DNA Reveal show with Rock Newman

[@Pursuitoftruth1000]

You're still our brotha...................Thanks for your contribution to the community!

[@queenriri9393]

Nikita Nichols he's white

[@hashimmuhammad6674]

Fr nothin but love for rock Newman

[@nickb3345]

He is not my Brotha Muthafcka is a White man.

[@IntellectuallyAstute]

He really hated to take that L! You could detect that he REALLY wanted to be of African Descent.

[@zulu_Warrior]

Introverted Empath right!

[@josefel3761]

Rock is cool as far as I know of, but you can see they were trying best to ease him Into the results. Rock your heart and mind is the important factors Big Brother!

[@kjshakurrn]

Word!!!!

[@JackyHapy]

I’m not sure he was disappointed, he knows he’s mostly European but he acknowledges his “20%” and is clearly proud if it.

[@mts4428]

I'm sure his family made him realize his blackness.

[@historyonthego]

He seems disappointed that he is not more black. Look at his face when he was told both maternal and paternal was European. He kept stuttering.

[@ilovelife3328]

@@historyonthego It's kind of hard when you are raised a certain way and identify with how you are raised for your entire life. Some of the family members that Rock is related to identify solely as Piscataway but others identify as African American.

[@historyonthego]

@@ilovelife3328 Race classification is stress that come from politics, America has the a very strong race divide everyone choose a box regardless that of the biology of the person. Ray is more white then black, yet he and some of his family grow up as African Americans why can’t people just be people. His disregarded 80% of his heritage, because of politics it’s not his fault it’s America’s history. But you right it’s their culture

[@ilovelife3328]

@@historyonthego Right. I'm African American and I am probably distant kin to Rock so I know why he identifies the way he does. That is America for you. Blame One Drop Rule and Jim Crow. This mindset is firmly ingrained in the older generationally mixed population because there was only one way to identify in those days if you were a person of color.

[@trumpsdantichrist164]

I am Rock Newman's colour but I am 82% African and 18% European, so you cannot know just by colour alone

[@cyborgzulu2011]

True that. I'm mixed but i can imagine how people look at you all crazy. People be crazy and judgy.

[@PsychicMedium4747]

Ya because most of your white dna reflected in your skin tone that’s why. But do you have his hair texture and light eyes????

[@PsychicMedium4747]

Doris Latimore Johnson yes you are right

[@ahmedhowell2190]

Facts bro

[@starlyght_illumine144]

We love you Rock, u are one of us!

[@imari2305]

Our Black is beautiful no matter the skin color. Peace and love Brother Rock!!

[@kjshakurrn]

Word !!!!

[@PsychicMedium4747]

mixed is what it is....dont get it twisted

[@WaxDat8800]

Richard Myles you got it twisted. He’s black.

[@richardmyles8237]

@@WaxDat8800 NBo he is mixed race....you would not call a cat half tiger and half lion a tiger? Its a Liger. The Rock is MIXED race but more white...stop claiming mixed race people to make yourself look and feel better. If you were proud to be black you would not dare claim white genes...but you do because you want to be mixed race.

[@yongewok]

YES beauty its a mindset more than a colour, many say a melinated individual can have a "white" mind

[@MotivationalPhilosopher]

When you know where you from and are connected with your roots as a people, you do better because you gain a sense of pride and honor that you feel obligated to up hold. Power to African Ancestry. #coachMP

[@ladybug77]

Make sense but also make me think why my so called father put me on block when I asked him for a DNA test 🧬👀😑 Is it safe to assume that my own father trying to hold me back from growth 🤔🥺🤕

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

@@ladybug77 How sad indeed for your Father & i'm sorry you had to endure any untruths, by not being told truth, or even denied encouragement, to dig deep into your ancestry via taking a dna test. You can now choose to take your dna test and that is completely up to you, should you choose to take one. You'll be ten times richer in knowledge, to be told truth about you and your ancestral past, than to live under the shadow of clouds and hitting walls within a dead end street. Take care and Peace

[@hip-hopDNA]

How is he an ally? I'm serious...

[@julianolan2860]

Thank you for this careful and caring interview/interaction! Hailing from Australia here, another emigrant country carrying considerable burden of shame to indigenous Australians and the forced migration of poor and convicted people of the British Isles. The questions and pace made it very easy to understand and the respectful tone helped reduce the stress many would experience being confronted with our shared humanity. Congratulations and all blessings from Julia Nolan

[@chadtep7571]

It's hilarious to see that people are surprised to know that Rock Newman had predominately European ancestry. He doesn't even look remotely black. However he is an ally and some of ya'll need to recognize that.

[@vincem2759]

"ally"? Rock Newman doesn't need to ask youtube commenters for permission to be black.

[@chriswellz5993]

I wouldn't say ally, he's black. And I don't mean that in a skin classification sense, but in a cultural sense. The man sees the world as a black man, not a white man.

[@chadtep7571]

+Chris Wellz I like this rebuttal.

[@9175rock]

Chad Tep He does look Black.

[@9175rock]

Chris Wellz There is a reason why he considers himself Black. Most White men dont just walk around calljng thenselves Black.

[@winluvwinluv3734]

I felt his pain you could see it on his face, I am glad he was at least 20% black.

[@lenjon7478]

Traveling Guy In old USA laws he ( and everyone with that high percentage black African DNA ) would have been registered as black if his great grand parents and parents had been honest to the government. Nowadays the skincolor is the way to determine if you are white or not. In older days its was te percentage of mixing

[@nkosistrainbullies5806]

@@lenjon7478 thats called the 1 drop rule. We aren't in him crow anymore. He can claim his 20% no one can deny him that. As long as he keeps doing the work to help the 20% he claims then hes alright with me.

[@chuckybonty4191]

20 percent is a lot though

[@mummoniq7950]

@Traveling Guy He believe he is - That is all that matters.

[@kjersey6781]

You felt his pain fool he was hoping they didn't say he had any black in him didn't you hear him say his white family didn't want him to have any black in him.

[@Airwane]

DNA Reveal 22:24 saving you time! your welcome

[@Airwane]

i don't why he always though he was black. by looking at him his white! with 80% white man you white!

[@thecharlieL]

+Airwane for real! I knew he was mostly white with a sprinkling of African blood.

[@Airwane]

i didn't know him untill i saw some of his video on youtube and i was asking myself why he always interview Black people and on of the video he was "we balck" I was like does he know he white? and i was i mean if he's mixe may be but he look so white he might just accept it that he is white

[@IntellectuallyAstute]

Same here!

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@Airwane Thanks

[@ErinLivesHere]

He's still blacker than Rachel Dolezal. 1❤

[@FASBLAQUE]

lmao

[@FASBLAQUE]

What you got against Shaun?

[@CraftyLadyLinda]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha I just choked on my cookie.

[@TravelWright22]

lol

[@FASBLAQUE]

Kace N All whites have some trace of Black or Asian in them. You could not survive on this planet if you didn't. What? The sun would burn you up!

[@meegra5988]

This a very interesting program. I found this lady commentator on Sis Circle she was explaining DNA and tribes. But now I'm confident and proud of my ancestry. I'm 68 percent black 28 percent European. My dad is dark my mom is lighter than Mr Newman. I've dark blue eyes. My DNA was shocking and exciting. Thank you.

[@butterfly30llc48]

One of my favorite interviews ever... i really enjoy these two!! Rooting for what this means for US and us!

[@tahmirpatterson6838]

Rock Newman your respected and forever a brother

[@floraOTv]

We love you!!

[@vivianwadida3292]

Thank you Rock Newman for very good questions. I like these Geneticists so much. I have been watching Dr. Gina the whole day today. I am an African watching at home in Kenya. I wish they can take some tests here in Africa. We are also quite diverse like African Americans. I don't think there is one African who can say they purely belong to only one particular tribe because our Ancestors really migrated and inter-married within the continent. Bottom line...the whole world is one big family, no one is pure. This is God's good intention to kill discrimination.

[@ms3d921]

The best comment by far. When the Lord mixed up the languages in Babel that was real.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

Excellent comment my dear sister. Take care and Peace.

[@jelezulu4707]

But we're still Africans and black even though we mixed different tribes

[@africaine4889]

​@@jelezulu4707yep. Very african

[@ryanallison9307]

I felt bad for Rock Newman because he looked shocked. His heart was set on being at least 50% black.

[@natashaduncan8747]

20% is a lot

[@KamalasNotLikeUs]

How would that be possible? Blk Americans (descendants of slaves) are not 100% anything, so the term "biracial" when one is born of one of us is a divisive misnomer. We're all multiracial. Obama is "biracial" because his father is not Blk American; on the other hand, Meghan Markle is not "biracial." Guitarist Slash (of GnR) and actor Wentworth Miller present as "white guys" because their mothers are Blk Americans, multiracial themselves, which means their children will have more Caucasian genes than "Blk" ones. (I use quotes here because this term, as it applies to genetic origin, is a misnomer.)

[@ikke2757]

@@natashaduncan8747 Is a person with 20% European and 80% Black DNA, White? If not, then this man is White! Simple!

[@senebobo1007]

This guy is a very good interviewer

[@lovesonmyside2184]

I agree, I love the fashion in which he interviews. It's like he Educated, but interview with all the right questions that anyone would ask.

[@thelabnificentmediagroup4832]

Obviously Rock is mostly white... But who would've know that he was 20% Sub-Saharan African...? Shout out to Rock Newman...

[@lanceflx63]

What the hell is "Sub-Saharan" African? No such place.

[@thelabnificentmediagroup4832]

+lanceflx63 You're right... It's just a reference that certain people use to refer to the original African...

[@thatboyjordancool]

+Fatuma Mohamud you say Arabs didn't conquer you but yet you have an Arab name

[@RealDynamite]

Umm That is a NO BRAINER !!! Sub Saharan is a geographical location referring to those African Territories / Nations that are located beneath the Sahara Desert, which is the desert found mainly in the Northern Region. Hence "SUB" & "Saharan" ?? It's like saying "Below the Equator" "Across the River" "Down Town" "Below the Sahara" . Yes. A REAL geographical reference.

[@9175rock]

The LabNificent Media Group Why is he Obviously mostly white, cause he's light? There are light skinned Black ppl.

[@MrResearcher122]

Rock Newman= the black Orson Welles.

[@drillz1698]

Rock Newman= Andrew Carnegie Carroll O'Connor

[@medusa1340]

🤣

[@MrTocksick]

Her jacket is fire though.

[@TommyTomTompkins]

Grimm Jones gucci'?

[@doreenchindezwa6319]

I couldn't take my eyes of it. Rest of jacket is jean and collar and sleeves are African print. Was thinking to ask where she got it, but realised it is 4 years ago.

[@tripleblackgoddess3xswarth149]

The Doctors were very courteous.😉

[@S3TRED]

The grandfather wants to forget, what the grandson wants to remember. Many of us don't know our genealogical ancestors. It's super hard finding records prior to 1870 census.

[@johnwebb2442]

True.

[@malaikamckee-culpepper261]

This brotha right here!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH I LOVED this show! Thank you so much for your honesty, humor and curiosity.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

I wish to add, Thank you Dr Rick Kittles and Gina Paige, for creating African Ancestry dna testing. It's awesome and although i've yet to take my test, i've watched many Africans and African Americans discussing their amazing & interesting results. It's understandably appears, such an emotional experience & i always feel so happy/joyful for the person in question. It's so wonderful & it's great for all these people, to find out much more about their respective ancestry. They absolutely deserve to know & why shouldn't they?! It's good to know where our roots hail, bec it helps us to feel more so "whole", when we have an ancestral place to call "home". For many Africans globally & specifically Africans within the Caribbean & the US, they don't know, for the most part, whereby their ancestors hail from. It's critical to know where our ancestors hail & every human being, regardless of skin shade, religion, etc;, has that human right. Thanks for sharing. Peace to all.

[@MissNophi2U]

MissNophi2UWhy are people saying he is not black, like he's not black at all. The test basically said he is about a fourth African, which makes sense if his mom is a product of a black american and a white woman, or two mixed parents. It probably means he has a black grandparent, since his maternal test showed European ancestry, and most black Americans have European ancestry too. Many families probably wouldn't identify with that black grandparent, but his family does. Many mixed people identify as black so it would make sense that he, and his mom, see themselves as black. It's all part of the African Diaspora story.

[@mjv8084]

If I’m 20% white and 80% black, would you call me white?

[@jenniewatterson9111]

I was rivetted...fantastic education right here for free and I love it! This is the education that could change our world...so share it, spread it around...Jennie, Canada

[@tepitutu]

WOW this is the best dna show i have watched so far. i have learned a lot about this subject.

[@kalifornia_sincitizen943]

I knew this wasn’t going to go well when the photo of his mother was shown 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@PomegranatePublisher]

"Going well" is a matter of perspective. For a lot of black people finding out theyre 80% white would be a great result, if theyre honest. Hell, they spend more time discussing their 20% non african than they do their 80% african

[@kalifornia_sincitizen943]

@@PomegranatePublisher a lot of black people wouldn’t be happy with 80% European dna - you just watched a video, where one was not happy with his results. If a black person has 80% European dna, then that person isn’t black.

[@rashlarashla]

​@@kalifornia_sincitizen943 we sure wouldn't

[@kalifornia_sincitizen943]

@@rashlarashla exactly! I don’t know what the hell that clown is talking about!

[@MadameLadyM]

I felt sorry for Rock. I hope he isn't too disappointed.

[@marcusjones1688]

He may have light skin (albino)but i can tell he has a black heart.remember all huemans on plant earth were dark as night.

[@youbitchescantevenspellpra6343]

@@marcusjones1688 he is not albino hes MIXED 💀

[@powpow9560]

@@marcusjones1688 A black heart? Pahahaha

[@charlescarter4608]

@Michele Thomas Wow. So ridiculous. They're not Black because you disagree with their political views? I guess Massa Biden was right, if you don't vote for him, you ain't black. Ppl like You are the problem.

[@Flashy9824]

Mixed with what? We all were generated from African women who were dark as night!!

[@ericdoziermusic]

And by the way, check out all of the phenotypes in Africa and you will see that we don't have to be mixed to be of a lighter hue or get straight hair.

[@FASBLAQUE]

Uh uh. The reason for that is because the white man started breeding with Africans way before US even began. They were doing it there first. The real reason is too deep for you so I will not discuss it here.

[@ericdoziermusic]

Terry Keith too deep for who...the people on the panel:)

[@FASBLAQUE]

Eric Dozier Maybe, but if you knew you would have already said it and you,didn't.

[@GabriellaGabrielle]

Oh please Terry, do not speak upon things you do not know. Africa is the cradle of Mankind, so it does not need any mixer to have different phenotype's.

[@FASBLAQUE]

LaBelleCongolese The white man taught you that, didn't he? Africa is the cradle of (hue) (man) kind not mankind you slow minded miss Lizzie! You believe any dumb thing they tell you. You go to college but learn how to use your brain to think as opposed to allowing them to tell you what to think. Wake up stupid!

[@TheAmerEthioQueen]

My son’s paternal great-grandma is from the same part of MD...same last name as him. Hey, family! So, he is multi-generationally mixed at least two, maybe three generations. I love African Ancestry, Gina and Dr. Kittles; they broke it completely down for him.

[@josevasquez4080]

Would your son family call themselves black?

[@Davanillaguerrilla]

My mom was good friends w some of his family. I have baby pics of me w them I was always aware that his family wasn't exactly "white" .. they have a different look to them. Like a caribbean look almost. One day I asked my mom what his family was She told me "mixed." This was back in the 90s. Him having die hard native Americans in his family is true too. 😂😂😂 I think it's the Piscataway tribe if I'm not mistaken.

[@timing9163]

*"ROCK"* Is Definitely *"Bound Culturally"* By "His Choice", *AND* "Ours" (Black Community) *"To Us"* ...😚😘👍

[@PomegranatePublisher]

Choice? The only people making a choice are those black people who can actually pass

[@dreywilliams8807]

European descent doesn't necessarily denote "fair complexion"...or does it? Just like African ancestry doesn't necessarily denote "dark complexion" right?

[@FamilyTravelDevotion]

Drey Williams correct because Africans can create all shades

[@umaguriaveraz2834]

Yes

[@nickb3345]

Yea your right to an extent

[@kedronmarsh1773]

That’s the difference between genotype and phenotype. Genotypes are dna strands that actually determines racial makeup. Phenotype is skin color, hair color, hair texture etc. they are not one in the same

[@corazoncubano5372]

@@kedronmarsh1773 Many people have difficulty understanding this Heck, many people still have trouble differentiating between race, ethnicity, and culture.

[@MindRegulatorMusic]

How is it that I am just now seeing the entirety of this interview? I see where I began some time ago. I must have been interrupted. You are one of our sages, Mr. Newman. I'll continue to look forward to your posts.

[@LndnJazzHour]

Most of my Grandfather's family look like Rock, I am from the Caribbean. I can see he is mxd, depends what you are used to.

[@thecharlieL]

I got an AncestryDNA test done but I can’t wait to do it again with THIS company. 🙌🏾

[@stevenpringle9225]

Were you not satisfied? You're just asking to be more confused than before. Just my opinion.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

@@stevenpringle9225 This company is excellent! There's nothing confusing with dna, bec it is what it is. It's people not accepting/believing their results, that's the real issue. As the saying goes....Our family can lie, but our dna does not.

[@nixonmanuel6459]

You're confusing ethnicity with genetics. He is 100% ethnically and culturally African-American, but others in his family resonate more with White-American etc. They are all correct. He's old-school mixed, which meant you picked one.

[@omgmazin]

DNA ancestry is important for any black in america who is oblivious to they're history.

[@jenniferjohnson2014]

maziin wendhu you are so right about that. ..people hear all these stories but the truth was in that DNA test (saliva swab )..81 % African and and the rest was split with European and Indigenous ppl...my brother did same test and his had 3 percent east asian...now we are saving for the ancestry test (it's way more in depth) we got this on Groupon for 69$...I am so happy that I did and can't wait to see what region my ancestors are from.

[@beauttty072]

Yea mostly blacks think they are just AFrican American and knows nothing about their African decent. They do no even know the meaning of being an AFrican, or Africa smh

[@omgmazin]

beauttty072 that's not the case with most,you have to realize that we were pschologically separated from That,then had to rediscover ourselves, coming into being woke.

[@caribbeanraised6084]

then they going to sell our dna to white ppl so they can do study deadly diseases to kill us!!!

[@followmewithjesuschristwit437]

Let talk brother on whatsapp [phone], on Facebook David kobina hagan

[@kjshakurrn]

I was so excited when I saw the color coded map, I started crying out of joy !!!!!

[@marioantoniolawrencesr.8371]

Rock you are like Moses, choosing to suffer with God's people!!! Thank you rock for inviting Dr. Paige and Dr. Kittles to the show, what anele opener!!!

[@yahya4370]

I felt so bad for him, he was having a hard time wrapping his mind around possibly being full European 😂

[@ETANI83]

I really want to start a nonprofit that does these test for 8th graders. Why 8th? Because highschoolers tease African Natives when they should realize we are one.

[@Afrometa]

Tani You really should

[@hooray718]

Part 1... Part 2 take the kids to Africa. Lets link up and work on it. Im in.

[@anjanaokwuma9128]

This would be great!!! My daughter was just in a big brawl in school, (defending her friend who is African) Africans vs. African American, It was so sad. African Americans, really need to know how, and why they are here. Also, that they are African, hence the title "African" American

[@EFWrightSr]

In these times , if black Americans don’t reconnect learn and familiarize themselves with their global families long before then ~ you’re going to have a lot more than teasing to worry

[@smpage09]

Africans are known to look down on ADOS

[@beeez9261]

African genes are the most dominant ✊🏿go Rock

[@JLDReactions]

@Bee Ez This man is not black. Let's stop trying to desperately claim almost white people to feel better about being black.

[@stevenpringle9225]

Proof is in Hudson. Although he's 80% white. 20% of black still dominates.

[@wendigo1919]

@@stevenpringle9225 You two make no sense.

[@zitmo1]

love ya Rock! but the look on that ladies face as she said his paternal dna was European also was priceless!

[@mzs4tay]

I think the most fascinating part of this is that SO MANY TIMES, our oral histories are "altered" to please the situation....and it becomes our "truth"

[@davidthompson2670]

SHOUTOUT to Mr. Newman....Off top though, when I saw those family photos...it was clear as day that he is predominantly a white man. And im damn sure that he knew as well...but that numerical evidence sealed the deal. Kinda hurt to see that shock on his face. Damn!

[@jaypaladin-havesmartswilll5508]

I learned so much and laughed so hard during this interview. I appreciate the discussion and briefing on DNA of people and in particularly about black Americans.

[@AA-bl6sg]

As a Hungarian, this was a really fascinating discussion to watch. From a European perspective Rock Newman would pass as one of us with most people, but there would be a minority, including me, that would recognize the somewhat recognizable Sub-Saharan African facial features he carries. Now about with what race he identifies with is his personal freedom to choose, but I also believe that it's not very fair to yourself to downplay and ignore a great part of who you biologically actually are as a person.

[@stegman]

These results are not a surprise to anyone who simply takes a look at this guy.

[@dmrwaallen9588]

I beg the difference factually...I'm him in colour however, I'm 75% afrikan 20% lenni Lenape tribe heritage and the rest european which I don't talk about ...

[@justinwaltower9454]

First time seeing this KZbin page....... & Rock is killing them with these questions, I loved it, an very entertaining! I just subscribed sir!

[@12sisters1bride7]

The intellectual conversation was exceptional.Mr.Newman was not above make it apparent of the need for layman terms.i appreciate how the technical explaination was broken down to a level i now can understand.thank you all for a great show👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@NevthaChefGaming]

I'm late on this but that lady is looking like... "He's not going to like these results" rock was one of the first transrace person but I see his African pushing thru keeping pushing "brotha".

[@rcafmaintainer3723]

A lot of black people in the states, would rather admit or be favorable to having Native American than European, but you can't deny who you are biologically.

[@metafouric]

This whole conversation is an interrogation of our country's history and continued practice of white supremacy - wow. Dr. Gina Paige and Dr. Rick Kittles keep on doing your thing. Wow.

[@ms3d921]

When he brought up the one drop rule.... was so proud. Let em know. God/Jesus is Black ALLL day long. The scripture speaks it: Hair was like wool and feet the color of brass(summarized).

[@rmmoss3800]

Watch Hidden Colors 4 about the Maryland area during the slavery era

[@IAMAGOD1982]

Raymond Morales your a hater🤡

[@MamiRicaaaa]

Living and having ancestry deep in maryland we know this yo be true Rose it was a very valid.

[@doseofdesi926]

There are so many and I cant tinder tht episode....ugh

[@Neverknownone]

@Raymond Morales prove it

[@moonwave8191]

Rock, when I first looked at you, I said to myself, he's black. DNA test results are shocking. I laughed at your facial expressions when she revealed your test. I assumed I was 75-80% African before my DNA testing. I'm 50 % African/47% European. I'd love to have African Ancestry perform a new test. I'm interested in discovering which area my family is located, in Africa. Thanks for posting this video.

[@MercyAlwyz23]

My husband is like 35% European! I told him his number might be high because many of the older people in his family look white! He was still not happy with it and he insist these tests are a lie! 🤷‍♀️ I’m nervous to take the African Ancestry test though! I saw a KZbinr named Nia who only has 6% European but her maternal line ended up European! It just made me realize you can look black (like her) and still have maternal European!

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

​@@MercyAlwyz23 Interesting. From what i've witnessed many times over, many Caucasian/European people do not accept what they truly are (if any African dna is showing), bec they don't want to be associated with anything 'non-white" which is so very shameful, sad & even disturbing. If truth be known, it's much easier for our relatives to lie and our ancestors to have lied, but when a dna test confirms something about our dna, our ancestry, this is not a lie. It's what current science tells us and it's based upon truth, not lies. Science won't lie, but our family's words can certainly be based around shame and ensuing lies. We must all be more educated, to know that there's only one race, the human race and we're all much more similar, than we are different. We all share just over 99% of our DNA, albeit a small genetic variation for each of us. Also, there's much beauty, in every possible way, within African and non-Caucasian culture. European historians wrote many wrongs regarding African peoples, their ancestry, their genetics, their intellect and their everything pretty much. Africa possesses much more genetic variation than within all of Europe. And even more importantly, contrary to popular belief, African's don't all look the same! Just like any other ethnic group, from North to South Africa, there are many outer variations, pertaining to their human physical characteristics. I laugh when people "choose with genuine interest" to take their dna test, then when they receive their results and it does not line up with what they wanted to see, or with their own ill perceived ideologies & expectations, they then have the audacity to get upset and say, "Oh this is so not true". Or they say something like, "This test is absolute garbage, etc;". We humans are very funny and complex creatures, yet, we do not have to be, but we for whatever reason/s, "choose" to be. All the best and Cheers.

[@Davanillaguerrilla]

Facts I knew some of his family personally and they all look like that that I've seen..They do have "white" people in their family... but its not the type of white people everybody is thinking lol

[@Davanillaguerrilla]

​@@MercyAlwyz23yeah I think one side of rock Newman's family is black. Newman is almost like "Smith" or "Johnson" or "Jones" where you have both black and white families named that and it probably comes from slavery but the truth is... they are family.

[@Haterzarefans]

Slavery was crazy....the average slave was sold many times in their lifetime and relocated all over the damn place.

[@nattygirldred]

We are truly a special MIXED people. 💜

[@KintoriaWilson]

It's okay Rock! You're still a Brother to me! At the end of the day, we are all one people. I still love the work you've done/do for us. Good tan though. Lol.

[@kimc5390]

Kintoria Wilson If you consider him a brother you are a complete fool.

[@corazoncubano5372]

I consider him a brother too.

[@teclamerritt5642]

Kim Hill I

[@saroyafanniel8932]

Thanks for this round table discussion...I really appreciated the last ten minutes about the deconstruction of race. It truly speaks to the issues regarding DNA that scientists do not want to deal with -- publicly. Race is a sociopolitical and economic concept that has nothing to do with being human; we all have 98% similar DNA as was said. DNA testing first began within the scholastic and research affiliations to study human kind's kick-of point and subsequent ancient migratory patterns. As with everything else developed by governments and universities, after they were done playing with it, private and university labs started marketing basic testing to the general public as a service. The small amount of DNA that is different *can* distinguish you from someone else, unless they are from the same family as you. Forensics uses a 'DNA Profiling' process called 'variable number tandem repeats' (VNTRs) to isolate markers. It's configuration is considered unique in a manner which is similar to how fingerprints are. These retail Admixture tests for mtDNA (the people on your paternal or maternal grandmother's side) only tell you the migratory locations of those people, related to your grandmothers, that you share markers with. Two vastly different scenarios and the mtDNA test is only good for narrowing down the search for people who may be related to you. And even the DNA Profiling isn't tracking a person down, it's just ruling out whether the spit on a glass is yours or someone else's, and that gets blown out the window if the spit is from a person related to you. So you'd end up doing additional testing (such as paternal DNA). I mean, it has its useful aspects, yet it's not some be all to end all procedure for establishing 'ethnicity' by any means - and 'ethnicity' simply refers to where, in the World, you came from. The silliness of race becomes apparent with genetics since the only difference, between someone being 'Black' or 'White', is the amount of melanin that your DNA instructs genes to produce in your skin. It's absurd to even consider it as significant to anything connected to intelligence, skills or other capabilities. Race is just another control tool employed to distract and detract from the real issues of economic disparity, bias and xenophobia. There still remains a huge gap between what scientists know and don't, or even understand, about the Human Genome. A great deal of it has to do with being stumped by so called 'junk DNA' and mainstream academia's refusal to consider the metaphysical and Spiritual aspects of it (but that's a whole *other* story - lol). *The Truth of reality is, we are all one Human family sharing a common experience* . Everything is connected; separation is the illusion. So much of what we experience has been manipulated and orchestrated yet how disarming would it be for those sociopath 'designers' if we stopped playing in their game by casting off all the arbitrary boxes they made to fit our differences? What would happen if we celebrated one another, each as we are, instead of bickering about these petty concerns? What if we shared with one another instead of falling for the the "Ole American Grit" or "Get Mine" memes and sound bites. That would be *truly* revolutionary. -----------------------------------------------------

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

Wow! What an amazing response!! You deserve ten times the likes! I hope you don't mind, if i copy/paste your comment, for my own personal perusal? I ask you, bec your comment struck an immediate chord with me. I also typed a number of very lengthy msgs via this comments section. Do check mine out also, if you feel like it. Thanks for sharing your interesting & intelligent views. We need more open minded people like you in this world, as you speak truth, specifically from a historical context & i do agree with your sentiments. Take care and Peace to you.

[@djuniversoul1478]

the mixing was rape

[@GuardianoftheGoldenStool]

DJ Universoul It wasn’t always rape. Blacks also had children with white indentured servants. For Rock Newman to have a white foremother on his direct maternal lineage in the video it’s obviously she was more than likely an indentured servant. Also there were biracials who were sold as slaves from West Africa being the children of marital unions of European men & black women on West Africa’s coasts. Spanish, Portuguese & Portuguese Jewish men often wives on West Africa’s coasts, but also the English, Dutch, French, Swedes, and Danes. In the New World there were often concubinage situations of emancipated black women who produced children with white men in full blown love affairs, and there was placage culture in Louisiana. I am NOT idealizing or romanticizing anything, but the record sure needed to be set straight.

[@jussjess2829]

DJ Universoul speak on it !

[@GuardianoftheGoldenStool]

Why ignorance is so popular in our(African Americans)culture. I can’t believe 30 people liked that initial comment that does not expound upon the entire truth. Far more people liked the comment opposed to those that actually thwarted this half truth.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

I love this show, i love this episode, the people, the stories, the music, everything! Rock Newman, you're awesome, so too, Dr Rick Kittles & Gina Paige. Such an interesting subject & so good to delve deep & learn more about our human genetics & similarities, rather than our differences, which by & large, is not that great anyway. I think i've watched this episode approx 8 times over! haha It's that good. In ref to menopause, i doubt very much, that menopause would at all affect ones dna results. How do i know this? I am around that age & my dna test results have come back very normal, very accurate, so far as current science will allow. My dna matches well with my parents, so it's pretty much all in line with what we do know about our very diverse ancestry. Gina Paige is so adorable!! Thank you for sharing & please keep bringing us more wonderful, interesting & fun content. Peace to all.

[@yveherbert7494]

I really like Rock but he needs a hug 🤗

[@Blackgodamen26]

I am very happy to know my Black family original Ancestry that dates back to the late 1700s to the present. Having great pride and undisputable facts 💯 is phenomenal✊🏿👍🏿

[@maumausigma]

He had to know he was European. I can tell he’s shook up.

[@lovesonmyside2184]

Yes he is but knows where he belongs and that is with Black people.

[@caribbeanraised6084]

i was looking wondering

[@Yna-u3g]

Yes, he knew, but that 20 percent validates the blackness he's been claiming his entire life

[@MsJae-sf2hf]

You Go Rock!! My Brotha!

[@TheDefiAddicts]

Great work ! one day I hope we are all not judged from the outside but in the inside

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

A great point bro! So true! All the best to you & take care.

[@PsychicMedium4747]

Come on Rock...you should have known that you were mostly white. Being mixed can also be those who have parents whom are both mixed. Mixed means mixed...but I am really surprised that you did not know this! Africa is super diverse but not all Africans are black people. North Africans are berbers and closer to Southern European people and even Arabs. East Africans have lots of Arab lineage. It shows up in their ancestry dna results. Cape verdians are also multigenerational mixed race people. West African Bantu people are usually black with little to no admixture and they all look black with very dark Skin, 4 C hair, and various facial bone structure. Light skin and non 4 type hair is usually indicative of racial mixture. Rock Newman cannot be that ignorant to think he was a black African when I cannot think of one tribe that looks anything like him smh. Rock you are white with some African black ancestry. Your not even 50/50.

[@johndean5036]

I really believe he thought he was closer to 50/50. The black in him must be strong lol.

[@TheAmerEthioQueen]

Wow, Richard, this is one comment I have seen of yours on KZbin that I actually agree with...🤣😊☺️

[@lovesonmyside2184]

He was hoping do his Cultural background.

[@Neverknownone]

He knew. This some Rachel dolazol shit

[@drillz1698]

@@Neverknownone LOL!!!

[@pcraig1383]

Great show Rock. Your Trump joke was hilarious. This company is highly commendable for destroying the samples instead of selling it.

[@morningmidnight9398]

No one needs the samples, all is needed is the data itself and from that any lab company can replicate the dna

[@123bigr]

Say what you want, but Newman ask some great questions.

[@barbara5936]

Rock Newman is a Black Man he just took the light white color from his ancestors, my DNA is opposite 80% African and 20% European. I have a Beautiful Black Mother and a Light skin Dad. Love the show Rock.

[@RBG1st]

That was just utterly ridiculous what you just said. At the end of the day he's a White man. Stop inviting europeans to the cookout

[@islayuroba2659]

Before I learnt of this organisation I sent my DNA test to an organisation who sent my DNA to a lab in Israel, to my utter chagrin, and only discovered after the result of the test. When I challenged them asking why Israel, they in invited me to a conference in The Netherlands, wanting to pay for flight and accommodation. Of course I declined. Quite suspicious, but it left me extremely concerned about what they've done with my DNA without my permission. The reality is everything single thing is about race! It's in our DNA! The WS made it so. The black community is the WS play ground. We live in their world!

[@akapam57]

BRANDYWINE MD .Very familiar with this area. Very common their. Also a lot of inter marrying among people related to each other.

[@tomjoad4551]

Lol, you just had to say that? Yo, that is hilarious.

[@helena8274]

I am from a mixed race family here in Africa. Dad and Mum both mixed, so we are mixed race, we somehow married mixed race people, our children are mixed race. However some cousins married black African so we refer to their kids as quarters (meaning quarter European), those who married White people we call their kids point 75 ( meaning quarter African). Those who have married fellow mixed race people, we refer to their kids as (point 5) meaning 50 50.🥰 I tell you we are the proudest family you ever met. Most importantly we acknowledge that black and white is in our DNA. Rock you are from a beautiful family. Never forget the brave African ancestors (20% in you) who survived slave trade, because of them you are here.

[@tmsfrequency7848]

That's how my family is. We come from a long line of mixed people (5 or 6 generations straight with not one fully black or fully white person). But in the 60s half of the family had children with a Black spouse and half had children with a white spouse. Fast forward to today, I descend from the Black branch of the family tree (you wouldn't know I have European ancestry unless I told you). But I have cousins who are phenotypically white and you wouldn't know they had African ancestry unless they told you.

[@BronzeSista]

Rock is what most people call generational mix, which usually carries much more European genetics than biracial b/w mix. My husband is also generational mix like Rock. He comes from a community of people who have been mixing with Black, Indian and white, but are classified as Black. I think the Indian part is questionable.

[@lanceflx63]

For the true meaning of word "Indian" is Black Person! ( "INDI" means black, as in INDIa ink, hINDu and INDIgo the darkest color of the spectrum).

[@marilynr7469]

Yes. Generational mix is everywhere in the world. I myself come from a large mixed race community in South Africa- mixing for 600 years. Same with Mozambique, Namibia and other parts of south en Central American. Americans are only learning about this now it's been done for a long time in other parts of the world. But like she said only 6 % of the black people they tested don't have sub Saharan African, very small percentage in contrast to namibians and other countries

[@lanceflx63]

Heidi From the Motherland , there is no such thing as sub-Sahara Afraka or the Middle East. Those are terms were coined by invaders. Being non-melanated or having albinism was seen as not normal in Afraka for millions of years.

[@marilynr7469]

+lanceflx63 I'm just explaining it so you can understand geographically that Africa have diversity- using these regions are almost accurate to describe different Africans- culturally and genetically. So what's your point? Oh you're trying to make the point that most Americans make that there's only one "type" of African. North Africans, East Africans, west afrixans and indigenous southern Africans are very much different from one another not just in terms of culture but genetically as well. That's all I'm saying. Oh yeah- in America Africans aren't allowed to be different from one another. Oh yes forgot that rule.

[@corazoncubano5372]

I have people in my family like that as well.

[@vickkinorton1805]

This is excellent!# Someday I will love to explore both parternal and maternal DNA and mixed DNAs. Thanks for sharing. 💘⛺🎋🐯🐨🐫🐘😘🐦🗽

[@Akwasi.Almighty]

You could have tried to identify as white and lived a comfortable life, (even though that picture of you in the 80s definitely proves you’re African 😎) many lesser men would have. But the fact that you stuck to your convictions and struggled with your people and have used this incredible platform to raise our consciousness as a people is a testament to your greatness. You are and always will be our Brother!

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Do you know that Big Daddy Bowe accuses Rock of stealing 15 million from him? He also accuses Rock of having an inappropriate relationship with his eldest daughter.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

Rock Newman does look part African actually and that's great & he is very proud of his African roots. He may not be very dark skinned, but his facial features do display some of his African roots. I knew from the moment i saw him, that he may possess some African ancestry. Funnily enough, my husband also noted this & i didn't say anything to him about Rock Newman's African ancestry. It's interesting to me, as to how we all see others and perceive others. It's all good, so long as we're respectful & do not put others down. Rock's proud of his African roots and that's a great thing. Take care and Peace bro.

[@tiana2906]

​@@INTUITIVENORSK2303no he doesn't, have you seen his picture when he was a child. White skin with blonde straight hair 😂. He permed his hair curly in the 80s

[@joanc6493]

This was very educational and interesting!

[@tgarner567]

Rock is blacker than some "black" people I know! He’s still a brotha in my book

[@GodISLuV4EveR]

I love you Rock, you are beautiful human being...you are ALL SOUL and Heart...love has all colors. You are my brother either way.

[@goodaimshield1115]

He doesn't necessarily inherit 40% of his white ancestry from his father and 40% from his mother, but I guess they didn't want to make it more complicated than it already is.

[@CalenMeeks313]

Yeah, those Genealogist either were nervous or have NO clue what they are talking about.

[@CalenMeeks313]

***** Absolutely!!!

[@keebone]

Yes, they don't seem to truly understand the white mans science

[@Meatwad787]

Still waiting on y'all to build and run a lab better. How many samples have y'all collected in the last 5 years?

[@mariamanzanero3713]

love his explanation of DNA

[@chocolatesmile8419]

Let me pick myself up of the floor, poor guy's European. I'm laughing so hard!

[@tomjoad4551]

I was too, lol. Yo, this is funny.

[@ebonynaomi1085]

He is what you call a quadroon. Quarter black. 1 black grandparent.

[@richarddaniel1350]

@C J He is Black.

[@arowen4360]

He is so so cute trying to understand it all I had a blast watching him learn about it all 😹

[@kaleahcollins4567]

What they shouldve said was . For a long time. Mixed race peoples only married mixed race people. They lived as black culturally yet maintained their geno and pheno type of Europe. Actually dna splits and divides .

[@NothingWasted]

I am excited to use DNA Ancestry...My friend used it and found out what African tribes she may be from... Embrace Diversity.

[@imaslowlerner]

Rock is so funny 😄 and he handled it well. ✊🏼

[@TS-tv2ik]

My heart goes out to him, this is so ALOT Amen...Black people being proud of being Black 🖤 connect me to my roots

[@stevietstevens9384]

Being black is a mindset and Rock has clearly lived the experience (heart and soul). I Iove the Rock Newman show for its platform to deliver information and present interesting insights through the guests he's had on. Doing so, serves to stir the intellect instead of the usual ho-hum of topics.

[@9175rock]

stevieT stevens smh

[@wiggywil]

You still belong to us, Rock!! You not going anywhere!!

[@MordecaiandTony1]

I for one enjoyed this show! My paternal DNA is western European and my maternal line is D native American and yet I'm 82% African. 20% is his and if he wants to claim black than he can. I did see the hurt in his face as well.. the same feeling I had when I found out my father's line is white my mother's line is native.

[@johndean5036]

what Native American haplogroup did you're mother's line belong too?

[@birdsview2785]

I like rock Newman and his show.Very down to earth man.He got soul.He is comfortable interviewing african people. Hey didn't he use to be an boxing trainer yyeeeearrrs ago😊👊🏿🤜🤛?

[@jackieburns5257]

Native ancestry is very rare in AA, only about 5 percent.

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

I'll admit, i came back to this video to just look at Dr Paige... ❤😘

[@drillz1698]

U thirsty.

[@itoroots7291]

Great question by Mr. Rock Newman.. Can they trace his 20% African to a specific people. I can wait for them to have that test available.. On my ancestry DNA results I came back 22% African and most of that was from Nigeria.. I'll be first in line to try the test when they get the technology.. This was a great show and I learned tons from watching.. Thanks for sharing.

[@TS-tv2ik]

Love this brother and sister..my tribe! Sharp duo!!

[@mikehollis100]

Why do they charge so much to find out who tf you are damn

[@johndean5036]

Money over everything playa lol.

[@wakeupworld100]

Sa’ Ra’ We talk and do about black economics... how about supporting a black business? If people spend there lives educating themselves they should be paid for their services. many types of Education hopefully not educated fool.

[@momonie4]

Supply & demand...Look at all the products that were expensive at the beginning ie, flat screen tv's, pc's, mobile phones, dvd player, etc., etc., etc.

[@LurrsCollection]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hotchocolategirl1der]

The reason the others are cheaper is because they make the bulk of their money selling DNA. AA doesn't sell it, so you pay the full cost.

[@albertfigueroa11]

I just ran into this .. This is very interesting .. Wd love to do a DNA test on my ancestry

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

Dr Paige is beautiful!

[@rayking3863]

Looking into this just becoming and studying & I need to know the truth I’m ready to face it & continue a great legacy.

[@duanemcclure124]

African Ancestry might benefit from a consult with a sociologist/anthropologist/cultural psychologist to help explain DNA results. Racism and slavery has done such a historic con job on how people view themselves. For example Stuart Hall is a sociologist and explains that people have been taught the false notion that color, hair and bone structure equates to characteristics likened to intelligence and beauty. He basically states race is a floating signifier, because it takes on whatever meaning people attach to it. Rock views himself as a Black man, raised as a Black man, and has segregated experiences of an older Black man. Therefore, Rock is a Black man. American currency is not under girded by the Gold standard anymore, so we attach meaning to it that does not really exist. Its the same with race because race was assigned meanings that never existed. Other than size, height, complexion, phenotype, hair we are human beings. Therefore, every stereotype you know of has been programmed by a system. Asians are not smarter than Mexicans; Puerto Ricans are not smarter than Blacks; Native Americans are not smarter than Russians; race is a lie. Long held cultural and familial attitudes toward education is probably a better predictor of academic success than anything else. Let this show serve as support that no one can define you, but you. Go be great! See Stuart Hall's brief clip below kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH7SY6ifh6aZaZI