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Kyle! I’m so happy I found your channel!!! Professor Valverde was my professor at UC Davis and was one of the best professors I’ve had and opened my eyes sooo much to the Asian diaspora. She made me reflect a lot about my life growing up, my parents and others around me. I’m sooo happy there is someone who dedicates their time to travel and document the history of us Vietnamese!! Can’t wait to binge more videos. :).
Hi Kyle. I'm brazilian and a fan of your channel. Really enjoy the videos! I'm not a Vietnamese descendant neither have ever traveled to vietnam. Bu have some internet friends from there and have a fascination about the place, history and culture ^^ Keep the good work and hugs from brazil :D
Hey Kyle, just wanted to say I appreciate all the time and effort you put into making us(viewers) happy! I also want to acknowledge that because of you I have a greater appreciation for my Vietnamese culture and that I have a stronger relationship with my parents as well. Lastly, whether or not you continue to make videos similar to those of the past I will continue to support you along with future videos you share. Thank you for bringing a spotlight upon Vietnamese culture and wish you the best of luck. Btw Im also a Vietnamese mudblood 😄
I've just started watching your videos and I'm enjoying the personal stories. It's amazing to me how many people in the neighbourhoods you're searching have such good memories about the people that lived around them and so long ago!! You can tell that family and community are very important to most of them. I hope you're able to continue this work as it seems to be something you're meant to do at this time in your life. I will spend the next while, watching and crying as I go through these personal journey's. Thanks again.
Good update. Love the intellectual discussion of the affects of people returning to Vietnam. From what I saw, the people returning are bringing investment and job opportunities, but also creating a huge income disparity between rich and poor. So its a real double edged sword.
Hey Kyle, I recently did 23andMe. I'm 99.7% Vietnamese, 0.2% Bengali & Northeast Indian, and 0.1% Unassigned. I seriously thought I would have gotten a more diverse genetic composition like yours.
Our ancester's Legend is about a mixed marriage between a Heavenly fairy and a sea dragon remember? Our race is a mixture between the Polynesian which is the (dragon of the Sea) and the people from the mountain which is the (fairy) from the mountain of Northern Vietnam. The bond of these two groups created us. We were always mix from the very beginning.
I did 23 and me and they didn't specify Vietnam but SE Asian. I was 69% Chinese and 30% SE Asian. Always have identified as Vietnamese culturally but my family has Teochau roots like many Chinese/Vietnamese people.
Don’t trust 23andme, they either dont have Vietnamese category or got it all wrong. Vietnamese is diverse, there are 54 ethnic in Vietnam, Kinh ethnic is the major of the population even Kinh is also a mixed from other ethnic.
Bé Châu Phi They actually got my ethnic makeup fairly accurate and were able to recognize my family members. So I'm not quite sure what you mean? They aren't that specific because there isn't enough of a database for Vietnamese people yet... But as they get more samples they are improving ethnic makeup.
I stumbled across your channel while browsing TH-cam ... I find you to be a great storyteller a fine young man with a big heart to help others.. And your videos of Vietnam in particular are heartwarming charming and awe inspiring.. Keep up the good work your family must be so proud to have as son like you!!!
I love that professor. Im ordering her book. My father has been part of the latinx diaspora focusing on the Puerto Rican community (48yrs) and met my mom and raised us to love our heritage and indigenous history. He was born in Ohio and is Caucasian. He is 75 and awesome. She (professor) reminds me of my dad.
Certainly, it is possible to grow aquatic plants without deliberately adding CO2 but growth of my plants have sky rocketed since adding CO2. Great video, thanks for sharing. Dr Valverde was an excellent guest.
Whenever I hear about these DNA tests, a question comes to mind: What criteria does it use? If I ever got past that question, an even bigger issue comes to mind: The results show NATIONALITY, not ethnicity. Nations are defined by borders. Borders are man-made and can change at will. If my results show my nationality (Vietnamese, Chinese, etc.) and the border changes, does that change the result of my "DNA?" For example, Germany borders Poland. I do a test and it shows that I'm 50% German and 50% Polish. Decades from now, something happens, and Germany annexes Poland so that the entire country of Poland is now a part of the new Germany. Consequently, does that now make me 100% German?
I thought you are more Cambodian/ Chinese.. The South Vietnam was part of Khmer Empire and Chinese has settled in Hà Tiên Kiên Giang area long before the Vietnamese invasion.. The cradle of Vietnamese is in the North between The Red and the Mã Rivers...
Actually most of south Vietnam belongs to the Champa Kingdom. Not Khmer. Theres a bunch of Ancient Champa temples and artifacts to prove this. Khmer kingdom at one point did invaded and took over the Champa kingdom that is now South Vietnam, but that land was never Khmers to begin with.
Kyle I'm not Vietnamese but I really appreciate your hardwork I watched some of your videos & I salute you for that. You're young & energetic I hope you have a bright & successful future all of your staff & crew also. May God Bless you & all your staff.
Kyle please do what you are enjoying doing the most. I wish we can swap our professions and you can work in a corporate office from 9 to 5 everyday, and I get your life style by travelling all around the world meeting/helping people and see interesting places (including good foods). Thanks Kyle for all your great shows!
@@kyleledotnet I'm an immigrant in the US since 1981 and have not have the desire to go back to the motherland! How can I convince myself to go and visit the rest of the surviving relatives?
The 100% Vietnamese people are the "Muong" people because when the Chinese came and colonized us 1000 years, the Muong hadn't saw any Chinese peole or culture and they hadn't mixed with Chinese, so they are the "Full Vietnamese" without other heritage.
Honestly ,u need to do your research seriously before u spread the wrong ideas and for your information. Vietnamese is a completely different race, not moung !
26:12 makes sense. many Chinese people moved to the South East Asia after the second opium war (war started by the French and British) cuz the colonials needed labors
Genetics is only 1 aspect of the artificial construct of 'ethnicity'; culture, language and food probably have deeper impacts on how one sees one's own race.
It would have been shocking if you didn't have some Chinese in you because of the history between the two countries. The highlight of the video was Caroline. Definitely would like to see you work with her in the future and will check out her link.
tamar tamar Imperial China has dominated Vietnam multiple times over the last 2300 years. Han Chinese are living all over the world, not just in countries with a shared border. So plenty of chances for inter-marriage under all kinds of circumstances.
andgainingspeed chinese always think they own the world seriously, there are millions of vietnamese they did not all mix with chinese, besides there is a larger percentage mixed with other etnicities
23andme reported that I'm only 47.9% Vietnamese and 50.7% Chinese, even though for my whole life I don't know any or have any Chinese relatives. Still view myself as 100% Vietnamese anyway.
Yeah, Southern Chinese men from Canton, Fujian and even Zhejiang pretty much migrated to Vietnam for thousand of years and intermixed with the locals. Soldiers, exiles, defectors, refugees, merchants, ... all kind of men from China
There's no true border for Asian countries, especially between Chinese Canton and Vietnam. Canton and Vietnam were once Nam Viet Kingdom 2000 years ago.
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Vietnam historically been a part of China for 1000 years. Millions of Chinese been immigrating to Vietnam for over 2000 years.
yeah definitely noticed his looking... I met lost of Vietnamese students in the Netherlands and I could tell that northern Vietnamese and the ones from Ho Chi Minh city look different... except two of them actually have known Chinese ancestry
Didn't think you are Vietnamese, at all. You look like your ancestors from the other parts of Asia. Very beautiful heritage. God bless you. Just found your page, today. Subscribed. 🤗
🤗Hi Kyle! I've been watching your videos on and off sometime since 2017..great work on documentary/story in Asia and in Europe..Keep it up!!!👍 Oh by the way, Sacramento is my hometown so it was nice you came through, saw the scenic view on your video before heading to Oakland☺️. Last year when I saw your video I didn't think you were full Vietnamese I thought your family background/ancestor has other asian ethnicity..like me I'm Khmer(Cambodia), Chinese, Siam(Thai), Laotian, and maybe Indonesian or East Indian(dad's dad side of the family/ancestor) not too sure..I was thinking of doing DNA testing myself too..I really enjoyed your videos on how Asians lives in other countries that I might not expect to see or heard of it? If it wasn't your videos, like Africa, Europe, Brazil etc...Please do more of it, I really enjoyed it and just amazing how Asians are everywhere in those continents...💖❤️💗
Kyle is very good kind young. guy he was growing up in. The u/ S,now he visiting his hometown he is very good healthy guy thank you for sharing your beautiful video love your video thanks.
Kyle, you will find a lot of Vietnamese in Oahu, Hawaii. You might find some interesting Vietnamese stories there. Thank you for updated the story of the Vietnamese guy in Africa.
Remember Guangzhou belonged to Vietnam, King Quang Trung plan to retake, but passed away at young age. So lot Vietnamese are more related to people of that area which now considered Chinese!!!
Dude! You drove through my work neighborhood on International, and then you drove past my condo on Telegraph in Oakland! I was born and raised in Oakland. I started watching your videos because I'm obsessed with Copenhagen, and seek out related videos, when I'm itching to go back to CPH. I continued to watch because I'm interested in all my neighbors. A lot of my coworkers are of Vietnamese descent or from there. I also have coworker's who are ethnically Chinese/Vietnamese. So, it's all interesting to me. Especially as a primary African-American, but a lot of Irish. I've enjoyed all your videos👍🏾 Hey, oakland has an international airport.😉
I love your channel. I just recently fount it. My grandad was an RAF pilot who spent time in Vietnam. My mum told me that he ended up having two baby girls with a Vietnamese woman. He was unfaithful to my granny. Life is bizarre. Good luck with everything mate I will continue watching your content. I still haven't watched everything yet. 😆
thank you for your video. my uncle escaped vietnam in 1998. he is handicape guy. my grandfather tried to find him after 2 days he left our hometown. we have no his informs and picture afterthat. hope he still alive to reuntie with us. thank you bro. i am jaho from vietnam
Im from South Africa, not Vietnamese at all and love your channel man. Been watching your videos and really enjoy your content. Keep doing what you doing... You deserve a TV show somewhere..... Peace...
I don't care what the DNA test says, I still think there's a part of Canada in you somewhere. I've spent time talking to people all over Vietnam and the influence of the diaspora is undeniable, especially among the young people . One of my favorite videos.
Another DNA test distinguishes between southern and northern Chinese. I have no northern Chinese DNA but southern Chinese DNA and SE Asian DNA. If you studied Vietnamese history, the capital of the Trieu Dynasty was Guangzhou and that entire region consisted mostly of Dai people.
Vietnam was invaded and occupied by China in ancient times so that should be easy to explain. A lot of Vietnamese got Chinese blood. A man who travels the world yet get off in Sacramento instead of San Franciso which is right across the bay from Oakland. I was in San Franciso in 1997. I took the train over to Oakland. That's when I realized what Mark Twain meant when he said "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Franciso." I was there in the month of August. I needed a jacket. But in Oakland I felt like I was really in California. Anyway years later I did visit Sacramento when the Terminator was governor. I had to visit to see if the place for myself. I think it got more in common with Oakland than with San Franciso. That's an interesting story about going to Vietnam and being followed around being told she cannot be protected. Now Vietnam moved to a market economy so they opened up tourism and rely, in part, on tourism revenue. The only people who follow us around now are the shoeshine men and vendors who want to ply their trade.
From your facial feature, you are a mixture of Han Chinese and Austroasiatic Muong or Khmer. These so-called genetic tests are a scam. Vietnam has 54 ethnicities, China has 56 ethnicities so there's no such thing as Vietnamese ethnicity. Vietnamese is a nationality and not ethnicity, the same goes with Chinese. These genetic tests group people based on nationality and not ethnicity which is grossly wrong. It's just like saying that blacks and white in American have the same genes just because they are from the same country. LOL.
Love it, thank you for all of History, Cultural of Vietnam, I know of the History of Vietnam because my Papa was a College Professor. Abrazos Hermanos Vietnamese, Julie I'm from Esmeraldad City 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Vietnamese from vn r doing great job staying as they r and being xenophobic against their self people from west as they r more liberal and this is actual treat to existing traditional values, intelligent part of immigrants have to appreciate this if they care bout where they coming from
That was a great vlog ... love her energy and the way she just jumped in , not knowing a thing of what to expect .... a legend . I would have loved to have seen Vietnam in those days ... I had a mate went there way back and he told me they used to have a museum with the title, " The Imperial Pig War Dog Museum " in tribute to the Americans ... Glad those times have changed
Looking at a map, it would appear the proximity of Vietnam and China is so close with only a border separating the two regions. Therefore it would be perfectly normal for the two DNA’s to be alike. The only differences would be cultural. To say they’re different is like saying one’s DNA is either America vs Canadian. We’re the same region.
Yeah I thought you may have some Khmer genes in u too bc of your feature. Btw what DNA company did u use? I wonder if there is a company out there that specialize in SEA gene pool?
1. Skip to 25:18 for the DNA test 2. From my Vietnamese teacher, who grew up in Vietnam and is knowledgeable on history: "About 400 years ago, it was the final years of the Ming Dynasty (in China). There were a number of military soldiers & officers who did not want to surrender to the Manchurians. The made a request to the King of Vietnam to allow them to resettle in VN. King Gia Long allowed them to resettle in the southern part in the 6 provinces. They came down to live and lived among the Vietnamese. They married with the Vietnamese and had children and grandchildren, who were called "Ming xiang Ren" or "nguoi Ming huong" (Ming Homeland people) because their ancestors had come from the Ming Dynasty. From then on, Chinese people living in Vietnam were called , generally, "hoa Ren" or "nguoi hoa." VN (xin loi ko co dau phong) Lich su cua nguòi hoa dên VN. Uoc chùng bôn tram nam truóc, khi dó cuôi trào Minh, Man Thanh thông tri Trung Quôc. Có môt sô quân si cua trào Minh không chiu dâu hàng chính phu Man Thanh. Chúng ngôi thuyên (a boat) tói VN ti nang (as refugees) chung yêu cau (request) vua VN cho chúng dinh cu (resettle). Vua Gia Long cho chúng cu trú (live) tai noi luc tinh (6 provinces), miên nam VN. Chúng o dó cùng sinh sông vòi nguòi VN. Chúng cuói vo Viêt, sau dó sanh con, de cháu goi là nguòi Minh Huong, tai vì nhung ông cha cua con cháu là dên tù trào Minh. Sau này, nhung nguòi Trung Quôc VN dêu goi là nguòi Hoa. Hoa kiêu= first gen, not born overseas. Kieu means "chiao" or "bridge". Nguoi Hoa= descendants of Hoa kiêu. Descendants of Viet kiêu in America= nguoi My góc Viet. (Góc means root) During the Ching Dynasty, Chinese people have moved to Vietnam for other reasons: work, industry, to join family members, and also as refugees. Chinese people often came to Vietnam by boat, and became known as "nguòi Tàu." Tàu is a colloquial term for Chinese.
The history of Chinese immigrants is much longer than this,it may have been thousands of years ago since the appearance of Chinese identity. My favorite poet 王勃 was died in Vietnam in 676 A. D. his father is a local official,so is there a part of his family that has become Vietnamese?LOL
I live in Boston but my parents are from the Dominican Republic. I went for the first time in February but only for 5 days. I'm hoping to go back in the coming year. If you're up to see it. Let me know.
You should try WeGene company, you'll get more information about your Asian breakup as there's no Chinese or Vietnames DNA, you've got to further break up into smaller portions like Teochew, Tibetan, Cham, Tai, etc But anyway it was a great video.
I know a Vietnamese guy from Senegal; I'm aware there are also Vietnamese in Angola, and even in Algeria (in North Africa), but haven't met any from there. *As a Vietnamese guy, I dated an Algerian girl, and she said there are Asians in Algeria, but didn't know if they were Vietnamese or not.*
Most likely Vietnamese. Vietnamese King Ham Nghi was forced to leave Vietnam to live in Algeria by the French. Some Vietnamese visited and lived there since then. It’s a really interesting and sad history.
Dr.Valverde , I take your point that we should not opposed the Vietnamese people however it is the force that oppressed the same people that we ( Vietnamese expats and political refugees) are opposing and want to bring down
does lax not offer flights into oakland? you would have saved so much time. watching you make the trip from sac to oakland felt like the episode where you took a super long route to bien hoa dong nai.
You look Cambodian or Laos and even Filipino I seen multiple videos of Filipinos being 100 percent Southeast Asia but I wish my skin was dark and my eyes ain't hella small I'm Viet I like being dark more than being light complexion
google "23 and me" or "genetic testing" or try youtube. There are various other companies online that do genetic testing. They are all comparable, but you should watch some other youtube videos of people doing the various tests. They have videos doing comparison between the companies. Beware also that insurance companies may deny medical coverage if you have genetic diseases/conditions, so think about it a little before doing a test.
Been watching your videos for the past few hours. Stumbled on this one and I hear WINNIPEG? Manitoba? Lol Suffice to say it was the last thing I was expecting to hear haha. It begs the question, what were you doing here? (Hope it wasn’t during winter!) Subscribed! 🤗
In reference to you mentioning you might have liked to work etc. in London for a while..... Wonder if you had considered doing a Postgrad course at London Univ etc. ? I believe a number of UK universities are recognised by the US student loan programme. (At least they were about 4 - 5 Years ago). Anyway good luck with all your future plans.
A little bit of Viet history More than two thousand years ago, there were hundreds of Viet tribes (Bách Việt) who inhabited from the middle of present China to the South. Because they were smaller in numbers and not united than the Han, they were invaded by the Han, one by one. Of course, some of them stayed, some scattered down to the South. Only one tribe survived and has been being an independent country after about one thousand years of colonized, that's the Lac Việt (Vietnamese). Since then, Việt Nam has successfully expelled several invasions from the North. The most success was in 1789 when Vietnamese under the command of Nguyễn Huê destroyed the invading Chinese army. Nguyễn Huê planned and prepared to invade China, his first move was asking China to return Quangdong (Quãng đông) and Quangxi (Quảng Tây) back to Vietnam as they were part of Vietnam before. Thus, I guess some of Chinese have part of Viet in their blood, and vice-versa.
ntta if you say Vietnam area was colony of China for a thousand years, you can say China has colonized guanxi and guangdong for two thousand years,then you can say Vietnam has colonizd south of Vietnam for more than 300 hundred years . In our opinion, you made rebellion ,when mainland china was in chaos.
Cafe 606 Except when some of her ancestors were orphans and she really doesn’t have the answers. I did it and did not regret it. I also did it for my daughter because her father’ family also had a histories of adoption for more than one great-grandparent. She doesn’t regret it either. It didn’t change our lives, but it was still cool to know.
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Kyle Le Dot Net a whole lot maybe even most vietnamese are 100% or near it......
Is this your first time to Oahu ? I should have my niece as contact you.
Since your Asian, You can upload your 23andme to Wegene to get a better ethnic breakdown. I found out i was 39% Hmong/Miao and 30% Han and others.
are you still in Oakland?
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Kyle! I’m so happy I found your channel!!! Professor Valverde was my professor at UC Davis and was one of the best professors I’ve had and opened my eyes sooo much to the Asian diaspora. She made me reflect a lot about my life growing up, my parents and others around me. I’m sooo happy there is someone who dedicates their time to travel and document the history of us Vietnamese!! Can’t wait to binge more videos. :).
Thank you. This channel has the largest collection of modern Vietnamese diaspora content and there's plenty of content in Vietnam too.
Hi Kyle.
I'm brazilian and a fan of your channel. Really enjoy the videos!
I'm not a Vietnamese descendant neither have ever traveled to vietnam.
Bu have some internet friends from there and have a fascination about the place, history and culture ^^
Keep the good work and hugs from brazil :D
Thanks for being so cool and open minded, Bruno :)
I was expecting more than 40% Chinese and 20% Cambodian cause you didn’t look Vietnamese to me.
I’ve thought he was mixed all these 3 ethnic, Majority Cambodian, Vietnamese n Chinese, hihihih.
you a fucking racist!
Linda Miyamoto Damn girl, what Cambodian pissed you off lol?
Linda Miyamoto Japanese do not hate Cambodia. Ur full of shit
Chí Thiện Nguyễn I was thinking this guy have more like 80% Cambodian or Thailand genes in him ...
I,m Cambodian from Soc Trang, Vietnam. I tell you this now a day most people in Vietnam are mixed especially in the South
Not at all. Just a little.
Khmers always love talking shit about viets. Stay obssesed
*most of southern vietnamese*
Hey Kyle, just wanted to say I appreciate all the time and effort you put into making us(viewers) happy! I also want to acknowledge that because of you I have a greater appreciation for my Vietnamese culture and that I have a stronger relationship with my parents as well.
Lastly, whether or not you continue to make videos similar to those of the past I will continue to support you along with future videos you share. Thank you for bringing a spotlight upon Vietnamese culture and wish you the best of luck.
Btw Im also a Vietnamese mudblood 😄
Thank you.
I've just started watching your videos and I'm enjoying the personal stories. It's amazing to me how many people in the neighbourhoods you're searching have such good memories about the people that lived around them and so long ago!! You can tell that family and community are very important to most of them. I hope you're able to continue this work as it seems to be something you're meant to do at this time in your life. I will spend the next while, watching and crying as I go through these personal journey's. Thanks again.
I love the updates of people from the previous videos like Duong Nem or Kim and John.
I love to more updates in the future
Good update. Love the intellectual discussion of the affects of people returning to Vietnam. From what I saw, the people returning are bringing investment and job opportunities, but also creating a huge income disparity between rich and poor. So its a real double edged sword.
Yeah... everything's a double-edged sword
Hey Kyle, I recently did 23andMe. I'm 99.7% Vietnamese, 0.2% Bengali & Northeast Indian, and 0.1% Unassigned. I seriously thought I would have gotten a more diverse genetic composition like yours.
Not everyone will be able to see the quality of this video, and that's okay. Thank you for creating this. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Our ancester's Legend is about a mixed marriage between a Heavenly fairy and a sea dragon remember? Our race is a mixture between the Polynesian which is the (dragon of the Sea) and the people from the mountain which is the (fairy) from the mountain of Northern Vietnam. The bond of these two groups created us. We were always mix from the very beginning.
Love this! Must Google now... Ty
That’s true
Lmao wtf
the same story in cambodia
I did 23 and me and they didn't specify Vietnam but SE Asian. I was 69% Chinese and 30% SE Asian. Always have identified as Vietnamese culturally but my family has Teochau roots like many Chinese/Vietnamese people.
they tell u what southeast asian you are not with the new update!
Miso Hungry oh man you're right the new update is more detailed. Thanks for the heads up.
Yeee np it's pretty recent!
Don’t trust 23andme, they either dont have Vietnamese category or got it all wrong. Vietnamese is diverse, there are 54 ethnic in Vietnam, Kinh ethnic is the major of the population even Kinh is also a mixed from other ethnic.
Bé Châu Phi
They actually got my ethnic makeup fairly accurate and were able to recognize my family members. So I'm not quite sure what you mean? They aren't that specific because there isn't enough of a database for Vietnamese people yet... But as they get more samples they are improving ethnic makeup.
i love the finding lost family vids touches my heart so happy to see their kids went meet the family too
Another great vid. thanks. Dr. Caroline very cool.
I stumbled across your channel while browsing TH-cam ... I find you to be a great storyteller a fine young man with a big heart to help others.. And your videos of Vietnam in particular are heartwarming charming and awe inspiring.. Keep up the good work your family must be so proud to have as son like you!!!
I love Vietnam. The people are friendly. Can't wait till next Christmas for my 4th trip.
Thank you😘We'd like you too👍😁
I love that professor. Im ordering her book. My father has been part of the latinx diaspora focusing on the Puerto Rican community (48yrs) and met my mom and raised us to love our heritage and indigenous history. He was born in Ohio and is Caucasian. He is 75 and awesome. She (professor) reminds me of my dad.
Certainly, it is possible to grow aquatic plants without deliberately adding CO2 but growth of my plants have sky rocketed since adding CO2. Great video, thanks for sharing. Dr Valverde was an excellent guest.
Yes... but no water changes scares me
Agree, 60%/week
She has the generalized leftist liberal university professor look and demeanor. California is definitely her state.
Whenever I hear about these DNA tests, a question comes to mind: What criteria does it use? If I ever got past that question, an even bigger issue comes to mind: The results show NATIONALITY, not ethnicity. Nations are defined by borders. Borders are man-made and can change at will. If my results show my nationality (Vietnamese, Chinese, etc.) and the border changes, does that change the result of my "DNA?" For example, Germany borders Poland. I do a test and it shows that I'm 50% German and 50% Polish. Decades from now, something happens, and Germany annexes Poland so that the entire country of Poland is now a part of the new Germany. Consequently, does that now make me 100% German?
Agreed.
Pseudo Science
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you ask as if Vietnam is about to disappear,
I thought you are more Cambodian/ Chinese.. The South Vietnam was part of Khmer Empire and Chinese has settled in Hà Tiên Kiên Giang area long before the Vietnamese invasion.. The cradle of Vietnamese is in the North between The Red and the Mã Rivers...
You're absolutely right that Kyle comes across as a Chinese-Cambodian rather than mainstream Vietnamese.
Actually most of south Vietnam belongs to the Champa Kingdom. Not Khmer. Theres a bunch of Ancient Champa temples and artifacts to prove this. Khmer kingdom at one point did invaded and took over the Champa kingdom that is now South Vietnam, but that land was never Khmers to begin with.
Kyle I'm not Vietnamese but I really appreciate your hardwork I watched some of your videos & I salute you for that. You're young & energetic I hope you have a bright & successful future all of your staff & crew also. May God Bless you & all your staff.
No staff or crew. Just me
Kyle please do what you are enjoying doing the most. I wish we can swap our professions and you can work in a corporate office from 9 to 5 everyday, and I get your life style by travelling all around the world meeting/helping people and see interesting places (including good foods). Thanks Kyle for all your great shows!
Wow. Best kylele vid. True scholar
What an intellectual conversation between you and her!
Thank you for getting it. Lol
@@kyleledotnet I'm an immigrant in the US since 1981 and have not have the desire to go back to the motherland!
How can I convince myself to go and visit the rest of the surviving relatives?
The 100% Vietnamese people are the "Muong" people because when the Chinese came and colonized us 1000 years, the Muong hadn't saw any Chinese peole or culture and they hadn't mixed with Chinese, so they are the "Full Vietnamese" without other heritage.
Muong people they are not kinh people. They've man viet.
Honestly ,u need to do your research seriously before u spread the wrong ideas and for your information. Vietnamese is a completely different race, not moung !
omg kyle you're amazing. idk what kind of videos you'll be putting out now but i'm definitely here for it ^_^
Thanks for the insightful interview. Dr. Valverde is cool.
26:12 makes sense. many Chinese people moved to the South East Asia after the second opium war (war started by the French and British) cuz the colonials needed labors
Genetics is only 1 aspect of the artificial construct of 'ethnicity'; culture, language and food probably have deeper impacts on how one sees one's own race.
It would have been shocking if you didn't have some Chinese in you because of the history between the two countries. The highlight of the video was Caroline. Definitely would like to see you work with her in the future and will check out her link.
andgainingspeed huh??shocked?no offense but why in tha world would u be shocked?
there are mostly pure viet all over....
tamar tamar Imperial China has dominated Vietnam multiple times over the last 2300 years. Han Chinese are living all over the world, not just in countries with a shared border. So plenty of chances for inter-marriage under all kinds of circumstances.
andgainingspeed a whole lot or even maybe most have no intermarriage......
tamar tamar Less inter-marriage when compared to other countries that have a big ethnic majority? In Vietnam the majority ethnic group is about 85%.
andgainingspeed chinese always think they own the world seriously, there are millions of vietnamese they did not all mix with chinese, besides there is a larger percentage mixed with other etnicities
How do you get the DNA test? I like to know if I am Mongolian.
Just ordered Dr. Valverde’s book. Can’t wait to read it.
Awesome
23andme reported that I'm only 47.9% Vietnamese and 50.7% Chinese, even though for my whole life I don't know any or have any Chinese relatives. Still view myself as 100% Vietnamese anyway.
Yeah, Southern Chinese men from Canton, Fujian and even Zhejiang pretty much migrated to Vietnam for thousand of years and intermixed with the locals. Soldiers, exiles, defectors, refugees, merchants, ... all kind of men from China
plus the DNA testing sites are pretty weak for Asians
There's no true border for Asian countries, especially between Chinese Canton and Vietnam. Canton and Vietnam were once Nam Viet Kingdom 2000 years ago.
Vietnam historically been a part of China for 1000 years. Millions of Chinese been immigrating to Vietnam for over 2000 years.
the farther to the north of VN, chinese dna get stronger.
You got highest Vietnamese DNA in whole TH-cam. Lols
Vietnamese is a nationality and not a race. His ethnicity is Khmer , that's why he has darker skin
yeah definitely noticed his looking... I met lost of Vietnamese students in the Netherlands and I could tell that northern Vietnamese and the ones from Ho Chi Minh city look different... except two of them actually have known Chinese ancestry
hoang the thang z
Just chill bro, there are mixed many things more interesting
Didn't think you are Vietnamese, at all. You look like your ancestors from the other parts of Asia. Very beautiful heritage. God bless you. Just found your page, today. Subscribed. 🤗
what is happing in this video where are we going with this
Haha same thoughts
🤗Hi Kyle! I've been watching your videos on and off sometime since 2017..great work on documentary/story in Asia and in Europe..Keep it up!!!👍 Oh by the way, Sacramento is my hometown so it was nice you came through, saw the scenic view on your video before heading to Oakland☺️. Last year when I saw your video I didn't think you were full Vietnamese I thought your family background/ancestor has other asian ethnicity..like me I'm Khmer(Cambodia), Chinese, Siam(Thai), Laotian, and maybe Indonesian or East Indian(dad's dad side of the family/ancestor) not too sure..I was thinking of doing DNA testing myself too..I really enjoyed your videos on how Asians lives in other countries that I might not expect to see or heard of it? If it wasn't your videos, like Africa, Europe, Brazil etc...Please do more of it, I really enjoyed it and just amazing how Asians are everywhere in those continents...💖❤️💗
WHAT ever you do you will succeed, keep it up Kyle.
I true enjoyed listening to the both of you speaking. Keep up the great work.
Thank you. I can listen to Dr. Valverde for hours ( and I did)
Kyle is very good kind young. guy he was growing up in. The u/ S,now he visiting his hometown he is very good healthy guy thank you for sharing your beautiful video love your video thanks.
Thanks Kyle Lê I really like all your episodes
Very interesting either family reunion or tour around the world!!!
wait Kyle not Cambodian? this whole time I been thinking cambo/viet
Me too.
Which service did you use for your DNA Test?
Kyle, you will find a lot of Vietnamese in Oahu, Hawaii. You might find some interesting Vietnamese stories there. Thank you for updated the story of the Vietnamese guy in Africa.
I grew up thinking I’m 100% Lao only to take a DNA test and found out I’m 50% Viet, 18% Chinese, 20% Lao and the rest unknown southeast Asian lol
Yes Amazon Prime! 3 formats hardback, paperback and Kindle!
I might be interested in DNA test for myself since everyone says I don’t look Vietnamese and I was a bought child in the black market in Vietnam.
Cool. Got it. I've very much enjoyed watching your channel. So... Go for it Kyle, you have all the talent in the world!
Remember Guangzhou belonged to Vietnam, King Quang Trung plan to retake, but passed away at young age. So lot Vietnamese are more related to people of that area which now considered Chinese!!!
At 12:00 is my hood in Oakland Little Sài Gòn.
Welcome to the Town!
28:29 Who is the driver? Does she have a TH-cam channel?
Dude! You drove through my work neighborhood on International, and then you drove past my condo on Telegraph in Oakland! I was born and raised in Oakland. I started watching your videos because I'm obsessed with Copenhagen, and seek out related videos, when I'm itching to go back to CPH. I continued to watch because I'm interested in all my neighbors. A lot of my coworkers are of Vietnamese descent or from there. I also have coworker's who are ethnically Chinese/Vietnamese. So, it's all interesting to me. Especially as a primary African-American, but a lot of Irish. I've enjoyed all your videos👍🏾
Hey, oakland has an international airport.😉
Why are you obsessed with Copenhagen?
I love your channel. I just recently fount it. My grandad was an RAF pilot who spent time in Vietnam. My mum told me that he ended up having two baby girls with a Vietnamese woman. He was unfaithful to my granny. Life is bizarre. Good luck with everything mate I will continue watching your content. I still haven't watched everything yet. 😆
Thank you for sharing
thank you for your video. my uncle escaped vietnam in 1998. he is handicape guy. my grandfather tried to find him after 2 days he left our hometown. we have no his informs and picture afterthat. hope he still alive to reuntie with us. thank you bro. i am jaho from vietnam
Im from South Africa, not Vietnamese at all and love your channel man. Been watching your videos and really enjoy your content. Keep doing what you doing... You deserve a TV show somewhere..... Peace...
Great video!!!! Keep it up bro!!!
I don't care what the DNA test says, I still think there's a part of Canada in you somewhere. I've spent time talking to people all over Vietnam and the influence of the diaspora is undeniable, especially among the young people . One of my favorite videos.
Hi Kyle,
Where can I get my DNA test? What kind of samples do I have to provide and how much does the test cost? Thanks in advance!!!
23 and me. Just spit into a vile
put 23andme on google and find out.
Another DNA test distinguishes between southern and northern Chinese. I have no northern Chinese DNA but southern Chinese DNA and SE Asian DNA. If you studied Vietnamese history, the capital of the Trieu Dynasty was Guangzhou and that entire region consisted mostly of Dai people.
Vietnam was invaded and occupied by China in ancient times so that should be easy to explain. A lot of Vietnamese got Chinese blood. A man who travels the world yet get off in Sacramento instead of San Franciso which is right across the bay from Oakland. I was in San Franciso in 1997. I took the train over to Oakland. That's when I realized what Mark Twain meant when he said "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Franciso." I was there in the month of August. I needed a jacket. But in Oakland I felt like I was really in California. Anyway years later I did visit Sacramento when the Terminator was governor. I had to visit to see if the place for myself. I think it got more in common with Oakland than with San Franciso. That's an interesting story about going to Vietnam and being followed around being told she cannot be protected. Now Vietnam moved to a market economy so they opened up tourism and rely, in part, on tourism revenue. The only people who follow us around now are the shoeshine men and vendors who want to ply their trade.
I had to be in Sacramento for something else anyways... you'll see in the next video.
Wayne Samuel a whole lot maybe even most vietnamese are 100% or near it......
From your facial feature, you are a mixture of Han Chinese and Austroasiatic Muong or Khmer.
These so-called genetic tests are a scam. Vietnam has 54 ethnicities, China has 56 ethnicities so there's no such thing as Vietnamese ethnicity. Vietnamese is a nationality and not ethnicity, the same goes with Chinese.
These genetic tests group people based on nationality and not ethnicity which is grossly wrong. It's just like saying that blacks and white in American have the same genes just because they are from the same country. LOL.
Thanks for the great videos.
We support you bro!
Love it, thank you for all of History, Cultural of Vietnam, I know of the History of Vietnam because my Papa was a College Professor. Abrazos Hermanos Vietnamese, Julie I'm from Esmeraldad City 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Vietnamese from vn r doing great job staying as they r and being xenophobic against their self people from west as they r more liberal and this is actual treat to existing traditional values, intelligent part of immigrants have to appreciate this if they care bout where they coming from
That was a great vlog ... love her energy and the way she just jumped in , not knowing a thing of what to expect .... a legend . I would have loved to have seen Vietnam in those days ... I had a mate went there way back and he told me they used to have a museum with the title, " The Imperial Pig War Dog Museum " in tribute to the Americans ... Glad those times have changed
Yes, she is an absolute Legend.
I am 100% Vietnamese. I did the DNA test and I am very proud.
proof it with vids
Ủa hơn 100.000 người đăng ký rồi sao! Chúc mừng em nha.
Looking at a map, it would appear the proximity of Vietnam and China is so close with only a border separating the two regions. Therefore it would be perfectly normal for the two DNA’s to be alike. The only differences would be cultural. To say they’re different is like saying one’s DNA is either America vs Canadian. We’re the same region.
good work kyle hope to see more i know it is not easy to make one
my husband got 100% Vietnamese on his 23 and me test LOL .he's very proud!
I too got 100% and proud too, but my mom said we were 100% before the results came back. Wonder if we’re related your husband and I.
This is a great video Kyle 👍
if you enjoyed hearing Dr. Valverde maybe she will come back in the future for more Viet kieu discussions.
Hey Kyle, I’m a student living in Winnipeg. It’s unfortunate that I can meet you here. Just want to say “hi”.
I agree with her, Kyle does have that magic je ne sais quoi to connect with people on a human level and get them to open up
Yeah I thought you may have some Khmer genes in u too bc of your feature. Btw what DNA company did u use? I wonder if there is a company out there that specialize in SEA gene pool?
1. Skip to 25:18 for the DNA test
2. From my Vietnamese teacher, who grew up in Vietnam and is knowledgeable on history:
"About 400 years ago, it was the final years of the Ming Dynasty (in China). There were a number of military soldiers & officers who did not want to surrender to the Manchurians. The made a request to the King of Vietnam to allow them to resettle in VN. King Gia Long allowed them to resettle in the southern part in the 6 provinces. They came down to live and lived among the Vietnamese. They married with the Vietnamese and had children and grandchildren, who were called "Ming xiang Ren" or "nguoi Ming huong" (Ming Homeland people) because their ancestors had come from the Ming Dynasty. From then on, Chinese people living in Vietnam were called , generally, "hoa Ren" or "nguoi hoa."
VN (xin loi ko co dau phong)
Lich su cua nguòi hoa dên VN.
Uoc chùng bôn tram nam truóc, khi dó cuôi trào Minh, Man Thanh thông tri Trung Quôc. Có môt sô quân si cua trào Minh không chiu dâu hàng chính phu Man Thanh. Chúng ngôi thuyên (a boat) tói VN ti nang (as refugees) chung yêu cau (request) vua VN cho chúng dinh cu (resettle). Vua Gia Long cho chúng cu trú (live) tai noi luc tinh (6 provinces), miên nam VN. Chúng o dó cùng sinh sông vòi nguòi VN. Chúng cuói vo Viêt, sau dó sanh con, de cháu goi là nguòi Minh Huong, tai vì nhung ông cha cua con cháu là dên tù trào Minh. Sau này, nhung nguòi Trung Quôc VN dêu goi là nguòi Hoa.
Hoa kiêu= first gen, not born overseas. Kieu means "chiao" or "bridge".
Nguoi Hoa= descendants of Hoa kiêu.
Descendants of Viet kiêu in America= nguoi My góc Viet. (Góc means root)
During the Ching Dynasty, Chinese people have moved to Vietnam for other reasons: work, industry, to join family members, and also as refugees. Chinese people often came to Vietnam by boat, and became known as "nguòi Tàu." Tàu is a colloquial term for Chinese.
Wow, thank you for this info. I love learning more about my culture's history.
The history of Chinese immigrants is much longer than this,it may have been thousands of years ago since the appearance of Chinese identity. My favorite poet 王勃 was died in Vietnam in 676 A. D. his father is a local official,so is there a part of his family that has become Vietnamese?LOL
The funny thing about Vietnam is that every Chinese that has ever migrated to Vietnam eventually becomes Vietnamese. xD
Nope,the most funny thing is Vietnam's national identity was NO Chinese.
Also your favorite poet 王勃 's graveyard is actually in Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam. So yeah you may wanna visit there to learn history xD
Hi Kyle...i stumbled across your channel. i love your videos and it really touch my heart. New subscriber here.
Between Philippine, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Indonesia, Malesia I can’t never seen the difference
I live in Boston but my parents are from the Dominican Republic. I went for the first time in February but only for 5 days. I'm hoping to go back in the coming year. If you're up to see it. Let me know.
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You should try WeGene company, you'll get more information about your Asian breakup as there's no Chinese or Vietnames DNA, you've got to further break up into smaller portions like Teochew, Tibetan, Cham, Tai, etc
But anyway it was a great video.
I know a Vietnamese guy from Senegal; I'm aware there are also Vietnamese in Angola, and even in Algeria (in North Africa), but haven't met any from there.
*As a Vietnamese guy, I dated an Algerian girl, and she said there are Asians in Algeria, but didn't know if they were Vietnamese or not.*
Most likely Vietnamese. Vietnamese King Ham Nghi was forced to leave Vietnam to live in Algeria by the French. Some Vietnamese visited and lived there since then. It’s a really interesting and sad history.
You've come a long way. I remembered back in the fall of 2014, you had less than 10k subs.
Wow i love her!!!
Love the new hair cut💙🌺
Dr.Valverde , I take your point that we should not opposed the Vietnamese people however it is the force that oppressed the same people that we ( Vietnamese expats and political refugees) are opposing and want to bring down
does lax not offer flights into oakland? you would have saved so much time. watching you make the trip from sac to oakland felt like the episode where you took a super long route to bien hoa dong nai.
I thought she was at uc davis
Good luck Kyle!
How old are you?
You look Cambodian or Laos and even Filipino I seen multiple videos of Filipinos being 100 percent Southeast Asia but I wish my skin was dark and my eyes ain't hella small I'm Viet I like being dark more than being light complexion
where to get this DNA test?
google "23 and me" or "genetic testing" or try youtube. There are various other companies online that do genetic testing. They are all comparable, but you should watch some other youtube videos of people doing the various tests. They have videos doing comparison between the companies. Beware also that insurance companies may deny medical coverage if you have genetic diseases/conditions, so think about it a little before doing a test.
Been watching your videos for the past few hours. Stumbled on this one and I hear WINNIPEG? Manitoba? Lol Suffice to say it was the last thing I was expecting to hear haha. It begs the question, what were you doing here? (Hope it wasn’t during winter!) Subscribed! 🤗
Search Winnipeg on my channel to find out!!
I used to live in Winnipeg Manitoba from 1980 to 1983, fresh off the Boat from Pulau Bidong Refugee Island.
In reference to you mentioning you might have liked to work etc. in London for a while..... Wonder if you had considered doing a Postgrad course at London Univ etc. ? I believe a number of UK universities are recognised by the US student loan programme. (At least they were about 4 - 5 Years ago). Anyway good luck with all your future plans.
A little bit of Viet history
More than two thousand years ago, there were hundreds of Viet tribes (Bách Việt) who inhabited from the middle of present China to the South. Because they were smaller in numbers and not united than the Han, they were invaded by the Han, one by one. Of course, some of them stayed, some scattered down to the South. Only one tribe survived and has been being an independent country after about one thousand years of colonized, that's the Lac Việt (Vietnamese).
Since then, Việt Nam has successfully expelled several invasions from the North. The most success was in 1789 when Vietnamese under the command of Nguyễn Huê destroyed the invading Chinese army. Nguyễn Huê planned and prepared to invade China, his first move was asking China to return Quangdong (Quãng đông) and Quangxi (Quảng Tây) back to Vietnam as they were part of Vietnam before.
Thus, I guess some of Chinese have part of Viet in their blood, and vice-versa.
ntta if you say Vietnam area was colony of China for a thousand years, you can say China has colonized guanxi and guangdong for two thousand years,then you can say Vietnam has colonizd south of Vietnam for more than 300 hundred years . In our opinion, you made rebellion ,when mainland china was in chaos.
Viet dream
Kyle need to step up his planted fish tank game up also need to read up on the Diana walstad method if he wants to claim to be a "fish expert"
Good observation. I use the Diana Walstad method.
People who do DNA testing are those who don't trust their mother's words :-)
Well...
Strong word!❤️
Cafe 606 Except when some of her ancestors were orphans and she really doesn’t have the answers. I did it and did not regret it. I also did it for my daughter because her father’ family also had a histories of adoption for more than one great-grandparent. She doesn’t regret it either. It didn’t change our lives, but it was still cool to know.