i think highly of them, im an ordinary black man, from the south so i thought" but it turns out threw DNA i am part guanches Spaniard and Berber from about a 1000 years ago way before slavery.
@@lukejayjackson9287 I recently also found out that I have Guanche Ancestry too. I think it might be because slaves were also brought there before going to the American continent and there was a lot of mixing going on. Some of the Guanches were also taken to the Americas as slaves too. There is another person who comment either on this video oe the second video who discovered she has Guanche Ancestry too. I wonder how many of us have Guanche Ancestry.
My mother-in-law is from the Canary Islands, and the area's history and diversity are reflected in her genes. Here is her ancestry.com DNA breakdown: Spain 44% Portugal 43% Ireland 1% North Africa 7% Germanic Europe 3% Senegal 2%
@رأيي , sorry to hear about your people's suffering. Were you talking to me? I am 0% Spanish. I carry no shame or blame for those atrocities, nor does anyone alive today. Ignorant, evil people who do wicked deeds carry the guilt for their own actions. Those people are all dead now. History is tragic, worldwide. Some of my ancestors were kidnapped from Africa and brutally enslaved for life in the new world; other ancestors were the very people who enslaved them and held them in bondage. I am not personally ashamed of that because I didn’t make those choices, but the consequences live on in society and cause pain to those whose ancestors were harmed. All we can do is make good choices in our own lives and find healing for ourselves. I wish you peace and good fortune.
@رأيي Canary Island NEVER belongs to morocco or something like that... Stop saying that thing... there is not a single trace of Muslim culture on those islands. nor have they been under the domain of Islamic empires.
@رأيي I am of Canarian origin, with an aboriginal Canarian name and a aboriginal Canarian surname and we are fed up with Moroccan nationalism. We are not Muslims, we do not speak Berber and we do not want to know anything about you, especially seeing how young immigrants from Morocco treat our islands. all drunk and high. it is a shame. leave us alone. Peace
@@adama2490 Yes, that is true! They always say something like "our lands, our islands" but those people can't stand moroccan people. You, Canary people, don't want to be muslims and be a part of a dinasty like M6 kingdom. You are most similar to caribean people.
Hey thanks for the video, i was researching my ancestry and found out we came from here, it now makes sense why my mom is a white Hispanic women and I came out looking Arabic.
I found out about this indigenous group when I got my 23 and me results back. The 67% of my lineage comes from this archipelago. My remaining DNA is 20% Indigenous American 8% Subsaharan African and 3.9% Western and North African. It’s so fascinating, since I just thought my family’s history started and ended in PR.
I learned that I also have ancestors from the Canary Islands. I think it might be because a lot of the Guache people were sold as slaves to the Americas. There were other people from the U.S. that have also discovered they have ancestors from here. It's very fascinating indeed. Sad that the original people no longer exists though 😢
@@Kaisforeignadventures one. Factor was that a lot of the Spanish move moved to the Canaries were given incentives to go to Cuba ,Puerto Rico, D.R, etc.My grandparents on my Dad's side were White from Tenerife... moved to Cuba and my parents were born in Cuba. Many, many Csnary Islanders that I know of ebt to Cuba a long time ago, including with the Columbus's initial trips to the USA, as well as the BASQUES. Many Basques also came, Utah has a very large Basque population, and many other places throughout the Americas, North and South, Including Caribbean
@@Kaisforeignadventures I agree. I have been looking into the history of the archipelagos and it is very hard to see what life was like for these people. The closest I get is reading about old Berber traditions.
That is so exciting! I was born there and would like to mnow exactly what my lineage looks like. Both of my parents are rooted in Gran Canaria history!
DNA shows the Gaunches are related to the Berbers from North Africa. I also thought I heard that some of the Canary islands had different looking Guanches some were supposedly blonde with tanned or dark skin. There is also a tribe of Berbers in North Africa who are blonde blue eyed and fair skinned. I don't remember the name of the tribe (maybe you can find out more). Though, as you said, some Canary Islanders have the darker Berber type. The Guanche DNA survived through the maternal side since the Spainiards killed off most of the males in their battles. This sadly seems to be the case with most conquered indigenous people. What's weird is how they ended up on those islands is sort of a mystery since they supposedly didn't swim and there's no evidence of ship building. 🤔As you said not much is known about them and I love a good mystery! Thanks for the very interesting video.😊
Thanks and yes you're right! I did read something about there being blonde hair and blue eyed Guanches. I'm not sure if it could have been recessive traits among the group it's very difficult to know for sure. Also, you bring up an interesting question about how they even got to the Canary Islands In the first place!. I'm going to do more digging and see if I can find anything that might suggest how this happened. Like you, I too love a good mystery 😅❤️
"There is also a tribe of Berbers in North Africa who are blonde blue eyed and fair skinned" the tribe in north africa is called kabylia and im kabyle. its the biggest known amazigh or berber tribe in africa u can just google it. also the name berber is not our name our name is imazighen or amazigh people, the name berber is from the roman occupation they called us that name cuz they didnt understand our language and it stuck with us but our real name is imazighren as a group or amazigh for one person or amazigh people lol
@@Kaisforeignadventures i believe at one point Juba one of the kings of north africa back then visted the canary islands and decided to bring his people from all over north africa to occupy it 1000 years before the spanish. so he added it to his kingdom and occupy it
@@Kaisforeignadventures we also as kabyles we share almost the exact if not the exact language as the guanches (we call them igwanciyen in our language) so that makes so much sense not only we look similar but we share the same culture and language.
@@iDefeat oh wow this is very interesting. I just finished uploading the second video to this one. I wish I knew this before as I would have added it to the second video, but thank you so much for explaining this. I love learning about this type of stuff! I greatly appreciate it ❤️
Thank you for sharing. Through DNA estimates I have traces of Guanche heritage. I am trying to learn more about their history and about life on the Canary Islands
The guanches are Amazighs known as "berbers" but we prefer to be called Amazighs because "Berbers" is a name given to us by all colonizers. Amazighs mean "the free people". We Amazighs (I'm from Algeria) suffered from many invasions and each colonizer tried to assimilate us to their culture and wipe out our very ancient identity but we survived in the mainland (North Africa, our DNA is still very native dominated (according to DNA tests), I've seen some people have 90% + North African blood which is rare to have such a homogenous population. Amazighs come in different skin colours (and hair, eyes colours) it is not an indication of a foreign origin whatsoever because in Algeria for example you can see all possible colours mediterranean brown, blond blue eyes, blacks, redheads etc this is due to the vast territory so there is a huge diversity in terms of landscapes, environment, skin types AND culture but it is all Amazighe ethnicity and culture and of course there will be different skin colours between an Algerian from the North which is typically mediterranean and an Algerian from the Sahara! Even though Canarian Amazighs (The Guanches) have been rather successfully assimilated by the Spanish Colonizers, the Amazigh culture and language is present everytwhere in North Africa so if you want to look for the original Guanches culture and language, check out the history of North African (pre islam), language and culture have obvisouly been influenced but the identity remains the same and we care so much about our identity because we have been through a lot (many colonisations, cultural oppression, and so on).
@@Kaisforeignadventures I did familytreedna which told me I have ancient dna then I uploaded to mytrueancestry who told me what ancient dna I have ..I have lots more
@@SherryAzaniyah I just uploaded my DNA to the site and it shows that I also have a lot DNA from the Guanche people. I'm learning something new everyday 😮
@@Kaisforeignadventures cool .they said I have Canaanite/Semite, hititte, Philistines, ancient Egypt during the ptolemaic kingdom , bantu/ Khoisan , Moor, and natufian 🧬 dna
So....I'm looking to find information of my ancestry dna. The Guanches of the canary Islands. I can't seem to find much. I'm most definitely not white tho. Maybe this is where I get my green grayish eyes from.
My dna matched with these people . I'm somali 75% , 16% north african , 3,7 % Scandinavian,3% oceanian.. 1% west africa. My dna also matches with lots of acient egyptian mummies and king ramsesse 3 .. etc. Dna also matches crusaders from Lebanon and syria. etc
I'm noticing a trend with a lot of people of African descent (myself included) that have shared DNA with the Guanches. I wonder if it was due to the slave trade. I will have to do some investigating.
@@Kaisforeignadventures its really the only logical thing they built pyramidal structures etc. island chain is insanely volcanic its plausible that a catastrophic event happened thousands of years ago same with the Minoans
Yes, but the Island is sunken it was between North America and the Canary Islands, closer to the Canary. Im searching and finding a connection to Egyptians stopping there on their way to the Americas. The Egyptians sailed there from the Mediterranean.
@@Kaisforeignadventures Hello, there. Canarian from Fuerteventura over here. Recently studied at a posgraduate class in Orientalism that we were the last survivors of Atlantis when it was this archipelago the last remaining piece of land after the flood. It is a myth that has been mentioned in numerous texts; even the Romans and many other humanists would suggest the location of the Atlantis on this part of the Macaronesia. However, we also have to consider that myths are not a contemporary invention, and most certainly that's it: a myth. Still, it is quite exciting to know what kind of legends were told at that time. P.S.: thanks for sharing. It's a controversial topic in the islands, considering we never properly studied the history of the Spanish colonization. It was only a few years ago that some institutions started calling for the central government's recognition on the commission of a genocide in the Canary islands. Thus why they prefer to ignore adding any of our own history to highschools educational curricula, contributing to our ignorance. Yeeeeeey
@@melaniabritoclavijo6460 ah you're in Fuerteventura! Me too! Haha. I was very fascinated about the history of the Canary Islands especially when I learned that I too have guanche ancestors. It's a very interesting topic. Thanks for also sharing your knowledge 😊
They’re Amazigh, they’re in North Africa! they never disappeared, the colonizers destroyed all proof, and they moved between the main land and the island.. The Amazigh are also Numedians and ruled Anxient Khemet for 6 dynasties..
Guanches is not a lost civilization .They're mixed with spanish and other europeans like portuguese , Genova , French and others .But these like the main ones .Thet don't dissapear.Many of them were slaves that spanish took them to América and the spanish mainland .Also took them to Madeira ( Portugal ) .They are here but mixed , some more pure than others .But they are not lost civilization , what are you talking about man ?
@@marceloriverorodriguez6911 I've lived in the Canary islands for 5 years. Most of my friends are Canarian. They even took me to the museum in Gran Canary to learn more about the guanche people. I even learned that I descended from them through an ancestry test, but they are considered extinct. They were absorbed, but they don't exist today. There are small traces of their culture, but as the people they once were don't exist today just like the Tainos in the Caribbean. If they were here like indigenous Americans then yes they wouldn't be extinct, but that isn't the case. I have been to almost all the islands in Canarias and have never met not one person who identified as guanche.
He never said they were black. He said they were related to Bebers. Berbers is another name for Amazigh. Did you actually understand what was said in the video? He also included photos of the Berber (Amazigh) people in the video.
Il n'a jamais dit qu'ils étaient noirs. Il a dit qu'ils étaient liés à Bebers. Berbères est un autre nom pour Amazigh. Avez-vous réellement compris ce qui était dit dans la vidéo? Il a également inclus des photos du peuple berbère (amazigh) dans la vidéo. Aussi si vous ne comprenez pas la vidéo, pourquoi laisser un commentaire? il est évident que vous ne comprenez pas ce qu'il a dit.
