Why do I look Asian? Mexican DNA test results reveal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2021
- Everybody has been guessing my ethnicity. But what secrets does my latino DNA hold. People say I'm Philipina, Vietnamese, Indigenous, and everything else. Now I finally have the answer! I took a DNA test to find out what my ethnicity really is and here I reveal the results. What do you think?
I'd never thought much about my DNA or my ethnicity before. I just knew that I was Mexican. As you know, Latino people are a mix of many different ethnicities. However, when I was living in Vietnam, everyone thought I was Vietnamese! They couldn't believe that I was a Latina.
So I decided to investigate and I made a video to explain why this might be and I found a lot of interesting information about Asian immigration to Mexico. You can see the video here:
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This video became very popular and everybody has been asking me to do a DNA test and they have been guessing where I am really from. Where did my ancestors come from? Was I indigenous, Asian or a mix of everything?
Please let me know in the comments below what you think? Were my DNA test results what you expected? I'd be interested to hear from other Latinos about their results because Mexico and Latin America are very diverse.
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As a native Siberian I enjoyed watching your video. You’re beautiful inside and out. To all native people of North and South America, Siberia, Mongolia, Central Asia = we’re all blood related ❤️
We all have Mongolian birthmark, greetings from Cheyenne nation.
You can include east Asians, southeast Asians, Polynesians, micronesians as well if you want. They also have eastern Eurasian ancestry
There were 2 migrations the Inuit and the mongool ppl are the same not the ones in the south
You bastard what about the other Asians?
@@forextrader6246 🤣
because Natives are the first Americans who moved from Asia a long time ago
How did you comment 12 hours ago
@@mariomario-ih6mn im smart
@@non-indexed2896 because his last name is Castro 😅😂😭 and white people hate him :'(
@@non-indexed2896 Lol. That's what I'm trying to find out. I'm genuinely confused.
That's true
They came from the Altai region in Central Asia,look at my grandmother on profile picture, she was Salvadoran
Your result is so beautiful! I didn’t realize such a pure bloodline still existed among our tribe. There is so much mixture. I got 76% and thought that was pretty good. But I have a lot other mixture too. Yours is amazing!! Yes, I’m jealous! Love you girl!!!
There are millions with no Spanish DNA
The Yucatan is overwhelmingly native, 30% of the population still speak native languages. The other 50 to 60% have no European but speak Spanish.
I've calculated my dna ancestry, and did find out that i'm 12.5% corean; 44.075% european and the rest of me is 43.425% mesoamerican. What a genetical mess.
46% for me. Including 27% British Isles. That was a shocker to me. I'm a rice and beans guy.
@@dontworrybehappy8080 XD
I think it’s so awesome that you’re 100% indigenous! Your family has really built your area into what it is today. I am proud to have my people be in my area since the 1600s but I was disappointed my parents’ DNA tests didn’t show any Native American - all Northern European :(
Why disappointed!
Nobody is native to North America 😂🤣
you are disappointed about your ancestry? thats a bit racist dont you think
@@sicilianr1... Nobody is native to anywhere except Africa.
You should be proud. You hit the genetic jackpot. Only about 8% of people in the world are white. We are the rarest race on the planet right now.
You could definitely pass as a Filipina, but whatever your genetic makeup, you are stunningly gorgeous, and your husband is very fortunate to have you in his life!
even her accent sounds filipino
And you will have beauty insurance as you get older....you look like you are of those blessed skin that gets very few wrinkles 😉😂
I was thinking she looked and sounded Filipina, went straight to the comments
i saw somewhere that it say that filipinos are mexicans , when the spainiars went to filipines they took aztec ect and some stayed there
@@deboraballes9044 mmmhmmm 😊
People think I look asian too but I'm latina. Latinos don't have a look despite the stereotypes people put on us. Your DNA results were incredible, you are a treasure!
Technically Native Americans are Asian.
You're not Latina tho. Latinas are literally people from Italy .80% of Mexicans have C2, B2 and D1 haplogroup in them, this would explain you're asian eyes not the 'Latin' European side.
The Latino brand or label is a tribute to the persistence and continued potency of the Roman Empire's enduring legacy.. are you proud to be Roman-Italian? I'm proud to be Mexican first and not term pushed for me by Kissinger.
Mexicans have C-Haplogroup which is from South east and Northeast asia. We also have B2 from Altiac from the Euro-asiatic regions of Russia. Some Mexicans like the Mixtec and Otomi and the Andean Peruvians carry D1 Haplogroup, this one is razy beause it's related to the JAPANESE Ainu. Kennewick man in Seattle was found and confirmed to be AINU Japanese and he was dated back to 6000BC , this would explain so many similiarities between Edo Mex Mexicans and Japanese ; our words, color theories, proverbs- dichos, foods etc.
Some of our Nahuatl-Otomi words are also found in Russia through the Ket influence like Xochtli; Sochi Chiquitle.
Theres also the Dene Caucasian(Uto-Aztecan) hypothesis that confirms this.
You're only Latino/a if 80% of your features are strongly western european- meaning at least one parents(grand parent) hails from W.Europe. So if you're from Monterrey then yea you're a Latina but you will not hae Asiatic features like the Mexicans in Edo Mex.
The majority of White Mexicans thats ancestry is from Iberia actually came from the 1930s under the migration of Franco.
Vicente Fox, Gael Garcia Bernal all those novela stars; their grandparents were 1st generation Mexicans that arrived to Mexico in the 30s. But none of them have that 'Asian'/'Chino' look.
Diaz Ordaz(President of Mexico during Tlateloclo masscare) is descended from Bernal Diaz and is also related to Porfiorio Diaz. None of them have the Chino look.
Ana Gabriel is also half Chinese & Native and she passes for Otomi (Pre-Nahautl-Native Central Mexicans) and Lakota. .. Ana Gabriel looks Chinese.
Lila Downs is half Mixtec-Native and half English but she doesn't carry the 'chino' look, instead she looks more Indian-hindi.
Which proves that Otomi and Nahautl peoples are a descendant of the North East Eurasians and South East Asians.
I've also found that first names in French Polyesia have similar Nahautl-Otomi names like Tepito, Tetuanui , . So the Austronesian link also exists.
It's only the Americans with deep roots in Turtle Island that do.
@@chibiromano5631 well said!!! 👏👏👏
@@chibiromano5631 I'm Latin American.. Happy now?
@@chibiromano5631 AMLO falls into that category as well. His mother is the daughter of Spanish immigrants and his father was a mestizo from Tabasco.
Everyone from the Americas came from Asia. These results are kind of amazing actually. You can track the movement of your people from Asia through Canada all the way down the Americas this is awesome!
No. Many people are more descended from Spaniards.
MesoAmerican = native American
All native American on the America conitinent came from a single gene pool from about 26,000 to 35,000 years ago.
They share the same gene as Asian from North Asia, such as Siberia, Mongolia, Northern China, some from middle Asia and East Asia region.
In other words Native Americans are Asians.
The migration from Asia continent to America continent was a slow process over thousands of years. There are some subtle differences to their look but they are all Asian.
Similar story with Philippines and Indonesia.
Mexicans who have native American blood are basically Asians who live on the America conitent.
Mexicans and Asians are blood relative.
@@misterhill5598 they aren't Asians. they are Asiatic because of shared genetic markers. but to be considered Asian, their recent ancestors would have had to live in the continent of Asia, right? words have meaning, let's use them correctly and in proper context so as to not cause confusion
@@misterhill5598 dude 35000 years ago?! Get a grip thats an fn long time ago. Might as well say were all africans, monkeys, or humans 😆
@@Arcoriris26 not true I’ve seen plenty of dna results their indigenous dna is more compared to having Spain
My mother is “Mexican American “, but she looks very Asian. In fact, she receives a lot of comments like you! My dad is white. My DNA shows Almost 20% indigenous, 22 Spanish and 24 Scottish. My great grandparents on my mothers side were all born in Mexico. Anyway, I wish I knew more about her family. Her father is the biggest mystery. The church the held his birth record burned. Very awesome you know you your family history!
What about the other 34%?
Mexican American, but they are already Americans. America is a continent, friends, be careful with your words because in reality they are planting small seeds in your brain that by association end up convincing you that America is the USA and the rest are just accidental homeless people.
Karencita I must confess that I’m a little jealous of your results, I’m only 75% native. Congratulations you are a prime example of the beauty and brains of our Native American women!
She's not Native American...that's a term coined to describe the indigenous people of the United States, which she is most definitely not. You can call her indigenous, aboriginal, etc...but not Native American.
@@ulical The term Native American, is for all indigenous people in the Americas, not only the United States.
@@ulical also indigenous people before colonisation didn’t have these borders lol you could find the same native groups in Mexico and the US or US and Canada.
@@ulical The name of the continent is America! North, Central and South so any person native to this continent is a Native American.
@@ulical She is entirely Native American... you just don't understanding the meanings of words.
I am not surprised. I know people in Peru (Quechuas who are on the Altiplano) who look like you. Very cool
Nel...ya quisieran
I think she is extremely attractive with an engaging and welcoming personality. So if you know a place where there are more women like her, don’t hold back tell us where specifically that is?
I'm Peruvian and many people look like her. Some have more Spanish than others but lots of people look like more or so like her.
I think she might be Otomi or Mazahua mixed with Mixtec. Mazahuas are confirmed to have a Colombian and Peruvian origin. They also have a similiarity to people of NEPAL via the D1 haplogroup.
Hahahaha
As a brown Brazilian I've always get mistaken with South Asian and sometimes people try to tell me I'm mixed with filipino,being latino is a big struggle because people can't understand we have our own roots and origins,even many latinos themselves can't tell what are they,consequences of the conquistadors...🤦🏽♂️ Anyways great video and stunning results😯
What you mean your own root, you mean cultur? Cos all Asia and South American,Indigenous American,North Russia are all from the same root.
I also get confused with Filipino as a result many of my good friends have been Filipino.
I know the Lucas the ignorance is astounding
That is so true and it’s crazy smh .. like I’m full Mexican and look at my skin ! lol I didn’t get that beautiful brown skin but it is crazy how we look so different and it goes way back too why
I’ve only met one other person that was genetically indigenous, from Peru and was Incan with no trace of Spanish ancestry. Very fascinating! I also think you look very much like my beautiful friend from Honduras so the indigenous genes may be strong in her as well.
It's a fallacy that everybody is mixed with Spanish in Latin America.
You are the most indigenous person I've seen so far from Mexico. Crazy. Awesome results.
@Michelle nah not really
I wonder if the small amount of Inuit and “Asian” DNA came from older ancestors who crossed the Ice Age land bridge from Asia into what is now Alaska. I know investigators of human migrations found common markers shared between a modern population of indigenous people in northeast Asia and the Inuit on the other side of what used to be the land bridge.
You're getting warmer. The problem is DNA is proof massive changes don't take millions of years - actual observations in other species (mammals and insects) shows major mutations can take place in 7 generations...
The DNA tests we buy aren't a fraction as sensitive as the tests that investigators have to use for migration research, so the test this lady did is unlikely to be sensitive enough to pick up the markers to say what happened thousands of years ago. Also, when you have a small percentage like 1 or 2% this is considered a trace amount and usually the company comes back after a few months to say that actually that nationality isn't in your dna after all.... Which doesn't mean that those migrations didn't happen, of course, just that this home dna test isn't evidence of it.
Funny. Years ago I brought up the correlation to Chinese people while in China. They smiled and scuffed at my suggestion unveilievingly.
There probably is some connection. I'm Polynesian and we came through Taiwan and are spread out through the Pacific. I look more Mexican than her, and I don't have any connection in the america's.
@@albertosorxaburu6895 years ago, I read an article in a major mag, maybe Smithsonian or something, that did DNA on a north American indigenous people, sorry I cannot remember which one, and their DNA was exactly the same as a particular area of China. One of the tribe members even traveled to that area of China, and the first hour he was there, he saw an old woman in the street who looked exactly like his grandmother, same mannerisms and all.
You are a Mayan Princess 🥰
You could definitely pass as Vietnamese woman, you remind me of some Vietnamese singers.
I'm so glad you got to do the dna test!
I am Vietnamese American but people have told me I look mixed, so I want to find out and take the test!!
If your nana told you that you have a great grandparent that is Japanese, that could account for the 1.5% Asian that your test gave. 😇
You are so beautiful inside and out!! Your content is so refreshing to watch!!! 🙏 Thank You!!
You can pass as half white
Nah she looks Polynesian or even Indian (from india)
Native/indigenous Austronesian people look like some of native/indigenous hispa/Latin people especially facial wise. You look so Austronesian or Austro-asiatik. My mom's friend from Indonesia really looks like you.
For sure you are a Tolteca Princess
This is so nice 😍 Thank you!
No. She has Vietnamese
100% agree 👍
@@reflexboxer2ndlt807 So are you 100% sure that the original Toltecas didn't have any Vietnamese blood?
I thought she looked like a princess. Very noble face.
Qué orgullo que tengas el 96% de sangre indígena, tus antepasados de cientos de generaciones descansan en estas tierras y eso te da una pertenencia hermosa a su legado cultural.
Además eres una verdadera princesa, belleza de nuestro continente.
No creo que leiste los resultados bien. Yo diria que ella es casi 100 por ciento indigena si no lo es por completo.
@@ulical Tienes toda la razón, ya sumando los porcentajes de otras etnias del continente, da 98.8%
Es increíble esta chica, ojalá y todos pudiéramos tener nuestro análisis de ADN para aprender sobre nuestros antepasados. Saludos.
Y tomando en cuenta que muchas migraciones de los primeros habitantes de América llegaron de distintas partes de Asia...
Bien podría ser que su herencia asiática provenga de siglos atrás...
@@efimeraexistencia.enunpequ9663 Sí, es muy probable
See you are contradicting yourself when you say that the population of mexico was 25% Negra. you would not be 96% Amerindian. I'm Zapotec Amerindiam and Tarahumara.
Good you used two companies. I did not realize their testing was so diverse. As a person who is half Lebanese and half western European mix I appreciate your diversity. Keep up the good work in educating people that the purists are few and far between.
Wow, I really thought pure indigenous people were darker, we're looking at an authentic native American, la neta me da gusto ver porque siempre ando buscando fotos de los originales, y es difícil saber si están mezclados o no, pero tu eres 100% nativa
yea but those pure indigenous people were in the sun 24/7 she’s definitely not
Yes, with due respect at first glance you look Asian just like me a Filipino. Asian pride we are not alone in this world. They everywhere. 🇵🇭 ^.^
I can't tell you how much I think she really looks like a Filipina. She also has an accent and voice that makes herself look more Filipina.
She is pure indigenous 🥰 and sometimes it shows as asian
Even though Spain are pussies today they did colonize a lot of people/land. That’s probably why she looks Asian.
@@michaelangelo789 You must be from one of those "tough" countries that was just forced to retreat out of Afghanistan lmaoo .And your comment about asians and Spain doesn't make any sense
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Karen! Sabía que eras casi completamente 100% Mexicana nativo Americana y nada mas! Que orgullo!!!
Siii!! Le atinaste. Es una pena que no sé ningún idioma indígena
@@LaKarencitaMX Pero puedes aprender! Hay mucha gente hoy en dia que hablan nahuatl, maya, zapoteco, etc. Tengo una amiga oaxaqueña aqui en E.U. que habla y enseña el zapoteco. Yo aprendi unas canciones en nahuatl, son muy bonitas. Disfrute mucho tu video:)
@@margaritakleinman5701 Me gustaría aprender más sobre esas culturas y los idiomas y también documentarlos en mis videos. Podría ser un tema delicado pero espero que se dé la oportunidad en algún momento.
Gracias por ver el video!
@@LaKarencitaMX De nada Karencita, me gustan mucho tus videos:) Ojala que en el futuro puedas investigar y aprender mas sobre las ricas culturas indigenas de Mexico.
La categoria "Mesoamericano e Andino" no refiere a los indígenas puros, sino a los mestizos, o sea, al mexicano o peruano promedio, ya que MyHeritage aparentemente utiliza a los mestizos como su población de referencia. Es probable que esta muchacha tenga más genes indígenas que españoles, pero no es tan "pura" como muestran estos resultados. Ella debería hacer la prueba de ADN con 23andMe o AncestryDNA, ya que los algoritmos de estas empresas distinguen mucho mejor el componente indígena, europeo y africano.
This was so interesting, thank you for sharing your DNA results. I did my DNA test and I 'm trying to learn more.
I am so interested in your family's story of your Japanese ancestor...I assume families do not intentionally lie. My grandmother was also mistaken about her ancestor, so I have always been curious who told her about our mythical ancestor and why. Maybe they just did not know but got asked a lot until finally they just start to claim it.
I think 1.1% is considered a trace result. Could very easily be a misreading. Only way to make sure is to get other people in your family to test! But these DNA companies very often group Asian and Native American together because of our genetic similarities (due to the way early people migrated) so it makes sense why you got that number :)
Yes - The trace amounts of Chinese, Vietnamese, and Inuit is very likely DNA picked up from Indigenous Americans' ancestral journey from Asia to the Americas through the Bering Strait. 23 and Me connects these two peoples through a category they call "Broadly East Asian & Indigenous American".
Thank You For Sharing Your DNA Ancestry Test! You are Almost 100% Indigenous People Wow that Nice!! Dont Worry @La Karencita Pilipino Still Love you No Matter What Ethnicity You Have 😘😍❤🇵🇭
And I'd love to visit the Phillipines. I like the idea of making a video comparing both countries.
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@@LaKarencitaMX Please don't make a video Filipinos think they are not Asians and are confused already. Filipinos are also close to full Indigenous Austronesian.
@@telltruth7027 latin american considered bro
@@rhodalague7474 NOPE. You have to be from Latin America to be Latin American/Latino/a. Not from Asia. Filipinos are from Southeast Asia!
my wife is filipina and i am puerto rican born and raised in new york when someone has indio mixed with spanish blood you will get that filipinos and mexicans look similar because of those mixes , some and not all
Mexicans and Filipinos has a lot in common and ethnicity is one of them.
Nice content and to know you're culture. Viva Mexico ❤❤❤
Nah not really
Her results prove Mexicans and Filipinos don’t have shared ethnicity.
Filipinos share ancestry because of Espania Spain we have their last names as well. When the Spanish American war was won by the Americans they took over the Spanish colonies of the Philippines. Philippines shares the same Spanish mentality just like in Mexico. Philippines has corruption just like Mexico and America all this corrupt ideas came from outside invaders influences. Us simple people are always victims from these rich colonists, that exploit our countries. Now look what’s happening on earth. Soon it will be doom an gloom to look forward to. Then maybe a golden age will come afterwards.
Only some Mexican specially southern mexico. North are totally different.
Mexico and Philippines were conquered by Spain however is what they do have in common.
Hungarians come from Asia too, it could be matching you up with that 1% asian ancestry before the migration to the americas. Your first result showed Vietnam and China. Now, some modern hungarians share mitocondrial dna with certain chinese and vietnamese enthnic groups because of our asian origin, this could be reason why true ancestry matches you up with hungarian samples. True ancestry focuses on European ancestry (it is a swiss site), it isn't the best for Asia.
Hungarians speak a language that came from Asia (having come with the Magyars, who were Uralic/Ugric-speaking) but genetically they are mostly European (though many do have traces of Asian DNA). But the Huns were Asian/significantly Asian and were likely an Altaic/Turkic-speaking ethnicity originally from east central Asia.
@@skellagyook i watched a video on this. A group of south east Asians speak the same language or have the same lingo roots as Hungary or some other eastern Europeans. The language stayed in EU, but not the people.
@@TheQsanity I don't think any southeast Asian group speaks a Uralic language (like Hungarian is).
@@skellagyook There's also a Siberian language related to some Native American languages: th-cam.com/video/dM3XiNg6x2M/w-d-xo.html
@@discontinuuity Yes. I know. Ket. It's related to the NaDene (and Nde generally) languages in North America.
It makes a lot of sense that your genes overlap with those further south and even Asian. We know the New World populations came across the land bridge, and possibly by boat later on. It proves the saying that we are all related on one level or another.
I don't think DNA tests go back as far as that. Of course we all came from Africa according to science now.
@@starrynight1657 they do, most of asia belongs a,b,c,d and m for india
@@starrynight1657 you would be surprised. Some of the oldest tribes on earth carry specific dna crucial when comparing to us. The y gene is also extremely old as it is a direct copy but mutations affect the y. Neanderthal dna in humans are being studied.
@@Sufi_Shadow_Bunny The mitochondrial DNA seems to go back further, though not all companies do that.
@@starrynight1657 The statement that "we all came from Africa" doesn't really mean anything, especially when you take into account that the current indigenous Americans and Eurasians, owe their genetics, physical features and cultural traits not only to one single human species (homo sapiens, Africa) but to other human species that were native to Eurasia like the _homo neanderthalensis,_ which was a human species that naturally had fair skin and ultimately evolved, merged and inhabited in Eurasia, not Africa. But yeah, if you want to go even further than that Afrocentrist theory, you could also say that we all came from the sea.
Yo también estoy mexicana and most of my family looks Asian and by seeing this really surprised but it’s so cool to see your results!
I really enjoyed your video and I’m willing to get my dna test done soon. Thank you ✊🏾
I think long long time ago the mayans or Aztecs or native Americans came from Asia. Indonesians, Malaysians, and Polynesians were sea travelers and would settle to different places. Most Filipinos have Malaysian & Indonesian ancestry. DNA testers only match samples with which area or country have more similarities.
Most Indonesian is Austroasiatics please learning abouth histories , Dna and Culture ..Indonesian they Austronesian is Part with Filipina/Malays/ Polynesian because Language is vey close
@@kireinadesune2607 , a lot of Indonesians and Malaysians came to the Philippines and settled there before the Spanish colonization. The native Filipinos actually are the Aetas and they look more like short Africans with darker skin and kinky hair. Pacific Islanders were seafarers by nature and they traveled from Asia to the Americas.
@@coconutmix Haida, on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, traded with the Maori for hundreds of years before Europeans arrived.
@@stedgar369 , Polynesians were traveling by sea around the world since 300 BC as evidence of their ancient artifacts were found. Some American natives were most likely breeding with European traders back then since most of them now have larger noses and taller statuettes but with south Asian skin color and facial features. That's just my theory.
There was a land bridge between the Artic part of Russian Asia and what is now Alaska and the .As glaciers shrank during warming periods people went across these land bridges.This warming and cooling happened several times 10k -12 years ago.
Everyone I’ve seen who has Native American ancestry, ends up with that small percentage of Asian. I think it’s still connected to the origins of Native Americans. We also had 1% Asian. Over time, it came back Filipino. I doubt this, and wonder if it’s because a lot of my cousins have taken the test, and they’re actually partially Filipino from their other side. The small percentages are up to the company’s interpretation of the data.
I think you're probably right. It's very interesting!
It happens the other way around too, Asian people get a small percentage of Native American, especially the Mongolians. If we consider that Ancestral Native American (Mesoamerican and South American) was 60% East Asian and 40% Ancient North Eurasian (a dissipated ancient European population that lived in Siberia), then the average Hispanic person really is about 20-30% East Asian and considering this girl is almost entirely Native, she will likely be 50-60% East Asian ancestry.
The so-called:" Native American" are Siberian Russians, Mongolians, and Asians that migrated to the Americas 20,000, 15,000, 10,000, and 5,000 years ago. These people mixed and created other groups of people constantly mixing up to the present time.
Filipinos are mixed with Asians, Spanish, and Africans. Same with Hawaiians. and the Pacific Islands.
@@LaKarencitaMX I’m only around 8 percent indigenous American my Abuela is from Venezuela, but I’m still proud of that indigenous dna 😎
@@LaKarencitaMX do you know how to speak the indigenous Aztec language?
This is so beautiful to watch. Very informative 😊
In addition to your physical appearance (very Filipino), your mannerisms, way of speaking, and your accent is very Filipino. I don't know how you did it but, if you could speak Tagalog or one of the other Filipino dialects, no one would question you for a minute !!
I have much exposure to Filipinos. In one of my jobs, of 50 people, I was the only one not Filipino. Most of my friends in College were also Filipino.
You would fool me !!
DNA tests: Most companies only test certain/small sections of you genome. That is why you can get different results from different companies. There will be variances.
Because of the way genetics work, you could still be part Japanese, but your ancestor's genes were not dominant.
Yo también hice el test de MyHeritage después de que la gente me decía que yo era asiático, chino, filipino, etc. Mis resultados es que soy mas del 90 % indígena nativo mexicano, y igual que La Karencita también tengo un poquitito de Amazoniano. Es interesante conocer de qué región del mundo provienen nuestros genes!!!
MyHeritage no es una buena opción para gente de Latinoamérica, ya que su algoritmo tiene una falla fatal. La categoria "Mesoamericano e Andino" no refiere a los indígenas puros, sino a los mestizos, o sea, al mexicano o peruano promedio, ya que MyHeritage aparentemente utiliza a los mestizos como su población de referencia. Probablemente tienes más genes indígenas que españoles, pero no eres tan "puro". Te recomiendo hacer una prueba de ADN con 23andMe o AncestryDNA, ya que los algoritmos de estas empresas distinguen mucho mejor el componente indígena, europeo y africano.
@@Ayazidas Gracias! Es cierto, ya había yo leído que los que mencionas son más específicos en etnicidad. ¿Te has hecho un test de esos? ¿Hiciste un video?
@@Ayazidas yo me hice uno con 23&me y me salió más de 50% Native American y la gente siempre me pregunta si soy de Filipinas
Tiene lógica si los de asia emigraron hasta Latinoamérica convirtiéndose en los indígenas es normal q un gran porcentaje de personas de México Ecuador Bolivia en donde se presenta mwnoa mestisaje tenga este porcentaje
Osea eso quiere decir que los Mexicanos que se ven como asiáticos, son más nativos!
There is a belief that native Americans migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge many many years ago. They are distant descendants of Asia. If you look at pictures of native Americans from a hundred plus years ago, they do look Asian. Also, DNA has been traced back. A woman known as Kolyma1, who lived in northeastern Siberia about 10,000 years ago, shares about two-thirds of her genome with living Native Americans.
This is pretty much he correct answer, we know from fossils of ancient Siberian’s migrating thru Beringia. Hence the epicanthic folds and dark skin as an ancestral trait.
Native Americans came in different waves. The Inuits came in last and are related to East Asians.
But andeans and other groups have inhabited the region since at least 18500 thousand years, and it's weird that the oldest settlement in the Americas is in Chile and not in north America.
20 thousand years ago our planet was in the middle of an ice age, and temperatures around the poles were extremely cold, and even now they are frozen wastelands and harsh on human life, so the hypothesis that humans actually crossed the Bering land bridge is falling out of favor. Most likely they rafted all the way there following the coast line.
Also at least one third of native Americans DNA traces back to Western Europe, according to this study.
All ya'll are white
@@aleyssa.dancer She is the topic of discussion here. She asked the question "why do I look Asian?" It is possible that her ancient ancestors were Asian. I am not the topic of discussion but, I like a lot of people, am from a number of continents and countries. Not that this is relevant to the question asked by the originator of the video. Perhaps we should focus on her and her question.
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They used to be until Nixon got into office. When he was president the classification system began to change and people of Hispanic and Latin American heritages were no longer viewed as "white", which is stupid because many of them are definitely white in appearance.
These days the classification system is really more of a cultural thing than a genetic classification.
Wow, very interesting. It's wonderful to be able to connect with such an ancient culture. I always thought the Mesoamerican art depicting the people is very beautiful-- the focus on bone structure, strong cheekbones, unique haircuts. The Maya were a creative people.
Cool vid. Thanks for putting this together and educating us on a few things.
Wow 🤩 You’re native to the continent that’s something to be very proud of, saluditos 😁😃
I think it's important to know that when taking a DNA test, it is YOUR DNA. I know that sounds obvious, but it means that sometimes it won't show your whole ancestry. You know, since you get half of your DNA from your biological mom and half from your biological dad. So some information of your ancestry would get lost. So you can be fully Indigenous but your mom or dad might have some outsider DNA that didn't make it into you
You are correct
No, el ADN MITOCONDRIAL solo pasa de mujer a mujer y se puede rastrear perfectamente el linaje etnico.
@@GregGarciaHouse what about the Y chromosome?
@@DM-1111 El ADN mitocondrial es independiente del ADN Nuclear de la célula. ¿Que significa esto? Significa que las mitocondrias se reproducen de manera independiente cuando la célula eucariota se divide. Es decir, el ADN mitocondrial no se encuentra en los cromosomas.
El ADN mitochondrial solo se transfiere de mujer a mujer porque él ovulo sí tiene citoplasma que es donde la mitocondria puede vivir. El espermatozoide no tiene citoplasma y no tiene mitocondrias. Así, cuando ocurre la fecundación, el nuevo ser humano obtiene siempre sus mitocondrias de la madre.
@@GregGarciaHouse entonces... que significa eso
Thank you for sharing this with us, you are beautiful and you make us (mexican) proud! Greetings from Germany
Im Mexican and look Asian as well. I took a dna test and I am 39% Indigeouns Mexican and 33% Spanish 7% Filipina 😊 everything else is from Basque and Middle East
Edit : yours is beautiful! I love it, yours is pure Mexican native and that is awesome 🤩 since you get to find out more about your roots
People fail to realize that most Mexican people are native Americans. And no not all are Aztec and Mayan decent. Before Europeans came to the Americas tribes roamed freely from what is now Canada, USA and Mexico.
I know there where many other tribes as well I’m Mexican from central Mexico I really want to do one of this DNA test
Did you know there is a theory than eastern tribes have ancestors from Europe? The idea was that during the last ice age an ice bridge also formed between Europe and North America. The eastern tribes don't look as "Asian."
@@anamericanfriend2367 I am sure a DNA test could clear that up. They have gotten pretty accurate with them.
@ranger0209 Spot on
@@gsxss3741 the problem with the way of thinking at least in the US is they classify Mexicans as white and refuse to accept Mexicans as Native American even though the majority of Mexicans are not whites. It’s like saying you are from the USA therefore you are all white now. Regardless of how you look you will all now be classified as white. Makes no sense.
Congratulations!! I wish I was 100% Native American, just like you!! Nothing makes me more proud than my indigenous side! I love it! I was very confident that at least 60-70 % you were indigenous. I need to take that test, but I'm sure I have more mixture with europeans, even though my features are very mestizo, which I love.
That is very interesting, I hope you are happy that you did it!
Thank you so much for taking this test and sharing the results. Perhaps the DNA test is recognizing BOTH sides of your family coming through the bering strait. That's why South East Asia and Inuit appear in your results. I just ordered four different tests for my my parents and sibling to take. Maybe your mom can take the test. Whatever is the difference between you and your Mom may come from your dad's side. Also, if anyone from your dad's side has taken then same test, they may show up as a relative of yours. Can't wait for our tests to arrive in L.A.!
This is really cool. In Pre-Columbian times, archeologists theorize that sea trade was established between Mesoamerica and various Andreas civilizations, through which metallurgy was spread to Mexico.
La Karencita, your DNA is literally is evidence of that Mesoamerica/Andean connection. Again, very, very cool.
Which archaeologist theorize this? I have never heard of such a thing and metallurgy in the Americas was for the most part used for decorative and religious artefacts not weaponry or for forging.
@@Fan_Made_Videos Off the top of my head? I have no idea, but if memory serves me correctly, based on what I have read previously Andean civilization achieved full metallurgy and used metals in art, as well as money and as weaponry in the form of axe/mace heads. And based on the metallurgical properties found in metal artifacts in Western Mexico, I have read theories that metallurgy was diffused into Mesoamerica from Andean trade links.
It’s been several years since I have read this information, so whether or not it’s still considered viable is beyond my ability to say.
I will try to find the source from which I read.
@India Noname As someone who is also of Native American descent, I was saying it was cool to see Karen’s DNA results. I am perfectly aware of the different forms of genocide perpetrated by the various European colonizers. I don’t, however, see how my original comment is anyway related.
And please realize that while, yes, Native peoples are related to Asian peoples, Native Americans reached the Americas before the Asian ethnicities you mentioned developed. In most cases, besides the Inuit of Alaska, Native Americans were separated so long they became distinct but related groups from their Asian cousins. The same can be said for Polynesians.
While I think it’s great to point out the connection between Asians and Native Americans, I don’t appreciate conflating both groups. Nor do I appreciate the conflation you are drawing between Africans and Polynesians, based on appearance; such simple classifications have been disproven with DNA analysis.
@@brianburgess5746 The Incas ,weren’t the only ones with metallurgy capabilities,their territory stopped at t southern Colombia in the Pasto region close to Ecuador.many indeginous nations in Colombia,The Quimbaya for one lived bordering the Andes and had a very sophisticated way of fusing gold with bronce for tonalities,also Panama and Costa Rica also had skilled craftsmen that dealt with metals.
Metallurgy was brought to Mexico by the Purépechas in modern day Michoacan, and it was due to this fact that they were the only tribe that was never conquered by the Aztecs.
I definitely get where you're coming from. I've been told I look Asian all my life. I'm at the point I can easily tell when someone is trying to "figure me out". I've even had people argue with me that I HAD TO HAVE SOME Asian in me, even to the point where they go as far back to when the land bridge existed connecting Russia and the Alaska. And they tell me I'm Asian because Asians crossed that land bridge. I will definitely get my DNA test done. I'm very curious now. I will say, because of your stature and your accent, I can see how some may say you're Filipino, especially where you say your "F"s. Regardless what the DNA tests say, you're a very beautiful LATINA. Where it proudly.
Mexican Indians seem more related to South East Asians than North Asians according to tests
Qué interesante!! Yo también me quiero hacer el test. Estoy investigando cuál será la mejor compañía porque hay varias, está: ancestry, origins, easyadn...son las que he visto.
Woo, te acabo de encontrar, yo también soy de tula, México, y siempre e preguntado sobre mis antepasados, aún que vivo cerca de estás comunidades donde se establecieron los toltecas; ninguno de mis bisabuelos me han dicho sobre si mis antepasados son indígenas o no, siempre me causa duda ya que mi familia está muy mezclada de rasgos: muchos de ellos tiene la piel clara, otros son morenos claros, otra más morenos, unos con rasgos asiáticos y muchos más.
De echo vi tu vídeo sobre porque los mexicanos tienen rasgos asiáticos, porque estaba investigando sobre mi familia.
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This is fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.
Yeah she is so beautiful she looked natives central American, middle eastern, south east asian, or you know her ancestral is asian descent. Such a beauty.
She looks nothing like a Middle Easterner
People will say anything and don't even belong there
Congrats in your results
All I can say is, you are a beautiful human being and you should be proud of who you are, we all come from different countries and backgrounds and we should be proud, God bless the world. 🇺🇲🙏🇨🇴❤️✌️
Basal East Asian, the shared ancestors of everyone who came out of Asia or Eurasia, that's probably where you got the Asian Gene. You really do look Southeast Asian, hehe, it's fascinating. I'm Filipina and my friend told me I look like his Guatemalan friend. :D
Your English is better than my Spanish 😂❤but you are so cute
I used to spend a lot of time in Mexico. During my first stay I was confused because so many South-East Asians seemed to be there. But actually it's usually easy to tell Asians and Asian looking Mexicans apart. South-East Asians have usually very different noses and, depending on the region, also very different teeth.
I also had the impression that the Nahua populations looked less Asian compared to the Mayan or Olmec populations.
Considering the Huastecos didn't live too far from Tula, there might have been some mix during the last centuries.
Mayans do look asian
They all have shovel shape teeth and edar genes.
It's funny because you actually seem super intelligent and would even be a great teacher! Great video
Yep, I knew it. If you checked my post from the original video, you would see I suspected some Peruvian ancestry. I did a DNA test for my Mom and was surprised to find Peruvian ancestry as well.
I'm Mexican too and I'm about sending my MyHeritage test too! I'm very excited and expectating about my results. For my physical characteristics I predict that my results will include Mesoamerican, European, Middle East and maybe sparks of African and Asian gens. I'll share with you my results here to see if I was right. Regards from Mexico City!
Yes. Share your results when you have them
@@LaKarencitaMX yeh! Sure I will! 😊🌷
@@oshisantosprado5414 what’s the results?
@@israeliteking1761 55% indigenous 20% irish 25% iberian
You look like your European genes are strong. You are most likely mestizo. 50/50 Spanish/Amerindian.
Thank you for helping me see that what I thought was right thank you for answering my questions ❓❓❓
Your channel so nice. Glsd i found ya. Looking forward to learning about Mexico. ☮️💟
Wow, mostly Native/Indigenous DNA. Beautiful results and great video! We got something similar with our DNA videos too!
Karencita, thanks for sharing, this was super fun. This encouraged me to finally take a DNA test.
A good friend of mine was in the Marines. He asked a fellow Marine on a date and asked her what part of Mexico she was from. She replied “Manila”!
Thats hella rude 😆
Fuck that , Filipinos are wannabe Hispanic 😂
Hi I am from the Philippines, a new subscriber! Thank you for the info!
Gracias por compartir! It’s super interesting to see your results, and amazing that you are essentially 100% native. So cool! 🎉
Yes you looked Indigenous from the get go in your previous video so I followed the link here. As a Native Artist, I lived in New Mexico & saw many similarities among Native peoples. Many Native Americans live & intermarry in New Mexico. Filipinos have married into Arizona & West Coast tribes. One friend is Jemez Pueblo but looks like a Japanese actor. Another is a Navajo model but she is spitting image for a Chinese woman model on a calendar in our favorite Asian restaurant. The Spanish brought Tlaxcalans & other Natives North as "workers" or slaves, many ended up in El Paso after the Pueblo Revolt. Some of my Native people back in New York look like Indigenous people in New & Old Mexico. Our Iroquois white corn is a very old strain from Old Mexico. There are actually very few "Spaniards" in NM, they are predominantly mixed now, Mestizo, Genizaro, Chicano but some still call themselves Spanish. The DNA tests vary as you found out. They also can be biased as you found out. Native peoples traded & migrated everywhere before the Europeans & it was a different kind of movement after 1492 Contact, often as refugees & slave workers. The Amazon DNA strain is an older bloodline of migration I believe. The Native peoples walked up & down the Americas for thousands of years. I agree you are a Toltec Princess!
I had a friend from Taos, NM. Their family looked very Native yet they went by Spanish. What kills me is the prejudice that comes with that. I have family frome Mexico and they all look, Native, Asian and White. I always ♥ embrace the mixture. It's beautiful whether you are 100% or a mix. I've always felt Native and i don't look Native💖☮🤷♀️
@@whatta1501 I have many friends & associates in NM and have met & worked inter-acted with great "Hispanic" artists & writers. Many if not most who appreciate, respect & honor their Native heritage & connections. Genizaro is a term describing the Mestizo or Mixed peoples & communities who founded their own villages actually in between Native Pueblos & Spanish Towns where they worked the exchange between the cultures for trade & commerce. See it in the MATACHINE Dances. The whole Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos - is viewed thru Indigenous eyes as much & really more than the Christian. Halloween the European pagan celebration, Day of the Dead or Dead Feast in North America & All Souls Day got all merged in practice. Catholic Church must've founded All Souls & All Saints Days to account for the ceremonies that were not going away.
I love your energy, content, and demeanor. Eres Tesoro! Soy muy felize para usted! Mas contento porfa!
Wow really cool. Glad you addressed this topic :)
From 1565 to 1815 (250 years) Spain ruled their Philippine colony through Mexico due to the shorter distance across the Pacific Ocean. Large sailing ships called galleons carried trading goods between Manila and Acapulco. Many Filipinos made their way to Mexico as sailors; fishermen and skilled craftsmen and established small Filipino communities along the Pacific coast. I bet a genomic map around Acapulco would reveal foci of Austronesian ancestry.
Before 1565 more than 20 thousand years ago, melanesian and polinesian nations sailed into the pacific coasts settling many cultures in what now called "Acapulco" . Spaniard influence is not relevant.
@@colectivoanti-mitodelprogreso Proof?
Yes very true
I always wonder why filipinos look like mexicans
Also in Acapulco and surrounding coast are the descendants of Africans. So you have a hood mix of Filipino, African, native, and European. That’s why I love the look that Guerrerenses have! I’m from Guerrero too.
You remind me of myself. My whole life I just thought I was “white and black”. I finally took a DNA test and it came back mainly from Scandinavia, West Africa and Iberia ! 😲
Yeah white and black
Lol, that is white and black. Literally.
What percent of each?
Y'all got me 😂😂 but yeah that is black and white fam
Y’all got me cracking up 😂
I could listen to you talk all day.
Thank you for this video on your ancestry, you have a way with words, plus you have a unique voice. Good job
The most important thing is that you are beautiful outside and inside, proud of your heritage 👍
History of human migration says that the old American natives were actually offsprings of Asian migrants who migrated through the north of America by land. It seems obvious to me why native Indians look very similar to Asian people.
Yes scientists now call it the Bering Land Bridge although it was most likely a frozen part of the Pacific during the Ice Age.
@@sindri2007 yeah knew about it. Thought not to make it too nerdy
@@salahudinpallikkeel3954 not nerdy at all. Its a basic fact of human history and I'm surprised how people in general don't know such things.
I feel that its the other way around where the Americans migrated into Asia like how the Africans migrated into Europe.
@@dealwolfstriked272 science is against how you feel. If that's the case, all the Asian diaspora will be descendents of native Americans. And that's not the case.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome content !!!
I’m not going to lie, when I first saw you and heard you speak, I thought you were Vietnamese. Did anyone else have the same sense?
I think more like Filipino or Indonesian vietnamesee have lighter skin..... But anyway, super cool isn't it
Lol I am lao and went to Mexico for vacation. Was tanned and the Mexicans thought I was Mexican
Filipina
wow, so native in our continent that is heavily mixed, that´s amazing!
Love this video mi hermana! One thing I learned about ancestral dna is that when they often say that you have 1-3% South Asian DNA, that’s tracing back to your distant ancestry long ago. Since Mongoloid-Chinese were a sea-barring people long ago so that might explain what you were saying (“sea-barring” meaning they migrated be sea or by voyages to travel in the distant past. Be thankful for your glowing Melanin skin, having color in your skin should be your greatest blessing. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🖤
Your results may change over time, mine certainly have since I had my DNA tested three years ago. As more people test and the databases grow, the percentages may change so I would check back every few months or so and re-check your results.
It's unlikely that it'll significantly change, she's obviously mostly of indigenous heritage. It's why everyone thinks she "looks Asian", because indigenous peoples of the Americas literally migrated from Asia over the Bering Strait.
I'm constantly amazed at how few people seem to realize this or make the connection. Have our educational systems gotten that bad?
Thank you for your videos! I love how thoughtful, authentic and honest you are. I think you are a descendant of Toltec royalty. You are beautiful, intelligent and caring. Keep up the great videos. I enjoy learning new things from you.
Hi 👋how are you doing?
IMO you can blend in perfectly with any of the Southeast Asian and South American countries. I think you said something similar to that too. and btw I also got 1.6% Indigenous Amazonian...
I Think it’s Awesome to be a Human like You. Congratulations
Hello - I think there is absolutely nothing unusual about indigenous Americans like yourself looking Asian! If you know history, that would be seen as perfectly normal! That is because the first Indigenous Americans actually migrated from East Asia. They crossed over from the land bridge Beringia. So, the first Indigenous Americans were all actually East Asians, and it was only later over a matter of time that their skin tone changed slightly, and they also became heavier set due to differences in diet, etc. To this day therefore, many indigenous Americans continue to have some East Asian features, which would also explain your own appearance. By the way, you do look beautiful!
Thanks for the informative video, and sharing the information.
AncestryDNA has subregions of Mexico and they have genealogical records that help trace lines. They also have the most dna testers database. I would test with them.
A lot of people tell me i look indigenous, indian, and asian, i see myself more in the indigenous side then the asian side. I wanna take the test too to see what i am
Exelente exponente de nuestra cultura Mexicana en las redez sociales. muy buen trabajo!
I'm watching your video again, I was moving around alot but listening. That is so interesting, because I was asked yrs ago if I was Oriental, and then assumed that I could have Asian. So I got kind of curious and decided to do a dna test. I'll know in several weeks I think. Thank you so much for this video.❤
Let us unite and just call ourselfs "The World People".
No more race, no more judging, no finger pointing. We all have to take care of our planet Earth.... I think that's the most critical mission right now.
Typical white man who loves ignoring race issues pretending race doesnt exist doesnt make it reality
You should try Ancestry or 21 and Me. I tried other sites such as My Heritage and I don't believe they are as accurate. Both my paternal grandfather and my maternal great grandmother were white, but My Heritage results did not reflect that whereas Ancestry did. Ancestry also broke down where exactly my indigenous roots are from, which are mostly from central Mexico. I knew I had Purepecha ancestry and my results were correct.
I'd also like to add how beautiful you are!
Hola
That's because MyHeritage is not really well suited for Latin American customers. The "Mesoamerican and Andean" category is not pure native American, but mixed race. For some reason, they didn't bother to base this reference population on people of none or minimal non-native ancestry and instead chose individuals of mixed native-European ancestry, with a somewhat stronger native component (like the average Mexican or Peruvian). This girl is probably something like 70% native.
@@Ayazidas I’m Mexican and no she definitely looks 96% Native. If she was only 70%, the strong native features would show less
I really like your content and personality! Nice work 👍
So cool!! I want to do a dna test soon. I was told I was part Native American (Blackfoot & Cherokee) and Irish. Odd combination right!? Lol, I’m so doing one of these test! Thanks for sharing🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your DNA adventure with your viewers. I really enjoyed your video. I'm really wowed that you are close to 100% indigenous, I'm Caucasian in the U. S., but I know my great grandmother was a member of the Mohawk tribe. My father and brothers show their ancestry, but my husband says I'm marshmallow fluff!
No way, I’m a descendant of the Mohawk tribe too, crazily enough I’m from Australia. I’ve legit only ever talked to my own extended family about this part of my culture I’ve never heard anyone else talk about this tribe
Gracias Karencita, very informative show, I appreciate you sharing it.
Hola Karen mucho gusto en conocerte! Eres muy inteligente, y tienes mucha carisma, recibe mi respeto. Yo también paresco oriental y soy 🇲🇽 51% indigena,otra parte asiatica y demas ,eso si muy orgullosa de mis antepasados! Cuidense mucho!🤗😷🙏
Thank you for sharing and a shame many people are so hung up on what ethnicity you are? I knew right away!