Who are the Macaronesians: Genetics of Cape Verde, Canary Islands and More

Who are the people of Macaronesia? A region you've probably never heard of, consisting of the island chains of Cape Verde, the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira, divided between several countries, yet nonetheless, sharing a somewhat common history, heritage and identity.
Be sure to let me know your thoughts on the people and history of these unique island chains, and which island chain you find to be of the most significance or interest. Thanks for watching!
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[@misseli1]

As a Cuban I'm very interested in the Canary Islands because they have influenced the genetics and dialect of Cuba

[@XBOXfan08]

Yeah also andalucia

[@GuerrillaFarmer]

Yo vivo en Tenerife....😊

[@Islas_Canarias]

It was the Canarian sailors during the 1500's who took the Canarian accent to the Caribbean. So, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic accents are all derived from Canarian Spanish. There is also a small region in Uruguay thst was colonised by Canarian migrants who retained the accent. The locals call them "Canarios".

[@fullytokd]

​@@Islas_Canarias do you know where in Uruguay? I've been trying to find out where but couldnt find anything and figured they'd assimilate with the surrounding populations since its been so long. Saludos de 🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@SDBOGLE]

That’s were most and almost all the merchants ships took Sephardic Jewish children and Muslim Moors moresco and Morano from after they were expelled from Iberia Spain and Portugal today. They were the people they called Africans along with Natives. Slavery was a Religious war and Cuba has one the largest population of Jews, and they’re mostly Sephardic Jews. No Africans were taken to Cuba.. they’re Christianised Muslim Moors, force to convert to Catholicism..

[@queenpinj7995]

I’m 2nd generation Cape Verdean mixed with Moroccan and French I speak Portuguese creole Love my culture ❤️

[@bye230]

What is Portuguese creole? It’s just creole lol

[@JC-zn5rf]

Joslyna..were are u?? I am family with fontes..i am cv here in florida

[@lucnilis6622]

Mud

[@Mr.Nichan]

@@bye230 Creole is a linguistic term for a type of language, not a single language. Many creoles are often just called "creole" (or "pidgin" or "jargin"), in certain contexts (such as Haitian Creole being called "Kreyòl"), but that doesn't mean they're in any way the same language, even when they're actually based partially off the same language. E.g. "Cameroonian Creole" and "Tok Pisin" are both English-based creoles, but definitely not the same language, as one developed in West Africa and the other around New Guinea. Sango is an example creole that isn't even really based on any Indo-European language (though I'm sure there was French influence). (Another is the creole-Mandarin on Singapore, I think) When communities without a common language come into contact, the people have to develop some form of ad hoc communication. After enough use, the basic vocabulary and grammar start to standardize.* This kind of language is called a "pidgin". If a pidgin becomes used in enough areas of life that children begin to learn it as their first language, then the native language of their children is called a "creole" because children generally must adapt their native language to be useful in every situation. (It's mostly linguists who make this distinction consistently; for example "Hawaiian Pidgin" is actually a creole to linguists.) In colonial contexts, this usually happens as conquered or enslaved people, or people who people have an economic incentive to speak with the colonial power for trade try to learn the colonial powers language quickly without any explicit teaching. The immediate result of such a method is to use a small number of words and phrases from the colonial language (with guessed and expanded meanings) strung together with a simplified grammar mostly based on the the learner's native language. This, usually colonial, language which is known as the "lexifier" language because it supplies most of the lexicon (i.e. vocabulary) of the pidgin. When we call a pidgin or creole "English-based" or "Portuguese-based" or "Russian-based", etc. we are naming the lexifier language (of the pidgin). If a learner continues collecting input in a diligent attempt to learn the colonial language, they're language will eventually become closer and closer to the to that language. There are however things that stop this: 1: Sporadic use doesn't give enough input and practice (e.g. if you only use it every few weeks or months when a ship shows up) 2: Once communication becomes possible, the motivation to keep approaching the lexifier language dissappears, especially if speakers of the lexifier language start learning the pidgin themselves (as was very common, if not predominant, I think). These 2 factors can be enough to keep a pidgin alive, as with Russenorsk, a Russian-based pidgin spoken by Norwegian fisherman and the Russians who trades with them. However, a third factor is generally required to create creoles. 3: When speakers of more than two languages are involved (such as Portuguese and multiple African languages from diffent sources of slaves), speakers of various non-lexifier languages must use the pidgin to communicate with eachother, and this may become more common and important than speaking with speakers of the lexifier language. This is called "tertiary hybridization" and results both in speakers using the language in more life-situations and in them developing the language themselves to fit such situations, with minimal input from speakers of lexifier language. This starts the pidgin having a life of it's own and greatly increases the chance of creolization: You can see how a child of two slaves who spoke different African languages and lived in a Porruguese-controlled colony would almost certainly grow up speaking pidgin, which would thus then be called a creole. *Note: Grammar in this sense is not rules some grammarians make up and enforce. Grammar is the rules people follow in practice to get there meanings across. When I say that it "standardizes" in pidgins, I mean that people figure out a way to communicate and stick to it and other people copy other pidgin-speakers to make sure they're understood (and maybe for other reasons). Sometimes there is explicit teaching involved, but it's not completelt necessary.

[@Eliburgo]

@@bye230 there's french creole( what Haitian and American creoles from lousiana speak ) and Portuguese creole there isn't one specific creole language educate and learn dont lash out

[@JayTVJTV]

I'm from cape verde islands and Madeira islands and they're so beautiful with a nice life.... nice video 😊

[@celestialweaver8460]

My mother is from Cape Verde too :)

[@andrefernandes2975]

Thanks. In Madeira many people dream with going to Cape Verde, it is very beautiful too.

[@vinnyfatstacks1644]

I like any post that’s at 99. KZbin rule to bring it to 💯

[@misererenobis8900]

Madeiran here, R1b & U6a1b. Wasn’t expecting you ever uploading anything regarding Madeira, so was pleasantly surprised. I’m ashamed to say I had no idea Madeira was part of a larger group of islands called Macaronesia, you learn something new every day! Thank you very much for this informative video.

[@fillfinish7302]

how is the weather breezy ??

[@misererenobis8900]

focus lotus I no longer live there however just spoke to family member and apparently it’s in the high 20’s, so pretty hot. Have you ever been?

[@fillfinish7302]

never ,but i bet it's a nice place

[@goldenfoxa1810]

The Dolmen are you related to Ronaldo

[@verolly31]

The Dolmen On Netflix, the is a series called Unusual Cultures. They feature a segment of Medeira on episode 5 or 6. Very interesting. Makes me want to visit the island!

[@axel12zahnmesser52]

All these islands are so beautiful, especially Açores and Cabo Verde

[@jjgf8412]

Axel12 Zahnmesser y canarias tío,también molamos :)

[@thomasluis5953]

And madeira too, Paradise island

[@jorgeh.r9879]

And the Canary islands

[@hotman_pt_]

come visit Madeira

[@ukrainianredneck9301]

I wish the people of Macaronesia happiness and prosperity. You are unique people. Don't forget your culture and your home wherever you are! Greetings from Ukraine!)))

[@axxessmundi]

The Guanches, Amazigh, Berber!!! The first man. I requested this a while ago! Thank you very much. The Guanches were evidence of the original genetic migration of north africans.

[@pauldavies9360]

These types of videos are brilliant! I've always had a fascination in ethnicity and culture history!

[@alanforte1393]

Cape Verde all the way

[@AlexM-gs4ud]

In Boston, Cape Verdeans and Dominicans/Puerto Ricans always get mistaken for each other.

[@ave383]

That's because the cape verdeans were black Indians before the race mixing

[@tcbbctagain572]

@@ave383 what??

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

Cape Verdeans have literally zero Indian(Native American) ancestry. I'm from Boston where there's a big Cape Verdean population, I've gone to school with CVs since I was 7 so I don't usually confuse them, but every once in awhile I'll think a Dominican person is CV, until I hear them speak. It makes sense, they are both overwhelmingly West African and Iberian.

[@tatumergo3931]

​@@FrithonaHrududu02127 . Technically Cape Verdeans are also latino, latino-africano instead of afro-latinos.

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

@@tatumergo3931 that's an interesting way of putting it. The main difference genetically is the lack of native American blood. There weren't any people on the Cape Verde Islands when the Portuguese got there oddly enough.

[@juancarlosgonzalez7067]

My greatgradfather came to Hatillo Puerto Rico (5:51) in the 1800's from Tenerife as did hundreds of Isleños as we call them here, i still have family that i have never met in the Canary Islands, it's in my bucket list. My grandpa always talked abput how we were descendent from Berberes or Guanches,it all kind of makes sense now.

[@juancarlosgonzalez7067]

BTW Hatillo is my hometown !!!

[@jjgf8412]

Pues aquí estamos,venga usted cuando quiera a Canarias, aquí al puerto riqueño cubano y venezolano se le trata como hermano.

[@didicha20]

Im from Cape Verde and just loved the video. Thanks to give to the World to know our genetic heritage and our different links that connects us to different continents as wells as the geographic and historian links to our Macaronesian brothers. Keep the good work!!!

[@setfreetm5821]

I am Cape Verdean and ancestors are from Cabo Verde!All Cape Verdeans(mostly in New England)are very proud to be the "rare breed" of the world.We are of very diverse African/European lineage!

[@eriksonmendes9617]

Im Portuguese but my origin from santo Antão, São Vicente and praia I love my culture and people

[@Carolina-rd3gh]

You’re stunning

[@setfreetm5821]

@@eriksonmendes9617 My family is Menedes and Gomes from Fogo.

[@setfreetm5821]

@@eriksonmendes9617 Thank you

[@eriksonmendes9617]

@@setfreetm5821 i love fogo

[@williamdevlin5233]

The famous jazz pianist of the 50s and 60s, Horace Silver, was from a Cape Verde family, nee Silva. New Bedford, Mass. has or had a historically large Cape Verdean population.

[@bronzesister18lopes46]

Also a cape verdean saxaphone player

[@cassiebristol4107]

The singing band Tavares are New Bedford natives too, right? 😊

[@sheltonenglish2932]

Brockton to

[@marcostaisjoia4387]

@@cassiebristol4107 yes, from the island Fogo. babyface, Blu Cantrell & 'Lisa 'left eye'' Lopes also.

[@ianbeddowes5362]

As was Paul Goncalves, the lead tenor sax player with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

[@arenasnefi]

Some of my ancestors came from the Canary Islands in the early 1600s and settled in New Spain (central Mexico).

[@native1181]

Same here, mines traveled from Canary Islands and Portugal to Mexico then traveled to Bexar( San Antonio) and then settled in Los Adeas ( Natchitoches,LA)

[@BoxingTrainingCA]

That would explain why most of us Mexicans and other Hispanics share a range of 1% to 5% North African DNA, maybe ancestors from Canary Islands

[@Amariellah]

can you do a dna test so we can see

[@maassrddd]

Most spanjards already have northe african dna before canary islands was invaded by spain

[@lauriekline178]

@@BoxingTrainingCAmine showed up like that as well. But I believe some of us just self identify as Mexican or Indian. I identify as Hispanic.

[@timomastosalo]

For me the canary Islands are the most interesting Islands, because of the indigenous population that had lived in near absolute isolation so long.

[@estellehowell1918]

I was born in Gran Canarias, my whole family is canarias. But people in the USA always think I am cuban because our accent is so much alike. Loved the video and learned from it. Thanks

[@Jorge-xf9gs]

*Gran Canaria *canarian

[@thatdudeoh7]

Yes! Finally a video with info on the Azores, thank you man!

[@jonnyhatter35]

Cuban here. We're mostly descended from the Canaries. In cuba we always say Isleño, tho, we never say Canario. Isleño just means Islander, but in context it means a spaniard who isn't from the mainland. My family looks really interesting, we all have similar features but some are blond and some are dark skinned. we're all mutts, basically. I love your channel!

[@pamelastafford9610]

I find this information helpful being fifth generation of Cape Verdean Ancestry. My grandfather arrived to the America's pre- 1748 Boston, Ma. USA. A non slave to find a new life in the USA. DNA has linked me to about ten other families in the New England States.

[@amariza21]

You should go back visit if you haven't

[@sadizzle]

Same my grandfather was Cape Verdean from Boston mass never met him tho 😢

[@anthonywest4173]

CAPE VERDEAN PEOPLE ARE MAJESTIC.

[@rafaxd8178]

My grandmother is from Tenerife, in Canary Islands. People there have a lot of English, Dutch, and Irish heritage because was a very important commercial relations with this countries since XVIII century. Also their descent in origin from a mix of ancient berbers, Spanish and a lot of Portuguese people (my grandma have a surname of Navarre and a surname of Portugal, in Spain we have two of them). Also you can speak about the "Gomerian Wistle" a "language" speak in the Gomera island that is Spanish but with wistles...is difficult to explain xd.

[@jjgf8412]

Ossss you know your stuff, hi from Canary Islands

[@jjgf8412]

@intensemess más canario que el gofio

[@marcosjavieralemangarcia8859]

yes, Canary Islands is 75%-80% European, mostly Iberian and there are traces of other places but as it was well said in the video there are 15% of North African gene pool and that is coming from the Guanche substrate and They are in some point related with Berber as South of Spain had Berber gene pool as well...

[@jjgf8412]

Un saludo desde Canarias :)

[@levywholocked7780]

This is so awesome to know. My maternal family originates from the Canary Islands and it’s awesome to know more about my heritage.

[@OyeJuankii]

Im cuban and most of my ancestry dates back to the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira 😊

[@luissarduy6345]

I’m Cuban too. My ancestry says Iberian, British, and North African

[@vinodgootam4271]

How fascinating. I learned something new and you always do such a good job.

[@ryanrodrigues6127]

Am waiting for your video for so long. Kept checking every time when you were putting new video.

[@theJellyjoker]

"Macaronesia" I thought it was Macronesian and that it had something to do with Micronesian.

[@LordDice1]

Jeff Liggett same, I just had to look it up. 😅

[@gildedliberty6090]

That is Indian Ocean perhaps???

[@AmericanDream317]

It comes from the Greek term "makaron nesoi" meaning "fortunate isles", you can read about it on Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Isles

[@Pirate3World]

Macronesia and Micronesia are both Pacific island groups. Macaronesia is an Atlantic island group.

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Same here

[@jubaaissaoui5678]

As an Amazigh Moroccan I thought I was an immigrant here in the Canary Islands, it turns out I am local.

[@pacoramon9468]

No you are just an invader, your people have no business illegally immigrating here and causing trouble with drugs and robbery.

[@Jorge-xf9gs]

I am very proud of our amazigh heritage and welcome our amazigh brothers in our land. What I don't like is how many of them are intolerant.

[@SusanaSantei]

I’m from Cape Verde... loved the video, learned a lot from it❤️

[@littlemiss8867]

Another amazing video! Thank you so much!!

[@mojito248]

This was really interesting thanks so much for making this! :D

[@vanessabarrosnessa]

Hey masaman, I very much appreciate all your videos especially this one! Could you please do one on Cape Verde exclusively? Cape Verdeans need to know because our genetic heritage was and still is not mentioned or washed out.

[@fernandomorant]

You forgot to mention that the islands of Azores and Madeira have a great deal of Flemish ancestry. The Portuguese allow other settlers to colonize the islands and them they mixed with other Portuguese settlers.

[@cassiebristol4107]

It was cool when I was told that my dad's cousin saw the jewish ships coming in to São Miguel. My dad told me about Flemish. This is so cool.

[@1vespa]

And French Bretons too, you can see that on São Miguel Island toponymy. There are places with the name Bretanha (Brittany).

[@afaria6173]

The Azores and Madeira never received a large Flemish migration. There is no reliable historical document to support this in addition all of the important Flemings were married to Portuguese women. The flemish were a minor part of the settlement and concentrated on the islands of Faial, Pico and Sao Jorge. There is a wikipedia article that claims this but it is not sourced.

[@Maaaaaaaarcoooooooos]

Same in Canary Is.

[@hotman_pt_]

it wasnt relevant. The english influence although was pretty big

[@9578876]

As a cuban, my grandfather side is from canary islands and grandmother side african with spaniard, with that being said, i have Spaniard, Moroccan ancestry in my blood as well as west and south african ancestry

[@bosckrobyne6365]

INTERESTING VIDEO OF MY CAPE VERDE !! THANKS BRO

[@PixieBratski]

Thanks for researching Madeira! my dad's family is from that island and I'm always interested in learning more about it.

[@fmedina1495]

Nice to see that you finally did a video on cape verde! you still need to do one on capeverdean creole which has the honor of being the FIRST creole language in the world (starts in 1460...200 years before caraibeans). There are maybe 500 000 capeverdeans in the New England region, the majority emigrated there between 1850 and 1900 (along with azoreans) because the american whale fishing boats used to go from boston to azores and then to capeverde and then back to boston. These boats always came back to the US with azoreans and capeverdeans workers.

[@peixe-no-pão]

I’m from São Miguel in the Açores! Very interesting video, thank you!! 💚❤️

[@jpmedina9564]

Great video! I’m son of both Azorian parents born in the main land Portugal and grew in two of the islands Pico and Terceira I had no idea about this ! Great job .

[@ReconPro]

Could you do something on Iceland? Or maybe the numerous diverse groups in Russia?

[@LegoSnakeproductions]

Yeah, a video on the ethnicities of Russia would be awesome

[@Vitalis94]

Iceland was far from pure Germanic even 1000 years ago. It is argued that most of ethnic Icelanders are descended from 1 Native American woman. Also, as Brendan Jacobi said, Irish slaves were taken to Iceland as well. Not to mention that the Irish monks lived on the island prior to that, and first Norse settlers probably encountered them. Also, modern Iceland has a population of 350 000 people. Of which some 10 000 people are Polish, so they make up even 4% of the total population of the island. Not to mention other ethnicities such like Lithuanians or Germans.

[@kurdmeansstrong1793]

shut the fuck up you arabo-nazi jihadist

[@christopherellis2663]

Vitalis And the Bosnians!

[@Vitalis94]

+Brendan Jacobi My source is Sigríður Sunna Ebenersdóttir et al. “A New Subclade of mtDNA Haplogroup C1 Found in Icelanders: Evidence of Pre-Columbian Contact?”, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Wiley-Blackwell, November 2010 Here is a direct link for the (short) article: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21069749 Oh, and it's not like that. Native Americans DIDN'T inhabit Iceland. The presence of this native American women (most likely of Inuit origin) can be explained by the short trips made by both Icelanders and Greelanders to Vinland in North America. They went there for a timber, mostly, and went back home. What most likely happened is that they encountered this women at some point, brought her home, somebody had children with her, and most of modern Icelanders have her DNA.

[@Pirate3World]

haha hell yea! Grew up on the canaries yet did not think of the possibility of a video on Macaronesians..Thanks for the positive surprise!

[@Pirate3World]

1:48 plaza de charco woop woop

[@akaltaf]

Amazing information. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you.

[@tralamont]

I find the history of Cabo Verde most fascinating. Great content!

[@Ozama1221]

Cape Verde- the people look like us (Spanish Caribbean) becuz we all mixed white/black mulattos with slight native admixture here. Plus Portuguese is very similar to spanish. Canary Islands: where most of the white ancestry of the Spanish Caribbean comes from. The Canaries and the southern tip of Spain.

[@jhaarbur]

Very interesting, I had not heard of the term "Macaronesia" before? A few suggestions for topics: 1. Newly renamed countries of Czechia, eSwatini, and North Macedonia (former Czech Republic, Swaziland, and Macedonia (FYROM); also, it might be worth mentioning the upcoming independence referendums in 2019. 2. Groups of people who are direct descendants of differently named ancient peoples: -Kurds (Median Empire) -Iranians(Persians) -Mani Peninsula, Greece (Spartans) -Jews (Hebrews/Israelites) -Ossetians (Scythians) -Nahuatl (Aztecs) -Quiche (Maya) -Quechua (Inca) -Assyrian relation to modern Syria -Turks (Ottoman Empire) -English (Anglo-Saxons) etc. 3. What if the Kalmar Union united into one Scandinavian country again? 4. St. Pierre and Miquelon 5. People's of the mid and eastern Arctic Islands (starting with Svalbard, Norway and going east towards Wrangel Island, Russia). Most of us know about Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Iceland. What about the other half of it? 6. Nan Model Explained 7. Torajastan 8. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Austo-Hungarian Empire 9. People's of the Sub-Antarctic Islands 10. Genetics of Nova Scotia (I gave more suggestions in the comments on the video about the Armenians) As usual, I hope that helps!

[@ClamTheClammy]

Do you get demonitized on your videos? I mean youtube hates history and race so much that they demonitize those

[@mariagibau7125]

Great video. I'm so proud to be Cape Verdean! We are unique! I have a mixed of French and Portuguese.

[@123anythin]

Bella Vista and African....?

[@sheltonenglish2932]

Ur white then lol and cape verdeans are black to

[@augustusalexander5774]

Shelton English no they aren’t

[@alinaramos7751]

@@augustusalexander5774 yes we are .

[@AyeeeItsCam]

@@augustusalexander5774 im sorry did you see the video. Lol

[@zacharyss1]

I’m from Cape Verde! Best african Country!!!

[@gordusmaximus4990]

Greetings from your north european neighbour and Macaronesian comrade. From the Azores :)

[@arushanioshaka5600]

Na Kenya is

[@anabelr1138]

I agree :). Respect from Canary Islands.

[@westafricandiamonds4387]

zacharyss Take an L. You tried.😒

[@SuperFinGuy]

From Cape Verde here and the country is becoming way too nationalistic.

[@daveharrison84]

So, the Guanches followed a Berber pagan religion up until the Spanish found them. Did the Spanish write about their religion, or is it lost to history?

[@amazigh8776]

David Harrison i am amazigh from north africa and whe did visit them canary amazigh peoples

[@jjgf8412]

Si,a día de hoy se sabe bastante sobre su religión ,idioma o cultura.

[@andrefernandes2975]

They have some things written about them but not too much. The Dragon Blood tree was the main holy tree and it simbolises the life, it is nown also as the tree of life. They were goat herders and they used the milk for adivination, pouring it into a carved rock in the top a mountain.

[@mooshinu]

There's now a Church in Canary Islands where people worship an original berber solar guanche goddess named Chaxiraxi, it became a minor religion there with at least 500 followers. There was the god of the skies named Achaman, there's quite a pantheon actually I don't know every deities, just look it up, and they had pyramids and mommified their dead in caves in ritualistic manners.

[@danimotherofchickens479]

David Harrison they were not brerbers, most their DNA is ancient European ...and yes they followed a pagan like religion like the Greeks

[@rogercarter1265]

Good job. Very interesting indeed!

[@MiltV121]

Great video!

[@M.Audu435]

I stayed in Cape Verde (Boa Vista) a couple of months back and now i want to go to Sal. The women in Cabo Verde are beautiful and the people were very nice. It felt a bit like Dominican Rep there based on the appearance of the people.

[@willjerk1]

I was born in Cabo Verde but left at a very young age, but 2 years ago i went there in vacation and i was impressed at how beautiful the women there are.

[@Amariellah]

well dominicans are probably african and spanish mix and these people are probably african and spanish mix as well so they should look identical

[@M.Audu435]

@@Amariellah wrong!! They are African and Portugese descent, not Spanish. Hence why Portuguese is their main language.

[@tylabarros1506]

@@M.Audu435 Cape Verdeans have ancestry from different places. In addition to West Africa, we have Spanish Sephardic ancestry in my family and probably Portuguese, too. Some have Italian, Greek, Dutch, etc. I used to work with a Dominican guy who was certain I was Dominican. When I told him I was of Cape Verdean ancestry, he said "same thing". We look a lot alike.

[@jrjr648]

Cape Verde is the equivalent of Dominican Republic but for Europeans instead of Americans

[@72bobin]

I am from the canary islands ( Gran Canaria) and my brother got his dna researched. Thought I could share the reults: 7 % berber, 3% guinean, 33% spanish, 32% italian, 10% irish, 11% east european, 3% west european and 1% finnish.

[@aziz00181]

Normal! Berber DNA getting smaller and smaller because of European immigration and settlement.

[@jz1n788]

@@aziz00181 but those berbers where the ones who got isolated for thousands of years, and originally they're European, that's why there's still blonde people in the coast of Morocco

[@Eil_yy1]

@@jz1n788 The blonde is spread throughout Morocco, especially the Atlas Mountains. Research it before you speak, because you seem clueless XD

[@jz1n788]

@@Eil_yy1 lol XD

[@percynjpn4615]

Very interesting and informative, Thank you.

[@y__not__]

Cape Verdian here 😄 🇨🇻 Nice to see that people have some information about my country 😊😊

[@MiguelSilva-xn8iy]

Portuguese from the Azores. DNA shows im a mix of Iberian North African/middle eastern and small West African. We for sure share a genetic and cultural connection across the Islands(Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, Canary Islands)

[@revinhatol]

FACT: The native Guanche language of the Canary Islands is revealed to be a Berber language.

[@markcopley7366]

Your videos are so interesting

[@mssgoree87]

Love learning more about the dynamics of the world & it's people/cultures. I have Guanche ancestry from Canary Islands (Tererife). 1st time hearing the term Macronesia...exciting

[@RaffyCrespo]

Thanks for the video. Other areas in America where the Macaronesian impacted are, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. The vast majority of European decedents in those Countries are decedents from the Islands. Also, the Cajuns in the Deep South of USA. As one of them, thanks for taking your time in explaining something that is very complex indeed. Again, thanks.

[@sara-cf2tz]

my dad is a white uruguayan of guanche (& european) ancestry :)

[@RaffyCrespo]

@@sara-cf2tz Nice to learn from a Canary descendent.

[@fullytokd]

Canarians are some of the first settlers in America like FL/LA/TX. Saludos 🇵🇷

[@RaffyCrespo]

TY for explain from where we came from. Actually, we (The Canarians descendants in America) didn't consider ourselves Spanidars. We really called ourselves (Islenos). Meaning that we came from the Canary Islands. I'm talking about Puertorricans, Venezuelans and Colombians. Thanks again.

[@victorjonsson8842]

Hoy en dia seguimos considerandonos Canarios y no Españoles. Saludos desde Canarias.

[@mefistasrtuedel]

Nice to read that. It's very flattering to us Canarians since we don't feel or consider ourselves actual Spaniards, but we feel very related to all American peoples though.

[@RaffyCrespo]

@@mefistasrtuedel Thanks a lot, I'm a 100% Canarian descendant(maybe a grandchild of the Canary Islands). And can tell how much we love and care for you guys. Mucho carino desde Puerto Rico.

[@mefistasrtuedel]

@@RaffyCrespo Thank you! Same here! Un abrazo a los hermanos boricuas!

[@RaffyCrespo]

@@mefistasrtuedel Gracias Mil!!!!

[@bennubird0]

@Masaman Good information thank you.

[@geogriapeach5211]

Always interesting. Wow.

[@feleciawallace8420]

+Masaman - I enjoy all of your videos thanks for the time, research and effort you put into your work. We truly are grateful... I have a small percentage blood match to the people of North African, Iberian Peninsula, West Europe regions... very interesting indeed.. thanks

[@skydancer1088]

Azores, I would like to visit there, never new it existed until I learnt my great great grand father (1794) came from Terceira Island of Azores. He started the family line in Southern Africa.

[@marlenestewart7442]

really interesting thank you. Would love to visit these islands some day.

[@Demographiaanthropology]

Thanks Mason, you inspired me to make my own demographics channel!

[@dindings]

Hey, FYI, I’m a canary islander born and most people know the Guanches were “exported “ to mainland Spain, that’s why we say the true canary islanders are in Valencia

[@kevindasilvagoncalves468]

Please Mason, upload the video about Brazil in your main channel. It's a very interesting topic

[@Masaman]

Unfortunately it was taken down for copyright infringement, which was my mistake. Don't want to risk getting another strike, but I thought it was a good video, so reuploaded audio only.

[@respectknuckles428]

GREAT VID

[@melodymoulton9892]

Thank you, I am cape Verde and I really enjoyed this video..

[@ludovicoliviello7753]

Also, is quite interesting the fact that, unlike north Africa that is predominantly Muslim, all of Macaronesia is almost exclusively Catholic

[@bri1085]

Connor _ colonialism does that

[@ludovicoliviello7753]

Bri10 maybe But considering that none of those islands ever had a local Muslim population, I wouldn't call that colonialism, since exept with the Canary Islands in all of the other islands the population that lives there could be considered the indigenous first inhabitants

[@daryla7825]

Connor _ until the Muslim colonizers from Arabia invaded North Africa in the 7/8 century, North Africa was also almost exclusively Catholic.

[@bri1085]

Daryl A yes they were Catholic under what was essentially Roman colonisation

[@ludovicoliviello7753]

Daryl A Exactly, even tho the way the populations of those two regions (Macaronesia and North Africa) became Christian are completely different ways The Christians of North Africa dates back to Roman times, while for the Macaronesians it was thanks to the Iberian Christian states

[@ryanrodriguez7911]

Cuban here! So both sides of my family include relatives from the Canary Islands. Yeah, Canarian Spanish is almost the exact same Spanish that me and my family speak.

[@donlimonesioyt9644]

Puerto Rico?

[@matthewmann8969]

Great video like most of the others

[@ishe2477]

Brilliant!

[@gogolouie7768]

Another great video. I wonder Mason's education level and job. Does he work in this field?

[@BarbaraBastron]

Gogo Louie I don’t think so and he doesn’t seem to own a dictionary.

[@BionicNinja123]

Could youdo a video on the Mongols? That would be interessting

[@br6489]

It would be cool if you mentioned some famous people from the various regions/groups you talk about.

[@LOLquendoTV]

Nice Vid, Greetings from Gran Canaria

[@tatidossantos935]

I've been watching your videos since Monday (btw they are amazing), then I said to myself "there must be a video about Cape Verde" and I was not disappointed. Now, I'm curious to know from what parts of the globe my ancestors came. I'm from the island of 'Sal' (Salt), I know I have a portuguese great grandfather and that is all; I don't know anything about my african ancestors which is sad. I'll try and found out more through a DNA test.

[@GazilionPT]

You failed to mention the huge Flemish impact in Azores. Some of the most characteristic family names there are actually from Flanders - Bettencourt, Goulart, Brum - while others were translated or phonetically adapted to Portuguese, thus hiding their Flemish roots (e.g. Van der Roos -> da Rosa, Van der Haegen -> da Silveira)

[@israfelbettencourt9125]

My ancestors were Azorean. My great great grandmas maiden name was bettencourt

[@user-yy8ff1wv8w]

Dutra as well.

[@kristinegonsalves5903]

My grandfather and several other relatives emigrated from Cape Verde. I wish I could go there, it looks gorgeous

[@evileyebymariabarros9415]

I Love Cabo Verde! Thanks for sharing the video.

[@roberttauzer7042]

Educative video of interesting people and beautiful islands - although connection to Plato's Atlantis is really far fetched. Else we'd had massive archaeological sites on the islands.

[@olol9084]

I grew up being cape Verde in MA. My great grandparents on my dad's side all from brava and fogo. My great grandparents from my mom's dad the same. My mom's dad was from cape Verde but her mom was from Azores. I did the 23 and me and found out I'm just shy of 40% African. A little over 50% European mostly Portuguese and mixed with a little native American,East Asian,and some middle eastern. Small percent of British.

[@sadizzle]

Same my moms dad was from Cape Verde but never met him

[@London263]

Very interesting, I'm from the Azores, great info

[@Tonyaemm]

Great video! Just found out that my great grandfather was Cape Verdean and azorean.

[@RasTafariDNA]

My 5th great grandparents were from Cape Verde.

[@AzureKite191]

Do you consider yourself Cape Verdean?

[@TheSamuelbest12]

@@AzureKite191 how the fuck is he gonna consider himself from Cabo Verde only because he has ancestry from there?

[@Baccanaso]

Azores is probably the biggest mystery of all these islands. There's some burial artifacts there and no one knows who built them.

[@Miriam-fk9wr]

Could you do research on Siberia, love your videos very informative.

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Masaman, could you please make a video on the Hui people. I assure you that your viewers and subscribers would be definitely interested in this topic.

[@marlonlima6072]

Cabo Verde🇨🇻🇨🇻 where do you get all this knowledge on CV, I appreciate it

[@avishkarali5508]

i love this channel with out no racist people

[@lauriekline178]

The only thing racist, is the pro African people who are determined to deny that they either have European genes or that European genes exist in north Africa. It’s true. It’s due to migration and genetics. A bunch of hypocrites who can’t accept a drop of whiteness. It is what it is.

[@khaledalhammadi7790]

I visited Madeira last December and it was such an awesome island

[@ravdareane2106]

Lived in Canary Islands for 15 year Thanx forever !! Also for the one on the genetics on mainland Spain and portugal

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Have you done a video on Mauritius?

[@Citizen052]

An island of immigrants with quite modern history, maybe not interesting enough.

[@verolly31]

All immigrants no natives except the dodo bird.

[@faketyquan6365]

west Arabs with sub saharan admixture

[@wannacashmeoutside]

My ancestors lived in Azoras for about a century after the Lisbon earthquake. The matriarch of my branch of the family moved to Brazil in 1870s in promise of cheap land to grow sugar cane

[@constelaciondelamacaronesi2455]

Saludos desde Mi Isla. Gracias por su trabajo y por la unidad.

[@elbilingual3792]

The Guanches were mostly from the island of Tenerife, each island had a specific name for their tribe or local aboriginals. Generally, though, they are considered as a whole as "Guanches". The video comments on how the Canaries were out of the colonization plans of Romans and other ancient empires, but, many historians agree that the most plausible explanation on how these peoples came into the archipelago is that they were brought by a superior power, most likely Romans trying to find new outposts for their "purpura" or purple robes only fit for emperors. This is plausible, since ancient Canarians did not know navigation, and their isolation was not only to the continent but also between islands. Thanks for talking about our culture in other non-Spanish contexts!