Ava DuVernay Reacts to Family History in Finding Your Roots | Finding Your Roots | Ancestry
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- In this clip from PBS' Finding Your Roots, Ava DuVernay discovers some surprising insight about her family history. Start Your Ancestry Family Tree: www.ancestry.com/s115775/t4517...
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Ava is my moms first cousin, I so was watching this on the edge of my seat when I realized, I’m about to learn about my family history.😮 Years ago when my mom told me my uncle did an ancestry family tree and found that we had ancestors that were slave owners, I got upset and didn’t want to believe it. But here it is again. And to think I stumbled upon this as an advertisement while scrolling through social media and was suddenly learning about my own family history. This really blew my mind.🤯
God morning, I read your comment, I too want to know more about my heritage. Is it possible to reach Ms. Durverney? I would love to speak with her.
Us african americans have slaveowners in our ancestry which is definitely hard to bare. They took away our original language, religion and culture but not our DNA from the Continent of Africa.
Ava my cousins ..so we may be related
Ava is my dad’s little sister! They have the same father, my Grandpop Joe, but they didn’t know each other personally.
@@chaplaintaylor2327she told me when I was like 13 she wasn’t interested in a relationship from her fathers side if you’re on our side.
This dude needs a bigger show
I love the fact, that a slave-owner’s son married a black woman. That was a big finger to the old man and his way of living.
She was so happy not to be mostly European 🤣🤣🤣
No she was just shocked. Thought it was funny
@@missvida6251She was laughing with joy and saying ' "I'm black! I'm black!". I think she was definitely glad she had more African versus European DNA.
@@restlesscommentator2616 I can’t imagine caring either way lmfaoo
@@sharpaycutie2 Yeah, I know, but to her it must've been a big deal.
@@restlesscommentator2616 . He called her “the queen of black documentary films”, so I guess it makes sense that she hoped she was mostly black.
Well if you're African-American and partly white I can understand being worried about finding slavers in your family tree, or the relief in knowing your female ancestors weren't raped/taken advantage of in a context where this was common.
How do you know they weren't in love?
@@paulascott5701 It's love under weird circumstances as someone who had a white second great grandfather who even gave his mixed children an inheritance and protected them during racial violence started by other white men against black people. He still owned them or his family did so it's a weird situation. They would violate the women but feel some attachment to the children treating them a little better than others.
@@thewordsmith5440 "Violate"? I'm sure that was the case sometimes and I'm just as sure they were in love sometimes. That seems impossible to people today but love happens whether it fits the current narrative or not.
I sure wish I could do this for my family…. I have hit “the wall” several years ago at my great grandparents. Living in the Virgin Islands it has been a lesson in futility… Absolutely frustrating 😩
Sis, I felt that….it can be so frustrating and I have cried many MANY tears
@@joliethinks tell me about it
“The wall” Same!!!
I stopped because I thought I was at a brick wall 2 years ago but went back to ancestry and found people who had my distant ancestors in their trees. Sometimes stopping and starting years later helps because someone may have done the work for you.
I feel ya Ava. I felt the same way when I got my results. I told it everywhere I went.
Me too I was so happy I was white and no slave owners in the family 😉
We're so glad you enjoyed the clip, Courtney! Have you looked into your own family history? 🌱🔍
I’m looking but it’s so many twist and turns, plot twist, possibly a first female President candidate. It’s interesting and very time consuming, I get lost in all the stories I’m loving it, but need some help.
We're so glad you're enjoying your family history journey, Mary! If you'd like to tell us a bit more about where you're running into trouble, we'll be delighted to help however we can!
I have, I had my Ancestry dna done a few years back to try and find my Greek grandfather. I knew he would most probably have passed away but still found some cousins. I’m stuck on his parents and further along the line. My results are a very mixed bag.
That's really interesting, Helen! We hope you will find out more details to help you add to your family tree soon. We know to can be a little frustrating when you get stuck on a certain part of your tree, this article might be helpful: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Brick-Wall-Solutions. We hope this can help you to break down some barriers, but please do get in touch at any stage if you need some more assistance! 😊
Would love to know when the next season starts ❤️
This should be a free service for every African American. Reparations should at least start here.
Reparations would be repatriation back to africa...everybodys happy...and i'm not even american
Reparation means a balancing of the books. It means all parties are made whole. Can we really do that? Does the black community really want to say that we are whole now?
It's all about money..nothing else
@@lionheart2982 Nope, gotta stop you there. Slaves helped build this country, build white slave owners family wealth, communities and so much more. There have yet to be no real apology after slavery besides your free.
@@wooskionehundred1788 They gave the freed slaves their own country in africa,with a carbon copy of american system,Liberia. And they drove it into the ground. Not to mention the most disproportionate owners of afro slaves in the america were jewish people,not whites. So,giving you your own country,every right and more isn't enough. When will it be enough? When europeans are your slaves and doing your bidding?
She is basically Haitian and French
But VERY, VERY to be if AFRICAN HERITAGE as most African Americans are.
Haitians are by way of dna Africans. So she is African.
Haitian and French in those days were almost the same thing, Haitians speak French being a colony of France at the time most likely her slave holding ancestor Henri was born in France
TO SEE SOMEONE SO HAPPY TO BE BLACK MAKES MY HEART SMILE‼️ I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT‼️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
May I respectfully ask why?
My family is from Louisiana. My family is black however, of Creole Descent. Both Mother and Father side. I never knew anything past that and nothing of my Louisiana roots. I wish I could do this, I have been dying to tell my son of what his ancestry is.. Not famous, but hopefully a show for people can come about one day. That'll be amazing :)
have you considered getting one of the ancestry dna packs?
Might have roots in the Carribbean as well. Many creole countries out there
Many French Canadians living in what is now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the 1700s were forced out by the British and many landed in Louisiana. Cajun is a bastardized word for Canada. Google The Acadians and read their story. One of my great uncles was on the ship when New Orleans was claimed for France. He was so important that the plot that Muriel's restaurant in NOLa sits was his, directly adjacent to Place d'Armes, now Jackson Square
I'm Bi-Racial , Tri- Racial or even Quad- Racial, Khoi- San & Scottish. From my Father's side, from my Mother side its German, Italian, African. My Ancestry Portfolio is well diversified and I absolutely love it, I'm really grateful
to my ancestors.
I'm glad I know much of my families roots and ancestry here but there's so much more to learn
i’m 44% African, 48% European and 8% indigenous… that just makes me a Latina :)
Lol yeah basically 😅
What
Where’s the Latin American that makes you Latina ? 😂😂😂😂
Edit: I agree that I made an ignorant comment, if I took a few minutes to look up Latin America when I wondered I would have known the answer and learned a lot. To who else thinks the way I did , look up what it actually means and talk to people, it is worth it to know the world
@@ix6553 don’t be ignorant please.. first find out what Latin America is made out of
True. But some Latinos aren’t black
This should serve as a wake up call to anyone who judges people by the colour of their skin.
Given her history being from Louisiana and her last name I would have guessed she was around 57-65% black.
It’s always nice to know about your ancestry, isn’t it?
We're glad to hear from you, Evelyn. We agree! It really nice to know about your Ancestry. It helps us know who we are.
@@AncestryUS mhm!
So she’s basically half white half black
Pretty much.
Lol
@@CHAVAH_ISRAEL Her pie chart had more blue than red.
No she more black by 7% which is why she is so happy.
Genetically. But when viewed by her society, she is seen as Black and has identified as such.
It’s so good to see a New Orleans video on Ancestry’s TH-cam. I’d love an opportunity to do this being that I am a typical mixed heritage New Orleans Creole. I’m not famous but hey Ancestry reach out to me lol.
Hi there, we are actually currently casting for an Ancestry tv show right now. You can submit your story here for consideration: ancestrysubmissions.com/stories
@@AncestryUS thanks for responding
@@twinspan53 I wanna c your ancestry
I adore Ava and seeing her joy is wonderful.
Thank you for watching. We're glad you enjoyed the clip. 🙂
I love these reveals!!
We're glad you enjoyed the upload, Toni!
Wow this is awesome thanks for sharing with us ava
We're so glad you enjoyed the clip, Courtney! Have you looked into your own family history? 🌱🔍
@@AncestryUS yes im still digging I found 4 great grandpas were native American Indian cheifs and had something to do with the trail of tears
Thank you so much for your reply, Courtney! That's such an exciting discovery - we hope you're finding your journey of discovery rewarding! If you need any guidance with regard to researching your Native American ancestry, we'd encourage you to have a read of the following resource: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Researching-Native-American-Ancestors
We hope this is helpful to you Courtney, and wish you the very best of luck in your continued research!
@@AncestryUS thank you I am
When You Talk to Yourself, You Are Talking to Your Ancestors.❤❤❤
Made me feel like Aang
I would love to find my grandmothers travels
my surname and hers are extremely similar in pronunciation and spelling, another popular Haitian/French name is Duquesnay, Delfose, Desnoes, Ducasse and Delliser are all white plantation owners who fled during the revolution and settled in Jamaica. Some went to Louisiana instead of Jamaica. I've always wondered if I have any Haitian ancestry if that's the case I could have family in Louisiana as well.
Dear @ancestry, could you please make this show (finding your roots) available in the UK. Netflix, Amazon TV 🤷♀️🙏
Hi there, Noni, thanks for checking in with us about this, we'd like to assist you now. The Finding your Roots show is available on the PBS website, we've linked this for you here: www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/. Please note that you might need to check the PBS website as access to episodes varies from state to state in the USA. We cannot guarantee that this will work for you in the UK, but we do hope this can help. Thanks again for reaching out!
@@AncestryUS the videos are not available to us in the 🇬🇧 UK. ☹️
@@noni5961 a VPN on your tablet should help
I loved Dr Henry's "welcome back" 😂
She said I'm melanin ✨ 🤪
That is great to see you embrace your african heritage
I'm confused. How can she still only be 57.3%/41.5% with only 1 white ancestor? There must have been many more white ancestors too. I would think that she would be 99% African with only 1 white ancestor. Not 57.3%. That also only adds up to 98.8%. What's the other 2.2%?????
Sometimes our DNA results will be a bit different than what we expect the results to look like, this is because we establish baseline ethnicity for our DNA test from contemporary people with known roots in a specific region. The 56,580 people whose DNA is used to establish baseline ethnicity is called our reference panel. What you get for your DNA results may be different than what you would expect them to be according to your family history, even histories proven through paperwork or other means.
The results of this test are entirely based upon what you've inherited from both lines of your family with the information we have collected up to date. What you do inherit from your ancestors is randomized by genetic recombination, which may be the reason for differences in what you expected to inherit. You may find additional information regarding inheritance here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Unexpected-Ethnicity-Results
As DNA science improves, the number of regions we test for (and the countries covered in each region) may change in an attempt to narrow down the results to more precise locations. To understand how we determine your ethnicity, please view the article below: support.ancestry.com/s/article/DNA-Reference-Panel
@@AncestryUS Thank you!
the white ancestor married to a mullato woman, although the woman is referred to as "black" she was at least fifty percent white who married someone who was I am almost guessing a 100 percent white. Then there is also the other side of her family that may also have European ancestry.
She has white & mulatto ancestors on both sides of the family. When biracial people keep procreating primarily with other biracial people, the offspring maintain that same nearly 50/50 mixture. People get confused because people from families like this are forced to say they’re “black” because they have “two black parents” meanwhile said black parents are only half and they’re nearly as biracial as someone with a black parent and a white one. I have a distant elderly cousin who’s “black” because she has “two black parents” but she’s 73% European and looks pure white. Both her parents had to be about 1/4 or 1/3 black but because they both have a drop of black in them, she’s black & not mixed 😂 even though she’s far more mixed than the average biracial with a white parent.
Love Henty Louis Gates! He is so inspiring and supportive!
I agree. He has so much empathy as he guides people through their own personal history.
I love Ava
Thanks so much for stopping by Leah, we're delighted to hear that you enjoyed the video!
she's ignoring the 41% lol. that's pretty big if you ask me. not all of us have the most ideal family history, but good for those who are able to
fully embrace who they are
LOL she turned the page so quickly! I guess if you've maintained one way of thinking for years the truth shocks you. I believe having a mixed DNA is a beautiful thing that should unite us because you get to represent and embrace so many cultures. She shouldn't view it as white but French. But I guess like freckles not everyone likes it.
she can't ignore it though. it is who she is. you can tell she's completely unable to embrace any new ideas. good luck to her lol lmfao
I’d love to find out more of my family
This reminds me of the movie Palm Trees in the Snow 💫
I agree, it matters, I am 72% Info. I was so happy.
I wish he would do for us reg folk
I feel you - I have 4 non-African ancestors within a 140-150 year period this is why I am apprehensive in taking the test.
Why are you apprehensive?
@@TomorrowWeLive Because I am very proud to be black, more so because of the struggles of my ancestors who thankfully despite the hardships overcame death and I am here now. So I don't want to be less than 85 percent black given the number of non blacks in my line.
@@rosahacketts1668 Are you also proud to be white? Your white ancestors are the ones who ended slavery.
@@rosahacketts1668 You are absolutely less than 85% black dude... You're likely 60/40, or even 51/49.
Why are you operating by the "one drop rule"?
"I have one drop of N blood, so I'm an N too!!!!"
You can stop being a bigot if you try real hard. Go ahead, give it a try. Being a prejudiced hater only hurts you.
When I got my Ancestry results the only thing i could say is I am the united nation.
That’s makes her mixed.
Exactly!
I’ve tried to look even though my mom and dad adopted me. I’m still not to clear because all I ever found out was my (adopted) mom and dad and brother. I know that the people I’m looking for are not blood related to me, but I’d still like to know.
Being white and not owning any slaves is a celebration. It makes a difference.
I agree wholeheartedly, Hello
Hi Ken, we are glad to see that you enjoyed this video.
Nice
Rack
she is so likable.
That's a fact- genetic genealogy is great. I have never seen someone so excited to be black. I guess, just confirming what you identify as, makes a big difference in confidence. That's cool.
I have seen so, so many blacks and mixed people thrilled to pieces to know that they have a large percentage or a please amount of African ancestry. I search for these reports often and really enjoy them. Although I have seen some whites pleased to have black DNA, I mostly observed them to pass over the African DNA part without much to say about it. It is amazing to see that so many people are mixed with something, or more.
shouting she is black being 40+% european is weird to say the least. crying out loud she would be white, or yellow would be weird as well. Its sad how some people is messed up by circumstances or society. (mixed guy here).
How can I get Ancestry or Mr. Gates to do a Genealogy history of my family! I am willing to pay. No, I am not wealthy nor rich! I have never seen folks such as my status given a chance to have their Genealogy done , just like the stars of many status! Please give me an opportunity!
Hi, Channel. Thanks for getting in touch. We understand that it would be nice to have your family history done for you. Sometimes we do have opportunities for this to happen. If an opportunity comes up, we'll either email our members, or we'll put it on our social media channels. Another option we can tell you about is our professional genealogy team. We'll include information below.
support.ancestry.com/s/article/When-why-and-how-to-hire-a-Professional-Genealogist-1460088592248-2563
Lovely
Whoa. That's a lot of European. That means she has more recent European ancestors, too.
She is a real beauty!
I wonder why they didnt go into more into her maternal family line.
She's so unimpressed by it lol ..she's like oh yeah really...love this episode.
By her white ancestry. 🤣🤣🤣
I definitely wanna know more about both sides of my family
Hi, Artavious. Thanks for getting in touch. We understand how important it can be to find information about your family. Have you ever started a family tree? Do you know much about either side of your family? How many generations back can you go? You may want to get started by building a family tree and starting a free trial. We'll give you some instructions to get started.
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Ancestry-Free-Trial?language=en_US
@@AncestryUS I can go back to my great grandparents on my dad’s side. I can go back to my grandparents on my mom’s side.
Great to hear!
"WOOOO! Im black!" lmaooooo
We share a similar story.
Please note. A message was posted to Dr. Gates. My bad. Didn't really realize he did this kind of work only for celebs. Meant no disrespect. Still curious though in finding my own roots. One day..
I feel like the part where Haiti is mentioned the sound is lower (1:35)- maybe it's me. On the Island of Saint Domingue - what? SMH
They probably meant Island as of 1700s, before DR kicked them out lol.
I get it she looks very creole so I understand her wanting to more African. Her creole history is similar to my dad’s. I am West Indian and I know my fathers mixed race ancestors actually were slave owners.
I dont get those reactions. If you Accept that a color in your skin makes you "better"... How can you judge the people that thinks the same about their color?
What????
I would love to know my history but being adopted I know nothing of where to start. I mean genealogy can be found but not my family history I don’t think. It makes me sad 😞
Hi there and thank you so much for getting in touch. We understand your desire to find out more details about your ancestry. Have you considered taking an AncestryDNA test? Our DNA testing service has helped many adoptees find biological family. It matches you with any relatives who have also taken our test. As a DNA match, you can message these people for free to find out how you're related. Many of these matches might also have family trees that they'd be willing to share with you. The article below offers a great insight into what you could expect from our DNA test. We've also linked a second article which has more tips for finding biological family.
support.ancestry.com/s/article/What-to-Expect-from-AncestryDNA
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family
Definitely take a DNA test. Ancestry test is the easiest to use I think (I'm a genealogist and have no connection to Ancestry!)
She's gorgeous, I love her reaction.
You can see the mixture in her though.
I'm very thankful for Oprah for confirming anything. It was needed and I always said I was black. Oprah is a blessing.
Oh I thought she was more of a pacific islander from Samoa or something wow
I would feel the same way girl
I wish they’d do Colin Kaepernick ❤ 🥰
I’d love to do this for a job, i’m only 18 so it’s hard to get into it🙁
You can still do it. Take some college courses or research on TH-cam as to what you need to do to begin.
Hey there, Swizz - we love to hear that you're interested in pursuing genealogy as a career! While our wonderful colleagues come to us from all walks of life, we'd encourage you to consider starting with an undergraduate degree in History or Family history more specifically - this will help you to build a strong foundation of knowledge, while also affirming whether you love spending all day trawling through old records as much as we do. 🤓📜
We'd love for you to join us one day! 😊🌱
@@AncestryUS would love to join you too. I love the job and also seeing the relief in pples hearts. The problem here in africa is that DNA tests are expensive
@@AncestryUS Oh my gosh. I never thought this could be a career or that a family history major even existed. (Where- BYU? Lol.) This almost makes me want to totally switch gears, despite only being a few years out of college and working in my major field... My mother has worked tens of thousands of hours over her lifetime poring through documents, all for no money at all, including for your website. I was raised being asked for second opinions on messily scrawled names on census records. I would love to do that for a living.
@@kmyres14 There are online courses that offer genealogy, but they tend to be specific to a country. I'm from Australia and we have a few courses at a couple of our universities and the University of Strathclyde offers an excellent UK-based course. I am sure the US would have places too.
So Ava is…. Haitian descent?
She is basically Haitian and French.
@Marek Cracovia She's Creole. Many petit Blancs, jens de coleur and other white slave owners fled Haiti during the revolution in fear of their lives. I am from Jamaica and some of this petit blancs came here. My surname sounds a lot like hers only off by one letter growing up I heard that I may have French ancestry but I have a feeling it may be Haitian whites or mullotoes fleeing Haiti to Jamaica. I've known Creole names like Delfose, a name found in Jamaica as well Haiti and Louisiana.
@Marek Cracovia Do you know what descent means?
That’s almost half and half lol
how do you think I feel im like 95% Europe at least
I love this show but this ancestry story did not sit right with me. Can you image a white person throwing his/her hands up in celebration in finding out they aren't black? Never would have aired.
In the 1900 Census it list my black great great grandmother as a widow which indicated that her children father was a white guy. My mom told me when I was a kid that her grandfather father was a white guy.
Interesting.
For those of us whose families have been in this country long enough, specifically in the south, you almost have to assume that there were some interracial relationships.
@@ginnybaker7788 Yes I discovered there were couple of interracial relationships in my family on both sides around 1840 and around 1880. Possibly the relationship around 1880 was consensual but I seriously doubt the one around 1840 was consensual.
@@Ghanaquankel2776 based on the dates, you are most likely correct. :(
Sure... education, food, genealogy, health care, housing, medical care, SSI
Have no idea who this person is but glad to find her tree.
I don't know why he does not do the African Ancestry test.....he believes those autosomal tests though. I can almost tell that Ava would probably Cameroon in her African DNA results...
Those tests can differ depending on the reference ranges they choose to include in each different company’s assay. They are slowly becoming more accurate. He has used them in the past on the show (or one of his other shows, I can’t remember). One of his shows they had a few celebrities go to the region in Africa after their reveal.
African Ancestry is bull
@@verenant4567 Says an anonymous person.... You aren't even real...
She makes it out that to have white or mixed race descendants is bad. What woukd Beyonce fans think if I told you if we, me being white, is a direct descendant from the same couple and their five children who settled in New France, AKA Canada in 1634? Well, she is. Go check out Zacharie Cloutier and see for yourself
So she got to pay reparations wooot woot
My family tree branches like a tree that looks like it was hit by lightning. I have Black, Choctaw and European in my DNA. All I know is that I am an American who was lucky enough to be born and live in Tennessee. That is all I need to know.
Sounds like you could be melungeon. That is a special, mysterious, triracial group that they have been doing much research on. They use to say they were Portuguese. It turns out many were on a Portuguese ship from Africa on their way to Mexico when an English warship attacked them looking for treasures. They found over 300 enslaved people and took 20 back to Virginia. There is a book called 20 & Odd written about it
57.3 African and 41.5 European. Why is that a problem? Why the happiness for not being "mostly" white? I know it's a personal issue, but I would be glad to embrace who I am at the present time, and try fight for social justice regardless of racial definitions.
I think she doesn't have a real problem with it but she's aware of the history behind how that European DNA is in her family.
As a producer of black movies. I believe that’s why she felt that way. She would definitely want to be more black.
@@emmanueladeyanju8265 Or be the change or awareness that she's trying to create as a woman who is 41.5% European...... She now has even more of a creative freedom (no pun intended) to make beautiful content.
I suspect from what I know too that I have black ancestors from Africa. But I have absolutely no black in me. I am at least 1.7% southern European (Italy (0.7%) & Spain (1.0%) and the rest of me is white Northern (Swedish & Norwegian), Central (Swiss) and Western European (UK). And most of my ancestors we're poor but some where rich land owners i.e aristocrats and royals.
its only telling her about her 4 and 5 great grand father. What is the race of her father is the question.
Her father is a mixed race Creole from Louisiana. He’s likely predominantly black & French. That’s why her European ancestry is so high.
I was 90% sub Saharan African
And .. 1% North African
Then ..9% European
When Prof. Gates asks Ms. DuVernay to turn the page and learn her genetic makeup she’s scared out of her wits that she’s going to find out she’s white. When she learns that she’s more African than European (although it’s not exactly a landslide; about 57% and 42% respectively) she’s ecstatic: “I’m black! I’m black! I’m black! … This makes me so happy.” Apparently, she hasn’t heard that race is just a social construct. And I can assure her that being white isn’t so bad. For one thing, the privilege is terrific.
How ridiculous is this? Imagine living a life solely based on your idea of race to the point you're afraid of being slightly more white than black. And celebrate this.
Yup! And to be seemingly upset that her family didn't live in shackles but were free........hmmmm
Welcome Black 🤣
That poor woman. Living in denial. Her white DNA makes her who she is just as much as her black. Honestly it would have been funny AF if she had majority white European ancestry. How would she have reacted then? I'm sure she would have retreated to the absurd shell of saying which race she identified as lol.
That’s exactly what she would have done. She would’ve said that these tests don’t define who we are 😂
😭😭😭😭😭
This opportunity should be offered and paid for by the U.S. government for destroying black families and history.
Including this in some kind of reparations package for those who want it would be nice. And particularly fitting.
Brilliant suggestion!
"Paid for by the US government"?.....you mean the American people???
Whether white, black, asian or hispanic, i would bet that most Americans' ancestral knowledge doesn't go any further than their great-grandparents, assuming that they can even name them.
There are some deep mental and spiritual issues here in attaching so much of her virtue and value as a person to whether her ancestry shows she is "black" or "white." It's terrifying for her that she has slave owners in her family tree because of how she has learned to calculate the virtue of people based on their ancestry.
No entiendo por qué ese desprecio a su linaje europeo. Probablemente esta chica no sabe que eran los mismos africanos de las etnias más fuertes quienes vendían en las costas de África a sus congéneres de las tribus más débiles y dóciles. Probablemente sólo sea cuestión de ignorancia.
What would the public reaction be if a white celeb threw up their hands in celebration because they had more European than African.
Agreed. Her reaction made me cringe because of my immediate thoughts of 'what if?'
@@ginnybaker7788 "Yay, I'm white" would get someone canceled real quick. We are certainly living in a strange time of double standards.
it’s not the same at all because of literal slavery lmao.
@@dhoothi FACTS!
My thoughts exactly.
That’s why I have not had my African-American DNA checked. 😁
I have one white grandparent..the other three are black *shrug*
You’ll probably be around the 60s percentage range. You won’t be an exact 75% black because your black grandparents have small bits of European ancestry as well so you’ll get roughly 25% European from your white grandparent and small bits of European from your black grandparents as well. I doubt that you’d be over 70% black. Unless any of your black grandparents were 100% pure straight from Africa.
Ha ha ha she’s almost half white. So you’re telling me your marker for being black is 50%? I know son Nigerians who might wish to enlighten you further.
Not a great response -
I am afraid to see my makeup. Want to be more black than white.
Why are you afraid of ancestry what matters is what you do in life race color creed doesn’t matter
Why because it's trendy now?
Can you imagine a white person reacted that happily when they realized they were white? YIKES. She really showed her subconscious here
@Invisible But Strong "It doesnt matter. It's how I identify.... It does make a difference to me." When he asked her what difference it makes, that was her response. It was entirely self referenced based, she did not say at all that it mattered because of past abuse.
You really don’t understand much, do you?
@@bartwilson2513 Oh I understand perfectly.
??? maybe she's just shocked
No the question would be if any white person would acknowledge they had African ancestry...you missed the key point...I notice that's not happening when these white celebs are reaching back looking into their ancestry.
I wonder if a white person waved their arms around and shouted " I'm white yeahhh" whether it would be aired
?? Why wouldn’t it ? Very weird of you
😂😆😂 my mums side were thrilled to have ‘north western European’ in their DNA. They thought that made them exotic 😂😆😂
LOL!
were white ppl enslaved in this country?
@Noel Ruine white ppl were not enslaved in this country😂
I'm a black republican.
Yes!!! I am too! That explains the beautiful smile in your photo!
@@missvida6251 That's awesome and thank you. But, I'm sticking with President Bush.
She just barely made it to black by 7% lol