thank you :)
@pommedeterre91159 жыл бұрын
I'm Nigerian my parents are Nigerian and so is my whole family. But I found out that the tribe that I come from has roots from Yemen! I'm Yoruba by the way.So I'm Yemeni and Nigerian!😆
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
@pommedeterre91159 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks!;)
@ZeeMarquise9 жыл бұрын
Anjie Fak Oh wow! That makes so much sense since in Yoruba ancient history our founder Oduduwa came from the Middle East!
@LowcountryThrivingwithRho10 жыл бұрын
It doesnt tell what tribe you are from?
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Nneka Nene No ma'am, it does not tell which tribe.
@apgeneticgenealogylover20410 жыл бұрын
***** There would have to be a whole lot of West African reference samples in order to do that, and no way anyone's going to get many Africans to be interested in giving their samples even if it were free, as I've said before when trying to ask Africans if they'd participate in 23andme's African Project. AfricanAncestry.com is able to tell the names of some ethnic groups aka tribes, but they only have it for paternal/maternal lineage and not autosomal.And they're not always able to tell even when someone's lineage is West African.
@Whitneypyant10 жыл бұрын
Anthony Parker not really.
@apgeneticgenealogylover20410 жыл бұрын
What do you mean?
@Whitneypyant10 жыл бұрын
Problem is that different companies can get you different results Anthony. It difficult to know which tribe we come. The record of ancestors tribe are long gone. It was destroyed by Atlantic trade slave. Africans sold other africans.
@brahimisarla6598 жыл бұрын
Your skin is so beautiful. Your secret?
@Yanna_61997 жыл бұрын
Brahimi Sarla That Mealnin
@Travieso787029 жыл бұрын
wow, you have beautiful eyes!
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+Travieso78702 Thank you very much!
@afrikurl9 жыл бұрын
sometime pacific islander or Asian shows up for Native American ancestry
@Nghilifa9 жыл бұрын
Ivory Coast & Ghana are neighboring countries and they also share some of the same ethnic groups (Akan people) . Same with Benin & Togo. "Bantu" is somewhat of a pseudoscientific european term, coined by some boer librarian in South Africa. It is a language family that is spoken from Nigeria (Tiv people) in the west to southern Somalia in the east (and everywhere in-between) all the way down to South Africa, so if bantu-speaking people would be regarded as a single ethnic group (which they aren't, obviously) , they'd be the largest ethnic group in Africa bar none :P So "Southeastern-Bantu" is a pretty vague term.
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
RickyboyH That's what they call the category right now because there just are not adequate enough samples right now.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
RickyboyH Thanks for sharing.
@Njoofene8 жыл бұрын
Any traces of Senegalese, see below for possible tribes - Note that Senegal and The Gambia are the same people and have the same history and culture. Britain and France merely divided the two but in reality the people are the same and Gambia itself is inside Senegal (surrounded in all three sides by Senegal). Disclaimer: This is not a proof of your ethnic group but I am from the region, and have studied the history of the region, and the groups' involvement in the slave trade at the time. Hope this helps anyone who may be connect to that region and of course do find out more. 1. WOLOF PEOPLE They were highly involved in the slave trade and used to enslave each other and other tribes. The Wolof people are actually in fact a mixture of ethic groups. Wolof its more a culture than an ethnic group. Most of their ancestry came from the ancient Seereer people. The language (Wolof) is actually the naitive language of the Lebou people who are also grouped together with the Wolof. The Lebou trace ancestry to the ancient Seereer people. 2. JOLA PEOPLE This ethnic group just like their Seereer cousins rejects slavery in their culture. They were the victims of Wolof slave raiding. The Jola people along with the Seereer people are two of the ancient ethic groups in the Senegambia region. The Jola and Seereer are ancient cousins. In their oral tradition, they both trace descent to two ancient sisters : Jambonge (ancestor of the Seereer) and Agaire (ancestor of the Jola). It is forbidden for a Jola to spill the blood of a Seereer and vice versa and ancient protocol dictates that one must come to the aid of another in times of need. Hence why the Jolas also glad when the Seereer King Kumba Ndoffene Famak defeated the Muslim Maba Diakhou who was responsible for many enslavement during his time. Ancient protocol also dictates that when a Jola or Seereer is bleeding profusely because of an accident or something, the other ethnic group must first touch the blood with his fingers and rub it on his / her forehead then hurry and find the nearest plant or medicine concoction to stop the bleeding. Some will sing or chant to the victim as they are treating them in order to encourage alertness and speedy recovery. 3. MANDINKA Involved in the slave trade 4. BAMBARA Victims of slavery 5. FULA Highly involved in the slave trade through Islamic jihadism 6. TUKULOOR Highly involved in the slave trade through islamic jihadism 7. SEEREER PEOPLE This ancient people rejects slavery in their traditional religion (Seereer religion) and culture. They were the one who killed the 15th Century Portuguese slave raider and his entire slave raiding party when they tried to enter Seereer country thinking that they can raid slaves. The Seereer people killed them all with their poisoned bows and arrows except 5 or less who who left with the task of sailing back to Portugal and deliver the message to the Portuguese king. In the same century, the 15th century Venetian slave trader Cadamosto sent his Wolof interpreter to a Seereer community (subgroup of the Seereer we now called speakers of the Cangin languages) to negotiate slave terms. Cadamosto and his party did not dare come of the board because he knew the reputation of these people and therefore entrusted his Wolof translator to negotiate on his behalf. The Wolof interpreter was killed on the spot by the Seereer community for bringing a slaver trader into the community. Because of their religious and cultural views on slavery, were not very active on in the trade. The Cangin people (speakers of the Cangin languages - who are also ethnically Seereer but do not speak the Seereer language) were victims of Wolof slave raiding. Where Seereers capture it was mainly a result of revenge and in most cases, they rather killed their enemy than sold them off as slave because slavery was viewed as a great sin which will prevent the slave raider/seller's soul from entering "jaaniiw" (the sacred place where good souls go). The Seereers also have a formidable reputation for committing suicide when defeated in battle rather - in order to preserve their honour- than be captured as slaves or Islamised.
@fatimakassim30919 жыл бұрын
it's like every dna result I see people are from Ghana and Nigeria. It's so funny cause im that same mix.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+Fatima Kassim That is a good mix, lol.
@rootofnoor9 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful. =]
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
ThatHonestyThing Thank you :)
@sarvagataya46149 жыл бұрын
Ivory coast !!
@user-nq8yv5jc6o4 жыл бұрын
🇨🇮
@blacksultan859 жыл бұрын
Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu Fiji Islands Tuvalu are all islands of Melanesia.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+blacksultan85 Thanks for sharing.
@lgnawa7 жыл бұрын
EverythingEbonee, the reason why you have Ivory Coast and Ghana is because both on the borders of both countries you have the Akan people who are found on both sides of the borders in the East and south of Ivory Coast and in the West and south of Ghana. Now, many of the Akan in Ivory Coast and Ghana who are on the Coast like the Nzema people, called Appolo in Ivory Coast are by the ocean. This may explain why you also have Nigerian because on many of these coast, folks from coastral parts of Africa migrate on the coast as communities of fishermen. So on the whole coast from Ivory Coast to all the way to Cameroun, you will have groups who share common cultures and languages. So, i assume that your people are coastral people from Nigeria and Ivory Coast and Ghana. My assumption are that your people are mooups in Ivory Coast are most likely Akan and problably Nzima. The wrong assumptiuon that you are making is that you are thinking that all ethnic groups in Ivory Coast or Ghana share the same DNA. No, there are different groups in Ivory Coast and Ghana with different DNA.
@blacknetizen9 жыл бұрын
You look so much like a Nigerian personality (Toolz) in this video. She's Yoruba. :)
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
blacknetizen I looked her up just now, I see the similarity, lol :)
@pius4888 жыл бұрын
The Ashanti is a tribe and their language is Akan and it's coming from a ghanaian lad
@SHutchinson10 жыл бұрын
Off subject.. Your teeth are very pretty..
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
S_Hutchinson lol, thank you very much =)
@Djoanng9 жыл бұрын
***** They're beautiful
@floyjoy7 жыл бұрын
Before you read your test results, I made the assumption that you had Pacific Islander genetics. You look like more than less than 1% Pacific Islander is in you.
@MrWisdomseekr9 жыл бұрын
It would be good if your African friends would take the DNA test, not to find their roots, but to help us African Americans with ours. Many of us are not going to be lucky like Alex Haley and find our African ancestral village. I am 17% Congo, and 16% Nigerian. The New President of Nigeria's wife favors my late aunt. Could we be related? In many cases an African taking the test would reveal an African American cousin. I see no African cousins so far.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
MrWisdomseekr Interesting. I want my husband to take the test just to see what the results would be since his mother and father are both from Ghana. I want to see if his results come back as a mixture of different African countries like mine or 90%+ Ghanaian. I know the more Africans take the DNA test, the more accurate the measurements become.
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
***** Do you could also have him do the 23andme test? Not just to help improve the ancestry, but also to improve the health for black folks?
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
***** If you haven't done genesforgood.sph.umich.edu/participate could you check it out? It's a free DNA thing on Facebook but you have to do some surveys for 2 days before you get it.The more people who do it, they will start allowing autosomal transfers of Ancestry.com/23andme raw data.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I will check it out.
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
***** Alright. If you do it and get the kit, the instructions say that after you wait 30 minutes without having anything, to rinse your mouth out with water and wait another 10 minutes. I don't know why they want you to do that, but if you do it, make sure you rinse your mouth out once and not more than once or else you could rinse away too many cells.
@htcevo12659 жыл бұрын
You are so right I thought Iam 100% Indian but I was wrong Iam 40% european 50%Asian 10% African
@NamuBang9 жыл бұрын
+htcevo12 You must make a video :)
@jmldz726010 жыл бұрын
You are one of the rare african american person who really look like an african person. If you said that you are born in yaoundé, i would easily beleive.
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
jmldz This comment made me smile, thanks for sharing.
@Zarasha17 жыл бұрын
jmldz That's not true. Africa is most diverse looking people. No one can say what looks Africans. What you know is what they show you on Television. I am African and have been mistaken by a indian women as indian. So you cannot say who looks African. We are too diverse for that.
@Th3lite6 жыл бұрын
So not true, when I lived in Niger and when I visited Senegal specifically Dakar , I saw so many people that resembled relatives.
@AyeeeItsCam9 жыл бұрын
A LOT of Pacific Islanders especially Melanesians have heavy African characteristics. The connection is that they were one of the first waves of human beings to leave Africa to populate the rest of the world and they went to other parts of the tropics that were similar to Africa and they evolved and so they kept their features and tribalistic culture. It's pretty ancient but it's likely that might have something to do with why you have pacific Islander ancestry even though it's really small.
@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
Cameron Enoch That's true that Melanesans look black, but as far as why EverythingEbonee has a "
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
Cameron Enoch Thanks for sharing.
@tommiegrant2228 жыл бұрын
Nice
@antonyfears32368 жыл бұрын
one thing I realized about DNA results lots of people have no idea about world history ancient history hell even current events lol hilarious
@EboneeDebrah8 жыл бұрын
You should feel proud that you do and thank the Lord for your knowledge. Be blessed.
@cydc088 жыл бұрын
I am half Nigerian and you look like my family fr.
@EmekaTalksTech10 жыл бұрын
I like this I just did a video for mine too...no real surprises lol
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
On1 I am going to check it out, thanks for sharing :)
@kimberly25christinesmith729 жыл бұрын
The test is very accurate. I am half black half white and that is what the results were. With a few surprises in there also.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
Kimberly s Good to know, thank you.
@Ian-nl9yd8 жыл бұрын
i swear, irish genes spread like glitter through a carpet
@alexanderquincy80728 жыл бұрын
one percent on Mali is true couse west Africa generated from Mail
@RaMahUganda9 жыл бұрын
sorry this is so late.... but I will tell you that you can proudly feel African example there are still words we use here in America that are totally African. .. like Yam, that is an African word. and massa the word we believed to be from ignorance ... and from our unablility to learn. is actually a Hebrew word that can be found in the Strongs CONCORDANCE and is from a 4000 year old language and means oppressor. .. those are just a couple words. Papa, Mama, Banana, Banjo, Okra, I'm sure you already know this. I've took it upon myself to learn and start using the Gullah Creole. we all should!
@SiiLLYBaBBiiE9 жыл бұрын
You look soo Nigerian ! Yoruba to be precise
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
SiiLLYBaBBiiE I have been told that several times, thanks for sharing :)
@RONIDC19798 жыл бұрын
i looked at you and was like she is nigerian...lol
@afromolukker10 жыл бұрын
Great descriptive Video! Interesting you had ancestors that could've been your husband's neighbor in Ghana! Check out my results video!
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Gerry Isaac Williams I know, I love that possibility. Thank you so much for watching and commenting :-)
@DNADiasporaNews9 жыл бұрын
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@apgeneticgenealogylover2049 жыл бұрын
DNA Tested Africans Hi, I'm just now seeing you. Can I join you?
@DNADiasporaNews9 жыл бұрын
APgeneticgenealogy lover You sure can!!
@shadrachfrimpong97596 жыл бұрын
Even you do have a Ghanaian name 🇬🇭, so you are a Ghanaian
@Randomvirusprime8 жыл бұрын
5 minutes of talk just just to get the reaults
@vixxy0210 жыл бұрын
You look Yoruba!
@karaheem029 жыл бұрын
beautiful
@TRUTHTEACHER20079 жыл бұрын
You do look very Nigerian.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+TRUTHTEACHER2007 Thank you, so many people have said that on this video so I guess it is official, hahaha.
@jcmillionairevibez589710 жыл бұрын
look legit
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
Jass Black I think so!
@TRUTHTEACHER20079 жыл бұрын
You need to dig a little deeper into Afro American folk culture and you will find the African roots. Unlike Africans from the continent your ancestors came from all over, therefore you have a mixture of different African cultures. They created a new culture because of the circumstances. Dig and you will find them.
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
+TRUTHTEACHER2007 Thanks for sharing.
@NamuBang9 жыл бұрын
+TRUTHTEACHER2007 Even Africans from the continent are mixed because of intermarriage and free movement that used to happen before the artificial borders were slapped on us during the Scramble for Africa
@TRUTHTEACHER20079 жыл бұрын
FikiNom Well yes, considering how you define mixed. Africans do have different physical characteristics and when they migrated they intermarried with people who had different traits. Like when you looked at Mandela you could see that he had Koisan traits from the shape of his eyes and his cheek bones.
@TRUTHTEACHER20079 жыл бұрын
FikiNom But with regards to culture though the slave trade brought people together from vastly different regions on a scale that was unprecedented. In the past, people would absorb a few individuals into their society, so more or less they were adopted into the group and took on the identity of the majority. With Afro Americans it tended to happen more on an individual basis and even when you did have large groups in an area, they were all forced to create a new culture because they were all uprooted. For example, in Cuba you would have areas where Yorubas were dominant, but significant amounts of Congos brought in as well. So they blended aspects of the two cultures while also adapting to the pressures of the Spanish colonial culture.
@NamuBang9 жыл бұрын
+TRUTHTEACHER2007 I mean yes that is common sense but I am not talking stature or culture, more tribes - blood. Yes Mandela, by virtue of being Xhosa, is part Khoisan and that is the mixing I am talking about. Khoisans are already a mix of the San and the KhoiKhoi people. Adapting cultures is secondary to one's makeup. I am of two tribes and different cultural rites were used when I was getting married, for example, and when I had my first born. I also had to observe my husband's rites which are way different from what my people do. That however does not take way from who I am bloodwise.
@abdulrasakejiwumi21355 жыл бұрын
You look 100% Yoruba I actually thought you are one before watching the video
@africaisnotonefacialfeatur94819 жыл бұрын
this is so weird that u never thought ud be nigerian. when i look at u all i see is west african. i would have guessed ghanain first, liberian or siera leon then nigerian. if i met u an u didnt speak thats what i would think u were. thats what i think of all african americans before they speak. then the accent gives it away
@EboneeDebrah9 жыл бұрын
return2tribal culture Very cool, thanks you so much for leaving this comment.
@JamesOsigweedoyakaa10 жыл бұрын
confusion inc .
@EboneeDebrah10 жыл бұрын
James Osigwe Your comment has me confused as well.
@JamesOsigweedoyakaa10 жыл бұрын
Hahaaaaa , ya i am confused about the DNA thing .
@annbxutube10 жыл бұрын
James Osigwe Brother, if you are confused about DNA testing I am willing to help guide you. No charge, no strings. I just want to assist people in finding out who they are. We have been blinded so long and this DNA science is showing us so much but many find it confusing and do not understand what all the numbers and places mean. What would you like to have more understanding on?