People need to learn difference between Race, Nationality and Ethnicity.. I can’t tell how many times people asked me. What is your nationality, I say Canadian. They get all confused. They are trying to ask what my ethnicity is, but they confuse it with nationality.
Hah! That's like one time a white co-worker from England was talking about a friend of hers who was getting married to an Australian. I immediately asked her if he is Aborigines. She looked at me like, "are you serious?" I was. You see, we are in NY and I do not know anyone from Australia. So, in my mind when you say someone is Australian, I do not see a white person. I take a few seconds to process this kind of information before speaking now. Don't get me started with South Africa. Hmm, I wonder what people who have never been to the US think of when they hear someone is American.
Doreen Thompson Funny, we can have preconceived idea based on our knowledge. When I travel to North Africa years back a a lot of Tunisians was asking me and my friends where we came from. We told them England. But they kept pushing us for more. Most of my friend were either Jamaica born and British born Jamaicans so in the end we told the people we came from Jamaica. I was the only British born from St Vincent and the Grenadines. I don't know if they has any idea black peoples lived in England . Funny some people in America surprised when they meet a black British person. I was in Philly years back and some girls in Wendy food Resturant was going crazy when I spoke lol.
@@historyonthego Hey. Thanks for the response. I think that experience was/is funny too. I tell it all the time. Also, I too am Jamaican. When I travel and people ask me where I'm from, depending on the mood I'm in, I'll say NY or USA or I live in NY but I'm from Jamaica. I have ancestors from so many different parts of the globe, me caan badda with the DNA. What is the point? Just live good with people and respect. A so me see it.
I talked about this with my brother, who was wondering why we had so much Greek and Turkish in us when we are both 100% Italian on all sides. 1,000 years ago, "Italy" didn't exist. 2,000 years ago, "Greek" and "Italian" were both Roman. Any earlier than that, and we would have been called three-quarters Sabine and one-quarter Latin. The names we use depend on political boundaries, which shift with the wind sometimes.
@@historyonthego Yep ... my brother's wife's family came to the US in two groups. One was registered as Polish in the immigration records. The other was registered as Ukrainian. The village hadn't moved. The border moved OVER the village. What they are depended on when you asked!
Well technically Greeks existed long before Romans or Italy. The Italian peninsula was colonized by the Greeks but there were indigenous people living there like the Latins. Then the City State of Rome was established and well the Romans were very good at conquering other nations.
Nobody's great-great-great grandparents were Nigerian because there was no such country when they lived. And these tests can't actually tell you exactly where your ancestors lived, what they can tell you is that your DNA is similar to the DNA of people living in particular regions today (that they have tested and have access to in their databases)
The real truth about all these DNA ancestry sites is they have not even come close to the database needed to even be confident about the absolute lies they spew. It's been well documented and you can do a simple search and find out yourselves. They mostly just spit out bogus info to make people feel good.
Oh my God when you said (with a British Accent) that your Nigerian percentage was higher than the guy born in Nigeria I laughed for a whole minute 😂😂😂😂😂
I think Ghengis Khan had more fluid than most, 16 million men carry his genetic markers, a large number of Mongolians are descended from him. He had a LOT of kids!
There was less hybridization before the ice age cataclysm, but afterwards Cro-magnon dna spread out across the world, perhaps not coincidentally around the same time as agriculture, mono/megalithic structures, animal domestication, and the study of the stars (Zoroastrianism)
Thank you, please say this for those all the way on the back. I keep saying this. Migration, trades, African people have been travelling for centuries before colonization. Some people are to concern about the color of their skin. Some one skin color doesnt prove anything. your DNA will tell you a lot.
@@querida1809 I love reading ancient history, but in doing so I realized there was significant movement across continents with trading, warring, defending boarders from intruders. Afrikans allowed boarding peoples to live without incident so there was mixing and marriages until the intrugers' got greedy which precipitated war. They had boats so they were not confined to the continent itself. We are talking very ancient history, does not account for recent stuff. Amazing!
The concepts of Nigeria, Ghana, etc... are recent creations when the French and British divided that area. Africans who lived there before are more connected to ethnic kinship.
Watched an episode of an ancestry programme on British TV some years ago that featured a white female campaigner for English ethnic rights. She sounded rather bigoted and assumed she was descended from Anglo-Saxon tribes or Northern European Vikings. Her DNA test turned out she was predominantly Romany Gypsy! The very people she looked down upon and sought to distinguish herself from! 😊
Is it the Channel 4 programme where they even tested Thatcher's daughter? If it's the one, the lady you are talking about was going to sue the channel for implying she is not 100% English. It was a sight to behold as they revealed her ancestry. Most of the people had Mongolian blood. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%25_English
Yes I saw that programme and it was fascinating. She fervently believed that she was an Anglo saxon and got really angry at her gypsy DNA results . There have been quite a few prejudice white folk in the American South but ironically lots of them also have much African DNA .
I've subscribed. It is wonderful to hear a learned person that understands humanity's history and that knows the difference between ethnicity and nationality.☺👍
Excellent, Well Done!!, I am from across the pond in the US. Five years ago I had my first DNA testing done by the National Geographic Genographic Project. My results' tract to Nigeria as well, the Yoruba... the second round identified 24% other results including the UK, Eurasia and Native American tribes. I too, experienced a similar sense of shock, a normal response to centuries of conditioning. Africans from across the diaspora have been similarly traumatized by slavery and colonization. To suddenly for the first time be awakened from the Matrix can be disorienting, like finding out you were adopted. So much of how we think about ourselves is filtered through the lens of White culture. DNA results can offer an opportunity to see our selves from a scientific perspective independent of cultural story lines that may no longer be relevant. They can now, instead, serve as a point to a more expansive journey.
You need to ask for your haplo type. I guarantee you it will take you straight to israel. You are NOT African you are Hebrew. E1b1a is specific. Africans carry E1b1b. He is misleading you
@@extracool3889, All humans originated in Africa. We moved upwards and outwards and 🧭 through what is now Israel, the middle east, and off the continent of Africa. We separated and went our own ways, discovering new lands, sprouting new cultures and mutating to become different "races". Are you implying that the OP is mistaken in believing he is sub-Saharan?
@@stephanieyee9784 i do not follow the traditional narrative that all humans originated in Africa. But let is suppose that your narrative is correct does it follow therefore that we should all gather tigether and sing kombyah? You will notice that thise who are at a major disadvantage are the blacks in America and that they are being killed disproportionately by the pigs in Amerikkka. But lets put that aside for a moment. Please read Deuteronomy 28 before we embark on a meaningful debate...please
Beautiful video. Best explanation ever. People need to understand that these ethnicities are not subject to one country or political area but based on population migrations of people over time and places. The more people get tested the more precise will be the results. You may find over time that you may get updated results that may look different, just remember your DNA doesn't change just how the data will improve how we get to know the past. I look forward to seeing your videos.
Let's not forget you have some African men who have Chinese paternal ancestry and this is way before colonization of the European nations into Africa so this goes to prove that Africa and China was trading well before even the Arab slave trade
The need to believe we're 100% this or that is driven by a mostly emotional desire for a sense of homogenous belonging and 'solid' personal identity ; reality doesn't care about our emotions🌍
Wow, so cool to have found you here. You've always been passionate about black history, great to see you talking about it here. May this chanel grow big.
Exactly we have to take into consideration, test updates lol, pre & post colonial kingdoms, migration, intermarriage, neo colonial name changes, etc its more than meets the eye and its multi hypothesis when you consider all that can pop up on your test. Im from north america and my test looks similar to yours, great video!
Yes that's what I have said.. I wars of movement of people for environmental reasons, Was cause mass movements. Inter marrying is big factor. Slavery is a factor also.
Hey 👋🏽 L. Miller I always notice your supportive comments on the Hu Band from Mongolia 🇲🇳 Reactions. The outcome and the accuracy of DNA results are interesting to me. I’m Indigenous Native North American from Northern California. 🙋🏻♀️
The reason that Nigerian is surprised by the DNA result is simply because most Nigerians like many other Africans are quite ethnocentric. So, they are shoked to find out that their lineage included people of other tribes that's even outside their country.
@@davidjessop2279 It's not Racism as they are not two different races. And they are not being racist at all just because they don't want to mix their blood, but I don't expect you to know anything about what racism is. Lol
Honestly i am quite scare african rasism about whites and othets africans. And I am estonian and this is word wonder that we have preserve our own language.
The first premier of British Columbia, Canada, James Douglas, was born in what is now Guyana to a Scottish father and a mixed Scottish-African mother. His wife was mixed Cree and Scottish, so his children had African, European and Cree ancestry.
This is brilliant. Love to tell you my DNA story so far. As you say this is unfolding. It's a work in progress. We're dealing with estimates and hypotheses. However, we have more than most of us had in the past, save for anecdotes which matter a great deal and the odd documentation. Thank you so much for this. Food for thought. Terrible things have happened to us, true, but it is important to have information, no matter what, understanding that there is a price to pay, a cost for consciousness. As some Akan say, as an admonition, "Don't go looking after lineages."
One of the most balanced and informed vid I've seen on RU-vid. I've had my DNA tested many years ago from National Geographic. Yep I originated from Africa!
Great analysis of ethnicity, race, and nationality. Within artificial boundaries called countries you're always are many different groups within the boundaries.
Subscribed. I did not care for history when I was in school, but as an adult, I love reading about different periods in history and how it shapes us today. I think more primary sources should be included in teaching history. That’s what made it interesting to me.
Very true. I met a man who boasted that he came from a very old family that went right back to King Edward 1. I told him my family went right back to Adam and Eve! Actually we all descended from Adam and Eve, so we are all members of the same family!
@@funquay2219 Awww, that's cute. (I hope you're kidding.) According to Genesis, we all come from Adam and Eve, who had three sons. Think about that...take all the time you need. 😁
@@rockradstone Hi Rick. I took about 30 seconds to find the answer to your question. Genesis chapter 5 verse 4 reads "After he became the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters." Hope that helps you. Best regards.
To me all of these DNA reveals are very interesting and you always learn something. Thanks for bringing up all the wars that have taken place in Africa, sounds like Europe and Asian, doesn't it? The majority of mine is British Isles but 2% Finnish and 1% Siberia which is neat.
I remember when Henry Louis Gates did his DNA on his TV show. His ancestry included Ireland to a 7th century king. One third of Ireland today can trace ancestry to this king because he had so many kids from all his wives. It was interesting because both his parents were black and he assumed African ancestry.
I think he means African black people. AA in general have quite a bit of European ancestry because many of us have formerly enslaved ancestors and there was a lot of racial mixing
@@SE-gs6gd Yeah my sister has 2% Iberian (Spain) ancestry even though my mother and father have no immediate ancestry in the last eight generations. My friend has 1.7% Neanderthal DNA, meaning her homo sapiens ancestors interbred with Neanderthals.
Thank you…!! Your video is informative. Clearly and politely presented, and will bring clarity to many of us who need to have a better understanding of one another…..Thank you!!
I also get the impression from various sources that as more people are profiled, the more information there is for geographical determination and that also means if there are regions with low numbers of DNA samples, then they are less likely to show up when some-one gets their own DNA tested, even if they have almost 100percent ancestry from the region alone.
"We cannot mix DNA with politics and nationalism" THANK YOU OMG !!!!!!! NATIONALISM IN AFRICAN MADE THEM FORGET THAT OUR ANCESTORS OCCUPIED REGIONS WHERE THEY MIXED WITH OTHER CLANS TOO ... OMG
Thank you for such a great explanation! I teach high school anthropology and history and might show them this video to help my students better understand race, nationality, and ethnicity.
Finally a person of African descent who gets it! Using Jamaica as an example of Nationality was good because a lot of people may still not be receptive to the idea of African people enslaving other African people or of them moving around and intermarriage between ethnic groups. Not all borders in the past would have been "hard" borders and nomadic people move where they Need to. I am mixed: mostly English, Welsh, Irish and east Asian but also show 1+% of Nigerian DNA. As I'm the only one of my family paternal and maternal to show it, (yes we're full siblings), I think it must be a relic from my deep ancestry. I liken DNA mixes to a tossed salad. We chop up the ingredients, mix them in one big bowl then serve it into smaller portions. Everyone gets the same salad but different amounts of its ingredients. PS: Cymru Am Byth! 🏴 ☮❤🦘🇦🇺
Lol They enslaved the descendants of the Olmecs who came over from Egypt/Sumer. Everyone is being lied to. The Europeans just enslaved the natives that were already in the America’s. It’s hilarious how dumbed down society is. Can’t even look at the ancient past right.
I love your analogy : ) Tip: Try a few drops of sesame oil in your sallad next time. Another is a slice of cucumber in gin and tonic instead of sitrus.
And then there are those DNA results where they give identical twins two completely different results... I'm not sure the DNA ancestry industry is really all that concerned about accuracy.
My baby sister is a retired pathologist. She decided to test us all, and of 12, one of us had no Italian ancestry. The problem is our mother is 100% Italian. I too don't trust them.
Ancestry has changed my DNA results several times and calls them updates 😳 How do you go from less than 1% of an ethnicity to 24 %? They have been adding and taking away ethnicities. I really believe they are scamming everyone.
Great video and great DNA results. I’m always interested in learning about people who were not born in Africa but have a high percentage of African DNA. My family is from the states of North Carolina and South Carolina in the United States and my African DNA is 95% consisting of Nigeria, Cameroon/Congo, Benin Togo, and Mali. Subscribed!
I'm African American too, from Louisiana. My own African ancestry is about 70% African and 30% European, the main African regions being Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Benin, Senegal, and Ghana. I think the reason for this is that our ancestors predominately intermarried and procreated with other Black people, most with similar genetic origins, which maintained our genetic continuity.
African DNA that high in the us typically means you have Geechee Gullah ancestry since you specifically mentioned the coast of the Carolinas. I would definitely do genealogy research to confirm. You may be surprised.
It has been so interesting watching this presentation and reading the diverse comments. My two cents is that I describe myself as a Black African-American, which means to me that I was born in America and I am of African descent. This further means to me that I am a Black African who because of circumstances beyond my control was born in America. (I consider my personal designation as identifying my race, nationality, ethnicity, and culture). My DNA states that I am 94% West African (a mixture of 41% Nigerian and a lesser percentage Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Congo, Southern and Western Bantu People, Benin, Togo). You can say I am mixed (LOL).
It wasn't always through slavery that intermarriage happened. Tribes would broker peace or marriage agreements and merge for safety and survival, then move apart when tribes grew large enough. A reason why genetic kin can be found in different regions in Africa. Natural and unnatural events caused these swings in populations.
Nice interesting video matey, and love how you made the difference between heritage and nationality, my own heritage is so mixed it is funny as hell.!!
This is an excellent video, and it makes its point very clear. I've thought it strange that in China, the 56 ethnic groups are called "nationalities"--especially considering, as we all know, that in a few areas, these "nationalities" haven't even been allowed to have their own nation!
Nigerian in the house. I'm a current affairs and history buff , I have just sub your channel look forward to more interesting content. Nigeria is still undergoing more ethnic transformation due to Fulani and Hausa migration to the more affluent Southern Nigeria, as a result of ethnic tension in the Sahel, poor government policies and climate change.
i love you my brother at some stage so to speak through time line some whare you understand its a shame our other brothers and sisters have...diffucultys lol .... instant sub
@@christianlingurar7085 "I met this gorgeous girl yesterday. She told me she came from Northern Italy". "Genoa"? "Look I told you I only just met her".
@African Diaspora Oh of course we're all 100% human. And folks probably do think too much about "what" we are more than the fact that we're all here together. I don't know where you're from either. But it doesn't matter. I guess part of my point is that we're all "more" than we think we are. Our ancestors come from more places than we realize sometimes. And yes, for the US, if you're white and black...there's a darn good chance that was the terrible case. It still needs to be addressed. It has just been....hidden under the rug. Or people don't know how to react or what to do or what to say. But to your last line about going to the local tribes....I have found that not to be the case. Maybe they were being "too nice". But I don't think so. (I might be crazy in other ways though. Who knows.) So we don't know each other's history. Guess we're in the same boat there.
@African Diaspora I did not do ancestry.com either. I did CRI Genetics. So if one is to believe their results, they say....Esan in Nigeria, Luhya in Kenya, "we identified one of your ancestors as Southern Han Chinese lived around 1825:, "....Esan in Nigeria around the year 1775 for my dad" (to American via a slave ship for he or she). It sounds like you took something similar to find the tribes? And when one thinks about it, some "country" names have been 'done' by white people. (Like Nigeria was "suggested" by a white British lady in the 1890s because of a river.) The areas were renamed....or different tribes put into the same country. Names have been changed all over the world. Why someone would have the idea, one not from an area, to say that the locals should change their name or that they are doing things the "wrong" way? No one should have done that nor should they still be doing that. So no, it doesn't matter your "percentage". It matters who you are as a person. And to be able to accept people.
@African Diaspora Hey...I can only imagine to "get it". But I get being pissed off at times with things that happen still today. I see things. And it blows my mind. I don't understand either. I don't know how to stop the vicious circle. I wish I did. So what can we do about it?...damn good question. Maybe talking like this is one place to be. And others joining in. I think people see things. And because they don't know what to do, they don't do anything. Or "don't want to get involved", "don't want to be nosey"....whatever it is. I'm glad I did the genetics thing though. I think my dad needed to do it...if you know what I mean. (?) He's embracing. Because he found out that maybe....him being told we were Indian (ironically dna points to India), but I mean local/First Nations, was not that; but a combo of our ancestors being from more places than we realized. Apparently, I'm a mut. And proud of it. lol Sorry if I was short with you with my first reply. It's been a very hard day....
