She isn't African enough?! DNA Ancestry tests feat. It's Okay To Be Smart
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- Ancestry and DNA testing is one of the fastest growing consumer markets. Over 26 million people have access to their DNA profiles, but understanding these profiles is complicated -- especially if you're a descendant of enslaved people. To highlight it’s complexity, Azie (who has taken over 5 DNA tests) explains her results with help from Dr. Joe Hanson of It's Okay to be Smart. Together they explain the science behind determining your skinfolk from your kinfolk. #AfricanAncestry #DNAtesting #Geneology
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Fun fact: Dr. Joe wrote his own joke(s) for this episode complete with breaks for Evelyn & Azie to react. I guess science can actually be fun sometimes, who knew?!
Are you saying I am funny? I think that's what you're saying! THANK YOOOOU
Science is always fun
*10/10 Wholesome*
Science is exciting and interesting....
Hallease, of course science IS FUN. It has occupied my life from 2 yo (I decided to be a doctor at that age; told my parents at 6 yo). I was always experimenting. I am in my 6th decade and not bored yet. Oh, yes I did get my MD and I am still licensed.
I took the African Ancestry and 23andMe tests. Having some knowledge, any knowledge other than "we were slaves", was overwhelming! I literally cried reading my results.
so what did you get ?
@@hellothere4485 65% African and then in decending order
English Irish Finish
Irish and English? They were indentured servants here too aka slaves.
@@benlw2 What kind of African?
Malene Charles indentured servants were not slaves. Just sayin
Found the half-sister I didn't know I had through 23andme, and through her, my biological mother. No regrets! I love my new family. My sister and I are both only-children. Cracks me up.
Awesome
I did too
Wow! So happy that you found your missing piece of your life.
So 23 reveals who is potentially related to you??
@@mamahunteronthego4284 yes! You can opt out though.
"Sign away your cloning rights" This may actually become an issue in the future, and not just a joke.
They're not fully sequencing your DNA, which would be the minimum bar to even attempt that.
They are, however, selling your statistical data to drug companies so that those companies can easily figure out what percentages of the population have illnesses that they can sell drugs to as well as percentages of those people who will have certain resistances or responses to medication.
Your DNA can also be used in criminal investigations. So if you or a family member left genetic material at a crime scene, they could identify it from a relative's test. Arrests have really been made this way.
I still did testing, though, because others in my family had. If they already had my info, I at least wanted access to it.
They're also working with law enforcement to solve cases and I'm not about to snitch on myself cuz if i'm not on camera i didn't do it :)
Considering the human tendency to oppression I sincerely hope cloning people will never be legal, no sentient being should be cloned, including pets.
@@palarious in service of the disease maintenance approach to healthcare.
Actual African anthropologist who studies Neanderthals here. There is no evidence that we simply beat up the Neanderthals. They most probably were just out competed by our number and our wider range of tech. Sure there might have been some conflict but we are really trying to correct the narrative that we just kinda killed them off. Love both of you by the way and Azie, your African accent is on point. Had me rolling!
if you are subsaharan of of subsaharan descent, ur ancestors probably didn't met neanderthals
Also many people tend to think that only Europeans have Neanderthal ancestry, while actually Asians, Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians, Melanesians and Polynesians have too, and not less
There are more than simply Neanderthal and not-Neanderthal. Africans are obviously mixed with a different homonoid than the other races like Asian and Europeans.
Is there any evidence "you" even encountered a Neanderthal?
"African accent"?
"I'm 2% Jewish" "And 100% more interesting!" I am dying!
Mee Too!!!! LOL......
It sounds like she is putting down Jewish people!!!!!
@@adric137 oh it was just a joke. Nobody hating on Jewish ancestry. If she had Ashanti people out of Africa it people would have still had a cow.
@@adric137 oh shut up
@@umbracastaway3379 I have a right to stand up for the Jewish people and express my views!!!!
“We already know about Jeezus.” Lol!
I was drinking ice tea when I heard that. You know what happened.
That was so funny to me
That had me rolling 😁😁😁
Deborah Robinson what's up tiye
That Henrietta Lacks shout out had me snapping for hours. Amazing
We talked about the HeLa cells in University but no one said something about the stolen rights to use her cells -_- And I find it sad, working with a cell culture from a woman that died because of said mutated cells :(
@@MsSonali1980 She died from cancer. Scientists use immortalized cancer lines and embryonic lines all of the time. Cell lines are how important advances like CRISPR and drug discovery, can be made. It's far better to use cells that have no sentience for modeling prior to going into an animal model.
Ethically, the researchers were in the wrong for culturing Henrietta's cells without her consent, and previous profits from her cell line should have been shared with her family. There have been important gains in informed consent policy so any new samples turned into cell lines are ethically collected.
I took one and then searched for African born cousins. Turns out most of my cousins born in the motherland are Igbo while my wife’s African cousins are mostly Fulani. We even narrowed down regions where many our ancestors were from so it’s been a great experience for me.
Burdett Rice what was the name of your test?
OMG I've never tried searching that way. Thanks for the tip. I am VERY interested in the African portion of my DNA which is the one I know least about.
Are you American? How many generations back are they your cousins.
You look fulani even your hair lmho 😅😅 blood is so strong
@@petergeramin7195 that's a good question. I don't know exactly which cousin my Igbo cousins are. I have found and confirmed at least 6 Igbo cousins. Just looking at the DNA, they are all my 5th - 8th cousins. At least one Igbo cousin, I believe, is my 5th cousin due to how much DNA we share, being the shared centimorgans are relatively high (about 20 cM).
“Plain old ordinary black” nothing ordinary about fighting centuries of slavery, fighting against segregation, and overcoming to the White House. DONT LET SOCIETY MAKE YOU THINK YOU ARE LESS THAN EXTRAORDINARY! Stay woke 👑.
I dont like this its like its saying we are inferior.
Black and white people in my family both say this nonsense and it annoys me lol my white side thinks they’re boring because they’re “just” British, Irish, and German...and then being “just” African American isn’t cool either. Learning the history of what our people have been through and how we paved the way for others to come here and enjoy freedom, we and everyone else need to put some respeck on African Americans...our ancestors fought and did that. But I guess being Jamaican or Dominican is “special”
That annoys me to no end. We are a complete ethnic group. We actually embrace blackness like no other. How is being the ultimate emarcer of all things black; boring.
@UmiMiami some do some don't
'overcoming to the White house' - African stuggles aren't conflated with African American struggles, we experienced immensely different things and our American brothers went through serious hardships. Saying all this cause Obama's continental African, he's not descendant of slaves. African Americans have paved the way for people like Obama to become president, and I hope Africans never forget this.
"Oh, I actually am from New Jersey!"
"I can tell..."
😂😂😂
I felt some type im waay because im from Jersey
I didn’t know we stood out so much. 😂
My mom found out her dad was mixed race after living 50 years as a “very tan” white person because the adoption agency listed her as white.
My sister is mixed and she hardly looks black
The humor is so efortless. Keep going!
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! THIS IS BLACK EXCELLENCE!
Jenn Poteau ikr
@@Josephhillcrest there is nothing wrong with black people celebrating each other.
@@littlegothgirl8869 yes, say it again. We should be proud and we should condemned the bad with our own culture too. Overall we are still going to celebrate black excellence.
Silly American:“Oh! Uh JAMBO!!”
Village auntie : 🙄 Jambo 😒
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was in Zanzibar just a week ago and everyone greeted me with Jambo or hakuna matata as if it was the only thing I know because I'm white lol but it was a great experience
Haha this is so funny!!
@@mbathaessy1292 Jambo means 'Hello' . It's a book we used to read to pre-schoolers that taught Swahili.
“You’re Finnish” “Yup all done” lmao you guys are great writers - enjoying the series and learning a ton. Y’all passing the fact checks too..
I took a DNA test. I'm black and from Louisiana. and... nothing surprising happened. I got results from the ivory coast (where most slaves came from), and a little bit of European (because slave masters is nasty). And that was pretty much it. As a black American, there is such a dilution of the family tree from Africa to here. I wish I could know if the European DNA was by choice, or added to my family tree by force.
I would have thought more of us came from Nigeria. As far as Louisiana I thought most came from Senegal, Gambia, Mali and Benin.
At least you have the forethought to know it wasn't always force.
I saw one youtuber find out her mitochondrial dna was European and completely forgot how to function. Turned out not to be rape at all. Her ggg'ma had married a black man in the 1800s and they raised a large family together. People like them are why white supremacists made interracial marriage illegal until it was finally deemed unlawful in the 60s.
Sincerely Eccentric IT WAS BY FORCE!!!
@@MG-wc6nk The former pro football player and TV show host Michael Strahan was featured on "Finding Your Roots" and he discovered he had a white ancestor who was never a slave owner and had had a consensual relationship with a black woman. Ancestry.com did a TH-cam video miniseries with a black comic named Kamau Bell who also found out that he had a non-slave owning white ancestor.
Not all was by force. I thought that too at first, until I found wills and excerpts from different white family trees showing that there were some that had secret love affairs and slavery was a cover. If you see a whole biological family on one plantation then it's most likely a love affair as most slave children were taken away from their parents and sold to other plantations. Don't go by what you think you know. Research your own line and dialogue with your white cousins, they hold alot of info.
😂😂 African Auntie Evelyn's eye roll and the the subtle wiggle 😂😂😂😂
*eye rolls into the oblivion for the ancestors* -Hallease
Thanks to multiple members of my extended family taking DNA tests, a second/third cousin whowas given up for adoption and was looking for her blood relatives was able to reconnect and learn about her parents and possible siblings she never knew she had! It can have it's benefits
This was so very PBS...fun, informative, and quirky!! Good job, Internet cuz! 👍🏾😉
Awesome video ladies! Honestly growing up in America I’ve always known and told people I was “half black and my other half is Irish and French-canadian” and this answered the question sufficiently for everyone who’d ever asked until I was 29 and finally left the states and got to London. On my first day someone asked me my ethnicity and when I told them the same answered I’d given my whole life they said “ok but what is your black half tho” and my brain melted for a second. How no one (including myself) had never asked me this question kinda made me mad and then sad especially since the only answer I could give was “Slaves?” Lol but obviously I meant African American and I came to preferring this answer. as you stated evelyn, I’m most comfortable identifying as African American as we have got our own distinct culture here in the states. Honestly even if I came to find out what African country my roots come from I think that disconnect during slavery was so severe that those slaves really did mark a new ethnicity and began to create a new culture and that culture is one im very proud to be a part of today.
So while I have considered doing one of these tests just out of sheer curiosity I feel confident and proud to identify my ethnicity as African American and I ultimately can’t bring myself to give the colonizers $100+ to tell me where their ancestors stole my ancestors from. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks for the insight on this! ❤️
Okay speak then!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I'm just curious, why do you say half and half for either side? Or why *did* you say rather because you've made how you identify now African American clear but in the past did consider yourself half of your own history, Heritage, culture and identity? I'm just curious because all the biracial people I've known ( of any type of background whether it be black and white white and Asian black and Asian) both in my family and outside of it kind of find calling them half an insult because they aren't half of their own history but I know some other people who really don't mind and I even know some people that don't like the turn biracial itself for the same reasons. But what you are talking about is so true. People always say that they're black and then can specifically name all of the ethnicities that maybe in their bloodline but not the specific ethnicities for black people as if we're all the same or as if we're not interesting enough. I know being a black girl from the south and being of the Louisiana Creole cultural heritage I have different backgrounds and me and somehow were able to name exactly what those other things are but when it comes to being black we don't say the specific ethnicity that I'm African-American as if that's not as exciting or exotic. Thank you for sharing your story.
Niki Bronson so in casual conversation and functionally, I just say I’m black. I don’t really have any connections to my white families heritage or culture or anything. I’m black. But I’m light skinned and obviously mixed so people typically want to know what the mix is in which case I give them the breakdown. I prefer the term mixed if anything. I don’t have a noteworthy reason why but I’ve never liked the term biracial. Sounds too official. I guess maybe saying biracial sounds like I am a member of both but we all know that’s not how it works. Either you’re white or you’re not white. I’m clearly not white so I’m not “biracial”. I’m mixed. Not knocking anyone that does use that term, I’ve just never liked it personally.
But yes, first and foremost I identify as black and only if someone is looking for more specifics do I give them the breakdown.
Niki Bronson also thanks for reading and the response! 🙏🏽❤️
Slaves were taken from Equatorial West Africa, not elsewhere in Africa. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Africa_slave_Regions.svg/400px-Africa_slave_Regions.svg.png
Here here! I second that I'm black and I'm proud, I'm human and I'm proud.
Hating hot weather. 😆😂
That's the main condition to being Scandinavian. Welcome to the family. 😅
And hot is above 25°C
Lena Jocham 🤣🤣🤣 yaaas, that’s why I love being from the North. No hot weather for me 🙅🏾♀️🙅🏾♀️🙅🏾♀️
People think it's a stereotype but it's not!!! XD
Man same
Scandinavian ancestry, here! LOVE THE COLD!!!!!☃️❄🌬🌨
Northern European (mostly Scandinavian) here, and I used to just “hate” the heat. Now that I am old, it is more than just hate. Temperatures over 85 F make me sick. I really wish this weren’t the case, because summers keep on getting hotter. On the other hand, I love the cold ❄️ ❄️. The cold doesn’t even start to bother me until about 10 F. (You can always put on more clothes.) I even go camping in the winter.
(My mitochondrial DNA is from Norway.)
I took a DNA test. It didn't really offer surprising ethnicity results, but I did find out the identity of my biological father and 4 sisters I didn't know I had. So, that's sumpin'...
I took a DNA test to see if I could find my dad, but I just keep finding more people on my mom's side 😩
In your African Excavation skit you did the condescending Anerican thing great.
Very amusing. Honestly my favorite skit there.
And I found the Information very spot on.
Thank you. I'm a little bit happier.
Evelyn from the Internets, you are BY FAR my favorite TH-camr!!! I love this collaboration and the information presented in this video! Thank you for sharing this insight in such an in depth video!!!
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I'm conflicted on taking a DNA test. On the one hand, no thank you to companies using my DNA in some way I find ethically questionable (such as police using it for investigations that will perpetuate mass incarceration). But on the other, I'd like to know more about my family. Most of my family I know has passed away, so I don't have many people to turn to ask questions about our history. Some companies even provide data on possible genetic health markers. Since my family's medical history is mostly lost, I'd be interested to try and learn something through a DNA test.
I am in the exact same boat tbh.
If it makes you feel better, there are regulations the police have regarding access to DNA. They don’t just have all access to everyone’s Genetic makeup especially if you’ve never been arrested and put in jail. There are strict guidelines that are used to protect you. I can understand the mistrust but I’d be more worried about the third parties that these companies can give your info too. Even then, research must be done and fine print must be read.
Your not that interesting or special
As a Dane, my blood and stem cells have been in the system since the day I was born, so I really can't relate to the example you've given. If you have such worries you should think more about what companies might do with DNA in the future and if the databases we send our fluids to might sell whatever info those companies are interested in (though I can't imagine what they would use it for...)
I did Ancestry and in their agreement I opted out of them sharing my results
My husband took a dna test and found his Half Sister and was able to find his bio Mom and Dad. My moms cousins did it too and found my aunts daughter that she had adopted out 26 years ago. For me it helped me open a deeper family history convo with my grandma.
which platform if you don’t mind me asking
Man I love your African accents in this video! The humor is great here. Thanks for the insightful work as well!
love the shoutout to the powerhouse of the cell, lol!
Big props to our friends over at It's Okay to Be Smart for having great graphics. - Hallease
I just adapted to my husband’s Gambian/Mandinka culture... cuz I ain’t selling my dna lol
And that is what people should be doing instead of the whole DNA fuckery
But your DNA is what makes you special sweetheart! You may have some very amazing people in your lineage that you'll never know about. Just a thought.
Hey sister! My husband from The Gambia also but he a Fulani. I said same thing, I said I am from whatever tribe your from now! Lmao his family very welcoming so I feel blessed. Sure it same or similar for u.
@@gracefire9067 Thank you! I 100% agree. The bible even warns against genealogy searches. It's pointless and doesn't do anything for you. Outside of my great-grandparents, I don't care about any other ancestors because their DNA didn't influence mine in any meaningful way.
For the right price you would.....
African Ancestry is amazing 🙌🏿 I found out my Maternal Ancestry is the Fulani tribe from Guinea Bissau and Mende and Temne people from Sierra Leone 🇬🇼🇸🇱
“Then sign away your cloning rights and ability to process gluten” that SENT me 😩😂
I had to laugh about "2% Jewish and 100% more interesting.." :DDDD since like everyone who does this tests say they have 2% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry :DDD it is the new "I'm 1/16 Cherokee" :D
@@MsSonali1980 i hatehatehate when people say that! " My great great great grandfather was 30% Native American" or Puerto Rican or whatever is racially 'trendy' at the time...
I have to say - this is one of the best videos on commercial DNA tests I've ever seen.
7:55 fun fact, the Ashanti ethic group is considered to be part of the Akan ethnic group in Ghana. This is because they were all one big ethnic group at one point in history but broke of because of war and food and all the other reasons why humans don't get along.
Also, it was hard to not get distracted because both of y’all are glowing!!!!
I took several DNA tests. I reviewed them on my TH-cam channel. I am over 90% African. I enjoyed this episode ladies and gent. 😊
@Ricky Yes. Mom's side is from SC/GA and Dad's is from the Bahamas. Here is my playlist. th-cam.com/play/PLrqMHF2bET969YtEkc843TgvhiT0URiuv.html
Wow! I figured you must be from VA or the Carolinas with that high percentage.
I’m only slightly curious about my DNA but would not take an ancestry test because I don’t think most company’s care about their users privacy. I could never get that personal data back.😨
CurveTheRain whole heartedly agree with everything you said
The main reason why I won't either. All I keep thinking about is the unfairness and greed of what happened to Henrietta Lacks.
Spiceybooger Spiceybooger 💔girl, hearing her name and emmit tills name still give me the shivers, I cry every time 😔
I took African Ancestry and they don't sell or research testing using your DNA. What the scientist guy said is what happens and you will know the present day country and tribe. There is nothing like it.
@@halmamama43 WHO. CARES
And they black owned!✊🏾
“Plain ole ordinary black” 😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
That would be actual Africans
@@petergeramin7195 Africans tend to identify as an ethnic group rather than with the word black. In fact, in the U.S. there are many Africans who do not like to be called black (e.g. I'm not Black, I'm Somali). Black folks in the U.S. use the term "black" as a racial/ethnic identity.
@@candace5106i think it wouls be wise to say some africans instead of just africans. I am african, so are my parents and alot of my friends. We identify with being black and our ethnic groups. And i know many others do.
@@msgirly6827: I wasn't trying to say all Africans avoid using the word "black" as an identity. That is why I said "Africans tend to" rather than "all Africans." I am well aware that some Africans, particularly those that have spent some time in the West, identify as black. However, the word black doesn't seem to carry the same weight with Africans (living on the continent) and recent immigrants as it does with Black Americans. "Black" to us refers to more than just a color but represents a culture, skin tone, racial category, ethnicity, etc.
@@candace5106 Black is race, not ethnicity. African american is a sub group, creole is a ethnicity and culture.
I've never taken a DNA test, but I did find an interesting tidbit going through the Indo-European language family tree. See, I am mixed (or as I like to put it, I'm half of a white person) and the white half of my family is Danish, so while looking through the Indo-European language chart for an entirely separate reason, I found Danish and found out it was a modern offshoot of Old Norse, which means I am not only half pastry, but I am also part viking and this could partially explain why I'm so fascinated with Norse mythology.
Yes. I took the test, was amazingly surprised and it helped a lot for my ancestry tree. So far, in America I've found all my G parents from 1825 and up. I've been linked to cousins I never knew....proven to be my cousins!
Very cool! Which test did you take?
@@apostolicesha Ancestry DNA
Did my DNA test some years ago with 23andme. Was fascinating. Didn"t find anything too surprising, although I did find out that I'm blood relatives with a childhood friend of mine and a neighbor of mine. That was pretty cool. Love this stuff. Great video ladies. :)
was there a milkman in the respective trees? just a first impression.... dont answer.
@@Alaskawolfes no. A guy named Jesus though. Died a horrid death. Shame.
"What are you talking about we already know about Jesus. " The funniest thing I seen all day
I took the test as a birthday present to myself via ancestrydna a few years back. It’s interesting to see how my results change as their research develops. It was also super helpful in telling me about each ethnic group’s history.
I LOVE it's ok to be smart! I already loved both of you, so guess what I think about this vid... I FREAKIN LOVE IT!!
OMG!! Azie I've loved you since the Ask a Slave series!!!! You two together?!?! Subbie fo LIFE!!!!!!
I knew she looked familiar!
I think the technology behind DNA tests is really cool but I'm skittish about letting companies give out my genetic data without my knowledge. But then, I already have a pretty good idea of my ancestry. (Mostly French and Polish; I'm genetically predisposed to accordion music) I can absolutely see the appeal though, especially for people that don't really know what their ethnic heritage may be.
This video does a really good job of covering both the cool things about ancestry testing and its limitations.
Also, y'all are hilarious. "We already know about Jeeeeesus" XD
This is amazing! Evelyn you’ve done it again! This also confirms why I won’t don’t any of these tests. (I’m also half Nigerian so I think that’s enough ancestry for now 😉)
I took a DNA test and it came back pretty much like I expected. A couple of surprises. Small percentages of European Jew and Greek. Everything else was pretty much what I had expected from my genealogy research. 18 months later I received an email from Ancestry "due to more people taking the test and therefore giving the company a larger database of DNA" they had changed my DNA report. Oh they changed the estimates alright!! Nearly everything was gone. African DNA- gone, Greek- gone, Swedish- gone, European Jew- gone, French- gone. I am now 97% English and 1.8% Scottish/Irish and 1.2% undetermined. Wasn't I mad! I understand that things can change but to go from 69% English and 31% other nationalities to 97% English just seemed strange. Especially since the first set of results were closer to what I knew from working on my genealogy and what I had learned from various family members.
I'm African (Igbo) and the African women bit is accurate 😂😂😂
Me too -°-
My daughter's DNA test showed that she was 90% Sub-Saharan African; 45% Nigerian Igbo. I have not tested yet, but I am leaning towards doing so. On another part of TH-cam, someone responded to a comment I made, stating that Igbo people abandoned twins in the forest, the same as a group in Madagascar has done for a long time and continues to do today. Was I given accurate information?
@@desktop3d In ancient Igboland, twins were considered a bad omen and often disposed of. Many ancient societies had strange practices that were grim by today's standards. When I was in Italy, I learned that in ancient Rome, if a father did not like his newborn baby, the child was thrown in the city dump. I've heard strange things about ancient Asian and South American cultures too.
@@whitedaisez Thanks for confirming.
Alpha Kennedy Imo State 😊
Ladies..you rock! I don't know how I found you but I'm so glad that I did..can't wait to see what else you do.
How did Azi find out that her mitochondrial DNA was Finnish? Hence not able to take the African Ancestry Test
Good question
DNAmatch.com
Because she had taken 5 DNA tests before and one or more of them probably tested for it.
gabbydjc 23andMe provides the maternal haplogroup, which identifies direct maternal ethnicity/heritage.
Love this channel, love the content, and love the knowledge you are imparting to me. “ To be young, gifted , and BLACK”...wonderful ladies!
Come through African auntie with the Leso 😂
This channel is my new obsession! You ladies are so fun to watch and have taught me so much! I love the way you present every issue in a casual conversational type way and go through the pros and cons. Thank you for being so awesome! ❤️
"We already know about Jesus"!
The joke from Joe about being related took me out!! This entire episode reminded me of one of my favorite and most confusing sections of an Africana studies class I took. This breakdown of DNA testing made it even less confusing, and made me feel smart because I remembered some things lol. Great job!!👏🏿
Dr. Joe is always brings the funny! - Hallease
I did a DNA test and while I was obviously mostly European, I also had almost a whole percentage that was just "unaccounted for" I wasn't sure why they had "unassigned" DNA until I watched this video! Its interesting to find out HOW it was they got the baseline to compare with.
I took the 23 & Me test to find out more about my health. It also killed the rumor in my family about having a native American ancestor. I love your channel and content! You ladies are talented!
I came here from It's Okay To Be Smart and I am DYING of laughter. You girls are hilarious, keep it up!
Amazing episode! I love your skits so much!!! ❤
I took a DNA test awhile back, and other than the fact that my Cherokee great-great-grandmother wasn't so Cherokee, nothing was a surprise. But I'm white, and my ancestors (Anglo-Saxons from England) got to retain their heritage when they came to America. So it was more of a curiosity to me than anything else.
OMG!! I'm Samii too =D My ancestors were southern (forest) Samii mostly, with a touch of northern (Mountain) Samii, so exciting =DD
Great collaboration here!! I'm loving this channel more and more.
This channel is giving me life.... ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love you guys!! You are silly and educational in the best way!
Your skits are always funny ! I also find the info you present informative and they change my thoughts on things so I can be more culturally aware. Thank you for your great content!
You two ladies are so refreshing from what's on TH-cam. Thanks for the information.
I would love to do a DNA test but I am a low key conspiracy theories lol!
I'm not really into conspiracy theories but I still don't like the idea of a massive genetic data base that anyone has access to.
I think this is one of the times where a little suspicion is warranted!
They will clone you .you are where you think you cone from or where most people think you are from as in the resemblence am tempted to do mine because my grandfather looks like a Senegalese and I am not even west African 😣 but I like Senegal soo😊
dont fear sister...if you ever been to the doctor and had your blood drawn..they already have your dna on file.. then when doing the test you dont have to use your real name. i did it and it opened up a whole new world for me..cant beat it. please please do it. you will be glad you did.
@@adukeomawale Then why I gotta spit in a tube lol
"Take your spit cup and go back to Jersey".
Love you guys videos! Keep it going. I took the ancestry test and wasnt surprised by what I saw but more assured of my assumption that I was predominantly west African with European lineage as well
This was fun to watch--looking forward to more :) I did African Ancestry and learned that my maternal DNA is of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has an interesting history--it was established for freed people (like Liberia). It does give a another piece to the puzzle, but there's still more to learn.
The homepage for African DNA doesn’t inspire me. Lol
Tirra Omilade my thoughts exactly!
Eastern Europe is also not represented well. I am not sure my Asian husband would get an accurate measurement either. 23 and Me has me as part Nigerian as a guess.
I'm pretty sure there is a chinese/japanese etc test, you are not obligated to do the unitedstadian one
You were on my suggestions and im glad i watched your videos. You're fun and spread knowledge, good job guys!
I love these ladies. I will start showing some of these videos to my teen and preteen. I want them to understand more about their blackness/ Africaness.
You two have amazing chemistry and information. Keep it coming. But, nope not interested in "DNA: Who's Your Mother". Jokes aside, great information with great foresight/warnings.
I took a DNA test and it mostly confirmed what I had been told about my ancestors. So much so that 90% of it came from a very specific region where I was told that we were from. The other 10% was nearby to the north and south. My ancestors didn't do a whole lot of migrating until they came to the USA.
oh my god the African mom segment sent me. I love your show and I hope more people catch on to your channel
This is quickly becoming one of my fave channels 😄 The script and skits are hilarious 🙌🏾
I' m a Spaniard and I use you tube to improve my English listening skills , but I love theese ladies and how articulate and easy to follow and funny while they are talking about a lot of interesting subjects related to their culture and other stuff ( DNA testing searching for ancestry seems to be on trend everywere )
I took a 23 and me test to find out where my ancestors come from but when it came back it gave me more questions than answers, so
PS I'm a black woman with Creole and Native ancestry
nah no native dna whatsover
This was a great episode!
Also I think I'm in love with Azie!
Thank you so much for mentioning that cousin matches are an important tool. People always say "I want to know my heritage" but not their ancestry. But not only the DNA ethnicity test is a broad estimation but learning your ancestry tells you your heritage. If your great grandfather was an Irish shoemaker that came to the US then congrats your part Irish. And a big step for building a family tree is to find genetic cousins. If you have a gap in your tree your cousin can help you fill it with info and leads they have and if you have the common ancestor in your tree that DNA match to your cousin is just extra assurance that you are related to that common ancestor.
@ 4:30 student loan debt is a horror movie unscripted into a reality tv show
student loans is the punishment we have to pay for the sins of our ancestors... - I meant that in a funny way but now I see it's kind of spot on :,(
@@@MsSonali1980 💯💯💯💯💯💯
That tell off and then wanting lunch...done!🤣
I would love to take a DNA test but I want to be certain of accurate results.
Wow your knowledge on your lineage is amazing. Love it. It’s the true knowledge of this world!
I enjoyed the video! I did my dna testing from my heritage dna and found out that I’m Nigerian 💚
Ancestry.com needs to come out with "Kiss Me, I'm [insert %] Irish" pins & tshirts for St. Patrick's Days 😤
Now, selfishly I want PBS to have the Hispanic version of this. This was so informative .
@Peter Connell more like race because of a mixture of different ancestry.
Morgan Cason That doesn’t make any sense. Hispanics can be of any race. It is the most racially diverse “ethnicity” in the world.
I love learning about people of the world. This channel is awesome. Hey, from New Zealand
This is my first time viewing you and this channel and I'm hooked. Thanks for the great content and I'll be sharing.
I ❤ this channel.
Keyshon Jackson youtu kids
“I’m from jersey”
“I can tell”
Haha I feel attacked 😂😂😂 good stuff ladies
This was so insightful! Thank you ladies and great job! ❤️
Yay!! I took the African Ancestry test & I’m waiting for my results 🙌🏾
I was adopted so i would definitely get it to link myself to relatives
That's what I did and I found so many people!
@@pnwprincess6314 thats awesome! Im def. Gonna try its time to know lol
@SayItLoud
Akan is a broad term for originally twi speaking communities/tribes. Ashanti people fall under that umbrella.
I'm Ghanaian 🇬🇭 btw and I love you guys!💕
I was about to say the same
This is just amazing content. Thanks ladies! Can you clarify how you learned about the movements of your maternal ancestors and that your mitochondrial DNA is most likely from Finland?
Fantastic video! The mitochondrial tidbit was INTERESTING! I loved the interplay between the scientists and the community they were wanting information from. It was perfect! Imperialism has and is harming people all over the world. I loved when one response was “Is science going to raise my children?” LOVED that! Reciprocity is important. What I don’t love is how there isn’t a lot of other DNA beyond European DNA information. It makes sense, given that we live in a white world, but it doesn’t make it ok. Very cool that there’s an African ancestry organization to compensate for some of the lack of information. I wish there were other databases that could fill in the gaps in other spaces, too, but maybe in time there will be. Thank you both for sharing this valuable information!