Polynesian Origins: DNA, Migrations and History

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[@jimfrodsham7938]

No subtitles or CC, how's a deaf person supposed to understand this

[@huehuecoyotl2]

@@jimfrodsham7938 There is CC, generated by KZbin. Just click the CC icon in the lower righthand corner of the screen. It's not always perfect, but it's pretty good.

[@jimfrodsham7938]

@@huehuecoyotl2 yes, I see there is now Bill, but when I wanted to watch they weren't available. I don't know if the poster has to enable CC.

[@jimfrodsham7938]

Oh and I'm using the app, it's upper right for me ;)

[@BLACK_LIVES_MATTER64]

Pls do a video on Siberian Asians

[@mdb1239]

These Polynesian explorers of the Pacific are NOT given anywhere enough credit for their astonishing achievements. Crossing thousands of miles of ocean in canoes tied together into catamarans. They transported animals, plants, seeds with them. Truly ASTONISHING.

[@bohemiangod3658]

It’s not just Polynesians, it’s Austronesians in general.

[@mdb1239]

@@bohemiangod3658 They used the sun and stars to navigate. Humans are SMART!

[@jcdenton1635]

While Polynesian explorers definitely deserve more recognition for their accomplishments, I feel like the Asian Austronesians are even more overlooked. When people think of great voyagers, they automatically think of two people: the Vikings and the Polynesians. But everyone seems to forget about Southeast Asians, the very people from whom the Polynesians primarily descend. Ancient Southeast Asians such as Indonesians and Malaysians sailed as far as sub-Saharan Africa, colonizing Madagascar even BEFORE the native Africans. The Javanese and other Asian Austronesians are known to have made contact with indigenous Australians before modern or colonial times. Southeast Asians were responsible for creating the very first large Maritime trade network in the Indian ocean and established the Maritime Silk Road linking the civilizations of China, India, the Middle East, and of course Southeast Asia itself, creating one of the most important Crossroads of the World in human history. Southeast Asian watercraft influenced those of China, India, Africa, and the Middle East with technologies like the water junk and the double outrigger canoe. Heck, Southeast Asia essentially MADE Han China a seaworthy civilization, considering that all non-fluvial Chinese vessels are derived from Austronesian junks. Seriously, the Austronesians of Southeast Asia were among the greatest voyagers in premodern human history, second only after the Polynesians. They were certainly one of the most influential civilizations in terms of the technological and economic impact they had on the Old World.

[@mdb1239]

@@jcdenton1635 Vikings and Austronesians had BOATS. Polynesians had small canoes. I would say a BIG difference and incredibleness.

[@jcdenton1635]

@@mdb1239 Honestly they're all incredible in their own way. Vikings traversed the cold daunting waters of the arctic and had to contend with icebergs and snowstorms, surviving frigid temperatures and reaching North America. Asian Austronesians had a significant influence on world history by building the Maritime Silk Road and introducing their seafaring technologies to other civilizations, linking the Old World together from China to sub-Saharan Africa. Polynesians embarked on the greatest voyage in human history before the modern era by expanding across the most colossal body of water on the face of the Earth that is the Pacific Ocean, settling its most remote islands when no one else could. These are all incredible feats of seafaring and human ingenuity.

[@rubinortiz2311]

I am Native American from Arizona so I can’t really relate but king Tupac of the Inca empire did sailed across the pacific and got over half way to Australia before encountering Polynesians and bribing them back to the Inca empire. Natives Americans and Polynesians had a lot of contact with each other before Europeans came.

[@humanbean1424]

Lol, king Tupac...

[@rubinortiz2311]

@@humanbean1424 he was a real person look him up.

[@humanbean1424]

@@rubinortiz2311 Gesus. I know. Tupac. Hes a rapper.

[@rubinortiz2311]

@@humanbean1424 yes who doesn’t know that Tupac lmao?

[@humanbean1424]

@@rubinortiz2311 Oh, i see, lol. Wheres my head? So basically the King of the Inca empire was named after the infamous Tupac Shakur.

[@julespryor6966]

As a Samoan related to a high cheif you’ve caught my interest and you honestly told a similar story I’ve been told as a kid by my grandmother as she bares what was left of what my grandfather taught her about his family before he died

[@yalonyun2785]

You have also caught my attention about what your grandmother and what your great grandfather had to say.

[@kaopua1972]

As mines also.

[@user-wz4hr5xu4k]

Also, i agree with the poster mdb123, not enough credit is given, as it's not just our poly gene pool found in Amerindians, so are our skulls found in America, Melanesia before the actual Melanesians today populated it, and other ancient lands like Australia, that point to an even more ancient oceanic dispersion than the 1200 AD migration date out of the Americas, as this video accurately points out. Our skulls are everywhere in the ancient world, they're found in museums of MesoAmerica and South America even before they realized those skulls are distinctively Polynesian. It's time to get to the bottom of who the Olmec civilization really were. I believe they were at least one of the various groups of Polynesians in the Americas, which possibly coalesced because of a monarchial branch, and may have migrated out of the Americas at least a whole millennium before the 1200 AD Polynesians migrated out of the Americas. The physical likeness in those Olmec heads are undeniable. But not just that, their HLA dna is shown to be in all the same places those ancient mound builders were and the Olmecs were and their descendants were. They could have used several routes in and out of the Americas and to Polynesia and other lands, as their gene pool seem to be everywhere from Siberia, to Hans China, to Indonesia, Taiwan, virtually all of the Pacific islands not just localized to the Polynesian islands, Ancient Australia and even the Americas. This literally surprised the 2014 scientists, they realized then that the Polynesians were probably in several lands a lot earlier than the current people now living in those lands. At least that's been proven so far via the Vanuatu 3k old Lapita find. Unraveling the complexity of the Polynesian origin is challenging for 2 main reasons. Firstly, they've designated archaic cultural constructions, and earlier civilizations in various lands to other people that should have been rightly assigned to the Polynesians as they're proving far more ancient than at first assumed. They're even now realizing this and admitting to that strong possibility too. 2ndly, the people who are now inaccurately getting the credit for the Polynesian's ancestors civilizations and other earlier constructions have national scholars in various fields who are understandably biased and so somewhat reluctant to do an exhaustive comparison, and concealing this fact ! They are pretending that Polynesians are not even a serious contender for being the descendants of the Olmecs, when the Polynesian HLA alleles are in all the ancient areas of the Americas that the Olmecs were and their so-called earlier descendants were known as the Zogue, or Miccosukee (literally pronounced Mikasuki) They are the main stumbling block. However, if valiant scientists keep plowing forward, we can finally uncover this amazing fact, with even the collective data, science already has. So certain factors are really slowing down the process of finally revealing the fascinating depths of the Polynesian's very long and enduring voyages and Pilgrimage. We know their ancient dieties, and tattoos can be tracked back to Babylon, (Sumer) and Egypt, but i think that they can also be tracked back to ancient Turkey.

[@kiaclarke3154]

Are you born with paint white skin. If you are not then you are not MAORI. Ok. Get a DNA test.

[@kaopua1972]

@@kiaclarke3154 ?? What would the test prove that we don’t already know. The question is our Origins of The Pacific. Where is the beginnings for our Polynesian, Melanesian and Micronesian story and when did it truly begin.

[@minners19]

I was blessed to live in Hawaii for a few months, and the Polynesian people are the NICEST people I've ever met!! The children, OMG, stole my heart!! The little kids that lived on our street, whenever they saw me, would yell "AAUUNNTTIIIEE!" and would come running over just to say hi. Even if I was just getting in my car to go to work. So cute!! And the adults would INSIST I come over and eat dinner with them AT LEAST 3 times a week! And if I couldn't, they'd still drag me over saying "YOU TAKE A PLATE!! YOU TAKE A PLATE!!" I got to eat the most AMAZING food ever! They made this young white girl who was all alone in a new place feel sooooo loved! ❤ Will never forget them!

[@GRRRRAAAAAAHHHH]

@xiao jun What

[@rkgomes3875]

So glad to hear you loved it here and fit in. If you were invited over, and the kids called you AUNTY!!! You’re in. ❤️❤️❤️

[@sonatanelopeti]

must be big island

[@thegreenguy7268]

....makes me laugh what you say , as I am of New Zealand Maori and Niue Island descents... that is exactly how you are welcomed from both sides of my family... yes they are loving and generous but also they can be very volatile and warmongering..🤣..but if they take you in , yes you are part of their whanau..( family )

[@mymine7676]

Im malay when i studied about malay dna is related to the jewish and Polynesian ppl maybe we r the from the lost ten tribe🤷🏼‍♂️ Might be the descendants from Abraham third wife qanturah

[@tropicalazn]

If anyone is intrigued to read this… My twin did one of those ancestry DNA tests and interestingly enough we have 19% Polynesian. This didn’t come as a surprise for us because we come from Vietnam that belong to an indigenous groups called the Degar-Montagnards. Our language is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

[@jade5202]

Montagnard is French. Wonder what your tribe really is/was called? Sometimes names, words are lost during Colonization

[@tropicalazn]

@@jade5202 Greetings👋In response to your question, yes, we do know our own tribe names.🙂During the French colonization, they happened to use the term, “Montagnard,” referring to us indigenous groups of people who lived in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Hope that answers your curiosity.🌿✨

[@StickyKeys187]

There was the Jarai, Cham, and many others that constituted what is now Vietnam and parts of coastal Indochina. In fact the Cham were in southern Vietnam first before the Kinh people from the north invaded and conquered Champa.

[@tropicalazn]

@@StickyKeys187 Thank you for elaborating. It’s nice to see people out there sharing the knowledge.🙂

[@jjgems5909]

That made sense it me because “montaña” means mountain in Spanishz

[@Dxco31]

indonesian folk lore and song tells that their ancestor is a great sailorman who sailed east for a new land, that tale and song dates back more than 1000 years ago, and some of the eastern indonesian ethnics groups still resemble polynesian people

[@b7076-y7x]

Which folklore? Javanese?

[@pustakarileks7404]

​@@b7076-y7xit's not only javanese, but all who live in Nusantara Arc

[@Billy-jn6te]

Pacific Islanders are descendants of Indonesians and Taiwanese indigenous peoples.

[@Rippel0000]

There are even west indonesian individuals that resemble polynesians. Such as my family (Sundanese)

[@Billy-jn6te]

@@Rippel0000 In Indonesia folklore dance in our tradition we use a pukanagi face expression to fight off evil spirits I think this is very similar to the New Zealand aboriginals.

[@unluggy_uceee]

As a proud Atiuan from the Cook Islands I can confirm that this is true! The last family reunion I attended, we were taught about our bloodline and ancestry.. I didn’t believe we had ties with the Philippines when I was told back then but if you look at most Kukis (Cook Islanders) when they are growing up we all look like brown Asians similar to the Filipinos. I come from a bloodline of royalty, one of my ancestors married a chief in Atiu and created our bloodline and her name is Akepiatonga! I’ve also been told by family members that all 15 islands aren’t exactly islands but they are huge mountains that have survived Tsunamis, that’s why Rarotonga has signs around the whole island saying to head for “the mountains” if there’s a Tsunami.. In my opinion I’m pretty sure that’s why Polynesia isn’t whole anymore because the pacific ocean is highly dangerous due to the tectonic plates.. idk correct me if I’m wrong?

[@eeeaten]

i agree with you except for the polynesia not being whole thing. some of polynesia is close to the plate edges and most islands have been affected by volcanic activity or tsunami, some have even exploded into and out of existence as with hunga tonga-hunga haʻapai. but polynesia hasn't grown or shrunk much in physical size, once populated by people it has always been interconnected islands, not a land continent. sea level hasn't changed much in the last 6,000 years and before that the polynesian islands were uninhabited. in the western and northern pacific sea level changes meant big areas of land were uncovered (and 5 degrees colder), like sahul in the west and beringia in the north, and those places would have had many people.

[@markl4528]

I want to know how polynesians got so big, theyre way bigger than asians

[@sam5687]

​@@markl4528one Samoan told me it's from eating alot of 🐱

[@Youdontneedtoknowboy]

@@markl4528it’s the chow. Taro and fish. People from Micronesia(chuukese and Carolinians from CNMI) are big dudes too and they love taro breadfruit and fish.

[@anthemmakersmusic]

Now that part sounds really close. I wouldn't say Tsunamis caused it but I would say some other cataclysm may have caused a rising of the oceans. Hence migration unaccepted from Soccotra.

[@kekoakaawa8879]

As a Native Hawaiian, I love hearing theories about my ancestors.

[@BootsandUtes]

@Maori Fijian Warrior To me, Polynesians look more Southeast Asian (Indonesians, Vietnamese, Malay, Thai, Filipinos, etc.). But, then again, Southeast Asians and Polynesians share Austronesian ancestry. The East Asian looking Hawaiians are definitely mixed Chinese or Japanese via the migrant workers and sandalwood traders in the 1800s and 1900s.

[@jojoreference7952]

@Maori Fijian Warrior The Polynesians have cultural links with the Hemudu culture.

[@jojoreference7952]

they use to carve Jade stones

[@Etetana]

@@BootsandUtes in my opinion Māori dialect and Chile match each other the most, as well as all of Polynesia. The culture we all share as well, there’s not much Asians share with us other than Thai people. But in truth Polynesia & Indigenous Australians are very mixed peoples - especially northern parts

[@jorgecruz1637]

@@BootsandUtes thai and vietnam arent austronesian where did that come from? Only malays indos filipinos borneo and indigenous taiwanese are the austronesians. The rest of south east asians dont share the same genetics or origins as us

[@TonyMcnaughton-u8c]

I’m Polynesian and from NewZealand and was adopted at birth. I was raised with no cultural education or insight at all yet I’ve always known about my connection to Asia, South America and Native Americas through dreams and the world around me. I’ve learned what my ancestors have taught me. Not to doubt myself.

[@Hitman677]

You're delusional

[@taineemia1888]

We are Tanata Pasifika the names such as Polynesian,Micronesia,etc are coloniser terms to separate and label us. This man needs to study and know the Tui Manua,Tui Tonga and Tuifiti empires. We are from the Moana (ocean)connected by the ocean and not separated by it.There is more to us, history was just white washed.

[@islandnesian8151]

True, they came and divided us

[@TheGoodShepard31]

Tonga at one time and point ruled Samoa

[@taineemia1888]

We also rule the pacific at one time and so did fiji, im sure that's common knowledge across the pacific. The point is we allowed others to divide us then the rest played into their plans

[@HM-mw7cg]

Genuine question, where can we read or find out more about pasifika history from native sources? Would love to get more info on oral history passed down

[@sdadragons5658]

Seperate us? We were already separated bro, it’s pretty hard to consider it togetherness when Tongans enslaved everyone😅

[@joebombero1]

The more I read about New Guinea and Australia the more fascinated I become. The linguistic and genetic diversity is greater than Europe. We have a long, long history we are only just beginning to uncover.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

Yep 👍😊❤️

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Well of course it has more genetic diversity than Europe, Papua New Guinea has been inhabited by humans for 60,000-50,000 years while Europe has never inhabited by humans for just 38,000 years.

[@missourimongoose7643]

@@ANTSEMUT1 people were in Europe far earlier than 38000 years lol

[@missourimongoose7643]

I think the coolest part is they have the highest percentage of denisovin DNA in new guinea

[@aalamazharan6314]

Australian aboriginal are pacific islanders and polynesian are from Melanesia.

[@babycoke5671]

Along the southern coast of Papua new guinea, my mum's people look poly, they made large double hull canoes with large twin sails and would sail around the southern coast of PNG trading their Clay pots for Food. This was the Kula trade.

[@kingsleymaiauka1425]

Hiri Trade

[@shennalim111]

Kulabob and Manup. 2 genetically separate groups living next to one another for generations.

[@AHuri505]

I was told PNG and Fiji have African DNA

[@bruhvibes5941]

@@AHuri505they dont

[@808frontline]

I am Visayan and my people were considered the Pintados… aka the printed ones because of our tattoos. They look extremely similar to Tahitian and Hawaiian tattoo

[@blackwater7183]

I wrote a speech about them for my college speech class in Florida. They were also pirates that raided the coastal villages in Fujian China for iron. It was recorded by some Chinese scholar at that period. They said these people were very fierce and that they would tie a string on their spear tips so they wouldnt lose them because Iron was very precious to them. They would loot anything made out of Iron like door knobs or chopsticks etc. They were not afraid to die, even if injured they would still continue to fight. They came with large fast warships that could fit 200 men. Their nemisis were the Moro people. The Moro people in return would raid their villages. Cebu was known as Sugbo ( scortched earth) back then because everytime these Moro invaders came the Visayans would burn the tree's, grasslands etc, to discourage the Moro invaders. The oldest trading place in Cebu was in Mabolo.

[@808frontline]

@@blackwater7183 that’s super cool!! Right on, I really appreciate the knowledge. I’m super big on history, I’m going to remember this one and look further into it. I bet they could make a bad ass movie about it.

[@blackwater7183]

@@808frontline Yea I hope they make a movie about it someday, one with a big budget. Not much is known about the pre colonial Filipino culture. The Spaniards made sure of that. The Visayans comes from the Srivajayan empire. Most likely that's where the term "Visayan" comes from. The Tagalogs had a much agrarian culture where they had a lord leading them which is why they have the honorific "po" short for "Panginoon/Po-on" but in Visayan there is no honorofics use rather it's "Bay/Bai" short for Sagabay or comrade which did not denote a person's rank. because they came from a nomadic and seafaring culture. There's also how in the pre colonial era gold was very abundant ,even Filipino slaves wore them (seen in the boxer codex). The Spaniards came with their religion and "confiscated" them because it wasn't very Christian to show off. There's so much more. Lol. Yea you might just wanna look it up but most of the info I got was from multiple sources, there wasn't one book I could find about that topic.

[@alonzolobaton4631]

Apo ni Datung Puti, mga yawa gid ang mga dayohan…

[@tud.]

@@blackwater7183 can you talk more about this? Perhaps write out a pdf? Info on pre-colonial Filipino society is so hard to find that I wasn’t even taught them in school growing up in the Philippines.

[@LT-yu9pg]

Well put together “condensed” version of such complex story. The “sweet potato”, native to South America and also found in Polynesia, should also be added to this presentation. Most important, I’m glad to see that the genetics are now incorporated to finding answers to this mystery.

[@hungatonga-hungahaapai6402]

home-0 AF G

[@seanrota3359]

As a Polynesian myself, yes that's correct it would have been good to include that but I know it is a short video.

[@yalonyun2785]

"The Lost Caravel" by Robert Adrian Langdon offers a very plausible theory for the diversity. The author explains that the sailors from a stranded Spanish ship had families with the dwellers of the islands. The San Lesmes had been separated in 1525 from the rest of the three other remaining caravels, from the initial seven, that sailed from Galicia, Northwestern Spain, westward to find a route to the spice islands. Incrusted into the corals, four canons from this ship had been discovered in 1929 at one of the many atolls of Polinesia. It was through these sailors that not only their genes and culture had been transmitted but their technical knowledge and naval expertise in sailing canoe and catamaran building. The Spanish culture can be seen in dances and dress attire (imitating the long skirts of the 16th century fashion along with the ruffs around the necks with what material there was on the islands. That the polynesians acquired superior ship making techniques being able to sail from Easter Island, Hawai and New Zealand, was passed down from generation to generation. The Maories in particular have the Patakas or storage houses on high wooden poles which are identical to the "Horrios" found in Galicia. The flowers behind the ear in women is a vey Spanish tradition, as are theatrical performances. How else can one explain the different skin coloration and traditions of the Polynesians in comparison with the melanesian populations. The explanation for there being native american indian genes was due to Spanish American presence in the late 18th century. There is evidence that a mission was set from Lima, Peru and Tahitians were taken to and from America.

[@Psilocybiant]

@@yalonyun2785 This doesn't explain how the Polynesians first arrived to the region, and for that 2 happen they would have to had to been seafaring. The New Zealand Moari arrived around the 12/1300's..... long before 1525.....

[@davidbrind8837]

The kumara grows wild in S.E.Asia where it is native .It is not native to Sth A MERICA

[@JustInTimeWorlds]

I recently did a short on Polynesian navigation techniques. Their star charts were amazing. This video was an awesome longer look at the culture and it’s origins! Glad I found this channel.

[@andywomack3414]

I don't think their ship-building technology was complicated. I'd love to see a presentation about how they built their craft. Yea, me too.

[@curtisthomas2670]

What about the Marshall Islands stick charts that used wave swells as a navigation aid instead of stars etc?

[@JustInTimeWorlds]

@@curtisthomas2670 actually touched on that too and the birds that fly out to sea in the morning and back to land to roost at night! The way finders were pretty amazing at figuring out how to navigate that vast expanse of ocean! After researching them, I have enormous admiration for their inventiveness!

[@curtisthomas2670]

@@JustInTimeWorlds Great!

[@mailamakua602]

I’m jealous. I wish I knew the star charts of our navigators.

[@KofiCatlovesU]

More studies on Polynesia. I'd like to watch a thorough study research on Samoans. Thank you for this presentation 😊

[@yalonyun2785]

"The Lost Caravel" by Robert Adrian Langdon offers a very plausible theory for the diversity. The author explains that the sailors from a stranded Spanish ship had families with the dwellers of the islands. The San Lesmes had been separated in 1525 from the rest of the three other remaining caravels, from the initial seven, that sailed from Galicia, Northwestern Spain, westward to find a route to the spice islands. Incrusted into the corals, four canons from this ship had been discovered in 1929 at one of the many atolls of Polinesia. It was through these sailors that not only their genes and culture had been transmitted but their technical knowledge and naval expertise in sailing canoe and catamaran building. The Spanish culture can be seen in dances and dress attire (imitating the long skirts of the 16th century fashion along with the ruffs around the necks with what material there was on the islands. That the polynesians acquired superior ship making techniques being able to sail from Easter Island, Hawai and New Zealand, was passed down from generation to generation. The Maories in particular have the Patakas or storage houses on high wooden poles which are identical to the "Horrios" found in Galicia. The flowers behind the ear in women is a vey Spanish tradition, as are theatrical performances. How else can one explain the different skin coloration and traditions of the Polynesians in comparison with the melanesian populations. The explanation for there being native american indian genes was due to Spanish American presence in the late 18th century. There is evidence that a mission was set from Lima, Peru and Tahitians were taken to and from America.

[@jlongmasbartholomew]

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[@CmObyrne]

@@yalonyun2785 this is all garbage lol. Likely scenario is that Polynesians descend from Austronesian migrations out of Taiwan and intermixed heavily with Melanesian to develop into a distinct ethnic group. There are two or three other very plausible explanations. None of which involve them being Europeans.

[@LM-qv7cy]

Samoan are haplogroup O there a video already done it if you want to look at who else are a part of the O haplogroup. 😁 As a Samoan I don't mind being a mixture of melanesian and taiwanese. Although I do remember the history of German travel to Samoa way back as some of my extended family have blond hair and their light skin burn red in the sun as their great grandparent was mixed 😂 me and my immediate family are all dark hair and tan.

[@denisewalker1439]

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[@langa_rsa]

Polynesians are my favourite ethnicity; the language, the tropical culture, the traditional form of dancing, the athletic build of the men. If I wasn't African (and I like being African), I'd choose to be Polynesian.

[@amaranusa]

Polynesians are related to the Malagasy people in Madagascar...

[@davidmccarroll2280]

@@amaranusa all Austronesian speakers are related

[@davidmccarroll2280]

@@alive2583 what? no your thinking of Australo-Melanesians who aren't genetically closer to Eurasians than Sub-Saharan's. Mico-Polynesians are Austronesian speakers and are primarily of Mongoloid stock

[@langa_rsa]

@@alive2583 They are classified as a Mongoloid ethnic group & I don't understand your second question but I said I love their tropical culture. What do you mean by "aren't they still tropical"? Māori people live in New Zealand which isn't a tropical country. Samoans & Hawaiians are people of tropical islands.

[@davidmccarroll2280]

@@alive2583 ah yes so a New Zealander is a manipulator an an Afrocentric American is supposed to know more about these people than me or academia. I have no what you mean by how can pale skinned people be indeginous to Polynesia are you referring to the European settlers.? Austronesians were the first to in this region. With enough sun exposure Austronesians can have a brown complexion which I suppose is subjective if you consider that dark or not. Maori in New Zealand tend to be lighter than other Polynesians because it's a colder environment and they have less sun exposure, European admixture is also a factor.

[@rnedlo9909]

An important feature in the definition of human is traveler. Our ancestors got around!

[@milie61gia]

I am from Panamá but my grandfather on my mother side is indigenous from Colombia and I had my DNA done awhile back and it was a surprised to find out that I have Austroneasian in my DNA. This video explains it why

[@BarHawa]

Yup,it all goes back to the voyages and even before that,the people to settle the Americas come from Sundaland just like us possibly

[@rabioramos1796]

Researchers have studied DNA from the Colombian natives that are FULL natives and they did not find evidence of austronesian DNA in neither tribes , genetic evidence shows that South American natives only affected Polynesians DNA not the other way around

[@Wahyuaji1992]

I'm Indonesian, and here's my hypothesis: 1. Papuan people, including Australian Aborigines, likely originated from Africa, while West Indonesians (Malay) are thought to have origins in Taiwan. 2. Polynesians may have roots in both West Indonesians (Malay) and Papuans. For example, people from the Maluku Islands in Indonesia show similarities with Hawaiian people. 3. Hawaiian and New Zealand Maori people may have originally migrated from the Maluku Islands thousands of years ago. 4. It’s possible that Native Americans came from another route, specifically from tribes in Kalimantan. You can see cultural similarities between Native Americans and the Dayak people of Kalimantan. Thousands of years ago, as people from Kalimantan migrated to the Americas, they likely intermarried with Polynesian people (those around Hawaii).

[@songbird6293]

we started from taiwan(not chinese but native taiwanese) we moved to philipine and some decide to stay and some moved further, became polynesian. no wonder filipino and polynesian share lots of common thing.

[@uglybepis3571]

Indonesians and Malaysians too

[@HalfAryanHunterGatherer]

@@uglybepis3571 mainland southeast asia in general and philipines.

[@nice-kk9dd]

@prod. Confirmed not all polyneisans are the exact same samoans and tongans are slightly different people and maoris are gentrified and more mixed with white whilst tongans mixed with melaneisan because they are closest to melenasia

[@mastertrump6747]

Dont you want some chinese blood in you?😁😁

[@ZincFold]

@@mastertrump6747 go back far enough and there is a little Chinese in us all. 😂

[@Me2Lancer]

I think it's important to remember that native American ethnicity has its origins in Asia. The suggestion of a Taiwanese origin with migrations through the Philippines and Papua New Guinea are on point but I'm thinking there may be missing populations under consideration. I have worked with people of the Caroline Islands, Gilbert and Marshall Islands. These groups are known for having exceptional navigation skills. Is it not possible members of these island groups represent a continuation of eastern migration that began in Taiwan and Papua New Guinea?

[@irianscott1062]

the American DNA is only found in eastern Polynesian groups. It wasn't a common genetic feature from the Asian mainland shared with ancestors of native Americans many thousands of years earlier. otherwise all Polynesian groups would also have native American genes.

[@bonkersblock]

The oldest carbon dated butuan boat unearthed in southern Philippines dated back in 320 AD, therefore the possibility of austronesians staying in Philippine for a thousand years before expanding westward and south..

[@bucktooth002]

All Native Americans were install by aliens independent of any other races throughout the entire Western Hemisphere.

[@michealwhite2183]

Polynesians has its origins in Melanesia.

[@religiondoesntpaytaxes7861]

Austronesians are one of the greatest seafarers in the world. You don't have to make your own theory about it because you can just google it.

[@MonarchPoolPlaster]

These people went through feast-famine cycles. When they encountered a school of fish, they gorged on fish for a few days. The ones with bigger frames were able to pack on weight and survive the famine cycles and thus reproduce. The further Southeast you go, the bigger they get.

[@etikae1]

Interesting you say that , I always wonder about my big build

[@JoeSexPack]

More bulk helped them survive long sea voyages, then settle new islands, overpopulate, fight, & expel the losers on long voyages to new islands. Wash, rinse, repeat. The cycle selected for large frames with extra muscle, warrior spirit & thrifty gene to pack on fat.

[@MrSicc274]

Great comment

[@en8596]

@@JoeSexPack earlier people are smaller and shorter though, similar to most of austronesians. You can check that in many pictures and earlier europeans accounts. It's only later in 19th century that they got bigger, (and fatter) especially those in regions where the europeans stayed (hawaii, new zealand, samoa, french polynesia). Those in micronesia, vanuatu, some in fiji, tuvalu, tokelau, even some in tonga, are still pretty average.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@JoeSexPack interesting that this pattern didn't happen much in Micronesia.

[@kimmyDaYang]

Hi, I am a Filipino and to be honest, I have never heard before about Pacific Islanders, or maybe even our history does not included them. When I know about the people of the Pacific Islanders because of KZbin, and I learned some of their history. Then realized that the people in the Pacific Islands were also occupied by our ancestors, or the early Austronesian Filipinos, which is why we are linguistically related, and some of them also have Filipino blood too. I don't know how the people of the Pacific Islands feel about the fact that they have Asian relatives. From now on, I will consider them our relatives. Even though we Filipinos are predominantly Asian. Our Austronesian ancestors is one of the tribes in China, then they migrated to Taiwan and start being linguistic, and Taiwan was the hometown of Austronesian languages. Then they entered the Philippines for a many couples of thousands of years, and they populated our country, bringing their cultures, traditions and languages in our country. We also have strong ties from our neighboring countries like Southeast Asian country and even China and Japan we have their influences as well because of our long history contact between these two nations, Chinese peoples settled our country as far back as the early 9th century and Japanese people settled our country in 17th century, bringing their significant cultures and traditions to our country, we have many Spanish influence and American as well because our Mother land Philippines was a former Spanish and American colony. but I can't deny that there have many similarities between Filipinos and people in the Pacific Islands. Yes, indeed, we have, even though we filipinos in general are Asian by cultures, influences and genetics even our geography is part of Asia, but I will consider the peoples of Pacific islands as our relatives because we are linguistically related and they have some Austronesian filipino genetics as well; it doesn't matter when we look different as long as we have something in common. Some of them also ignore us Filipinos because they said we are Asian and we have a lot of differences between our cultures between to their cultures, but as far as I know, we are linguistically related and we have similarities too, so we Filipinos are your Asian cousins. Maritime South-East Asia (Philippines)❤

[@shelbyw6135]

Yes we cousins, one of my besties is Philipina & we always discussed the linguistic similarities & to some extent tattooing between our cultures. But the physical features are undeniably present.

[@kimmyDaYang]

@@shelbyw6135yes... but "some" people believe that Pacific islanders look mongoloid because of Filipinos ancestors (Austronesian) but as a Filipino it's not accurate that Filipinos are the reason why pacific islanders look like mongoloid/Asian because of Filipinos ancestors...Filipinos ancestors originated in Southern China but no Filipino would be glad to be called "the lost Chinese" no Filipino would glad to be called the " Southern Chinese"... As a Filipino, I can't deny that there are many Pacific islanders can pass as Southeast Asian but there also many and many Pacific islanders look like Caucasian, indian and even black and it's *not* accurate that Filipinos look like Pacific islanders because Pacific islanders look different from typical Filipino but I can't deny there are many Pacific islanders can pass as Southeast Asian but when you *"group"* together Filipino and Pacific islanders it's easy to distinguish who Pacific islanders and who is Filipinos by physical appearance because Pacific islanders people's also look different from each others. Country : philippines Nationality : Filipino Race : Mongoloid Ethnicity : Austronesian = both ethnically and linguistically Austronesian is referse to a language family rather than *race* that's the reason why Austronesian speaking people look different because language family is different *bloodline* *ancestry*

[@shelbyw6135]

@kimmyDay we all can meet back at Tanzania, how we spread out from there is notable points of interest, I have straight black hair with coffee coloured skin, does that mean I am more Asian or is it a European throw-back? We all connect js

[@kimmyDaYang]

@@shelbyw6135 Asian is *NOT* a race. Asia is a *continent* and it's important to take note that Asian people look different. Asia have East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, West Asian and Central Asian...Asia have 45+ countries Geography teacher will be embarrass when western people's refers Asian as a race. In the philippines, when we say "Asia" the first thing camed into our mind is *"GEOGRAPHY"* in Asia because our geography teachers told us that Asia is a continent. Asia is part of 7 continents in the world.

[@shelbyw6135]

@@kimmyDaYang reading comprehension is essential to prevent confusion. At no point did I use the word race. You're overstating yourself, it's not that interesting to me.

[@YogabyNanda]

It’s wonderful how anthropology shows us just how advanced indigenous communities were. They were advanced yet lived in more harmony with nature. Some day humanity will start realizing how much we can learn from them. It’s not sustainable to continue the way the colonizers made us all to be.

[@slooob23]

Colonization is something all humans do, Polynesians literally colonized the pacific. Your perspective almost implies they're a different species, which is the starting point of racism.

[@thumbstruck]

There are also legends and genetic evidence of contact with the NW coast of N America - Haida Gwai (aka Queen Charlotte Islands in BC). There is also a tribe in California that have Polynesian style sewn plank canoes - the word for the craft is similar to Polynesian.

[@thumbstruck]

@PILI FUSITU'A The Haida have legends and geneaologies that match some in Hawai'i (the Hawaiians tell of people coming from the NE to the islands). Plumtree Productions on KZbin has some interesting documentaries on the subject.

[@TheVinceLyons]

@PILI FUSITU'A That's interesting. Do you know if there's genetic evidence of Chumash and polynesian contact?

[@mb68nz35]

@@thumbstruck says Plumtree Productions on KZbin has some interesting documentaries on the subject. REPLY: Untrained conspiracy theorist with connections to racist hate groups.

[@mb68nz35]

@@TheVinceLyons there is evidence of polynesian contact IN the new world. Google: Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[@longhairdontcare187]

There is also a native group indigenous to L.A they were called "TONGVA"

[@lekatukuafu1507]

As a descendant of Polynesia, it is very interesting to hear the origins of my people. Growing up I would hear stories of my peoples voyage. All my 18 years of being raised and growing up in the Polynesian culture is that God, family and humility is our keystone to the polynesian people. I was also taught to know what bloodline and who my ancestors are so I know who I am . I am unsure of who is my blood because theirs so many stories of the past . I am also convinced my people are descendants of the Asian people. The taglog language and the Samoan language has similarities.

[@blackwater7183]

I have researched the similarities of austronesian and polynesian cultures when I was writing a paper about it. There is definitely a connection. The biggest one is the numbers and counting. There are similarities from Madagascar all the way to the Philippines, Hawaii and Maori's in New Zealand. Your people definitely came from Asia.

[@rapmamori4136]

Im a filipino and when i migrated to Australia 3yrs ago im amazed and fascinated when i saw and met pacific islanders. I connect with them immediately and relate with them in lots of things. I got curious and study the origins of pacific islanders, and discovered their austronesian origin. I feel a bit sad when some of them preferred their “western “ origins/history. But im still very fond of my big brown brothers, gentle giants.

[@rapmamori4136]

@god says troll, don't extend your sad life to anyone keep it to yourself

[@rapmamori4136]

@god says you edit your comment

[@rapmamori4136]

@god says you trolled then edited your comment. You started it and I call u out and im the one who are hateful? Liars go to hell

[@Tokoa144]

Great documentary guys!! I really enjoy the research efforts you all put in. Kia Orana.. I am a son of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands..

[@harlzaotearoa7769]

Kia ora tena koe bro from Aotearoa😛😛

[@TheBcambron]

I think the Polynesians sailed east. There is a photo I once saw of a canoe loaded with bald oriental or "jaguar" looking males that was found in South America. I have wondered if some fairly unrelated humans met and sometimes had babies with dwarfism and maybe cleft lip - but since their enlightened dads had arrived from the sea dwarfs/jaguars were therefore deified. Also the jaguar is more quiet and reserved while the serpent is more warlike and phallic. I think jaguar is more left handed and serpent more right handed, looking at lots of photos of carvings over the years.

[@DekritGampamole]

There are megalith structures in Central Celebes island, Indonesia, that are very similar to the megaliths found in Easter Island.

[@myopicthunder]

There's a pyramid there larger than the great Giza pyramids

[@pustakarileks7404]

​@@myopicthunder no, its in west java, gunung padang site. What @papiti means from sulawesi

[@Manormouse-04]

I would think that Polynesian people would have sailed to South America first, and later there might be voyages between the peoples. The Polynesians were a seafaring people, and could read the ocean. The people on the continent would probably not undertake such a risky gamble, until it was established that there was a reason to make such a journey.

[@italyGarbr]

it's actually the other way around, this theory is debunked and outdated, polynesians didn't sail to south american they sailed from south america to polynesia.

[@sasrio_]

A lot of new evidence and sourcing. A major show of how the Pacific Islanders travelled through Polynesia to the South Americas, and not only left their ancient DNA and Lapita pottery there, but brought back the Kumala / Kumara to Aotearoa / New Zealand.

[@tabbs3]

@@italyGarbr that is a big Fat fact

[@zairatulumierah9436]

@@italyGarbr no

[@kaopua1972]

@@italyGarbr Not even the Old Testament spoke of Seafaring except for Noah’s Ark and he just floated endlessly.

[@erina4586]

The Ancestors of the Polynesians entered the Pacific Ocean via South East Asia on the Eastern Side, and also entered into the Pacific Ocean from the Ancient America's (Meso America's) from the Western Side. And from the North of the Pacfic. The Kumara in NZ, is known as the Kumar in Peru and the Name Kumar is known in India.

[@eeeaten]

Polynesian ancestry is austronesian, not American. So yes the ancestors came from the west, and did not come from America. The kumara was most likely brought to Polynesia by Polynesians sailing to the americas and back again, around a thousand years ago.

[@user-tt8pj8cb5k]

No, they came from north africa and sailed to south america and then the pacific

[@damiensailor8228]

In the Torres Straits (between PNG & Australia) the sweet potatoes are called Kumala

[@LawrenceKoloamatangi-nf7rx]

@@user-tt8pj8cb5k that's wrong we're from asia.

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

I'm a native Mescalero Apache. I've lived in Hawaii, visited New Zealand, and several of the islands of Polynesia and I would get asked if I'm a native of the island or place I'm visiting. Just goes to show how similar we look alike.

[@eeeaten]

looking similar doesn't necessarily imply shared ancestry. native americans and polynesians are separated by over ten thousand years.

[@GaryHField]

@@eeeaten we have shared Oriental (Mongolic) ancestry. The urheimat of our ancestors is Mongolia and Siberia.

[@BLACK_LIVES_MATTER64]

no polynesians have curly hair...

[@eeeaten]

@@GaryHField everyone has shared ancestry, the implication was that the link is recent, hence my statement about ten thousand years.

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

@@eeeaten Who shares same ancestry with Native Americans? Asians?

[@niuanconquistador422]

I'm a Rotuman polynesian...and in our culture our legends speak of long voyages between samoa and places west ....

[@eeeaten]

New Dates For Māori Settlement Of New Zealand: early Māori settlement happened in the North Island between AD 1250 and AD 1275, the South Island was reached just a decade later between AD 1280-1295. _Dr Magdalena Bunbury from James Cook University led the study that used radiocarbon dating of 436 archaeological sites in the North Island and 145 sites in the South Island. She said advances in the field have enabled scientists to firm up the date of New Zealand’s first settlement_

[@davidmccarroll2280]

What were the previous dates

[@televangelist1465]

Good video, is there a reason you used CE and AD interchangeably? The timelines are the most interesting part to me. I imagined the Polynesians had settled there much earlier, impressive either way!

[@minecraftingmum5574]

CE stands for Common Era and AD stands for the Latin Anno Domini 'after the Lord'. One is secular, the other Christian, but they mean the same thing, the last two thousand years.

[@夜行者-s2x]

Origin of Japanese: Haplogroup D1a2 and C1a1 are suggested to have arrived into Japan during the prehistory of Japan, during the Jōmon period. D has its highest diversity within Tibeto-Burmese groups and the oldest D lineage was found im western Tibet and one sample in the Altai region. Y-DNA haplogroup D1, making up 40% of the Japanese male lineages Haplogroup D1a2a is found among the Ryukyuans as well as the Ainus, and is t hought to have been the dominant paternal lineage of the Jōmon people. K2a/NO During the Yayoi period, haplogroup O1b2+O2a started to arrive and spreaded to every region of Japan. Just over half of Japanese men belong to haplogroup O. The vast majority belong to O1b2, a lineage found especially in Manchuria, Korea and Japan, and O2a, the main Han Chinese paternal li neage. A negligible percentage of the Japanese belong to the O1a and O1b1 The O-M175 haplogroup origin were Yunnan-Burma border，and separated into 2 branch, O1 (O-F265) and O2 (O-M122) O2 - Sino-Tibetan O1=O1a+O1b O1a Austronesians. O1b1 Austroasiatics O1b2 moved to Korea/Samhan people Approximately 3% of Japanese men belong to haplogroup N, a lineage that is thought to have originated in China some 35,000 years ago It is found at low frequencies in Korea and could have arrived with the Yayoi people. Alternatively, N1 could also have entered Japan via Sakhalin and Hokkaido, as it is present among eastern Siberia tribes Haplogroup N1 was found at high frequency in Neolithic and Bronze Age remains (4500-700 BCE) from the West Liao River valley in Northeast China (Manchuria) by Yinqiu Cui et al. Haplogroup N1 is found especially among Uralic and Turkic peoples nowadays, including among the Finns, Estonians and Sami in Northeast Europe K2b/Q Haplogroup Q is the dominant lineage of Native Americans, but originated in Siberia. it is possible that the tiny fraction of Japanese Q lineages came with Yayoi farmers. It is unlikely to have entered Japan through Hokkaido as it is not found among tribes at the eastern extremity of Siberia, nor among the Ainus. In conclusion, approximately 43% to 48% of modern Japanese men carry a Y-chromosome of Jōmon origin. The highest proportions of Y-DNA haplogroup C and D is found in northern Japan (over 60%) and the lowest in Western Japan (25%). This is concordant with the history of Japan; the Yayoi people of Sino-Korean origins having settled first and most heavily in Kyushu and Chūgoku, in Western Japan Haplogroup C is another extremely old lineage that left Africa approximately 60,000 years ago and spread over most of Eurasia. Two subclades of C are found in Japan: C1a1 and C2a. The first group to separate was C1, which colonized the Middle East and South Asia. One branch (C1a ) may have moved north to Central Asia and then split in two: One tribe moved to Europe (haplogroup C1a2,C1a2 is now nearly extinct in Europe.), while the other migrated to East Asia and survives today only in Japan (C1a1). Haplogroup C2a, representing also 3% of the population, is typically found among the Mongols and Siberians. It might have come with the Ainu through Sakhalin island and Hokkaido, or along with the Yayoi farmers from Korea. The second branch of C1 spread into South Asia, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia, where it is found today at low frequencies (C1b1a1). During this time, other C strains continued their eastward migration into Southeast Asia, where they split into four main regional clusters: The first branch colonized Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia (C1b2a). A second branch went south to Australia, where they became the Aborigines (C1b2b). Another settled in the highlands of New Guinea (haplogroup C-P55). The fourth branch went as far as Northeast Asia (haplogroup C-M217) and is now widespread mainly among the Mongols (Kalmyks, Buryats, and Oirats), the Turkic peoples of Central Asia (Kazakhs, Karakalpaks, Uzbeks, Dolgans), and the East Siberian tribes (Chukchi, Itelmen, Nivks, Tungus). Furthermore, it is also common in moderate amounts among Chinese (Han, Hui, Manchus), Koreans, but also among several indigenous peoples of North America, including some Na-Dené, Algonquian or Siouan-speaking populations.

[@cynthiaahern9081]

I'm one of those who are very intrigued by the diversification of ancient haplogroups. Thank you for taking the time to write this. I envy your understanding of this. I'm just beginning to learn 😌

[@samwright285]

Wow!!! Thank you for your time and explanation

[@sayu2609]

Thank you for sharing. Wow. Thank you.

[@nilatu3511]

I have so many questions. Is there an email I can find?

[@damink_8508]

I've seen the Ainu and Ryukyu people's as well as another people perhaps those of Hokkaido and their cultures seem to have have similarities to basic Polynesian/pacific culture. I have often thought we share a common ancient ancestor or country

[@sonnyboy9257]

The islands were connected by trade. Difference in languages were defined by the nautical mile which is why our language are very similar. I find this to be quite good considering the misinformation that seems to be politically correct. Hence our arrival to New Zealand. Thanks for sharing.

[@samos343guiltyspark]

The differences in languages is actually a relatively new development, 500 years ago all Polynesians could communicate with each other with ease, but with the colonisation efforts of Europe brining diseases, upheaval and rapid decline in Polynesian civilization occurred, resulting in a great disconnection of our people, making them easier to divide and colonize.

[@TheBushMaori656]

They divided naturally. Māori culture evolved to it’s own accord for 800 years to establish it’s own culture before European colonisation.

[@sonnyboy9257]

@@TheBushMaori656 I know a few other stories I was told as a child, that nobody has mentioned. To see who is actually from those times. My mother told me don’t teach anyone everything you know.

[@sonnyboy9257]

@@TheBushMaori656 I generally don’t rely to generated bots, Whom have no real name. I’m not interested.

[@ihimaera7424]

@@samos343guiltyspark the language was exactly the same. But through time it was more how european interpretated the language from different islands and it evolved to what you hear and see now in text books.

[@HistoryofAztlan]

Hearing that Polynesian-South American contact could be traced to the 13th-15th centuries AD made me immediately think of the great fleet assembled by Tupac Inca Yupanqui in around 1480 that sailed far off into the Pacific and came back with stories on the lands and even brought back people and artifacts from there notably a ‘horse’ jawbone. Maybe that DNA can be exactly traced to that voyage.

[@eeeaten]

No, that voyage was hundreds of years later than the presumed contact that resulted in kumara getting to Polynesia, and South American dna reaching eastern Polynesia. The evidence does not support the idea that South American boats reached Polynesia.

[@whitepouch0904]

South American and Polynesian came from Asia so it’s not surprising they have similar DNA.

[@夜行者-s2x]

Austro-Tai O1a (M119)→Yangtze River Basin→Baiyue people A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in archaeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River in China also shows high frequencies of Haplogroup O1 in the Neolithic Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai peoples. The Liangzhu culture existed in coastal areas around the mouth of the Yangtze. Haplogroup O1 was absent in other archaeological sites inland. Yangtze Riverm O1a (M119)→Fujian→Taiwan→ Austronesian→ Islands of Southeast Asia/C1b2a+D+M→Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian-speaking regions also have high to moderate frequencies of Haplogroup O1 of the Y-DNA (including Madagascar) indicating shared paternal ancestry, with the exception of Polynesia where the Papuan-derived Haplogroup C1b2a1a (P33) predominates (although lower frequencies of Austronesian Haplogroup O2-M122 also exist). Haplogroup O has nothing with Haplogroup C Fujian O1a →Guangdong and Guangxi O1b1a1→Kam-Tai/Zhuang people Kam-Tai→Mainland Southeast Asia→Laos →Thailand Genetic evidence points out Zhuang/ Kra-Dai possesses a very high frequency of Haplogroup O1b with most of them being subclade O1b1a1 making it the most dominant marker, one that they share with Austro-Asiatic. The other portion of O1b belongs to subclade O1b1a2. Zhuangs have prevalent frequencies of O1a which links them with Austronesian, but O1a is at much lower rate compared to O1b1a1 and only slightly higher than O1b1a2. Haplogroup O1b in Taiwan aborigines is almost completely non-existent, but they exhibit very high frequencies of O1a. This suggests that in the event that the Austro-Tai hypothesis is correct, Tai-Kadai speakers have assimilated O1b into their population after the separation of Tai and Austronesian. Austro-Tai The Kra-Dai languages contain numerous similar forms with Austronesian which were noticed as far back as Schlegel in 1901.These are considered to be too many to explain as chance resemblance. The question then is whether they are due to language contact (i.e., borrowing) or to common descent (i.e., a genealogical relationship).

[@tweety1830]

As a Samoan, we were taught that two waves of Samoans migrated to Samoa. The first wave was considered proto Samoans, darker version. They did not migrate, the next migration were the lighter skin Samoans. Polynesians have been around for over 4500 years as our lapita pottery has dated back according to archaeologists. Some scholars believe that Polynesians were lapita people who migrated throughout the pacific.

[@eeeaten]

it looks to me like there was no early waves of darker samoans, but that the first people of samoa were austronesian, arriving from around 3,000 years ago. samoans (and all polynesians) today have around 75% austronesian and 25% papuan dna, so that "darker" papuan dna must have either already been in austronesian genomes when lapita arrived in samoa, or it was introduced later. interested to know what other information is out there.

[@davidmccarroll2280]

There were no Melanesians in Samoa although the admixture is present

[@michaelparker5231]

(Lapita)South east asia people made love with melanesia people...The Polynesians were born n the lovemaking continued after all the wars n enslaving n cannibalism the 3 empires🇼🇸🇦🇸🇹🇴🇫🇯 set sail n settled the polynesian triangle n its polynesian outlier islands around melanesia n micronesia💯🤙🏽🌊⛵️🌊⛵️🌊⛵️⛵️🌊🌺🌺🌺

[@mandahanhanhanmat]

This could be possiblity. The languages spoken by Melanesians in Fiji, Vanuatu. Solomon Islands, New Calendonia, Parts of Papua New Guinea and some native Melanesians speak Austronesian languages in Indonesia and Philippines. It is not their ancestral language. The languages these Melanesians speak have same origin with Polynesians and the Southeast Asians. The argument of being two migrations can further explored scientifically. The first migration could have been intermarriaged with the Papuans and Negritos in Indonesia, Timor and Papua New Guinea. Their descendents now become Austronesian Speaking people in Melanesia (,meaning darker skin people). Note that Papuans have light brown skin to dark brown and to very dark like Australian Aboriginals or South Indians. But most skin pigment of Austronesian speaking people in Melanesia are darked skin but facial features and languages are similar to some extent to lighter skin Polynesians. The lighter skin Polynesians could be later migration and intermarriage could be limited as they saw that Islands were occupied by people and intermarriage between two groups were to a lesser extent.Ths gives rise to Polynesians especially in Tonga, Samoa and Hawaii. The early photographs during colonial era can see Melanesian features. Today in Polynesia intermarriage between European's and east Asians had happened. It is now difficult to identify some one based on the skin colour.

[@夜行者-s2x]

Human presence in Southeast Asia dates back to at least 40,000 years ago, when the current islands formed a continental shelf called Sundaland. In the Philippine Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, and Andaman Islands, there exist indigenous groups collectively called Negritos whose ancestry can be traced to the “First Sundaland People” K2，They split into K2a and K2b... 1，K2b1 (M,S) → went south mixed with local Denisovan, and became Papuan peoples, Melanesians, Australian Aborigines, Polynesians 2，Y dna K2b2 (Q,R) ，P1 through Indochina/Sunda Shelf→Northern China/Tianyuan Cave→Siberia，they split into Q and R（about 30,000 years ago） 3，Y dna K2a-M2313 (N,O) stay in Indochina，NO enter South China，they split into N and O，Then , N1a enter Siberia（about 10,000-15,000 years ago） Y DNA O1split into O1b and O1a. O1a move to Taiwan and became to Austronesians. O1b1 became to Austroasiatics who live in Indo-China and O1b2 move to Korea and Japan，Tai-Kadai stay in China Y DNA O2aN1a enter Northeast China and mixe with C2, westward into Tibet/D1 Haplogroup D1 can actually be mostly linked to ancient East Asian Highlanders（Proto-Tibeto-Burman）, which seem to have had geneflow into coastal southern East Asia, as well as to Japan（Jomon Period） and ancient Southeast Asia prior to the expansion of East Asian lowland farmers. Tibetans and Han Chinese are part of the Sino-Tibetan family and had been isolate from each other for approximately 4,200 to 7,800 years ago Han Chinese mainly O2a Tibetan mainly D1a1+O2a It is suggeted that C1 and D1 was among the first haplogroups to arrive in Malay Archipelago, followed by MS and P as well as O-M175（O1+O2）. proto-Austronesians originated in Southern China（O-M175）before they migrated to Taiwan and then to Southeast Asia. From there, some Austronesians stayed in Southeast Asia (Filipinos, Javanese, Malays) whereas others proceeded farther East into the Pacific Islands (Samoa, Hawaii, etc). That's the reason why do Filipinos look more Malay people while Pacific Islanders don't！Although Filipinos and Pacific Islanders are both Austronesians Genetic work had suggested the ancestors of Native Americans split from Paleo-Siberians（Q1+C2+R1） about 25,000 years ago，R1 split into R1a and R1b，migrated west into what is now Iran India and Europe/about 20,000 years ago haplogroup R1a diversification likely occurred in the vicinity of present-day Iran. R1a1a1b2 Z93-Indo-Iranian，R1a1a1b1-Indo-European. The downstream R1a-M417 subclade diversified into Z282 and Z93 circa 5,800 years ago "in the vicinity of Iran and Eastern Turkey， Rz93 Eestwards back into Uyghur/Xinjiang about 4000 years ago As the climate began warming at around 18,000 years ago, the Beringia region also became more moist and the sea level rose,submerging the land bridge . The apparent dearth of haplogroup N-M231 amongst Native American peoples indicates that it spread after Beringia was submerged about 11,000 years ago. N1a enter Siberia，they became the Neo-Siberians and Northern tungus (absorb Paleo-Siberians Q1+C2)，Native Americans didn't seem to have many genetic links to any living group of Neo-Siberians（Ydna N1a）.but，they share the same mtDNA type：Native Americans，Siberian, East Asian（mtDNA=ABCD） About 5000-10000 years ago The northern “Chinese” began to form the Sinitic language family Origin of Chinese: Yellow River (C2b N1a O2a Q1) + Yangtze River (O1b1+O1a) The northern “Mongolian” began to form the proto-Altaic language family That is the reason why Sino-Tibetan and Altaic haplogroups are similar, but the languages are different Then proto-Altaic people split into two groups N1a and O2a+C2 1，N1a enter Siberia，they became the Neo-Siberians and Northern tungus (absorb Paleo-Siberians Q1+C2) A genetic study published in Scientific Reports in November 2019 examined the remains of fourteen Early Avar period males. The majority of them were found to be primarily of East Asian origin, their Y-DNA was "strikingly homogenous", belonging to haplogroups N-M231 and Q-M242″. The historical Hungarian conqueror YDNA has a higher eastern affinity at ~37.5% to up to 50% haplogroup N, as well as lower frequency of haplogroup C2 at 6.25% 2，O2a+C2 enter the Korean peninsula,where they assimilated the earlier inhabitants of the peninsula(O1b). These earlier peoples are thought to have have originated from Yangtze River farmers (from southern China O1) During the Yayoi period, haplogroup O1b2+O2a started to arrive and spreaded to every region of Japan. Origin of Koreans: Liao River/north East Asia (O2a+C2) + Korean peninsula natives (O1b2) Origin of Japanese: Jomon (D1a2+C1a1) + Korean peninsula /Yayoi (O2a+O1b2). A study combining linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence has traced the origins of the family of languages including modern Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Mongolian and the people who speak them to millet farmers who inhabited a region in northeastern China about 9,000 years ago. 3，Mongolia, Manchuria/Xiongnu/（C2b N1a O2a Q1）+ R1a→Xianbei → Rouran → Turkic Empire →Mongol Empire→ Qing Empire Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, Tungusic peoples，Chukchi people, Tuvans, Yakuts, Buryat....That's why do most Asian people look alike,because their ancestors originated from the same region Turkic：Tuvans，Kazakh，Dolgans，Yukaghir people...... Paleo-Siberian：Chukchi people...... Mongolic languages：Buryats，mongolian，Kalmyks...... Northern Tungusic：Evenks，Evens，Oroqen...... East Asian：Manchu，Xibe，Chinese, Korean，Japanese，Tibetan...... Eskimo-Aleut：Inuit，Yeniseian people...... Ural-Turkic people：Nenets people，Nganasan people，Yakut......

[@tamaliaalisjahbana6849]

Let me guess: you are Chinese?

[@sabari-sabar]

Thanks for breaking it down ❤

[@mstr293]

@@sabari-sabarI love how we are literally open about genetic differences with our closest related neighbors as opposed to people like Europeans, Africans and Americans who only see themselves as "black" or "white". Fun fact: Each of them also have these different admixtures on their continents alone.

[@jakemocci3953]

@@mstr293 Genetic science is taboo in the West.

[@vuniwaipeter5796]

Try reading about the story that the blood DNA will tell you . SCIENCE !!! Study of DNA on molecular biology level by major world universities lead by Oxford. It’s called: Melanesian and Asian origins of Polynesians : mtDNA and Y chromosomes gradients across the pacific. It’s important that we Pacific Islanders base our origin story with the help of Science .

[@joeshmoe8345]

Hell yeah thanks for posting, this is one of my favorite topics

[@deepblack67]

It would be most fair of you to address the evidence that Heyerdahl collected that shows a much more complex peopling of the Pacific. Looking at the Tihuanaco Culture and the sailing history of pre Colombian Peru would be great. It is pretty amazing and actually earlier than Polynesia it would seem. Including the evidence of master masonry and writing. The masonry work and water works of Peru are incredible.

[@jeremyalvarius]

You’re ignoring *the other ocean* kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJyxm2WfqKykjZY

[@ngatibroffessor35]

Thor was wrong. DNA science debunked his claim. Thor was overstating a brief cultural and genetic interaction between Polynesians and the people of the America's. Google REF: How the Voyage of the Kon-Tiki Misled the World About Navigating the Pacific ( Sources: Smithsonian Mag )

[@ngatibroffessor35]

Skepticism over the validity of those navigational methods has long muddied the waters. A most notable naysayer was ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl whose 1947 Kon Tiki raft expedition advanced the drift idea that colonization occurred only as vessels simply traveled on the tides. But the 1976 voyage of the Hōkūleʻa-guided by Micronesian navigator Pius “Mau” Piailug-resolved the debate. Piailug demonstrated his profound skill for reading the night sky and the ocean swells and safely guided the massive ocean-going canoe from Hawaii to Tahiti.

[@moekontze116]

someone commented that some of the peruan words are similar to Polynesian words.

[@st4r444]

@@moekontze116 no they are not. You cannot understand Peruvian language by using polynesian languages...trust me. The 2 cultures are different. Polynesians have no embroidery like Peruvians and the nose bridges of Peruvians are much longer like eurasians. They are herdal people with lama and goat too. Different culture

[@conniead5206]

Captain Cook took some sweet potatoes from one or more of the Islands of Oceana to England. A few were kept in a museum or whatever. Because modern sweet potatoes are so mixed researcher’s used those old dried up ones to DNA test and compare with the sweet potatoes indigenous to S. America. They got a match. The people’s of Oceana were cultivating South American sweet potatoes before Chris tripped. It makes sense that brides were taken home but I had not heard of Amerindian DNA being found there. It is also likely that some from Oceana either stayed or left “gifts” before sailing away. I gather Pacific Islander has been found in some in the Americas. Homo Sapiens doing what they do when given the opportunity. One thing. I gather they have evidence that the Australian aborigines have been there 40,000-60,000 years and Melanesians have been there 30,000 years. I may have misunderstood and that is how old their lineages are.

[@melwon1504]

Great content and very interesting. In the 1960's when I studied the migration of the Polynesians, one of the theories was that they originated from Malaysia. Recently, the theory that Polynesians originated from Taiwan is based on language and DNA and probably the most correct. Agree that these were the aboriginal Taiwanese and not the present Taiwanese people who are mostly descendants of the Han Chinese. Polynesians did not use written history, instead used oral methods such as chants, legends and stories. Archeological studies of the Marquesas and the Hawaiian and Maori chants show that the last wave of Polynesian migration came from the Marquesas to Hawaii and New Zealand and possibly Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Because they were excellent voyagers, the travel between these areas are covered through chants and legends. It is unknown why the contact with Rapa Nui ended and a different Polynesian culture developed there. This could have happened because of the Rapa Nuian contact with South America. I also believe that it is more likely that the Polynesians visited the Americas rather than American Indians visiting Polynesia. Just compare a Polynesian canoe versus a balsa canoe and realize how much more sea worthy it is. History also shows that Polynesians were excellent ocean voyagers, but there is very little data of American Indian ocean voyages. I met an American Archeologist on Rapa Nui in 1969 who was working there and he told me that Thor Heyerdahls' book "Kon Tiki" was a tale and that he found two connections to South America on Rapa Nui. This was the potato and papyrus plant that was growing there. I forgot his name, but I remember that he was a professor at an midwest American University and had made many trips to Rapa Nui. On my tour of the island, there were no standing Moai (stone statues).

[@ggrace1133]

Thanks for sharing. Good information and insights.

[@CP0rings33]

I heard that Rapa Nui as well as Aoteroa had limited contact with the rest of Polynesia due to the inability of the pandanus tree being able to survive in the places they settled, essentially making it a one way trip with no way of constructing new sails for the canoes, not sure how true this is but it is what I heard

[@sweetsweet3753]

Nice Video : Tiki is a symbol in both Mayan and Maori / Maori and Bahasa (Indo and Malay) have a few common words / Taiwanese DNA is prevalent within some Maori.

[@tamaliaalisjahbana6849]

Our language is not bahasa Indo. It is Indonesian. The bahasa part is not important. Bahasa merely means language and we use that word for all languages. For German for example we say Bahasa Jerman. And by the way we do not like being referred to as Indos or our language as Indo.

[@azhariarif]

@@tamaliaalisjahbana6849yes, it's called Bahasa Melayu.

[@4evaavfc]

James Cook (RN) regarded the Polynesians as the greatest maritime explorers and navigators.

[@mpf_agundipsht3619]

And the Greeks regarded the Celtic Druids as the Great philosophers and star gazers who knew the universe and the understanding of Nature. Our tribes mapped the stars, the Greeks learnt that from us

[@夜行者-s2x]

The O-M175 haplogroup origin were Yunnan-Burma border. Before separated into 2 branch, O1 (O-F265) and O2 (O-M122) O2 (O-M122) entered East Asia with the western route (Himalayan-Yunnan). And became to Sino-Tibetan O2a2b1 (M134) and Hmong-Mien O2a2a1a2 (M7). O1 (O-F265) They separated to 2 branch, O1a and O1b. O1a (M119) moved to Taiwan and became to Austronesians. O1b1a1a (M95) became to Austroasiatics who lived in Indo-China and O1b2 moved to Korea and Japan. O1b (O-M268)=O1b1+O1b2 The broad consensus on the Urheimat (homeland) of Austronesian languages as well as the Neolithic early Austronesian peoples is accepted to be Taiwan, as well as the Penghu Islands. Taiwanese aborigines 89.6%O1a Y-chromosome haplogroup O2-M122 is a common DNA marker in Han Chinese, as it appeared in China in prehistoric times.Other Y-DNA haplogroups that have been found with notable frequency in samples of Han Chinese includ 12,0%C2 K2a -13,0%O1a+ + 10,3%N1+ 7,2%O1b K2b - 4,2%Q1 Genetic studies have been done on the people and related groups. The Haplogroup O1 (Y-DNA)a-M119 genetic marker is frequently detected in Native Taiwanese, northern Philippines and Polynesians, as well as some people in Indonesia, Malaysia and non-Austronesian populations in southern China. A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in archaeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River in China also shows high frequencies of Haplogroup O1 in the Neolithic Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai peoples. The Liangzhu culture existed in coastal areas around the mouth of the Yangtze. Haplogroup O1 was absent in other archaeological sites inland. An important breakthrough in studies in Austronesian genetics was the identification of the "Polynesian motif" (Haplogroup B4a1a1) in 1989, a specific nine-base-pair deletion mutation in mtDNA. Several studies have shown that it is shared by Polynesians and Island Southeast Asians, with a sub-branch also identified in Madagascar, indicating shared maternal ancestry of Austronesians. Austronesian-speaking regions also have high to moderate frequencies of Haplogroup O1 of the Y-DNA (including Madagascar) indicating shared paternal ancestry, with the exception of Polynesia where the Papuan-derived Haplogroup C1b2a1a (P33) predominates (although lower frequencies of Austronesian Haplogroup O2-M122 also exist).

[@blackwater7183]

I appreciate you for sharing that. I understood everything you said. I always have a hard time understanding when people talk about genetics on the internet. I am studying I.T so I never had any classes with genetics🤣but I was always interested in the Biological Sciences eversince I was a kid. I copy pasted your post to my MS OneNote because I always wanted to know genetically where my people came from. 👍No wonder why some Japanese people look like South East Asians. Lol.

[@StevenTupu]

Much Love to All My Polynesian People, Brothers and Sisters!!!!🔥🔥🔥🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸

[@David-fd9cr]

Interesting video, I appreciate the sharing of different beliefs and evidence. Side note: Polynesians aren't past tense. Would have been nice if time was spent listening and conveying some of their origin stories. Takes a bit more work, but this video comes off as reporting about a culture without actually consulting with them. Talking about a culture without talking with them first is is a frequent recurrence among westerners. I've found Hawaiians and other Polynesians are gladly willing to share cultural info if the purpose is right. Anyways, the video was well made and did a good job covering a number of theories concisely.

[@juxchi4149]

Proud to be a Papua New Guinean 🇵🇬

[@suheylaa1769]

This is my MOST favorite topic/study above all others! So glad I found you

[@champaputih4568]

I am Cham. My ancestors were among the earliest maritime trade kingdom in SEA with controlled the sea route travell between India and China for almost more than 1000 years. We still are considered to be sailman expert in Cambodia.

[@renagihitolo5059]

We focus on our labels Micronesian, Polynesian, Melanesian I believe the answer lies in DNA mapping. Can't discount that interaction with South America, Japan and Taiwan also played a role.

[@gpl992]

Yup Me as a Moluccan Islander agrees.

[@lostdracco6744]

@@gpl992 No they didn't shut up, Filipinos smh 😭

[@zairatulumierah9436]

Yes Taiwan is being left just because now China occupied our ancestors land

[@GaryHField]

Polynesians are our cousins. I'm Filipino. We, together with Malays and Indonesians are classified as Malayo-Polynesian. We are not so different from the Polynesians of the Pacific, except that we lack the Melanesian genetic admixture that they have.

[@kagar3465]

You're cousins are the Vietnamese, Thai, Malays, Indonesians, and the Taiwanese.... Southeast Asians

[@my_other_side473]

@@kagar3465 Vietnamese, thais are not austronesians. and anyway related to their language. while Polynesian shares 79% of our DNA. the rest are of Melesian.

[@AnneBelleano]

​@@kagar3465their first people are Chinese the first people of the Philippines are negritos little black people

[@mtkvlogs2408]

Hi to all, then me for my part I am Malagasy of origin of Madagascar I adore the contents of the Indian Ocean and what I know it is that I am proud to have this ethnicity because to live in the austronesian world it is to understand all the fields of the nature polynesian that I make thus reference to the integral part of Asia.

[@charlestonchanming9251]

Proud 🌴Polynesian🌴 here 🤗😁 , malo. 🌴🇼🇸Charlie🇼🇸🌴 Chicago , IL , Usa 🕺🇺🇸

[@2ndEsdras69]

Hey fellow Chicago /Chi-town native. Welcome to the page.

[@ceodepearlvillarba]

for people saying or comparing austronesians and polynesians. basically polynesians are austronesians with melanesian native admixture, thus their darker skin tones. but they got their base seafaring technologies from their austronesian forefathers.

[@davidhanson4909]

Your idiosyncratic delivery cadence had me half convinced you were a really good chatbot until I saw your face, LOL.

[@emilewilmar4919]

this was a really good video essay but what it overlooked, that is crucial to the discussion of Amerindian contact pre columbus, is that prior to european contact, the staple crop of Maori society were kumara, which are types of sweet potato. Now potato originate & were only ever domesticated in South America. Considering that Maori had landed in New Zealand by the time of the crusades, & there was limited contact between Maori & the rest of Polynesia (relative to how frequent trade was between islands). We can speculate that the original contact between polynesia & the America's probably goes back much further based on how disseminated Kumara were across the pacific & how integral it was Polynesian agriculture

[@eeeaten]

in this video they suggest the meeting of polynesians and south americans happened around 1150AD. are you suggesting it happened earlier than this? why?

[@Youdontneedtoknowboy]

I’m not Polynesian I’m from the Mariånas islands in Micronesia and I’m glad scientists are looking deeper into our ancestry too. We all came from somewhere because we didn’t just grow from the ground. The real MVP’s are the ancient Taiwanese I guess. It’s cool to see how thousands of years of evolution looks. Can’t wait to hear more from their research.

[@Fizzlemynizzle]

I’m from the Manu’a islands the oldest island of Samoa and it’s sad that history has forgotten about my people. We we’re good friends to Tonga when Tonga enslaved Samoa we aided the Tongans to fight our own people we weren’t traitors it’s just that when it comes to promises my island never disappoints but my point is It’s so sad how history forgot about us just because we aided the Tongans. Nowadays you never hear Manu’a people talk down to our tokos.

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

so its just the other samoans that diss the tokos currently?

[@jaytwoz]

Tui Manu'a will never be forgotten by Us that know the real history/herstory. So much of our story has been fkd up. I am from both Sava'ii and Upolu. Upolu acenstors mostly came from Sava'ii as Upolu was mostly an uninhabited land. Samoa has alot of these so called royal elite families everyone worships but are frauds in my opinion. Like i said, so much of our real History has been jacked up. Manu'a and Pulotu need to be revived cos alot of it was tarnished by colonisation and religion. Peace Fam.

[@JayYaj-k7n]

You betray your own people lol that's what you get...silence USO

[@matthewmann8969]

Very alike origins and roots to Micronesians, Melanesians, Australian Aboriginals, And Papuans at least when it comes to all of them being Native to Oceania

[@sr2291]

Hawaiians have DNA from Oceania. Go on GEDMatch, find people with the female B4a1a1 and put their GEDMatch ID in the Autosomal Calculator. Bingo. Oceania.

[@bighawaiianpunch3534]

@@sr2291 no shit native Hawaiians are polynesians

[@takuweeloa5478]

@@bighawaiianpunch3534 Yep and Polynesians are Melanesians.

[@vamelanumela1160]

@@takuweeloa5478 yeah and melanesian are micronesian

[@jlongmasbartholomew]

I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days. Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians. And I know that the record which I make is true; and I make it with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge". 1 Nephi 1-3 Hello friends, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The verses above are the first three verses in The Book of Mormon. I know this probably isn't the most ideal place to talk about religion but I really do want you to know that God loves you. You may not love Him or care about Him at all, but He still will continue to love you. You are a beloved son or daughter of God. He knows you personally and He truly and deeply desires for your happiness. He loves everyone who has every lived on this earth, with a perfect equal love regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, faith and values and beliefs. The Lord loves you more than you can think or comprehend. "He inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile" 2 Nephi. He is our loving, caring Heavenly Father. We are literally His children and creations. When we were in the womb, he knew about us" Jerimiah 4:5. He knitted us and we were created in His image. I testify to you that you and I are not a mistake. He knows the very moment when we stand and when we sit. He is familiar with all our ways and knows us personally who we are. The hairs on our very head are numbered. 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[@dnifty1]

The pacific was settled by groups related to aboriginal populations in South East Asia, the Philippines and Taiwan that were already related even before the rise of the Austronesian languages. The populations of Aboriginal Taiwanese were mostly wiped out by the expansions of Han Chinese over the last 500 years culminating in the settlement of Taiwan by exiled Taiwanese nationalists under Shang Kai Shek. So much of the ancient DNA of aboriginal Taiwanese is no longer present in its original form in Taiwan. And those populations of ancient Taiwanese would have looked closer to various South East Asian aboriginal groups and populations in the Philippines than modern mainland Chinese. In fact the populations of ancient Sundaland are part of an ancient expansion of populations into South East Asia that are related to the Australian Aborigines, Papuans and South Indians. From these ancestral groups came first Pacific islanders. These people developed maritime technology over thousands of years as a result of the rise and fall of sea level over time in Sundaland and surrounding Islands.

[@thereseclaire9806]

Wow I didn't know about this! Usually I dismissed this fact because Taiwanese looked nothing like SEA. I considered the Oceania as coming from the Malays, to Indonesia, to Papua then so on moving East. Now that I know about the Aboriginal Taiwanese being wiped out, thanks so much for this info! May I know which source this came from?

[@en8596]

The modern taiwanese aborigines still perserve their original genetic trace. There're not that much intermixing or 'extermination' (like what happened to native american). The genetic make up of the majority of southeast asian people are composed of austroasiatic origin (especially those from mainland), austronesian, and the older australo-melanesian (negrito, melanesian, australian aborigine) genetic. The negrito's part however are more complex, like for example, the negritos of peninsular malaysia have different genetic makeup compared to the negritos of philippine. To simplify: the earliest inhabitants of SEA are more closely related to earlier people who migrated out of africa, their genetics are preserved in modern papuan, eastern negritos, and australian aborigine people. Somewhere along the time, the early south chinese people came migrated to SEA via peninsula and intermixed with the older inhabitant, their genetics are preserved in modern peninsular people (including the negritos) and some bornean people. Later the more modern asutroasiatic people and austronesian people came in several waves and intermixed with the older inhabitant. Some of the earlier austronesian from taiwan however choose to migrates southeast to the pacific and became polynesian. The most recent studies showed that the polynesian genetics are closer to the taiwanese aborigine than what previously thought and only have little melanesian admixture. These indicates, that their ancestors came straight away from taiwan to the pacific migrating faster and only stayed shorter on some regions they passed (by faster/shorter it means tens to hundreds years) .

[@kahldiss2689]

Austronesian language and ancestry originated from Sulawesi. It was the center of trade for thousand of years before any Javanese Hindu kingdoms and empires ever existed in the region. The Malagsy people of Madagascar trace their origin from Java, just south of Sulawesi. Ancient people from Sulawesi were one of the first great seafarers of olden times along with the Phoenicians and Tarshis. Their DNA and language spread out to the four corners in search of trade. They reached and settled Okinawa via Taiwan, to southern china via the shores of present day Vietnam, to East Africa via southern india, then to the Pacific Islands. The out of taiwan theory is a just a piece of western thought devoid of any knowledge about the culture of Austronesians.

[@maapauu4282]

@@kahldiss2689 Austronesian languages originated in Taiwan

[@kahldiss2689]

@@maapauu4282 Austronesian language DID NOT ORIGINATE in Taiwan. It originated in Sulawesi where there are evidences of human settlements already existing thousands of years before any man had reached Taiwan.

[@carphone9385]

700 years before Europeans would sail out of the sight of land - East Polynesian had explored and settled HALF the Known Globe of the earth - from Easter Island off the coast of South America to Madagascar off the coast of Africa. This exploration was done against tides and wind in their known deep sea vessels. A truly amazing feat.

[@boyo9five]

You have to give some props to the Micronesians. They still sail with outriggers today, had to reteach the Polynesians back in the 70s. Marshall Islands won the last outrigger race

[@cecepahmadnasori8083]

They speak Austronesia languages that belong to the oceanic family, a group of Malayo-polynesia which also includes many Austronesian languages spoken in South East Asia. They sailed down South through the Philippines, Indonesia, then reached Papua. I believe, those Austronesian people that arrived in East Indonesia/papua intermixed with the native papuans before sailing East to Pacific.

[@horsekfobster7823]

@Maloa Fiji He must be Indonesian, an oppressor of the pacific

[@riyuzohoshi306]

@@horsekfobster7823 are you islander? Look up on your flag my guy the little union jack dumpster was there, who opressing who?You r racist human being with British curriculum mindset, you r just disney clown for them nothing else

[@riyuzohoshi306]

@Maloa Fiji and what is it feel to being racist in the middle of nowhere? You realize arent you, they dehumanizing the native using the bible like they did to native American

[@riyuzohoshi306]

@REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS ok whos the fijian then

[@horsekfobster7823]

@@riyuzohoshi306 I’m Tongan the Union Jack isn’t even on the Tongan flag. Those of you Asians that are guilty of Pacific Islander erasure always point the finger at the whites, y’all are oppressors too stfu

[@tamafaalii3207]

If you have a look at Filipino tattoos and Polynesian tattoos, they r very similar. Maybe that could be a small clue

[@jzjzjzj]

its a major clue lmao they are all austronesians. very widely known fact even the numbers are the same all from taiwan

[@ColoniaMurder20]

@@jzjzjzj bisaya warriors have been raiding coastal area in china... isn't possible some bisaya settle in taiwan..

[@danielpiquejr]

Seafarers and trading , that’s why numbers are similar. Tattoos are tribal, so images and patterns could’ve been shared through voyages up and down the pacific.

[@muaposala1041]

The practice was once came from one place and that is the time of the towel of Babel when the language was one and people was into magician and witchcraft and evil bus like alcohol, smoke, weapons, idols worship, black magic, white magic, Egyptian magic, make ups, prostitution, astronomical, worshipping stars moon sun and other elements. People turn their back from true God so He scattered our people by confusing us with many languages.

[@mctulkyviperbit6166]

Imagine the ancestors looking at the ocean and saying: “I wonder what’s out there.”

[@keahi7646]

I am Hawaiian, my mother's side of the TREE, traces way, way back. I want you to think about this legend, and you ALL HAVE SEEN Maui in the classic Moana. Maui "held back the sun". That legend is also in Indian lore, and other tribal stories all around the world explaining the same event. That event was one day and never happened again in history. That date of the event was written about in the Bible, where Joshua told God to hold back the sun and moon for one day, and he did. That day was recorded in Joshua 10:12, in1300 BC (Circa). We are now in 2024. That PROVES Hawaiians were in Hawaii long before all the stories of the later times historians make up. That was over 3224 years ago at least, that Hawaiians experience this event IN Hawai'i. And I have the genealogy that was chanted and produced by BYU for the King of Tonga, and it branches off our Hawai'ian gemology. In fact, my genealogy goes back, by the original chant to Wakea and Papa both original spirits that united and produced the Hawai'ian culture long before 1300 B.C. This is what we Hawai'ians believe our people are Indigenous, not aboriginal.

[@eeeaten]

no, you're getting relgious mythology mixed up with reality. native hawaiians are eastern polynesian. their ancestors are from samoa/tonga, from the western pacific before that. the first hawaiians arrived around 1200AD.

[@cingel8757]

I am polynesian from Tahiti, NZ, Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, Rapa Nui ... We are same people.

[@fredericksamson9430]

Im from Philippines greetings sister!

[@sasharowen9584]

where do you think our people come from? i don’t think i believe this scientific one.

[@goldgen7352]

Poly are mix of austronesian and melanesian, mela have bigger bone than austro Their ancestors can be trace by looking at their tatto culture, catamaran ship, languages and many more, we have almost the same similarities! Basically we are from the same roots but got an evolusion for thousand years maybe

[@fredericksamson9430]

@@sasharowen9584 polynesians came from Asia originally

[@sasharowen9584]

@@fredericksamson9430 that’s what the colonizers say

[@mrcool9672]

If they can find tiny dots in the ocean, surely they can find land blocking the ocean.

[@mikepoulin3020]

You get Thor Heyerdahl's original theory somewhat incorrect... He never said Polynesians "originated" in South America. That is a distortion... His theory actually said that some small contingent of South Americans made it to eastern Polynesia , the Marquesas and Easter Island, bringing with them their foods like sweet potatoes, coconuts, totora reed and bottle gourds, etc.. and their religion and rock art. The second wave was originally from east Asia via the Pacific Northwest coast and Hawaii. Which explains the language and DNA similarity... He always believed the mix came from the naturally easiest sea routes but he never denied a South East Asian component....And he came to form this theory originally while living on Futu-Hiva and talking with the local people... The biggest gap in these studies is that they always leave out the sea route via the Pacific Northwest coast of America an intermediate jumping off point ...DNA studies have already shown an Oceanic element in the Pacific Northwest coast population which always seems to be ignored in these arguments....

[@lloydbeattie9370]

well said . I have worked with a maori Master carver .he pointed out . maui . and others . these history s are not forgotten . in saying that . these types of channels . are missing the point . as if .in a digest ed . form can cover alot of information . 🏖️

[@lindamaemullins5151]

👍❤️🥰

[@sasharowen9584]

@@lloydbeattie9370 where did he say they come from

[@lloydbeattie9370]

@@sasharowen9584 there mythology . are Maui the Demi god . from Hawaii . kupe the navigator . and basically 10 main ship all from Hawaii . there spiritual homeland . there physical homeland is the Pacific ocean . DNA . has shown them to be . from taiwanese . asian origins . about 2 thousand years ago ? they new of . Australia. North and south America . and Antarctica. I hope you would like to study these great explorers of one of the greatest travels in human history . ps .the kumara .comes from kumara in Peru . 🤔

[@sasharowen9584]

@@lloydbeattie9370 i thought Maui was from Egypt

[@charcole8418]

A lot of co workers were Polynesian when I worked in Utah. The best people with the greatest ♥️. Dependable and very chill

[@josemacbeth1641]

Just a add on. They found a comb tattoo needles made out of human bones in Tonga dating 3000 years old. Can that say something about how the Polynesians travelled?

[@hungatonga-hungahaapai6402]

Yeah, that we the OG Poly boiis 💪🏽🇹🇴 ain't no one that can one up us toko 💯

[@hungatonga-hungahaapai6402]

@Question haha you wish.

[@muaposala1041]

That comb looking kakau or Tatau tool made out of (human bone), came from Manu'a the first king of Tonga traditional kakau came from Manu'a, Samoa, I would probably say that was a gift from there to the Tongan people, but shouldn't something we all to be proud of. Tattoo is an Art of Satan , it came from demons . We shouldn't scar our body , is the way of demon as Jesus cast out one of bad spirit that was inside of a man that cut himself . Our body is the temple of the holy spirit. Repent except and believe in Jesus he die for us. I'm from Samoa 35% Tonga , yes we were once conquered by Tonga , but a beast help us to win that battle, and that beast I have a feeling is the king of the marine (not good). We must all except Jesus he die for us rose on the 3rd day by the spirit of Yah. He is coming real soon.

[@josemacbeth1641]

@@muaposala1041 Do you have proof of the ancient tattoo tool was a gift from Manu'a(Samoa) because that tool out dates anything man made in Samoa?

[@muaposala1041]

@@josemacbeth1641 tattoo comes from Samoan word Tatau ta-ta-a'u , ta-ta is the sound of stick striking another or to strike , a'u=me, to strike me , to choose me, to mark me , to pick me , I'll lead my family, I'll lead my village, I'll lead my district, I am a representative, Tatau means (We must diplomat) , Ua-tata-a'u=past , ta-tatau-a'u=present, Tatau=future Captain Cook change the pronunciation from Tatau to tattoo cause of the word back (1676). Again tattoo is an Art of Satan from demons million years trace back to I believe before the towel of babel . Is a sacrifices to the gods or idols by using our blood our people hesitate to worship Yahweh. Witchcraft and black magics was there idols and tikis and carving woods and stones. Leviticus 19:28 "You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead( ancestors comb bone tattoo needle, represent the ancestors) or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord. Now you ask for proof Samoa island of Manu'a is where Tatau came from , proof what you think everyone go back to Samoa just to get traditional, but nothing in our tattoos represent God only 3rd 👁️. Like I said I'm not proud of it . Jesus is coming soon repent believe in Jesus he is the way the truth and life , believe he die for all of us . Take his mark (taw). Believe he rose in 3rd day by the spirit from the father. JESUS loves you I love you turn from darkness way to the light, Jesus is the light.

[@hectorvazquez818]

Hey Nick. Have you heard of Nan Madol? Fascinating stone city built by the Polynesians in the middle of the Pacific from artificial islands.

[@quadeevans6484]

*micronesians

[@sygrovesteve5819]

All kinds of people have moved about the world, sone from cultures lost in time...... the significant ancient stonework seen in Peru and Bolivia is clearly from unknown people with remarkable technology

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Micronesian the polynesians older siblings.

[@alromolor9710]

Lmao

[@santospaul8103]

It’s not in the Polynesian region

[@terrencekennedy1318]

One theory is they are actually from the Malay race which is from Indonesia,Malaysia,the Phillipines cause many of their words are quite similar

[@teovu5557]

malay race IS Austronesian........one is just an older term. lol

[@AMM0beatz]

Malay in tagalog means conscious.

[@philliplyn2692]

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@jamiehaveka1770]

We are Austronesian our languages,cultures are similar to Taiwan. I don't believe we come from South America. Because Sāmoa and Tonga predate the other Polynesian nations.

[@TSideWes805]

Tonga* 🇹🇴predates hamoa 😌 hamoans used to pay tribute to the Tu'i. Look up the ha'amonga a Maui 👍

[@BarHawa]

@@TSideWes805 that's fairly recent. The names tell you all you need to know. The Tu'i Tonga empire begins with Aho'eitu,who himself was predated by the Sa Tangaloa which comes from Samoa. The modern borders don't do our people justice,as we are all one.

[@destynphyre4559]

My Māori elders often spoke of the middle east as one of our places of origin, and south America.

[@eeeaten]

those ideas are now known to be untrue. the ancestors of maori are from eastern polynesia, and the western pacific before that.

[@destynphyre4559]

@@eeeaten Not according to the many ancient chants, legends and genealogical links we still teach our children. In fact our dna proves that Māori have links to Iran, my own grandmother was one such person who took the test. I believe my elders over any white washed theory, sorry, not sorry.

[@destynphyre4559]

@@eeeaten The Māori word for sweet potato is kumara, the same word is also known throughout South America as Kumara, go figure.

[@hungatonga-hungahaapai6402]

Maori ain't nothin but a bunch of hori that got mixed with the pakehas and asians. i dont consider yall to be polynesian not one bit lmao.

[@nemanjastosic7141]

@@destynphyre4559 I've never seen a Māori that looks Iranian and vice versa.

[@Msandhuau]

I had this girl working with me who was an indigenous Taiwanese. She look exactly as Maori people of New Zealand. So yes highly likely it all started from Taiwan.

[@shennalim111]

If this topic interests you, I can recommend "Eden in the East" by Stephen Oppenheimer about the dispersal of people from Sunda Shelf after the last ice age. It's a well researched book with some speculative ideas, but very interesting if you are keen to learn more about the Polynesian/Melanesian peoples origins (among other things). Another book is "The Navigators" by David Lewis. This book is solely about the fantastic voyages of the Polynesians.

[@urbnctrl]

Polynesians origin story includes the Alifuru people of Maluku! West Melanesia neighboring Papua. This is where the Melanesians mixed heavily with the Austronesian travelers and wherr outrigger canoe technology was developed. Even the Europeans called the Maluku people the True Polynesians (original). It is known.

[@REDEYEDFEELiN]

Wakeas home

[@lostdracco6744]

Maluku people aren't poly 😐

[@urbnctrl]

@@lostdracco6744 no they are melanesian but where do you think the polynesians originated from?

[@lostdracco6744]

@@urbnctrl we originated from Hawaiki a island located in the Pacific of Polynesia and that's it

[@Masahanate-777]

@@lostdracco6744 but malukus look like polys too

[@niamtxiv]

Polynesia came from Taiwan. All the native Taiwanese and polynesian share similar linguistic roots.

[@sefoahsiu8524]

Not the current day Taiwanese the original Taiwanese are the current Polynesians

[@mrfin02]

@@sefoahsiu8524 some Polynesians. Not all. Because most Polynesians now have Melanesian and south American dna.

[@tislandboy2122]

Wrong

[@ChaCha-ns2rd]

Not from Taiwan

[@ChaCha-ns2rd]

Taiwanese are not built like Polynesian. I stayed in Taipei and food culture linguistic is far from it

[@sasrio_]

My wife from China advised they're records in China of a group resembling the Pacific Islanders / Tagata Pasifika which passed through Ancient China about circa 5,000 years ago. With China having one of the most well preserved documents in the world, makes sense they passed through Taiwan and continued through. Makes me think of how the Phoenicians / Minoans left Crete, through the passage by Egypt to the Red Sea, stopping at Madagascar and leaving their Pacific Islander / Polynesian DNA there before the African DNA mixed in, and then passing across some of Asia, mainly China and then Taiwan, before settling in the Pacific. Evidence of tattoos and very specific and unique motifs, as well as a later introduction of language from the Austronesian wave blurs the line of these people. You then have the Denisovan DNA from the Denisovan caves in Russia, located near the borders between Mongolia, China and Russia. The Homo Denisovan DNA found in New Guinea and Australia the direct cousins of the Melanesians of the Pacific Islanders. Such a magnificent journey.

[@eeeaten]

that doesn't make sense, sorry. pacific islanders are not a group who "passed through" china and taiwan, and there are no records from 7000 years ago. writing was not invented in china until thousands of years after that. phonecians/egyptians are not related to pacific islanders either, and when austronesians reached madagascar there were no african people there. for clarity, austronesian people are from the western pacific, and their ancestors came from south east asia. the ancestors of austronesian people have been in taiwan for at least ten thousand years. they developed sea craft and settled many islands in the western pacific including the philippines and indonesia. some of those islands were already inhabited. around 2000 years ago they had outrigger boats and travelled large distances, one even reaching madagascar far to the west. those people (the malagasy) were the first people of madagascar. around 1000 years ago a group of austronesian people, the polynesians in the middle of the pacific, got even better at travelling/navigating and expanded from tahiti to reach hawaii, easter island and new zealand around 750 years ago. none of these people were phonecian/egyptian, they are austronesian. it should be noted that not all of these great seafarers/navigators were austronesian, there is also a rich history of melanesian seafarers in the western pacific, all the way to fiji.

[@sasrio_]

@@eeeaten I didn't know you were there when all this occurred. Making the biggest claims, and discrediting other peoples' stories, yet not offering one valid source. Happy for you to add whatever you believe or want to be true, however if you look to cut down another culture and peoples' history then bring facts. Tangata Whenua / Maori were in New Zealand before 750 years. Fossil records, as well as First Nations Elders admit to a long-ancient trade line between the Maori and Pacific Islands, as well as matching stories from First Nations Elders in the Pacific Islands making vast journeys to and from New Zealand to trade for the sacred Pounamu and hunt for Moa. The thousands of gigantic sea-vessels that they created to traverse the endless blue, the whole Pacific Ocean was their backyard. When it costs $300,000+ to make one "poorly imitated" Catamaran in today's world just shows the difference between the science behind these special peoples' unique technology which allowed them to travel not only all throughout the Pacific, but also the Indian Ocean and God knows where else. Facts is all I ask for. Like the fact that the Denisovan cave is in Russia, right by the pinnacle between Mongolia and China, and the DNA only found rich in the Pacific Islands, and Melanesian Islands of the Pacific, i.e. Papua, Australia, Solomon Isles, Vanuatu, and a lot of Fiji, pre-slave dumps by the British.

[@eeeaten]

@@sasrio_ i'm happy to reference the science - i recommend walter's 2017 Mass Migration and the Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand. there is no evidence of any people in new zealand prior to 1250AD. if you have some evidence/sources feel free to share. yes, soon after maori arrival in nz there were probably journeys back and forth between nz and eastern polynesia. no artifacts or stone from nz have been found in eastern polynesia, so suggesting pounamu was traded is a claim not supported by evidence, some nz obsidian has been found in the kermadecs but that's it in that direction. polynesians were certainly capable seafarers and navigators but there is no evidence they travelled the indian ocean - only the settling of madagascar by austronesians, who were not polynesian (polynesians are austronesian, not all austronesians are polynesian). there is evidence that polynesians reached south america and also australia, but no evidence of polynesian genetics in either of these places. at least you've stopped talking about phonecians.

[@夜行者-s2x]

@@sasrio_ Taiwanese indigenous peoples(高山族群） Genetic marker O1a，80%-90% O1a mtDNA：B, R9, and M7 Polynesia genetic marker C1+O，mtDNA：B Atholl Anderson wrote that analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA, female) and Y chromosome (male) concluded that the ancestors of Polynesian women were Austronesians while those of Polynesian men were Papuans/Melanesians.. Southeast Asian： 1，Ydna C1b+D1a+M-The first settlers/ aboriginal，They were not Austronesian 2，Ydna O1a+O1b+O2-The second group of settlers/Mongoloid Austronesian O1a/Austroasiatic O1b/Sino-Tibetan O2a

[@夜行者-s2x]

Austro-Tai O1a (M119)→Yangtze River Basin→Baiyue people A 2007 analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains in archaeological sites of prehistoric peoples along the Yangtze River in China also shows high frequencies of Haplogroup O1 in the Neolithic Liangzhu culture, linking them to Austronesian and Tai-Kadai peoples. The Liangzhu culture existed in coastal areas around the mouth of the Yangtze. Haplogroup O1 was absent in other archaeological sites inland. Yangtze Riverm O1a (M119)→Fujian→Taiwan→ Austronesian→ Islands of Southeast Asia/C1b2a+D+M→Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian-speaking regions also have high to moderate frequencies of Haplogroup O1 of the Y-DNA (including Madagascar) indicating shared paternal ancestry, with the exception of Polynesia where the Papuan-derived Haplogroup C1b2a1a (P33) predominates (although lower frequencies of Austronesian Haplogroup O2-M122 also exist). Haplogroup O has nothing with Haplogroup C Fujian O1a →Guangdong and Guangxi O1b1a1→Kam-Tai/Zhuang people Kam-Tai→Mainland Southeast Asia→Laos →Thailand Genetic evidence points out Zhuang/ Kra-Dai possesses a very high frequency of Haplogroup O1b with most of them being subclade O1b1a1 making it the most dominant marker, one that they share with Austro-Asiatic. The other portion of O1b belongs to subclade O1b1a2. Zhuangs have prevalent frequencies of O1a which links them with Austronesian, but O1a is at much lower rate compared to O1b1a1 and only slightly higher than O1b1a2. Haplogroup O1b in Taiwan aborigines is almost completely non-existent, but they exhibit very high frequencies of O1a. This suggests that in the event that the Austro-Tai hypothesis is correct, Tai-Kadai speakers have assimilated O1b into their population after the separation of Tai and Austronesian. Austro-Tai The Kra-Dai languages contain numerous similar forms with Austronesian which were noticed as far back as Schlegel in 1901.These are considered to be too many to explain as chance resemblance. The question then is whether they are due to language contact (i.e., borrowing) or to common descent (i.e., a genealogical relationship).

[@Urfavgirlfaithhhhh]

As a Tongan and Samoan who is related to the chief of Samoa this really is amazing I’m happy people are interested in us but I don’t really like how scientists wanna explore us but thank u sm for this video!

[@E.P.1]

Even though scientist grouped Fiji in Melanesia,the cultural history shared with Tonga and Samoa is still taught in song,customs,dance and oral history.

[@E.P.1]

@Fijian Zionist ☝︎ Soon enough y'all be Indians rt

[@jlongmasbartholomew]

I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days. Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians. And I know that the record which I make is true; and I make it with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge". 1 Nephi 1-3 Hello friends, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The verses above are the first three verses in The Book of Mormon. I know this probably isn't the most ideal place to talk about religion but I really do want you to know that God loves you. You may not love Him or care about Him at all, but He still will continue to love you. You are a beloved son or daughter of God. He knows you personally and He truly and deeply desires for your happiness. He loves everyone who has every lived on this earth, with a perfect equal love regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, faith and values and beliefs. The Lord loves you more than you can think or comprehend. "He inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile" 2 Nephi. He is our loving, caring Heavenly Father. We are literally His children and creations. When we were in the womb, he knew about us" Jerimiah 4:5. He knitted us and we were created in His image. I testify to you that you and I are not a mistake. He knows the very moment when we stand and when we sit. He is familiar with all our ways and knows us personally who we are. The hairs on our very head are numbered. God loved us so much, He sent His Only Begotten Son for us, that we may be able to return and dwell in the presence of God again. The Lord has not forgotten about us even when it feels like He has. He will never forsake us. When we are happy, He and His angels rejoice alongside us. When we are sad, He heals us and lifts us up from our trials. He has always been there for us. He has always been our loving, compassionate Heavenly Father and God. Will we always be His children and people? I testify to you that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ. Both love you exceedingly and rejoice when you are happy. They both love you so much. They love you with a love unfeigned. They will never ever stop doing good unto you. I know that The Book of Mormon is true. "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost". Moroni 10:4 I promise and testify to you, that if you will read The Book of Mormon, ponder on its message and ask God if it is not true, you will come to know of its truthfulness, whether its true or not true. Remember my friends that God loves you with all his heart, might mind, soul and strength. He wants you to be happy. He knows what you are going through and dealing with right now. He desires for you to return back to Him. Unfortunately, He has been misrepresented and seen as a cruel and angry God who anticipates for us to slip and writes down every mistake we make waiting to punish us by those who do not know or know Him fully. My friends, God has stored many opportunities and blessings for you. He is incredibly eager and desires with all His heart to bless you abundantly. He wants you to live with Him again. He only wants the best for you and your well being. He wants to experience everlasting joy and indescribable happiness in this life and in the life to come. He wants you to partake of His goodness and come and follow Him. The Lord does not care how early or late you decide to come unto Him. I testify to you that if you have strayed and wondered off the path that there is peace and hope in Jesus Christ, The Savior of the world. The Lord accepts those who come unto Him whether your early, late or just in time who desire to change. The Lord will accept you wholeheartedly and forgive you if you are willing to change. The Lord will welcome you and will always be ready to embrace you with open arms. The Lord will lift us up in our trials and use us to bless the lives of those around us if we are willing to change. If you desire to learn more, you are always welcome to visit comeuntochrist.org. There you will learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ and our core beliefs and values. If you have taken the time to read The Book of Mormon and this comment, thank you. It takes a huge leap of faith and a lot of courage to muster enough faith to read in the Book of Mormon and to believe in something in a personage that you may never see in this lifetime. Although we may not be able to see God and Jesus Christ in this life, I testify to you that they are real. They do truly exist. I promise you that if you will pray to know of their existence, you will come to know whether they exist or have been made up. You are my friends. The Lord loves you unconditionally and is fully aware of you and despite all our weaknesses and shortcomings, he still loves us and will forgive us if we will humble ourselves before Him and diligently seek correction and do whatever is needed to repent. Remember that The Lord is always available to talk to through prayer 24/7. No question sounds too silly for Him. James wrote, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" James 1:5. If you must know whether or not something is true and uplifting, or evil and deceptive, you can always pray to God. He will help you know what the truth is and what is not the truth. He will never be too busy to talk to. He will give you strength you need to overcome and conquer your temptations and will give you the strength you need to endure through your trials and afflictions. Paul said that The Lord will not give you temptations that you cannot resist, but that in your temptations, He will provide a way for you to resist, overcome and conquer them. He will provide a way. He wants to bless you and reward you abundantly in Spiritual and physical things. The Lord knows you and will not forget you. You are loved. You are utterly amazing. You have incredible potential. You are not forgotten or ever will be forgotten or forsaken. You are special. You are unique. You really are one of a kind. You have been reserved for this time and The Lord needs you on His side. It just simply would not be the same without you. That's just how much the Lord need you on His side. Thank you dearly for your time.

[@Te562]

definitely right

[@namasi7070]

@@jlongmasbartholomew Joseph Smith was not credible. He practiced polygamy. He held that black people were cursed. Please read the Bible instead of following this American cult.

[@jlongmasbartholomew]

@@namasi7070 Hello friend, In the early years of the Church, African slaves were permitted and allowed to be Baptized to come unto the fold of God, while America was segregated. Some examples include: Green Flake, Samuel D. Chambers, Gobo Fango and Bridget "Biddy" Mason. All of them were slaves. Toward the end of his life, Church founder Joseph Smith openly opposed slavery. In a private Church council three years after Joseph Smith’s death, Brigham Young praised Q. Walker Lewis, a black man who had been ordained to the priesthood, saying, “We have one of the best Elders, an African.” Anciently, only certain tribes of Israel could hold the Priesthood [Levi]. In 1852, President Brigham Young publicly announced that men of black African descent could no longer be ordained to the priesthood, though thereafter blacks continued to join the Church through baptism and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. At the same time, President Young said that at some future day, black Church members would “have all the privilege and more” enjoyed by other members. There have been many theories and speculations on why this happened, but none of these explanations are accepted today as official doctrine of The Church. Perhaps The Lord was always willing to give the Priesthood to those of African descent but maybe members of The Church were not ready to accept that. During the 20th Century, President Spencer W. Kimball would go to the Temple and pray earnestly and seek The Lord's will if the people of African descent should hold the Priesthood. He would do this many times during the week. In June 1978, after “spending many hours in the Upper Room of the [Salt Lake] Temple supplicating the Lord for divine guidance,” Church President Spencer W. Kimball, his counselors in the First Presidency, and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles received a revelation. “He has heard our prayers, and by revelation has confirmed that the long-promised day has come,” the First Presidency announced on June 8. The First Presidency stated that they were “aware of the promises made by the prophets and presidents of the Church who have preceded us” that “all of our brethren who are worthy may receive the priesthood.” The revelation rescinded the restriction on priesthood ordination. It also extended the blessings of the temple to all worthy Latter-day Saints, men and women. The First Presidency statement regarding the revelation was canonized in the Doctrine and Covenants as Official Declaration 2. Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor or curse, or that it reflects unrighteous actions in a premortal life; that mixed-race marriages are a sin; or that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to anyone else. Church leaders today condemn all racism, past and present, in any form. It affirms that God is, "no respecter of persons" and declares that anyone who is righteous regardless of race is favored of Him. Nephi said, “The Lord denieth none that cometh unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; … all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.” The Bible teaches that marriage of one man to one woman is God's standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise. In a revelation to Joseph Smith, the practice of plural marriage-the marriage of one man to two or more women-was instituted among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 1840s. For more than half a century, plural marriage was practiced by some Latter-day Saints. Only the Church President held the keys authorizing the performance of new plural marriages. In 1890, the Lord inspired Church President Wilford Woodruff to issue a statement that led to the end of the practice of plural marriage in the Church. In this statement, known as the Manifesto, President Woodruff declared his intention to abide by U.S. law forbidding plural marriage and to use his influence to convince members of the Church to do likewise. Due to the constant persecutions, many wives were widows. Plural marriage allowed widows to be provided food, water and shelter. This practise was instituted anciently in The Bible like Abraham and Jacob. Both had more than one wife. For these early Latter-day Saints, plural marriage was a religious principle that required personal sacrifice. They believed it was a commandment of God at that time and that obedience would bring great blessings to them and their posterity, both on earth and in the life to come. Plural marriage was generally based on religious belief.

[@crazyhorsecavdoc4916]

I’m here because Moana got me curious about how impressive the Polynesian culture really is

[@jelucifer6094]

Who are the Philippine Negritos? Philippine Negritos are thought to be the earliest human population to have migrated to the Philippines. At least 30 self-identified Negrito groups speak different Malayo-Polynesian languages. The researchers noted that the 25 groups who were contacted in this study were spread across hunting and gathering, subsistence and urbanized lifestyles, with many of their languages regarded as severely endangered.

[@pyophyo8901]

Quite sad that they got btfo off their lands by the austronesians.

[@teovu5557]

@@pyophyo8901 they didnt get kicked out their lands that is simplifying it. according to DNA studies the negitos mixed into and intermarried with austronesians forming the modern Philipino peoples(who have at least 10-15% negrito DNA while modern negritos have on average 30% austronesian DNA and also speak austrosnean languages).

[@pyophyo8901]

@@Nagin-zt6sc lol I'm actually filipino but it's the reality of what happened. The austronesians displaced them off their native geographical ranges although some of them imtermarried with some of the austronesians.

[@hiphop24-s3s]

​@@teovu5557DNA paternal haplo groups distribution of modern Filipinos🇵🇭 (ranking from highest to lowest) O1a- m119=Taiwan Proto Austronesian O3- m122= Sundaland Austronesian O3e-m134= Sinitic Chinese K-p378= Negritos/Australo Melanesian Average Filipinos DNA paternal is 50% O1a-m119, 30% O3-M122, 20% others

[@geneballay9590]

Very interesting. I learned a lot. Thank You for all the work and then sharing.

[@gauravdev170]

Love Polynesia Respect Philippines🇵🇭 From India

[@BarHawa]

Love to Bharat

[@silifaivamusic188]

First wave of Polynesians came from Fiji, second wave from Micronesia, 3 wave from Americas

[@eeeaten]

Nope.

[@silifaivamusic188]

@@eeeaten yup

[@eeeaten]

@@silifaivamusic188 ever heard of lapita?

[@silifaivamusic188]

@@eeeatenyes from Fiji the Lapita people traveled to Tonga & Samoa.

[@yungming2046]

​@@eeeatenwe Fijian are true Polynesian no such thing as lipita just Fijian

[@cherylcarr5690]

There is the remains of a South American boat in the Auckland Museum which proves that they travelled here to NZ a long time ago

[@eeeaten]

no there is not. the ancestors of maori are polynesian, they came to new zealand from eastern polynesia, not america.

[@torichan9872]

Maori came from Tahiti (at least that is the story in my tribe). We're not South American derived, but South East Asian/Melanesian.

[@hxruu9541]

Proud to be Polynesian ✊🏽

[@alexSefala-nw7if]

Very informative and educative. Thanks

[@vegasranger]

1st of all Polynesia is a Greek word. When the whites arrived they named Polynesia the area between Madagascar to Rapa Nui. Then when more whites arrived they decided to split up the Pacific Into Melanesia Polynesia and Micronesia. This was their divide and conquer technique to split up the Pacific Islanders and take their land and culture. The ocean doesn't divide us, the ocean connects us. Pacific Islanders, our ancestors all came from the same place so stop trying to divide us.

[@eeeaten]

none of that makes sense. the terms polynesia, micronesia etc are just words, used to group islands by general characteristics of geography or people. there was and is no need or intention to divide.

[@vegasranger]

@@eeeaten then why did the English, French, Germans, Spaniards, & Dutch colonize the Pacific Island? Why didn't they just leave? Or did they want to help the savages out of the kindness of their hearts? I don't expect you to know the truth if your not an Islander.

[@eeeaten]

@@vegasranger european colonisation had nothing to do with the names for island groups, that's just what europeans did - they viewed indigenous people as inferior so took what they wanted. but don't you think that polynesian people did the same thing to other island groups? europeans have ultimately caused more harm because there were more of them and they carried diseases that decimated populations, and tried their best to kill off indigenous cultures, traditions, religions and languages. today there are many proud island cultures still thriving, and many of these are supported by the governments of countries in the pacific.

[@vegasranger]

@@eeeaten As a Pacific Islanders I refuse to believe any history taught by the whites, especially about my own people and culture. Yes we fought each other just like every other race. My ancestors were sailing the open ocean fighting, traveling, trading, and claiming virgin islands thousands of years before Colombus landed on Native American land. I'd rather die to my own people than ever be grateful to the white man for killing my people and stealing our islands.

[@monkeypie8701]

looking at how random and far out mtDNA haplogroups, Y-DNA and language families are from eachother, its safe to say the polynesians easily reached the americas and amerindians easily reached throughout polynesia

[@destynphyre4559]

My tūpuna (ancestor) is the third chief pictured on the thumbnail. His name is Rewi Maniapoto of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe.

[@hungatonga-hungahaapai6402]

i got respect for you g. Knowing your ancestors is a real flex, especially coming from a Maori whose lands got tainted by the Pakehas.