Rugby Legends Discover Their Roots with MyHeritage DNA 

The biceps pourcentage in this video is making me self conscious lol

0:20 I love the French, they like being French like we like being English. As long as its always a rivalry of humour and friendship rather than cannonballs we should always be allies. I sound like an old man but (in a time where everyone repeats soundbites from politicians with agendas) some of my best days have been with rugby fans and players from other countries. Playing rugby with Fijians in the Army and playing against SAs, Samoans, Fijians, French, Dutch, Italians in friendly games was great, it reminded me how similar we all are without politics. Two of my happiest days were taking my soccer-loving father in law to a game of Leicester vs Gloucester. I didn't support either but he was shocked how the fans mixed and sang together. The other was taking my 4 sons to Saracens (who we don't support) for the international 7s tournament. They sang everyone's anthems and saw me buy beers and be bought beers from 5 different countries. If there is a better advert for taking people as they are rather than their leader's politics than rugby I don't know what it is.

There’s a real and true brotherhood among rugby players.

Sean is still the same. Analysing everything and being so serious lol.

Love this! The relationship between Irish, Scottish and English is very complicated. It's a love hate relationship but we all share the honest, dry and sarcastic banta! This was so interesting ❤ Serge's ancestry is the most interesting, who would have thought he would be related to the eskimo's lol

Why is Sean so surprised? He can't have NZ DNA unless there is some Maori and the vast majority of early NZ immigrants came from the British Isles.

Well put together show well done the presenter did a magic job.

This is awesome to see that all of them grew up with rugby in their families, that ks to their dads and brothers apart from Serge Betsen who discovered it in a new country much later than the others when he moved with his mom. I am proud he was part of the French team and he is a true legend to us ❤️

Guy in black top looks Greek. Guy in the middle,is fantastic,very well presented.

Bro i have no knowledge on rugby whatsoever but this video was one of the most entertaining videos ever.

When they al look at Serge! 😂

Really enjoyed this👍👍

😂😂😂😂😂😂the 1st answer.....I also reacted the same way😂😂😂😂whaaat!!! You think you know....looks are truly deceiving....Serge? Eskimo!😂😂😂 I thoroughly enjoyed this video!

Really? SEAN FITZPATRICK was shocked he was so Irish?

Not a bit surprised with Sean , New Zealand is full of Irish and Scottish

Serge betson absolute legend

Sean Fitzpatrick don't even need to swab or see him, his name is Irish enough

This was interesting ❤❤❤❤ it ✌️✌️

Serge got short-changed in this Advert

Fascinating!

I worked at Twickenham as security in the VIP section I think it was in 2005 or so, Ireland beat England. Fitzpatrick went from politely asking where the toilet was to pass by cheering for Ireland and later celebrate their victory. No doubt he is very Irish, specially with that surname. BTW, the three most polite VIPs were Fitzpatrick, Kirwan and Lynagh....aren't they all Irish surnames?

Loved it

Serge Betzen I knew is from Cameroon...kumba. My x wife was Bamileke as well.

Really cool video! Rugby legends

I watched England under 20s playing Scotland in 2021 and the legendary All Black player Zinzan Brooke's son was playing for England.

Sean Fitzpatrick is pretty Irish, I seen a programme in New Zealand about celebrities heritage without DNA testing and Sean was on there saying he was Dalmatian from Croatia maybe his Asian Latvian relatives moved through the Balkans.

Rugby legends..... and Ugo Monye

Serge is a king on the field and off the field 😂

This is a legend Sean Fitz and Serge

Serge Betsen is like my adoptive uncle he comes to my school all the time 🤣

Sean is a true new zealander!!!

Rugby legend without a South African in there? !

I miss my Maternal Grandparents so much. They were killed by the Lethal Coronavirus Pandemic in January 2021

Enjoyed the English accent!

Awesome

Shaun looks like Zico

I don't know that X-zibit also Rugby retirement player

Before the results were read out I predicted Fitzpatrick were 100% from whakatane and 100% maori😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Serge Belsen maybe a clue on surname...

He said his “great grandfather won the medal in the war” which war?

So what's with the desire to have no English DNA? Why is that? English people are just people, just like everyone else. Don't define yourself by who you don't want to be - define yourself by who you are, & if that includes DNA from England then that's who you are.

Where precisely did these intellects expect Sean Fitzpatrick’s genes to trace back to?

Do this woth cricket legends

whers south africa common

The guy on the left looks like George bush

This was fun

Eskimos have Serge's DNA not the other way around LOL. Africans have the most variety in the DNA in the world

I know who Sean is but who are the others

What percentage was Sean? He never said...

It seems that everyone has a little of Irish in them.

How Chris got Native American dna lol

😂Jaime

There's no such thing as "English", "European", "white" or "black" DNA. However all human DNA (with the exception of some mutations) originated in an area of the Afro-Eurasia land mass that is now considered to be located in the continent of Africa.The most you can do is roughly measure how similar a tiny, tiny bit of one DNA sample is to a tiny, tiny bit of another DNA sample. With those results you can make any number of educated guess with different percentages of likelihood that they are true.

Lol Sean is the only LEGEND THERE LOL

Heaslip an Robshaw are hardly legends!!!

👁👃🏽👁 Our Nigeria region includes the most populous country in Africa, with more than 168 million people living in an area about twice the size of California. In fact, Nigeria has six cities with populations over 1 million (the United States has nine). From its tropical south to the arid north, Nigeria as a country is a concept and product of colonialism, bringing together more than 250 ethnic groups within fairly arbitrary borders. Geography Nigeria’s seacoast in the south, with its mangrove swamps in the Niger Delta, gives way to a band of tropical rainforest and then savanna and drier Sahel grasslands in the north. Along with the landscape, the climate varies: from wet and tropical along the coast to more arid conditions in the Sahel, where a three- to four-month rainy season is followed by hot, dry temperatures. Modern-day Nigeria’s northern area once encompassed the southern end of trans-Saharan trade routes, where salt, cloth and other goods were brought across the desert to trade for gold, ivory, slaves, kola nuts and other items from the south. An acacia tree in the Niger Delta Religion Throughout West Africa, Muslim traders brought Islam as well as goods with them across the Sahara, and the religion was adopted by some in Nigeria’s northern Sahel and savanna regions by at least the 9th century. Islam made its way to the south during the reign of Mali emperor Mansa Musa, if not before. Christianity came later, with European traders who interacted with groups in the south. Religious preferences still maintain this north-south divide, with Islam predominating in the north among the Fulani and Hausa, and Christianity in the south. Today, Nigeria is about 50% Muslim and 40% Christian, with about 10% embracing traditional or indigenous beliefs.Kingdoms of the Past The oldest human remains found in Nigeria have been dated to 9000 B.C., though the region was likely inhabited before then. There is evidence of ironworking from around 600 B.C. The earliest known Iron Age civilization in Nigeria is the Nok, who lived in northern and central Nigeria between about 1000 B.C. and 300 A.D. They are known for their life-sized terracotta statues. Following the Nok, large kingdoms and smaller, village-based groups established themselves in the area over the next millennia. One of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria today, the Yoruba trace their roots back to the city of Ile-Ife in southwestern Nigeria. The city came to prominence as a center of trade in the 12th century. Like the Nok before them, the Yoruba of this period were sculptors, creating works in terracotta, iron and bronze. The city was also known for its courtyards paved in shards of pottery. Unlike Ile-Ife, the Yoruba kingdom of Oyo maintained an army and established a kingdom that dominated western Nigeria during the 17th and early 18th centuries.Location of the city of Ile-Ife bronze casting of a king, dated around 12th century, in the British Museum To the south, the Edo people established the Kingdom of Benin, which expanded from a magnificent city into a powerful empire during the 15th century. When Portuguese traders first visited the city, they were impressed by its size and splendor, and Benin sent an ambassador to Lisbon in the early 16th century. Benin is known for its carvings and its “bronzes” (which are actually brass). In the north, on the edge of the Sahel, the Hausa established states that thrived on trans-Saharan trade, especially after the collapse of the Mali and Songhai Empires, when trade moved farther east. The Hausa states adopted Islam, establishing madrassas and building beautiful mosques-while also warring against one another. The Hausa states were incorporated into the Sokoto Caliphate during a jihad led by the Fulani people in the early 19th century slave trade. Slaves had always been part of West African trade across the Sahara, but gold was the chief commodity that built the great empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai. This changed once Portuguese traders began plying West Africa’s coasts in the late 15th century. Early Portuguese traders actually bought slaves from the Nigerian coast to sell to the Akan people along the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana). After the Europeans began using Africa as a source of slaves for the sugar plantations in the New World, the transatlantic market grew exponentially. On Nigeria’s southern coast, slave traders often contracted with local kings or chiefs to provide slaves, with the kingdom of Oyo and the Aro Confederacy, an Igbo group, becoming two major suppliers. Great Britain abolished slavery in 1807, but a profitable trade continued well into the 19th century, with traders running British blockades off Nigeria. Some estimates put the number of slaves sent to the Americas from Nigeria at 3.5 million. Colonialism After the Berlin Conference of 1884 and 1885, which parceled Africa out among European powers, Nigeria fell within the British sphere. The Royal Niger Company represented and pursued British interests in the area until 1890, when the British government took control. The area was divided into northern and southern protectorates until 1914, when they were merged into the colony of Nigeria. Nigeria became independent in 1960. Four years earlier, in 1956, oil had been discovered in the Niger Delta, and Nigeria is now among the top 10 oil exporters in the world. Ethnic Groups While modern-day Nigeria is home to more than 250 ethnic groups, the four largest account for almost 70% of the population. ----------------------------------------- 👁👃🏽👁 Hausa and Fulani Yoruba Igbo The Hausa and Fulani The Hausa people form one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. They are located primarily in northern Nigeria and southern Niger. The Hausa language is spoken as a first language by around 40 million people, more than any other language in sub-Saharan Africa. In Nigeria, the Hausa have integrated with the Fulani to the extent that the group is often referred to as Hausa-Fulani. The Fulani are spread over many West African countries, including Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso. Historically, the Fulani were nomads who kept cattle. They are also strongly linked to Islam; the Fulani led the jihads that helped establish the Sokoto Caliphate in Hausa lands during the 19th century. They are a minority population in each country they inhabit, with the exception of Guinea, where they represent 40% of the population. In Nigeria, the Hausa-Fulani account for about 30% of Nigeria’s population. ----------------------------------------- 👁👃🏽👁 The Yoruba The Yoruba live in southwestern Nigeria and the southern portion of neighboring Benin. They make up about 20% of Nigeria’s population. The Yoruba were greatly affected by the transatlantic slave trade; their territory was one of the most significant slave-exporting regions in Africa during the 1800s. The largest concentrations of Yoruba ended up in Cuba, Brazil and Trinidad. The Igbo and Yoruba peoples from the Bights of Benin and Biafra constituted roughly one-third of all enslaved Africans transported to the Americas. ----------------------------------------- 👁👃🏽👁 The Igbo The Igbo people are another large and influential ethnic group in Nigeria. With a population of about 30 million, they are found primarily in southeastern Nigeria, as well as Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea. The transatlantic slave trade also had a massive impact on the Igbo. Many of those sold into slavery were kidnapped or captured as prisoners of war. Others were debtors or had been convicted of crimes. Several scholars assert that Igbo slaves were reputed to be especially rebellious; some would even commit suicide rather than endure enslavement. Elements of Igbo culture can still be seen in former New World colonies. For instance, Jamaican Creole uses the Igbo word for “you,” and a section of Belize City is named Eboe Town after its Igbo inhabitants. In the United States, a high concentration of slaves in Maryland and Virginia were Igbo, and they still constitute a large proportion of the African American population in the area. Please note that genetic ethnicity estimates are based on individuals living in this region today. While a prediction of genetic ethnicity from this region suggests a connection to the groups occupying this location, it is not conclusive evidence of membership to any particular tribe or ethnic group

Sean Fitzpatrick reminds me a bit of Brazilian soccer legend Zico (real name Arthur Antunes Coimbra, who is of Portuguese descent).

0:20 had me laughing so hard😂

Wow! Serge's also 43.1℅ Kenyan!!! Chinese, Vietnamese, Inuit and Eskimo 😂😂😂😂 wow! That's really a shocker! I wonder from which tribe he's from in Kenya.... Wow! Am glad to know Kenya has another super star! Above all, I love all these great players as am a rugby fan. Salute from Kenya.

Great program

11:48 for those who want to save time

Thank you for sharing!

Wonderful to lessen to men of different back grounds talk in friendship. Wish all men could do this .

I love rugby