Your absolutely right. Never understood why people are cautious about DNA test if you’ve ever been to the dentist or if you were born in the hospital they already have your DNA
You can’t understand apprehension about your dna for something made for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY! They sell it read the fine print or Not🤯🥸. Ignorance is Bliss😮…
Im from South Africa and I am glad that more black Americans are deciding to come back to their own land here in Africa, ato other black Americans id like to encourage you to at least come visit the soil which a lot of your ancestors lived on for many years i promise you'll experience peace and maybe even a spiritual awakening. Africa is you and you are Africa or should i say Alkebulan which is the original name of Africa come home we love you guy and we look forward to seeing you all of you 😊
@@rosahacketts1668 probably because they are East African? Different culture? Try South Africa next. Even thought South Africa wasn’t involved in Americas slavery, their culture is closest to us than other African countries
@nhlanhla8501, I use to live in Johannesburg! Loved it there. That is when I realized that we as black Americans are still connected to African in everything we do. It was a true awakening
My mother is African-American and my father is a native of Orocovis PR 🇵🇷. I am 60% African, 32% European and 8% Native American. My highest African DNA comes from Nigeria (17%) and my highest European DNA is Spanish (20%).
Slave trade in Africa was big in West Africa! West Africans sold slaves to European and Asian slave traders Fast forward, African countries know for Human Trafficking in Africa are West African ( Nigeria, Niger,Mali and Senegal) In South Africa: The Zulus refused selling their people to slave traders, to a point the British had to go get slaves from India to work in the now KZN sugar cane plantations, hence South Africa has this highest population of Indians in Africa, majority in Durban a city in the Indian Ocean And in Cape Town, the Khoi Khoi refused the slave trade which led the Dutch to go get Indonesian slaves, hence the Cape coloured is called know as the the Cape Malays
I dislike this false narrative that Africans sold their fellow African brothers and sisters as slaves. No! Africans were held at gunpoint and forced to go on those ships. Anyone who didn't comply was eliminated. Are we going to pretend that Africans in the Congo sold their natural resources to King Leopold of Belgium? I'm Namibian and people with a certain agenda say that Germans own so much of Namibian land because they bought the land from the indigenous people. They won't mention what the Germans did to the natives between 1904 - 1908 in order to acquire the land... smh
There just wasn’t that many people I. Southern Africa to begin with. The population of people in Southern Africa was sporadic and largely disconnected from other populated World regions so there weren’t a lot of slaves to capture there to begin with, and because Southern Africa is so far from everywhere the journey wouldn’t be worth it. Only war prisoners were enslaved in west Africa before European arrival, not regular people or women. And even then, when war prisoners from other tribes were captured, they were treated a lot Better than European slaves and they could actually earn their freedom and join their new tribe and integrate. Europeans fueled conflicts among tribes to get more slaves due to them fueling more wars. When west Africans found out how horribly their captors were being treated by Europeans, they united and revolted against European chattel slavery but they were severely weakened by then and the European technology got better, such as guns. There was also ethnic violence in Southern Africa but the population was and still is so small there. West Africans tend to also be taller and physically stronger, which made them ideal. Southern Africa was then annexed and turned into a settler colony because the small population there gave Europeans way less resistance and rebellions
It was a small group of people that sold west Africans. Also war with neighbouring tribes such as OYO and Dahomey who would sell each other captives to the Portuguese and British.
@@asap5529 You don’t know South African history, there was more than enough people. The Xhosa people and the Cape Colony fought 9 wars over a hundred years with the settlers, the Zulu had similar run ins with the British and Boer. The Basotho defeated the Cape Colony in the gun wars. This all happened over hundreds of years and countless other tribes staging resistance. It has nothing to do with height or strength, the fastest man on earth is from Southern Africa. There’s a reason why large populations from other places were brought here.
If you get the opportunity, try the African Ancestry test. They gather your lineage from your mother’s side, and separately from your father’s side. Then they tell you the exact tribe you’re from ie Ashanti, Zulu, Bantu etc. based on each parent’s lineage from your sample. On my mother’s side I’m descended from Mende, Temne, Kru and Fulani people and on my father’s side I’m descended from the Bemeleke people. It’s very interesting because it makes you focus on the specific group of people you come from.
I actually edited a part out when I was talking about it. I am interested but boy is it an investment (or at least it was back when I first looked at it a few years ago). Maybe that’s the next one I’ll do . Do you feel it was worth the money ?
@@TayllorChanise Absolutely worth it. Remember, places like Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa etc, are made up places drawn by colonizers. Zulu, Igbo, Ashanti, Fulani etc are the real ethnicities of African peoples. Imagine drawing a box around a part of southern europe and calling it country named South Europe. Spanish are still the Spanish, the French are still the French and the Italians are still the Italians. Think of it along those lines. African Ancestry gives you a specific ethnic group of people.
AfricanAncestry literally only tells you about your maternal haplogroup (which literally represents nothing about your heritage)and your paternal haplogroup. It does not tell you what tribe you come from, due to the fact that she is an African American, she likely has heritage in tribes all over west Africa. What africanAncestry does is tell you which tribes have the highest frequency of your haplogroup. It's a scam and a waste of money, as haplogroups are not specific to specific tribes
Bravo to you my sister for standing up and doing an ancestry DNA test even though some of the AA community and African diaspora are cautious to do it. The slave trade thing is the one thing that hurts and it just shows that the past is painful as it is. SA also got slaves hence why we are the rainbow nation and there is a lot of diversity
South Africa? Y’all had slaves but it wasn’t like chattel slavery the amount of slaves South Africa had was very little in comparison too the Americas and it was only in the Cape
What are your DNA Communities? Scroll down and it will show your communties. That's the most interesting and important part of your DNA results because it's showing you where your family has recently lived in America for the past few hundred years 💯
Oh I’ve already know those communities but it’s Eastern Louisanna and Mississippi (Franklin, Lincoln, Jefferson, Copiah County, Mississippi) Central Southern, Inland Mississippi, North Central Mississippi and Alabama, Viriginia and Southern Ohio (buckingham county)
@@TayllorChanise wow!!! I also have that Community. My parents and extended family are from New Orleans. My communties are Eastern Louisiana and Western Mississippi African Americans 1. Eastern Louisiana and Mississippi Border 2. Southeast Louisiana Region Early North Carolina African Americans Deep South African Americans Southern Louisiana French Settlers Ascension and Assumption French Settlers Early Southern United States African Americans Virginia, Maryland, and Lower Mississippi River African Americans
Growing up we were told that we have also have Native American ancestry besides just African. In 2022 I found out that I may have unknowingly fathered a child when I was last stationed overseas. AncestryDNA test says that I did plus I'm also of western European ancestry along with African and Native American. This little mixed bag of DNAs probably can help explain how I'm able to get along with people of other cultures, backgrounds.
They have done allot of damage to us black people,even up until this day,we haven't recovered from the generational trauma,but we thank God and out ancestors for bringing you back home to Africa.Africa loves you.❤
Hello, my wife and I are planning to relocate to South Africa as well. We absolutely love SA and spent a month in Rosebank, Johannesburg two years ago. I watched a video in which you shared that your family is relocating on a Retirement Visa. I was wondering what are you using for retirement income?
@@trailblazersish have you seen the videos from the real South Africa or dr asad. They are African Americans who moved to South Africa and greet other African American who visit or move there and have interviews on their TH-cam channel
The west bantu ppl (mbundu & bakongo tribes) aka the Angolans and Congo ppl from kingdom of Ndongo were originally the only group Enslaved in USA . But they were working together/United & together would plan revolts and unalive slave owners (Google stono rebellion, or Gullah Jack, etc) so they immediately stopped enslaving Central Africans and instead took some Enslaved igbo (Nigerians) from Barbados. And told them to have as many babies as possible. They figured babies born in slavery would not fight to go back to Africa like the west bantu did. Then they got more west Africans from other countries who didn’t speak the same languages, so no one could work together and plan revolts.
@@TayllorChanise Lots of research and DNA in a few companies not just one. I finally did my maternal line through African Ancestry. My mother's maternal line is from Guinea-Bissau and her paternal line is Egyptian and same for my dad. His paternal line is Egyptian as well. I have not been able to do his maternal line as yet. I do a one female cousin on his side that her son said he will do it so there is a chance to find 6 of 8.
@@TayllorChanise yes I just found it recently myself. I wanted to look more than just the countries. Check out Breyionna the Afrofuturist she has a video about her using LivingDNA. Albeit the ethnic groups that LivingDNA has isn’t as extensive as what’s in each country I think it’s a good head start for more in depth information. My results are processing now and in a few weeks I will make a video myself.
Africa is yours girl, Come and experience being on the Motherland . Those who did in South Africa, everywhere they go weather in Santon Johannesburg or at the mall of Africa we black South Africans will always say " Welcome home ". You will have feelings of belonging, I have seen others cry vividly on reason that they have now found home. African Americans are welcomed in South Africa. The people in general here are so humble especialy when they see you as an AA. Maybe it is because your Africanicity resonating or triggered when they hear that you are an African American.
From what is scientifically known so far, every person inherits 50% of the DNA from each biological parent, which leaves the remaining 50% of each biological parent’s DNA generally having an unknown impact on that individual, unless both of that individual’s biological parents have also taken a DNA test. Given that, it may be plausible to reasonably assume the following, with some fault. For example, from tested DNA, let’s say: A person’s ancestry is 75% black and 25% non-black (i.e., admixture). It might be reasonably surmised that since only 50% of the DNA from each biological parent is inherited, that a more plausible realistic admixture estimate for that individual could be as high as 80% of that individual’s baseline admixture. In this example that would equate to 20% add-on non-black admixture (i.e., 80% of the baseline 25% admixture) being added to that baseline 25% non-black admixture, resulting in a more reflective DNA comparison of 55% black and 45% non-black [25% + 20%]. The same would hold true if the (racial) assignments were reversed or different (e.g., a person whose baseline ancestry is 75% white and 25% non-white). In that latter case, the reflective DNA comparison would be 55% white and 45% non-white. Remember, race, admixture and other discerning categorizations and methods are things that the average person doesn’t have any control over.
I thought I'd come comment on your latest video and congratulate you for being part of a Rugby World Cup winning nation🏆🇿🇦🔥😂 please watch the reaction videos of South Africans when we won the final, you'll see how much this win means to us. Or better yet, make a video of you reacting to those reactions.😂 I promise you, your subscribers are gonna love it. Heartwarming stuff❤
@@TayllorChanise"Early North Carolina Black Americans" or "Virginia Black Americans" or "Creole Louisiana Black Americans" or "Northern Jamaica", etc..
@@TayllorChanise that person is right. You can get lot of info from community tab. Example if it says early Virginia, go to the place where the first group arrived from kingdom of Ndongo) (now renamed Luanda Angolan to Hampton Virginia. If it says South Carolina, go to Charleston and Sullivan island, that’s the south version of ellis island. They still have the “pest houses “ in Sullivan island, which os where slaves were quarantined for 2 week before being sold. Visit the Gullah ppl, a tribe that was created by enslaved Africans. they have info
Oh yeah I responded to a recent comment with it. My family in America was originally in the Virginia’s, Louisiana, Mississippi and later went to the Carolina’s Georgia etc
I think there isn’t an age restriction but I guess I never thought about it lol. My husband did his so we know what the kids are just not estimated percentages. Maybe I’ll do it during the holidays when the DNA kits go on sale 😊 thanks for watching as always !
Something to consider your British DNA might be from British slaves not from "Slavers"..From the 17th century into the 19th century, transportation to the colonies as a criminal or an indentured servant served as punishment for both genuine and petty crimes, or for simply being poor and viewed as an 'undesirable', in England and Ireland facilitated by the Transportation Act of 1718 Tens of thousands children and vulnerable adults were kidnapped from Britain and transported by sail ship to the emerging lands of America, as a source of expendable labour for the numerous plantations of the colonies. During the same period, workhouses employed people whose poverty left them no other alternative than to work under forced labour conditions... For further information read the books...They were white and they were slaves...And White cargo... I hope this helps
Ok but mine weren’t lol. Idk why everyone is shocked Black people in America are able to point to their European ancestry and confirm it’s through slavery …
@@Damian.Williams many Black Americans that have a very small amount of European DNA are - that’s based on the historical context of slavery in the country
They gave you Nigeria, but then specified it with another Nigerian category, which is East Central at 3%. The region East Central is the homeland of the Igbo people. This probably means that your root could be the Igbo tribe.
If Black diasporans are taking DNA tests, the most important aspect of the tests is your DNA matches. Benin/Togo, Ivory Coast/Ghana and the rest of the groupings is really irrelevant.
@TayllorChanise Of course I can. Africa is a continent of tribes. There are at least 25 tribes in Nigeria alone. For the DNA companies to say that you are Nigerian without identifying your tribe is not saying much. They did narrow the Nigerian part to East Central which is good. In Nigeria, East Central means Igbo tribe. But they didn't identify your other tribes. This is where your DNA matches comes in. Your African DNA matches is the one sure way of identifying which tribes your African ancestors comes from. To say that somebody is from Nigeria or Cameroon/Congo without specifying which tribe really doesn't mean anything.
@@longinusukenta I just wanted to make sure I understood your initial comment, thanks (: but yeah unfortunately as being part of the diaspora there’s not many affordable options for us to get very in depth information. So for us even having a small piece of the puzzle than have no piece at all. It’s not as easy to determine this information for us without either a surplus of money or alot time and resources. I look forward to the day we get more tools to dig deeper easier
Yes. Those are people from Bamenda in Cameroon but are spread around the central region, they look like people from Southern Africa. Quincy Jones and Spike Lee were traced to them.
African Ancestry tells all Black Americans, the same thing. The test always says Tikar, Bamileke, Fulani, LOL. Maybe you should see the test results they also gave native Africans, its bogus their results cost a lot for a reason.
No she is from low country like me. Our people came from the kingdom of Kongo ,western Bantu people. For West Africa we're mixed with a few ethnic groups like Igbo , Yoruba, Akan, Mandinka, Mende Esan people The African ancestry definitely gets igbo,and Yoruba mixed up for Tikar because at one time Nigeria and Cameroon was one . I was told I was Tikar and did my ancestry test and I was only 1 percent Tikar. There is even this igbo man who took the African ancestry test on purpose because he said it was a scam , both of the igbo guys parents were born in Nigeria 🇳🇬 but African ancestry told him he was Tikat, Hausa and Fulani.
So, would you rather stay and live in Africa rather than the US? Your searching your ancestors is really inspirational. Your ancestors and God maybe proud of your works, that you are turning your hearts to them and they maybe to you.....
Not surprised you barely have any South African, no slaves that went to Americans came from here…not surprised you’re most Nigerian& some other parts of west Africa. Glad you are happy to see a tiny bit of SA that got you excited…
Yes I mentioned that in the video, most Black Americans know where much of our ancestry comes from which is West Africa - with a lot having ancestry in Nigeria specifically
@@TayllorChanise glad you’re finding your way back home and connecting with the continent in your own way. Wish you well in South Africa, hope you find prosperity😊
But the moers existed, so black Americans could have admixtured & intermarried & that’s a long time ago. So that dna admixture with Native Americans cannot be denied. Probably there are black Americans with a huge percentage Native American than Tayllor has. I don’t think it as one size fits all.
That’s not the case in America . It’s too easy to just do a google search and learn about our history in the States. While what you said may be true that is more likely not to be the case. Nothing is one shoe fits all but the atrocities of slavery have led to many Black Americans having Europeans blood in small amounts. Misinformation isn’t tolerated on my platform
@Kgoki890 What you're suggesting is highly unlikely. The only reason I'm curious about my European ancestry is to confirm the plantations in Jamaica that my ancestors came from. That will help me understand which parishes they are from. But yes, there is no positive way to interpret the European DNA when you know it was introduced before 1870. No one would want to celebrate a r*apist in their ancestry. If I get DNA matches to a descendant of one of these people, I might just inform them of their ancestor's crimes. There will be no happy PBS, reunification special.
@@Cosmicfraud3209 yeah there are no white people in my family and I’m a descendant of the transatlantic slave trade so yes slavery is the result of the DNA
I need source material for sweden and denmark being involved with slavery at all (not saying they wasn't vikings probably weren't polite raiders even before that time) but I've never heared of it or is it just because a lot of people from the UK isle at that time already had northern blood inside? *🤔 🤔
You do realize people have multiple ethnicities so the slave master would have different bloodlines attached to them… whether they were from the UK or not…
The English and Dutch people went to South Africa. That could be where your European DNA side move to. You probably won't have it from the African side.
@@NEMESIS_10 The European DNA 🧬 shows up on the test as well. The Dutch people went to So. Africa in 1652, and fought with the British for control of the land. Bantu is mostly found in Sub Sahara and Eastern Africa. I'm not sure what you don't understand
@@menelikmorton8597 Actually this is what I don't understand, "That could be where your European DNA side move to". It's the "move to" that threw me off, but just forget about it 😊.
@@TayllorChanise It's 3:01 here in EST. You didn't show your American White percentage. Did you show your part of the thirteen colonies, your American Black ancestry is from ??? I saw what you shared on the video. It looks like you have some Canadian on that map.
You look more like Amandla Stenberg and you both have a Southern Africa look it would be cool if ur grand grand parents one f them comes from the region
Let me say i have i troubled family background and because of this i would say Africans including African Americans have more pressing issues to deal with that being concerned about genetics. Anyway what's the use of being concerned about your family lineage when you are in a sinking boot like we are as Africans for example Nigerians or Zimbabweans have more pressing issues to worry about than lineage
Black Americans are not African; we are of African descent. Our modern ancestry traces back to the Early Carolinas, early Chesapeake Bay, and Early Mississippi regions. We then have Medieval period ancestry that extends from rural and urban societies and villages in Africa to various European areas, often overlooked. Then we have ancient ancestry, which is primarily African or the regions we now know as encompassing Africa. We are not Nigerian, Ghanaian, Igbo, or any of the colonial and postcolonial identities. That is what those tests reveal: genetic similarities. That is not ancestry; the branding and marketing in that are misleading. Even that itself has caveats. When it gives a percentage, it's not saying, 'you are made up of 44% this.' That interpretation on our part is improper. Also, what is that language conveying? What imagery comes to mind? I'm sure it's incorrect. The tests compare your DNA to preset samples to identify common traits; they don't uncover dissimilarity, which is key or new information about our makeup. It's confirmation bias. We don't belong to them; we don't owe them allegiance. We simply share DNA with people who are now in those regions. I say 'now' because they were not stagnant, just like we weren't. I say we don't belong to them and aren't them because, again, their histories were fluid and changing just as we too developed. Their identities, too, are just as modern as our 'Black American/African American' identities, which include our history from enslavement, maroons, free communities, creolization, triumph, political advocacy, the vibrant culture we developed, its impact, and our many subcultures and regional cultures. Regions like Chicago and Louisiana and other states, which are larger than many countries in the world (we need to stop underestimating ourselves). We need to stop looking outside ourselves. We are the full and complete bearers of our own lineages, that cannot be found in anyone else.
What I’m always gonna do is pay MY ancestors and lineage respect. And allegiance ? I don’t owe ANYONE my allegiance and damn sure not America. So I’m not sure what hill you’re on but I’m not up there with you Thanks for watching tho (:
Also you’re talking about Black American culture and history NOT genetics. Which is why I’m doing an ANCESTRY test. This is alllll over the place. You must not watch my videos also, if you did you would know I’m well versed in Black American culture and history.
As a Native American, im happy this women knows her ethnicity.. i grew up on East Coast and i have several African Americans come up to me and say they are part native American but what gives it away is their FACIAL features!! Besides their hair!.. it is soo disrespectful being Native American snd seeing rhese AFRICANS claim something their are not, some might be 5% but they are still Africans. Then you have those that tell me my people are fake and Africans are the "Original American INDIANS" soo, i ask people that they need to take their DNA test before talking ro a real Native American before claiming to be indigenous American
Well I was told when I was younger that they classified and made natives say they were African American idk how true it is but from what my grandmother told me that the reason why we have 5 percent indian in us is because back in the day the indians were classic as black so they ended up breeding with the slaves who came from africa to take away our heritage so we cant know who we are
@@MalachiSlade I'm full blooded and we don't agree with that sht! That's what they been telling Africans but us Native Americans don't even acknowledge connections.. because over time we realized it was NO GOOD IDEA TO BREED WITH AFRICANS, even Europeans still tell their children that at home! So yeah AFRICAN Americans history is messed, you best believe I've tried to tell Africans our history but they been whitewash, an example is how the USA took away their traditions
Your absolutely right. Never understood why people are cautious about DNA test if you’ve ever been to the dentist or if you were born in the hospital they already have your DNA
Say that again!
i took a spit drug test for a job once, they def gave that to the government
Exactly.
You can’t understand apprehension about your dna for something made for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY! They sell it read the fine print or Not🤯🥸. Ignorance is Bliss😮…
Im from South Africa and I am glad that more black Americans are deciding to come back to their own land here in Africa, ato other black Americans id like to encourage you to at least come visit the soil which a lot of your ancestors lived on for many years i promise you'll experience peace and maybe even a spiritual awakening. Africa is you and you are Africa or should i say Alkebulan which is the original name of Africa come home we love you guy and we look forward to seeing you all of you 😊
We look forward to seeing and meeting you all as well 😊
I know this seems strange but I visited Kenya some 16 years ago and I felt no connection to the continent.
@@rosahacketts1668 probably because they are East African? Different culture? Try South Africa next. Even thought South Africa wasn’t involved in Americas slavery, their culture is closest to us than other African countries
@@rosahacketts1668 I don’t think that’s strange! Americans and Kenyans have two different cultures so it’s not odd to have that feeling
@nhlanhla8501, I use to live in Johannesburg! Loved it there. That is when I realized that we as black Americans are still connected to African in everything we do. It was a true awakening
My mother is African-American and my father is a native of Orocovis PR 🇵🇷. I am 60% African, 32% European and 8% Native American. My highest African DNA comes from Nigeria (17%) and my highest European DNA is Spanish (20%).
Slave trade in Africa was big in West Africa!
West Africans sold slaves to European and Asian slave traders
Fast forward, African countries know for Human Trafficking in Africa are West African ( Nigeria, Niger,Mali and Senegal)
In South Africa:
The Zulus refused selling their people to slave traders, to a point the British had to go get slaves from India to work in the now KZN sugar cane plantations, hence South Africa has this highest population of Indians in Africa, majority in Durban a city in the Indian Ocean
And in Cape Town, the Khoi Khoi refused the slave trade which led the Dutch to go get Indonesian slaves, hence the Cape coloured is called know as the the Cape Malays
I dislike this false narrative that Africans sold their fellow African brothers and sisters as slaves. No! Africans were held at gunpoint and forced to go on those ships. Anyone who didn't comply was eliminated. Are we going to pretend that Africans in the Congo sold their natural resources to King Leopold of Belgium? I'm Namibian and people with a certain agenda say that Germans own so much of Namibian land because they bought the land from the indigenous people. They won't mention what the Germans did to the natives between 1904 - 1908 in order to acquire the land... smh
There just wasn’t that many people I. Southern Africa to begin with. The population of people in Southern Africa was sporadic and largely disconnected from other populated World regions so there weren’t a lot of slaves to capture there to begin with, and because Southern Africa is so far from everywhere the journey wouldn’t be worth it.
Only war prisoners were enslaved in west Africa before European arrival, not regular people or women. And even then, when war prisoners from other tribes were captured, they were treated a lot Better than European slaves and they could actually earn their freedom and join their new tribe and integrate. Europeans fueled conflicts among tribes to get more slaves due to them fueling more wars. When west Africans found out how horribly their captors were being treated by Europeans, they united and revolted against European chattel slavery but they were severely weakened by then and the European technology got better, such as guns.
There was also ethnic violence in Southern Africa but the population was and still is so small there. West Africans tend to also be taller and physically stronger, which made them ideal.
Southern Africa was then annexed and turned into a settler colony because the small population there gave Europeans way less resistance and rebellions
The slave trade isn't real
It was a small group of people that sold west Africans. Also war with neighbouring tribes such as OYO and Dahomey who would sell each other captives to the Portuguese and British.
@@asap5529 You don’t know South African history, there was more than enough people. The Xhosa people and the Cape Colony fought 9 wars over a hundred years with the settlers, the Zulu had similar run ins with the British and Boer. The Basotho defeated the Cape Colony in the gun wars. This all happened over hundreds of years and countless other tribes staging resistance. It has nothing to do with height or strength, the fastest man on earth is from Southern Africa. There’s a reason why large populations from other places were brought here.
If you get the opportunity, try the African Ancestry test. They gather your lineage from your mother’s side, and separately from your father’s side. Then they tell you the exact tribe you’re from ie Ashanti, Zulu, Bantu etc. based on each parent’s lineage from your sample. On my mother’s side I’m descended from Mende, Temne, Kru and Fulani people and on my father’s side I’m descended from the Bemeleke people. It’s very interesting because it makes you focus on the specific group of people you come from.
I actually edited a part out when I was talking about it. I am interested but boy is it an investment (or at least it was back when I first looked at it a few years ago). Maybe that’s the next one I’ll do . Do you feel it was worth the money ?
@@TayllorChanise Absolutely worth it. Remember, places like Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa etc, are made up places drawn by colonizers. Zulu, Igbo, Ashanti, Fulani etc are the real ethnicities of African peoples. Imagine drawing a box around a part of southern europe and calling it country named South Europe. Spanish are still the Spanish, the French are still the French and the Italians are still the Italians. Think of it along those lines. African Ancestry gives you a specific ethnic group of people.
I saw the test is $300, I may do it after my move or not too long intro he future. I’m happy you got the results and info you were searching for
Thank you for the info! I’m def more intrigued and will look into it more
AfricanAncestry literally only tells you about your maternal haplogroup (which literally represents nothing about your heritage)and your paternal haplogroup. It does not tell you what tribe you come from, due to the fact that she is an African American, she likely has heritage in tribes all over west Africa. What africanAncestry does is tell you which tribes have the highest frequency of your haplogroup. It's a scam and a waste of money, as haplogroups are not specific to specific tribes
Tayllor... you somehow give Jordyn Woods vibes with the way you look. I wish you continued happiness and prosperity
I wish you the same!
Bravo to you my sister for standing up and doing an ancestry DNA test even though some of the AA community and African diaspora are cautious to do it. The slave trade thing is the one thing that hurts and it just shows that the past is painful as it is. SA also got slaves hence why we are the rainbow nation and there is a lot of diversity
Such a similar history between our two countries
South Africa? Y’all had slaves but it wasn’t like chattel slavery the amount of slaves South Africa had was very little in comparison too the Americas and it was only in the Cape
Just found your channel, you have new subscriber. From Johannesburg SA.
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
What are your DNA Communities? Scroll down and it will show your communties. That's the most interesting and important part of your DNA results because it's showing you where your family has recently lived in America for the past few hundred years 💯
Oh I’ve already know those communities but it’s Eastern Louisanna and Mississippi (Franklin, Lincoln, Jefferson, Copiah County, Mississippi)
Central Southern, Inland Mississippi, North Central Mississippi and Alabama, Viriginia and Southern Ohio (buckingham county)
@@TayllorChanise wow!!! I also have that Community. My parents and extended family are from New Orleans.
My communties are
Eastern Louisiana and Western Mississippi African Americans
1. Eastern Louisiana and Mississippi Border
2. Southeast Louisiana Region
Early North Carolina African Americans
Deep South African Americans
Southern Louisiana French Settlers
Ascension and Assumption French Settlers
Early Southern United States African Americans
Virginia, Maryland, and Lower Mississippi River African Americans
I love New Orleans so much
Growing up we were told that we have also have Native American ancestry besides just African. In 2022 I found out that I may have unknowingly fathered a child when I was last stationed overseas. AncestryDNA test says that I did plus I'm also of western European ancestry along with African and Native American. This little mixed bag of DNAs probably can help explain how I'm able to get along with people of other cultures, backgrounds.
Who cares?
Not just black Americans it was done too
Black Carribean people too
Yes but I’m Black American. So I’m talking about myself
I get my results on 10/29 I can’t wait. I will do African Ancestry later on.
Same, I checked the price and it’s lower than it used to be but I’m still not gonna get it yet
@@TayllorChanise omg they came today… I have SA roots along with Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal!!!! So excited!
@@TayllorChanise yeah I have to wait too$300 is kinda steep right now.
Loveeee that !
Girl tell me about it
They have done allot of damage to us black people,even up until this day,we haven't recovered from the generational trauma,but we thank God and out ancestors for bringing you back home to Africa.Africa loves you.❤
Hello, my wife and I are planning to relocate to South Africa as well. We absolutely love SA and spent a month in Rosebank, Johannesburg two years ago. I watched a video in which you shared that your family is relocating on a Retirement Visa. I was wondering what are you using for retirement income?
My husband is a veteran and gets money through the VA
@@TayllorChanise Gotcha!! 👍🏾👍🏾
@@trailblazersish have you seen the videos from the real South Africa or dr asad. They are African Americans who moved to South Africa and greet other African American who visit or move there and have interviews on their TH-cam channel
The west bantu ppl (mbundu & bakongo tribes) aka the Angolans and Congo ppl from kingdom of Ndongo were originally the only group Enslaved in USA . But they were working together/United & together would plan revolts and unalive slave owners (Google stono rebellion, or Gullah Jack, etc) so they immediately stopped enslaving Central Africans and instead took some Enslaved igbo (Nigerians) from Barbados. And told them to have as many babies as possible. They figured babies born in slavery would not fight to go back to Africa like the west bantu did. Then they got more west Africans from other countries who didn’t speak the same languages, so no one could work together and plan revolts.
you shoulda got the african ancestry test, thats way more accurate and its for us. its $300 tho, but 100000% worth it
Not right now but I’m aware of the test. Maybe later on I will though 😊 thanks for watching !
3:02 I think the same way
You are Beautiful and I love how you love your African ancestry. I am with you on that! I have traced 5 of my 8 ancestry lines.
That is so awesome, how did you do it ?
@@TayllorChanise Lots of research and DNA in a few companies not just one. I finally did my maternal line through African Ancestry. My mother's maternal line is from Guinea-Bissau and her paternal line is Egyptian and same for my dad. His paternal line is Egyptian as well. I have not been able to do his maternal line as yet. I do a one female cousin on his side that her son said he will do it so there is a chance to find 6 of 8.
If you get a chance try LivingDNA in order to learn about your ethnic groups from your African Ancestry.
I haven’t heard of this one. I’m gonna look it up, thanks !
@@TayllorChanise yes I just found it recently myself. I wanted to look more than just the countries. Check out Breyionna the Afrofuturist she has a video about her using LivingDNA. Albeit the ethnic groups that LivingDNA has isn’t as extensive as what’s in each country I think it’s a good head start for more in depth information. My results are processing now and in a few weeks I will make a video myself.
@@TayllorChanise I also have a video on my YT channel breaking down the website. I will make an update video with my results x
Our family tested with African Ancestry and on both our mother’s side we are from Cameroon. 🇨🇲
We South Africans are Bantu. I'm glad there is Bantu leniage in your DNA.
I just learned this the other day!
Love this for you and your fam sis, don’t listen to naysayers 🙌🏿
Africa is yours girl, Come and experience being on the Motherland . Those who did in South Africa, everywhere they go weather in Santon Johannesburg or at the mall of Africa we black South Africans will always say " Welcome home ".
You will have feelings of belonging, I have seen others cry vividly on reason that they have now found home. African Americans are welcomed in South Africa.
The people in general here are so humble especialy when they see you as an AA. Maybe it is because your Africanicity resonating or triggered when they hear that you are an African American.
Definitely such a welcoming community. Can’t wait to move in December
😂..Stop with the shenanigans!
From what is scientifically known so far, every person inherits 50% of the DNA from each biological parent, which leaves the remaining 50% of each biological parent’s DNA generally having an unknown impact on that individual, unless both of that individual’s biological parents have also taken a DNA test. Given that, it may be plausible to reasonably assume the following, with some fault.
For example, from tested DNA, let’s say:
A person’s ancestry is 75% black and 25% non-black (i.e., admixture). It might be reasonably surmised that since only 50% of the DNA from each biological parent is inherited, that a more plausible realistic admixture estimate for that individual could be as high as 80% of that individual’s baseline admixture. In this example that would equate to 20% add-on non-black admixture (i.e., 80% of the baseline 25% admixture) being added to that baseline 25% non-black admixture, resulting in a more reflective DNA comparison of 55% black and 45% non-black [25% + 20%]. The same would hold true if the (racial) assignments were reversed or different (e.g., a person whose baseline ancestry is 75% white and 25% non-white). In that latter case, the reflective DNA comparison would be 55% white and 45% non-white. Remember, race, admixture and other discerning categorizations and methods are things that the average person doesn’t have any control over.
I thought I'd come comment on your latest video and congratulate you for being part of a Rugby World Cup winning nation🏆🇿🇦🔥😂 please watch the reaction videos of South Africans when we won the final, you'll see how much this win means to us. Or better yet, make a video of you reacting to those reactions.😂 I promise you, your subscribers are gonna love it. Heartwarming stuff❤
That’s a great video idea! Thanks for this comment
What are your genetic communities?
Wym ?
@@TayllorChanise"Early North Carolina Black Americans" or "Virginia Black Americans" or "Creole Louisiana Black Americans" or "Northern Jamaica", etc..
@@TayllorChanise that person is right. You can get lot of info from community tab. Example if it says early Virginia, go to the place where the first group arrived from kingdom of Ndongo) (now renamed Luanda Angolan to Hampton Virginia. If it says South Carolina, go to Charleston and Sullivan island, that’s the south version of ellis island. They still have the “pest houses “ in Sullivan island, which os where slaves were quarantined for 2 week before being sold. Visit the Gullah ppl, a tribe that was created by enslaved Africans. they have info
Oh yeah I responded to a recent comment with it. My family in America was originally in the Virginia’s, Louisiana, Mississippi and later went to the Carolina’s Georgia etc
@@doubleutee2100 how do I find out mine? I've just recently did my Heritage and Helix DNA test.
I did my ancestry years ago and I'm 96% sub-saharian African
Hey Tay quick question I would like to know if you would do the ancestry DNA test to your kids or are they still young for it ?
I think there isn’t an age restriction but I guess I never thought about it lol. My husband did his so we know what the kids are just not estimated percentages. Maybe I’ll do it during the holidays when the DNA kits go on sale 😊 thanks for watching as always !
Having lighter skin is not something you only get from your European DNA there are many West Africans with lighter skin tones especially us Igbo's
Mm or it can be from the white people that were in my family 💀 not saying it’s not possible but I’m almost sure
Bantu people are South African people Zulu, Xhosa, Swati Sotho ,Tswana, Ndebele etc so it's 22% 😲. Ubuntu it's our prime principle.
My gosh ! Thank you for the information!
Wow sis I also have Nigerian/Bantu and Im inspired now to share mines. Thanks❤
You should !
Wow, your DNA results are identical to mine without the European side. You're truly wakanda , my African sister.😊
Family
1% Viking - Now that IS cool! Greetings from Denmark
Love the results black queen. I also feel the same way about the european ancestry.
Thanks for watching!
Something to consider your British DNA might be from British slaves not from "Slavers"..From the 17th century into the 19th century, transportation to the colonies as a criminal or an indentured servant served as punishment for both genuine and petty crimes, or for simply being poor and viewed as an 'undesirable', in England and Ireland facilitated by the Transportation Act of 1718 Tens of thousands children and vulnerable adults were kidnapped from Britain and transported by sail ship to the emerging lands of America, as a source of expendable labour for the numerous plantations of the colonies. During the same period, workhouses employed people whose poverty left them no other alternative than to work under forced labour conditions...
For further information read the books...They were white and they were slaves...And White cargo... I hope this helps
Ok but mine weren’t lol. Idk why everyone is shocked Black people in America are able to point to their European ancestry and confirm it’s through slavery …
@@TayllorChanise oh ok so your a descendant of slavers very interesting 🤔
@@Damian.Williams many Black Americans that have a very small amount of European DNA are - that’s based on the historical context of slavery in the country
''your British DNA might be from British slaves not from slavers" i know you're yt
They gave you Nigeria, but then specified it with another Nigerian category, which is East Central at 3%. The region East Central is the homeland of the Igbo people. This probably means that your root could be the Igbo tribe.
Thanks for the information. Maybe so, hope to find out in the coming years
If Black diasporans are taking DNA tests, the most important aspect of the tests is your DNA matches. Benin/Togo, Ivory Coast/Ghana and the rest of the groupings is really irrelevant.
Can you expand on this ?
@TayllorChanise
Of course I can. Africa is a continent of tribes. There are at least 25 tribes in Nigeria alone. For the DNA companies to say that you are Nigerian without identifying your tribe is not saying much. They did narrow the Nigerian part to East Central which is good. In Nigeria, East Central means Igbo tribe. But they didn't identify your other tribes. This is where your DNA matches comes in. Your African DNA matches is the one sure way of identifying which tribes your African ancestors comes from. To say that somebody is from Nigeria or Cameroon/Congo without specifying which tribe really doesn't mean anything.
@@longinusukenta I just wanted to make sure I understood your initial comment, thanks (: but yeah unfortunately as being part of the diaspora there’s not many affordable options for us to get very in depth information. So for us even having a small piece of the puzzle than have no piece at all. It’s not as easy to determine this information for us without either a surplus of money or alot time and resources. I look forward to the day we get more tools to dig deeper easier
I am betting my 2 cents that the Tikar ethnic group will pop up on your African ancestry test. Read about them. 2nd bet is Bamileke people.
If I do the African Ancestry test? I’ll look them up (: thanks for watching
Yes. Those are people from Bamenda in Cameroon but are spread around the central region, they look like people from Southern Africa. Quincy Jones and Spike Lee were traced to them.
African Ancestry tells all Black Americans, the same thing. The test always says Tikar, Bamileke, Fulani, LOL. Maybe you should see the test results they also gave native Africans, its bogus their results cost a lot for a reason.
No she is from low country like me. Our people came from the kingdom of Kongo ,western Bantu people. For West Africa we're mixed with a few ethnic groups like Igbo , Yoruba, Akan, Mandinka, Mende Esan people
The African ancestry definitely gets igbo,and Yoruba mixed up for Tikar because at one time Nigeria and Cameroon was one . I was told I was Tikar and did my ancestry test and I was only 1 percent Tikar. There is even this igbo man who took the African ancestry test on purpose because he said it was a scam , both of the igbo guys parents were born in Nigeria 🇳🇬 but African ancestry told him he was Tikat, Hausa and Fulani.
So, would you rather stay and live in Africa rather than the US? Your searching your ancestors is really inspirational. Your ancestors and God maybe proud of your works, that you are turning your hearts to them and they maybe to you.....
We actually relocate to South Africa this December (: so I’m starting the journey soon. Thanks for watching !
@@TayllorChanise
You are welcome..... We welcome you to motherland Africa our home. May your cause and aspirations prosper!
I appreciate you !
Nigeria East Central is Igbo.
Not surprised you barely have any South African, no slaves that went to Americans came from here…not surprised you’re most Nigerian& some other parts of west Africa. Glad you are happy to see a tiny bit of SA that got you excited…
Yes I mentioned that in the video, most Black Americans know where much of our ancestry comes from which is West Africa - with a lot having ancestry in Nigeria specifically
@@TayllorChanise glad you’re finding your way back home and connecting with the continent in your own way. Wish you well in South Africa, hope you find prosperity😊
@@TayllorChanise yes a lot from west africa but a lot also from central africa like Angola and Congo
@@victor-su2xh the majority are not.
You came out pretty gorgeous for a clone as you said 😂😂😂
Hahaha thank you !
Southern bantu? You are one of us❤😂
Just by a little bit but here I am(:
@@TayllorChanise 😊❤❤
But the moers existed, so black Americans could have admixtured & intermarried & that’s a long time ago. So that dna admixture with Native Americans cannot be denied. Probably there are black Americans with a huge percentage Native American than Tayllor has. I don’t think it as one size fits all.
That’s not the case in America . It’s too easy to just do a google search and learn about our history in the States. While what you said may be true that is more likely not to be the case. Nothing is one shoe fits all but the atrocities of slavery have led to many Black Americans having Europeans blood in small amounts. Misinformation isn’t tolerated on my platform
@Kgoki890 What you're suggesting is highly unlikely. The only reason I'm curious about my European ancestry is to confirm the plantations in Jamaica that my ancestors came from. That will help me understand which parishes they are from. But yes, there is no positive way to interpret the European DNA when you know it was introduced before 1870. No one would want to celebrate a r*apist in their ancestry. If I get DNA matches to a descendant of one of these people, I might just inform them of their ancestor's crimes. There will be no happy PBS, reunification special.
The irish owned slaves? I thoight the english did
Yall think people are just 100% English when they came? Lol
@@TayllorChanise true they carried Irish genetics in them I guess
@@Cosmicfraud3209 yeah there are no white people in my family and I’m a descendant of the transatlantic slave trade so yes slavery is the result of the DNA
@@TayllorChanise 😥 yes I read the stories of what they did to the natives and the africans
I need source material for sweden and denmark being involved with slavery at all (not saying they wasn't vikings probably weren't polite raiders even before that time) but I've never heared of it or is it just because a lot of people from the UK isle at that time already had northern blood inside? *🤔 🤔
You do realize people have multiple ethnicities so the slave master would have different bloodlines attached to them… whether they were from the UK or not…
How much african did it give u
I broke it down in the video
The English and Dutch people went to South Africa. That could be where your European DNA side move to. You probably won't have it from the African side.
The English and Dutch are "Bantu"?
@@NEMESIS_10 The European DNA 🧬 shows up on the test as well. The Dutch people went to So. Africa in 1652, and fought with the British for control of the land. Bantu is mostly found in Sub Sahara and Eastern Africa. I'm not sure what you don't understand
No my European ancestry is from America / Slave Trade.
@@menelikmorton8597 Actually this is what I don't understand, "That could be where your European DNA side move to". It's the "move to" that threw me off, but just forget about it 😊.
@@TayllorChanise It's 3:01 here in EST. You didn't show your American White percentage. Did you show your part of the thirteen colonies, your American Black ancestry is from ??? I saw what you shared on the video. It looks like you have some Canadian on that map.
so you are only 18 percent European?!
How about changing your nationality yo south African all together with your family. It will be beneficial in the future.
My nationality is American and I’m not changing that. I have my own family history I’m proud of and would never erase as a Black American woman
What about the Native American?
What about it? It’s literally under 3%, I would never claim that either because it’s not a significant percentage for it to be apart of my identity.
Makes sense. Most of you are from the West not down here
Yeah that’s what I said in the video. I don’t think really any Black Americans are from down here
Meaning we could be cousins 😂since you have 4% of South African DNA lol
😂😂
Girrl, the "transatlantic slave trade" wasn't even real. 😂
Lmfao. Sometimes delusion is so strong. I pray for your sanity lovey
You look more like Amandla Stenberg and you both have a Southern Africa look it would be cool if ur grand grand parents one f them comes from the region
I had to look up who she was at first but I know this actress! Never heard we resembled but def a complement (: thanks for watching
@@TayllorChanise Yea u look alike and she has a South African name, I am sure u will get one as well when u get here.
Let me say i have i troubled family background and because of this i would say Africans including African Americans have more pressing issues to deal with that being concerned about genetics. Anyway what's the use of being concerned about your family lineage when you are in a sinking boot like we are as Africans for example Nigerians or Zimbabweans have more pressing issues to worry about than lineage
What does that have to do with me…that’s a personal problem
Black Americans are not African; we are of African descent. Our modern ancestry traces back to the Early Carolinas, early Chesapeake Bay, and Early Mississippi regions. We then have Medieval period ancestry that extends from rural and urban societies and villages in Africa to various European areas, often overlooked. Then we have ancient ancestry, which is primarily African or the regions we now know as encompassing Africa.
We are not Nigerian, Ghanaian, Igbo, or any of the colonial and postcolonial identities. That is what those tests reveal: genetic similarities. That is not ancestry; the branding and marketing in that are misleading. Even that itself has caveats. When it gives a percentage, it's not saying, 'you are made up of 44% this.' That interpretation on our part is improper. Also, what is that language conveying? What imagery comes to mind? I'm sure it's incorrect. The tests compare your DNA to preset samples to identify common traits; they don't uncover dissimilarity, which is key or new information about our makeup. It's confirmation bias. We don't belong to them; we don't owe them allegiance. We simply share DNA with people who are now in those regions.
I say 'now' because they were not stagnant, just like we weren't. I say we don't belong to them and aren't them because, again, their histories were fluid and changing just as we too developed. Their identities, too, are just as modern as our 'Black American/African American' identities, which include our history from enslavement, maroons, free communities, creolization, triumph, political advocacy, the vibrant culture we developed, its impact, and our many subcultures and regional cultures. Regions like Chicago and Louisiana and other states, which are larger than many countries in the world (we need to stop underestimating ourselves). We need to stop looking outside ourselves.
We are the full and complete bearers of our own lineages, that cannot be found in anyone else.
What I’m always gonna do is pay MY ancestors and lineage respect. And allegiance ? I don’t owe ANYONE my allegiance and damn sure not America. So I’m not sure what hill you’re on but I’m not up there with you
Thanks for watching tho (:
Also you’re talking about Black American culture and history NOT genetics. Which is why I’m doing an ANCESTRY test. This is alllll over the place. You must not watch my videos also, if you did you would know I’m well versed in Black American culture and history.
Wow...Look at all that wasted text lol.
WASTED lol. They are so silly
As A Native American,This is why I say you African Americans are delusional AF! Now they don't want to be Africans they want to be "American"
As a Native American, im happy this women knows her ethnicity.. i grew up on East Coast and i have several African Americans come up to me and say they are part native American but what gives it away is their FACIAL features!! Besides their hair!.. it is soo disrespectful being Native American snd seeing rhese AFRICANS claim something their are not, some might be 5% but they are still Africans. Then you have those that tell me my people are fake and Africans are the "Original American INDIANS" soo, i ask people that they need to take their DNA test before talking ro a real Native American before claiming to be indigenous American
Well I was told when I was younger that they classified and made natives say they were African American idk how true it is but from what my grandmother told me that the reason why we have 5 percent indian in us is because back in the day the indians were classic as black so they ended up breeding with the slaves who came from africa to take away our heritage so we cant know who we are
@@MalachiSlade I'm full blooded and we don't agree with that sht! That's what they been telling Africans but us Native Americans don't even acknowledge connections.. because over time we realized it was NO GOOD IDEA TO BREED WITH AFRICANS, even Europeans still tell their children that at home! So yeah AFRICAN Americans history is messed, you best believe I've tried to tell Africans our history but they been whitewash, an example is how the USA took away their traditions
As a black American, i can care less what you think. You folks are anti black just little the Europeans