Revealing My DNA Results | Haitian Caribbean Edition | Ancestry

[@The_SeoulJourner]

I recommend reviewing your results every 6 months to a year. They will change from the original report as new people are added to the database. I did mine in 2014 with Ancestry, I have seen many locations and percentage adjust over the years.

[@TamTamtl]

Interesting, thanks for the tip!

[@curtisthomas2670]

Story behind the Polish in Haiti: large chunks of Poland had been annexxed and divided up among Prussia, Russia and Austria. Many Poles volunteered to fight for France, a major military power in Europe at the time, in the hope that France would help liberate Poland from the other powers. One such group of Polish volunteers was the Polish Legion, made up of around 5000 Poles led by a half black Polish aristocrat General Wladislaw Jablonoski, a classmate of Napaleon at the French Military Academy. Napoleon sent the Legion to St Domingue (Haiti) to help put down the colony's rebels. (Some have suggested he wanted to get rid of them). Around 3000 including General Jablonoski died soon after arrival, mostly from diseases like yellow fever, malaria etc and others from combat. Several hundred returned to France or went to other French or European colonies. Around 500 of the remainder deserted and joined the rebels. The survivors were granted citizenship in independent Haiti.

[@destinywilliams8597]

I’m American and I’m 90% African a little of each region no European DNA at all

[@principtounenmondesir]

Wow

[@TweSunshine]

What is the other 10%?

[@destinywilliams8597]

@@TweSunshine Asian…

[@TweSunshine]

@@destinywilliams8597 ok

[@DominiqueVictoriaa]

That’s amazing

[@0123456787175]

Nigeria, Benin and Togo as your top three. You are definitely a Yoruba girl. Most Haitians are and many of them know it. You can confirm that by taking AfricanAncestry DNA test. You'd only be wasting your money though- your Yoruba ancestry is very certain.

[@mlungisiwright]

She probably has Yoruba and Adja ancestry, maybe even some Ewe or Fon, or Guin as well

[@honeyjazz4147]

You don't know where Scotland is? Anything in your DNA counts.

[@MoisePicard-mk1nt]

I am Haitian and I speak fluent French.

[@LandonAllen-z5u]

My father is from Saint Lucia but he never taught me french and because I'm not a baby it would be very hard for me to learn his language

[@TheBearGrappler]

3% is GGG-grandparents were born around 1810, give or take a decade. The period was an important one in history. It was called The Age of Enlightenment, where great Scottish thinkers and artists flourished, such as Robert Burns, William Adam, Sir Walter Scott and Adam Smith. These people transformed the way we see and understand the world today. For the average person back then, 90% of the people in Scotland lived in the countryside away from cities, but a big change came. The arrival of industrial technology caused a population to move into cities, and thus created a shift in wealth. More importantly, there was the import of tobacco, sugar and cotton trades. Who knows-- maybe your ancestors played a role?

[@Bklyn112]

Maybe her ancestors played a role? Of course they played a role! What do you think ushered in the "Age of Enlightenment" and the shift in wealth that allowed Scots to flourish? They weren't enlightened enough to realize that transporting people across the world to enslave them for the enjoyment of sugar, tobacco and clothing made of cotton was wrong.

[@zeeqq105]

More importantly this is when the great philosophers assassinated the African character. They pushed racist theories. “The Hamitic theory” Such as African people didn’t create anything. Africans were childlike. Africans needed to be lead because they are primitive people. All these people help shape and create the racism we deal with today. It is also what “Western civilization “ is built on. Including America. Individualism ideology came from this period and the bases for capitalism today. There were maybe two who didn’t push this ideology.

[@zeeqq105]

Also the Age of Enlightenment started before 1810.

[@quintinaabbott8432]

Most people that are born in Haiti or the Caribbean when they take the test they think it will say they're half haitian but no that just your nationality, which is the nation you are born so no it won't say you're indigenous of that nation. The ethnicity is the people you're born in. Nationality and Ethnicity is two totally different things, so you're either African with European or even Asian or other ethnicities.

[@curtisthomas2670]

The indigenous she was talking about is the Taino, the "Native Americans" or Amerindians of Haiti/Dominica and other islands

[@MorenikeGO]

The slanted eyes most likely comes from the 89% of your heritage that is West African as opposed to the 1% that is from the Philippines. Many of us have Afro-Asiatic eyes; it’s very common. Very cool results! Awesome to see such a range of ethnicities in your background.

[@7rino896]

The disrespect. The Polish went to help Haiti and fought alongside Haitians.

[@TamTamtl]

Yes, as I mentioned in the video.

[@allie773]

She made it seem like Polish were opressors but then changed their mind, however they were opressed as well at the time and went to fight for french in desperation for their own freedom, and yet still switched sides and helped haiti.

[@BlackMoonstone531]

@@allie773 The polish went to haiti to help the napoleonic troops with reinstating slavery so it is a fact that they came as oppressors (yes they were oppressed themselves in Europe, still doesn't change the fundamentals of how they ended up in Haiti. ). It is also a fact that some of them eventually switched sides and they are recognized for their commendable stance (however not all of them did, in fact most either died on Haitian soil or went back to Europe). Two things can be true at once.

[@allie773]

@@BlackMoonstone531 These Polish troops were not volunteers for the Haitian campaign specifically but were following orders as part of their service in Napoleon's army. Their primary motivation was tied to the hope that Napoleon would support Polish independence, not a desire to suppress the Haitian people.The Polish soldiers had little choice in their deployment to Haiti. Many were essentially conscripts or soldiers who joined Napoleon’s forces with the hope of national restoration, not to participate in colonial oppression. In a sense, they were also victims of the broader imperial ambitions of Napoleon, who used them as part of his wider strategic objectives.

[@allie773]

@@BlackMoonstone531 The Polish soldiers did not voluntarily "go to help" with reinstating slavery. They were sent by Napoleon, and their participation was more a result of their subjugation to French command rather than an ideological alignment with the goal of reinstating slavery.The Polish soldiers were themselves oppressed under the partitions of Poland. Their involvement in Haiti was largely a result of their subjugation to Napoleon’s orders

[@hannahpricekarlsson]

LOL I’m also of Haitian and Scottish descent and those red headed guys are something, aren’t they? 😉 Also, your Filipino could be a misread of indigenous. Happens all the time, since Ancestry’s indigenous American reference panel is tiny. I’ve seen videos of indigenous people doing their ancestry and getting that they’re everything from part Mongolian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Filipino and even Finnish (possibly due to the Sami’s having similar dna to indigenous people? 🤷🏽‍♀️)

[@jackieblue1267]

The European percentages are so small they all could change on update and genealogy is more accurate especially when it comes to small amounts. DNA companies are good at your major ancestry but the smaller percentages might not be accurate. Scottish and Irish for example could be misread Breton which is French.

[@reisanderson9069]

Your Scottish dna is probably French I find Ancestry misinterprets even European dna a lot sometimes especially because dna testing in France isn’t allowed so they have a small sample size from there

[@norrisc7163]

My Great Great Great Grandmother on My Father mother side was born in Paris France My Great Great Great Grandfather on that side was mixed Irish Scottish and Native American

[@norrisc7163]

The Scottish Language is English

[@reisanderson9069]

@@norrisc7163 where’s ur family from?

[@Dee_Da1]

4:14

[@doubleutee8867]

I would love to see someone of Haitian decent do a MyHeritage DNA test, and post it online, because it's 'unfindable'. I want to see the genetic groups.

[@BlackMoonstone531]

I've seen many Haitians and other Caribbean people with different African DNA. It's not unusual at all given our history. We're panafrican in our genes, lol. Benin and Nigeria are next to each other and both countries have the Yoruba tribe. Benin has the Fon, which are prominent in our history. Your english percentage might be from a French colonizer who came to Saint-Domingue from Corsica in France or it might be from an English person who settled in Haiti in the 1800s or even before that when they invaded. Both make sense in light of Saint-Domingue /Haiti history. Not sure about the Scottish, but the English and the scots do have history... Now the Philippines is intriguing to me. Raquel Pélissier from Miss Universe also has Filipino ancestry through her grandmother, I think? I never knew there was a link between Haiti and the Philippines. Spain colonized the Philippines, so perhaps the link is through the Spanish? But you didn't come up with spanish ancestry...

[@TamTamtl]

@@BlackMoonstone531 yes Haitian DNA is very ethnicaly mixed because of our history. St-Domingue was the new america, a goldmind back then & they all wanted a piece of it. I had 1% spanish. I was told that the spaniards would take indigenous philipinos to Haiti to work on the rice crops. I had family members say that they were already aware of the philipinos history in Haiti. I tried to do some research on the internet but I could only find Chinese's history in Haiti. Doesn't mention philipines nowhere. As you said, it could also only be my ancestor who was mixed with philipines due to its country's colonisation by spain.

[@BlackMoonstone531]

@@TamTamtl Interesting. I had no idea.

[@jinajean7700]

Nice result. What part of haiti you from or your parents please?

[@donm6940]

Parts of Poland has Scottish heritage. Your Scottish might be from that Polish ancestor.

[@Tiger24kicks]

Im haitian but i dont look like most haitians i wonder what my results would say a lot of haitians have mixed results.

[@Mr.Mello007]

African/ Haitians comes in all shades of colors you could be light skin and still be 90 % African I seen it

[@doubleutee2100]

What are the genetic communities?

[@TamTamtl]

It mentions the north-ouest of Haiti around Cap-Haitien, Les Gonaïves & Port de Paix, but It says nothing about African communities. I'll look further into it.

[@doubleutee2100]

@@TamTamtlFor a 'New World' Black person I seriously doubt if you find any. What you may find is relatives in other New World lands, and potentially other places from your Matches list, but it's likely that's about all you find (with the possible exception of a rarity).

[@mlungisiwright]

​@@TamTamtlyeah they don't have African communities yet.

[@mlungisiwright]

My top two are Nigeria and Cameroon Congo and my third is Ivory Coast and Ghana, but I'm African American and so my results are sorta typical from what I have seen, but who knows it could change. change

[@JessJayEel]

​@@doubleutee2100I found African cousins who are Mandika, Yoruba, from Zimbabwe/South Africa, Congolese, Igbo, and Edo. I looked for African last names and messaged them.

[@dadao8564]

You re mostly blackity black😂😂😂..nice❤

[@johnwebb2442]

Most Definitely.

[@willhammer8665]

Voodoo comes from Benin. Its their national religion.

[@BlackMoonstone531]

Haitian vodou is a mix of African tribes though. Benin is very strong in Haitian vodou, but there's also Kongo components as wel as several other African traditions mixed in. Then there's some catholic symbols and a bit of Taino beliefs mixed in there.

[@malcolmxy3971]

You would be surprised how some people in Benin/Togo or Nigeria have almond shaped eyes and high cheeckbones, these features are very African. Many people misleadingly fancy a 0.X% of something Asian would have an impact of their eye shape, this is of course extremely unlikely.

[@HispaniolaHistoryChannel]

It's always so interesting to me that the majority of Haitians have very little French DNA, and the European DNA is more spread out, thanks for sharing

[@BlackMoonstone531]

I saw a French person explain something under a DNA result video on KZbin that put things in perspective. He was explaining that these European percentages sometimes had to do with the regions that the French colonizers in Saint-Domingue came from in France. For example the Basque region of France is intertwined with the story of Spain (Both France and Spain share the Basque region). So a French person from French Basque territory that would migrate to Saint-Domingue as a colonizer would carry that ''spanish'' dna . Also I think the French region of Corsica (where Napoleon come from) is a region whose history is intertwined with England, so a lot of the inhabitants there had ancestry from people who migrated from England to France in the first place. A lot of the French slaveowners in Saint-Domingue and the French Caribbean colonies in general were from Corsica. Europeans were not isolated from each other despite their constant warring. They had migration amongst themselves. This is partly what explains those seemingly odd Haitian results. And at other times, their European ancestors really did come directly from England, Scotland or Spain (the latter makes even more sense given the history of the island)

[@hannahpricekarlsson]

@@BlackMoonstone531thanks for sharing! Ancestry has gone back and forth on whether or not I have French ancestry, and I was a little confused because my 3x great grandma, whose family moved to New Orleans from Haiti around the time of the revolution, was very light skinned and only spoke French. I’m guessing my “English and Northwestern Europe” dna estimate includes my French heritage.

[@BlackMoonstone531]

@@hannahpricekarlsson You're welcome! You should also know that French companies cannot sell DNA tests for the purposes of genealogy. You can only get a DNA test in France with medical or judicial authorization. This adds another layer of difficulty with interpreting test results if you have French ancestors.

[@Blueboy1144]

Please don’t straighten your hair. It’s very bad for your hair and afro is beautiful

[@ex0gen]

Crazy how you looked down with what I couldn't tell but might have been distain for your European part, or like you were ashamed of it.

[@TamTamtl]

I don't look down on anything & don't feel any disdain. I was actually quite intrigued & suprised as I thought my only european ancestry would be French & Spain. Also, knowing the history of my country & slavery in general, I am aware that my european percentage in most cases, does not come from love but from force, aggression & ownership. So I can't really "celebrate it". But I still find it interesting & will continue my research. I've found that my last name is irish, so things are starting to make sense 😉. And it's really just my sense of humour (that maybe isn't that good i guess 😅)

[@arontung]

Who wouldn’t. We know it’s there by force.

[@ex0gen]

@@TamTamtl Some of that might be from neither love nor force. It happens all the time. These are all possibilities unless you know your exact family tree. It looked suspect on the video the way you looked like that, is what provoked my comment. Good to see you don't hate a part of what you are.

[@tvs9978]

​@@arontungthat's an assumption. Most of you don't really know anything about your ancestors and are now finding out

[@johnwebb2442]

She doesn't have to claim it.

[@principtounenmondesir]

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[@TheAllisonLab]

*_"Where is Scotland?"_* You cannot be for real

[@jo100]

I Feel Your Pain, My Friend, I like Red Headed Woman 👩🏻‍🦰 To.

[@gg5508]

Don’t be hating on your Scottish!! That Scottish person probably fell in love with your African ancestor. There was a Scottish migration to Puerto Rico and that happened about 200 years ago. They had nothing to do with slavery. They were actually being marginalized themselves.

[@mgrward1]

Scottish lass 😍

[@andujarpain2629]

AFRICAN HISTORY! We are Africans with a 40,000 year old history! We are not a color. There is no such thing as a brown eyed people or brown skinnned people. there is no such thing. We are 1000s of different ethnic groups who come from the place called africa.

[@MoisePicard-mk1nt]

I am Haitian of pure White French blood.

[@Mr.Mello007]

I’m Haitian of pure African blood that defeated the French with no guns

[@curtisthomas2670]

The rebels had guns, cannons etc

[@ericlaw5685]

😂😂😂