Your ties to West Africa are super strong! ❤️ I also thought you are 50/50 biracial🤭 Strong genes from your Jewish side but also Jamaican side I think❤ And you are super gorgeous 😍
Lol not another biracial comment oh nooooo 😂😂😂. My husband is laughing at me as I keep saying I am black but everyone thinks I am biracial haha! I need to put my mum on here when she comes over. She is actually biracial but looks white rather than biracial. Maybe I need to say mixed? 😅 lol. Would you take a dna test too?
@@JustMeVanessa we believe you😂😂😂 but I can imagine almost all of us just assumed you are biracial🤣🤣 but you actually are even just the quarter is a lot I think🤭 bring your mum!! It will be so interesting to see her now that you say she seems more white than biracial! So interesting😀❤❤
@@JustMeVanessa I don't think I would, I find the results ridiculous though I know they are mostly accurate😀 can you imagine if it says I am 1% Irish or Pakistani or sth🤣 I would be tempted to start tracing those roots😂😂
A large percentage of Jamaicans have Jewish ancestry when the Spanish ruled Jamaica many families were Shephardic they stayed when the English style the island
With your mum being mixed race, your results were bang on. I guessed your percentage which technically makes you multi racially mixed. You are gorgeous by the way with a beautiful spirit. ❤
Absolutely! It really was spot on! You should see my mum 🫣 I used to call her 'white lady' growing up. I genuinely thought she was white lol. I was sooo confused 😅 Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate your comment too. ❤️🤗 Have you taken your DNA too?
@@JustMeVanessa we have similar background. My dad is mixed race, white British mother Trini Dad..my mother is black (her grandfather is mixed race). I am planning on doing an ancestry DNA soon. I am particularly interested in my African ancestry.
Yes this describes me exactly, my dad is biracial and he had a Swedish mother and Jamaican father (he was adopted by two wonderful white grandparents) while my mother is black. I look exactly like him, and people ask me if I’m Hispanic or Mixed all the time
Oh really, how cool 😏 Apologies for the delayed response, I left YT for ages. I'm back now. 🫢 I feel like we look similar 😅😅😅. Do you know what parish your dad comes from?
You do appear to have mixed ancestry. However, I didn't think you were "biracial" as in a 50/50 mix. Your estimates are about 2/3 African. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting! You are one of the few 😅. Most people say I'm biracial. Sometimes they want me to convince them 🤣. So exhausting! Have you submitted your DNA to be tested too? Thanks so much for watching 🙌🏾
Sorry, Flo! I lost you there with my excitement 😅. I pinned helpful timestamps as I talk too much. The old DNA results are here 7:49 Thanks for watching ❤️
Changed Results= current percentages of others having taken this test also. Data updates. Scottish people and Irish admixture’s are due to some of them having been indentured servants whom mixed with the enslaved when sent to the Caribbean Islands to work plantations.
There is a link that displays your previous estimate on Ancestry. You can also dowload them. In the US, bi-racial means you have two ancestries, not exactly a 50-50 mix. Tri-racial means you have three races. In the US that is generally black-white-Native American. Some communities in the mountains identify as triracial. I have never heard of a quad-racial community although some in the Caribbean with Native, white, black and South Asian roots could be described that way.
Ah ok. That makes sense. I just round up to the nearest 100 🤭 I haven't logged in for ages so maybe my results could have changed 🤷🏽♀️ its good to know the previous ones are there too. Thanks for watching 😁
For real I thaugh you were biracial Wow 20% of Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 my beautiful country 😮 no wonder why I’m connected to you even though I don’t really know you well hey sis 😊
We are connected. Woop woop. How exciting 🙌🏾🤗❤️. Everyone thinks I am biracial loool. I need to rethink my words now lol 🤣😅 My figure is definitely black 🤭
Click on Cameroon, congo, western bantu. If it says primary ANgola, that’s where your ancestors was taken from. Bantu ppl originated from Cameroon, but one group left and created kingdom of NDongo & portugal wanted to invade. Ppl was taken from Ndongo to various islands and countries, brazil, Haiti, USA, etc and portugal renamed Ndongo (ANgola) some parts of Congo was in Ndongo as well.
Lol i can’t believe your results changed like that haha but seems a lot of the main ones are still there. I recently did mine for the first time … 35% Nigerian, 32% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu, 19% Benin & Togo so I guess your my people enit 😂😂
I’m not go lie we the same skin tone my mom is dark skin with some mixes on her mom side and my dad is mixed his mom is white and his dad is black and white so I did a dna test too and it came back 52/48 black and white it’s weird though because I have skin color my dad light skin I used too be very light though I have 3c hair too
Woah that's so cool. I haven't seen those kind of results before 😲. Thanks for sharing your results with me. 😊 My hair texture is 4b but I have 4a hair in the back. I used to be lighter too! I actually burned my skin in Turkey and then went to Jamaican straight after lol. Wrong move! 🤣🤣
@@JustMeVanessa no I dont think so I wish i did, I met people from Jamaica . I have family in Dominican Republic and in Cuba I just need to know if I have family in Jamaica then the whole Caribbean chapter be complete lol..😂
WHAT fascinates me about your DNA results, as well as others that I've viewed on RUclips, is that you're "approximately" 75% African. People who are from 25% all the way up to 75% Black African, tend to LOOK ALIKE! The phenotype of this percentile range is VERY SIMILAR. YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE between 65% Black and 25%. THEY LOOK THE SAME! I think this is why they are called "Colored" people instead of Black. Thanks for sharing
Oh is it? How interesting. 😵 I haven't watched that many if I am honest. Are you watching it for research purposes or are you on the hunt for relatives like me? 😅
My family is from Westmoreland. I do plan on taking the test one day because I am curious of my DNA makeup. I have an idea of what I can potentially be blended with. Of course African, some Irish, I was born with red hair and it was red during my toddler years then became dark brown. My last name is Reid which is origin is from Ireland( that region). My great, great grandmother was African / Portuguese. She could have passed for 100% white. Probably British based on my mother’s mom maiden name.
@@kenneishajackson9625 Oh really. 🤯 woooow. Thanks ao much for your history 😊 I'm mixed with irish and Scottish but my last name is Sterling 🤷🏽♀️ I haven't heard of your last name before so we are probably not related. 🫤 I did make a family tree a while ago but I am struggling to find children and cousins. I probably need to log back in Ancestry to see what I can find. Hopefully you will get more answers when you take your test. It's super exciting 🤯😄
Grreat up. We do inherent traits so you business side is definitely Nigerian. I am a lot older than you and Jamaicans in the 80's plus looked down on Nigerians and visa versa.
Why though???? I have asked so many people and no one has an answer. We are them! Lol. So it would be like... we are looking down or disliking ourselves. 😅 Does that make sense? Any insight would be great as I would love to know. My husband is born and raised in Jamaica and he said that beef is not there - he didn't know of it until he came to the UK!!! 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ I'm puzzled.
Because the data base was smaller when you first did it. Now a days their a millions in the data base so info are more accurate...hence the updates. 10 years ago is a very long time scientifically speaking
Oh my days yes!!!! How did I forget that? 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ You are correct. Now I am wondering what my results would be like in anither 10 years down the line 😮😮😮. Have you taken your dna test too?
@@JustMeVanessa yes, I have taken two tests. One with Ancestry and the other with 23&me. This is because both my brother and I, are researching our family tree. The Dna test was extremely helpful in confirming individuals whom we already had in our tree but were unsure about, and also introducing to us those who we knew nothing about...basically thousands. To add again, the dna tests will change from time to time in percentages and also (in small cases) new areas as their own database expands.
@@emoriyel778 That's so cool. My cousin is doing that. She connected hundreds of people. Some relatives were also raised in the wrong families - either switched, given or kidnapped. Who knows 🤷🏽♀️ Hopefully you'll find all your relatives. Wishing you the best of luck and thanks for sharing. 😊🙌🏾🤗
@@JustMeVanessa Oh wow! you have got a fascinating family history, by the sounds of it. Just out of curiosity, what parishes in Jamaica are your parents from, if you don't mind me asking.
@@emoriyel778 Trust me. I found out some THINGS 🫣. Both sides are from St Catherine. But so many things went down with the S owners - the Je** and Scott***. Trying here otherwise... you know the drill. 😶 One side had Je** and one side was Scott***. They were awful... The Scott*** side was a little different as it was further back in history but that's how I got their last name. 🤦🏽♀️ Is your family from JA too?
This was interesting to watch. Just by looking at you the first time, I thought you were definitely mixed race....genes are interesting hey!!! I wonder what would be my result if I did an Ancestry Test. Would I be in for surprises too as within Sub- Saharan Africa there was migration for centuries.....🤔???
Oooo you should definitely do one if you can. 😄😊 Only buy it on offer though as it's super expensive. I got mine around mother's day and hubbys around easter. Thanks for watching ❤️😊
You are very beautiful and your lips are not small, they are quite full and say thank God for them because they make you beautiful. You face screams Ashkenazi jewish. You look like one of my sisters but we have no Ashkenazi Jewish in us but we have do 1 to 3% Middle East in us. All the companies we test with find the Middle East with different percent except 23andMe but they found North Africa. Jamaica has one of he oldest synagogue in the Americas. The community of Ashkenazi Jews in Kingston were called "The English and German Congregation." In 1787, they built a synagogue called Shangare Yosher. Nice results and thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for the history, I really had no clue! You should see my mum. She looks more Jewish than anything. I will being her on my channel when she comes over in June. I used to call her 'white lady' when I was a baby she said 😅.
The British Jamaicans don't know that by the way. It's such a shame. I do let them know though as there needs to be peace. Thanks so much for watching 🤗
@@celeste5607 That's so cool. I think my husband is 62 but I would have to check again as they update it. This is super exciting to me as we may just live in Africa. We need the sun 😫😫😫
Nigerians and Jamaicans are much more related hence the beef between them as majority of the slaves from African came from the west coast stretching from Sene-Gambia to Equatorial Guinea including Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon etc and so i can assure any black person living on this planet has got at a quarter of their blood lineage to Nigeria. Hence, our of every 7 blacks on this planet, a Nigerian is one!
Exactly! Thanks so much for highlighting this. I appreciate you. 🤗 The beef needs to stop. It literally makes no sense. Question, are you Nigerian too?
@JustMeVanessa yes, I am and I do get along with a lot of my Jamaican brothers and sisters as most of them say I look like them and my maternal root is from the slaves that returned to Lagos in Nigeria hence my mother's maiden name is an English one.
@JustMeVanessa yes, in Lagos ( which the people call EKO) is full of names like Williams, Coker, Macaulay, Adams, Simpson etc are the slaves that were able to trace their root to Lagos and others stayed in Freetown ( Sierra Leone 🇸🇱) named after the slaves that returned and Liberia 🇱🇷 which is all blacks that finally settled in African and that's the only country colonised by USA 🇺🇸 hence the flags similar.
@@abdulmalikkoiki Woooooah. Thank you so much for the history lesson. I never knew this. I am happy that they got to go back because the west is chaotic. We are saving to leave it. I couldn't never retire here 😫 Where are you based?
Apparently it's because more data has been added to their system 🤷🏽♀️ I'm tempted to check again but I don't want to find out that the results have changed again lol 🤭
@@JustMeVanessa It informs you whether you are Jamaican, or Haitian, or Black American, or Brazilian, etc.. Sign in, go to the "DNA" tab, then "DNA Story", scroll to the bottom to "DNA Communities". It will tell you there.
@@doubleutee8867 Something happened to your comment. I think YT deleted it. I tried to like it to save it but I don't think that did the trick. Thank goodness I saw a preview. You can't say anything anymore 😫
@@JustMeVanessa You are so correct with that. They censure nearly anything. Oh well. It's okay. Actually, I can make out a piece of one of your genetic communities. It is "Scottish Highlands and Islands..." at 3:17. Peace!
Loooool not me. As far as I know, the slaves mostly came from West Africa. Several people have done a DNA test in my family and they have similar results to me. It's fascinating! Would you do one?
@Just Me Vanessa I have taken 4 and uploaded to 3 others. The only way to prove ancestry is through a paper trail, meaning doing the research and taking your genealogy back person by person. You will learn a lot doing the research too.
@@sr2291 That's true. I did that with the J e... w i s h side. They migrated to Jamaica from Czech Republic. It seems like they were automatically able to get land just because... they had many s l... a v e s and even passed them down through marriage. The worse part was, they described them like a table - very good or poor condition. Unfortunately, the s l... v e s only lived until their late 30s. This was my mother's great grandfather. Typing weird as YT deletes 'sensitive 'comments. They other guy had his removed and he didn't say any wrong. Let's see if you get to see this one.
@Just Me Vanessa Yes your comment is still here. That is so fascinating. Were your slave ancestors named in the Jamaican documents? In the US, it is rare to see their actual names. I know. I was adopted by Eastern European J * w s and I have had my comments removed for using the word J * w ish just in a casual conversation.
@@sr2291 Not too sure, but I will try and find the paperwork and let you know. Yes, comments like that ... are removed. It's ridiculous that we have to write this way, yet people still leave p ... n and s ... m links in the comments for children to access with ease. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ They are really showing what they are p ..sh.. g aren't they. 🤦🏽♀️
Ma'am you are mixed. It's okay to say that you are mixed. Just like you, i identify as black, but the fact of the matter is that you don't have 100% african heritage.
Yeah I know 😩 I really am 🫢. My husband laughs at me all the time. But to be honest with you, growing up black girls and women thought I was bi-racial - it caused so many issues, jealousy and fights 🙄. It wasn't easy. That's one of the reasons why I don't claim it 🤷🏽♀️
@@PandaHernandez23 Looool no way! In the UK, biracial is half and half. 😅 I'm rounding it to the nearest 100 hehe. 🤭 Wait, where are you from? I'm curious now 😊
Thank you so much for watching 🤗. I'm happy that percentage, I just wish I knew where exactly my ancestors were from ib Nigeria. My husband's one was a lot higher! Lucky him. 😅
Since when? 😅 I reached out to a salsa teacher and they said salsa came from Africans in Cuba? If you have sources, I will definitely read them as I LOOOOOVE salsa. 😊 Also, 'going on' yes of course. It's my channel and I love to talk 🤣 It's my favourite thing to do 😏
@@JustMeVanessa You used the word indigenous. Indigenous in the case of a Cuba or DR is Taino Native peoples of the Americans. The genre had roots in colonial Cuba and mid-20th-century New York. Then, in the late 1960s, as Latin music became ever more popular among New York audiences, Pacheco and his business partner selected the word “salsa” as the genre's convenient, memorable, marketable identifier
Culture in the Caribbean is a bi-product of a melting pot that involves Spanish, Africans, and Tainos.. For this to happen all these groups had to first meet and interact. This is even obvious in the DNA of the people of these countries in Cuba, Puerto Rico, DR typically a combination of Iberian, West-Central African and Taino.
Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. It contains elements of European (mainly Spanish music), indigenous Taino and African musical elements, representing the cultural diversity of the Dominican population.
@@chevalierdenoir754 Thanks so much for the history 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 appreciate it 😊 It's cool to know the details. Have you seen African rumba? I wonder if there was any influences too. Do you know?
Ashkenazi Jewish. And why are you stating that you're fully black? You stated that you're Mom is half-Jewish. You're not fully black, darlin'. You're 1/4 Jewish..AND..if it's your Mom's mother who is Jewish, that renders both your Mom and you Jewish as well.
Because it would be weird stating that I am 74% black, 25% white and 1% other in a convo. 😅 If you round 74% to the nearest whole number you get 100%. It's not like I am choosing to identify as white 🤷🏽♀️ I think that would be weird, don't you think? 🤭
@@TheRanaro Makes sense. My grandad was Jewish (mums side) I only picked up 11%. Scottish came from my dad's side. If people ask, then I will say. 😊 Are you related to the Marshallecks or Marshalls? I have a lot of Jewish relatives on Ancestry, but they are in Europe.
My parents are both Jamaican, but I do know that I have Indian on both sides of my family. Not sure if you know this but there were Indians living on the island before slavery took place. Some hid in the mountains to get away. Have you taken your dna too? Thanks for watching my results. 🤗
@@KentPetersonmoney Cool, you have native American too 😄. I didn't expect that lol. I told my husband I am hanging on to the native for dear life lol. I used to have arab in me but it disappeared when they updated the results 🤷🏽♀️. I'm planning on doing 23 and me to see what that picks up.
The Bantu people are the descendants of God that’s why they won’t call them with right name. They don’t want you to know the rich cultural and spiritual connection you have with the Most High. Welcome to the family. Embrace your heritage.
Oh really wow. I didn't know this! Tell me more please (if you have more info). We didn't learn anything in the UK so I honestly don't have a clue. I try my best to research online, but I really want to go to Africa instead - currently saving. I want to ask local people what they know about life before colonisation. Have you been to Africa? If yes, which countries did you go to and what did you find out?
Your results are not that different. It seems like only Benin & Togo and Ivory Coast & Ghana changed positions. EDIT: Ancestry updates regularly. Every year or two. Results from 8 years ago wouldn't be accurate. They didn't have as many DNA samples back then.
@@JustMeVanessa I have. I've done a couple of tests. They match with my Louisiana history (West Africa, Europe, Native, Austronesian, tad bit of Arab). Some stuff I'm still learning about.
@@chadpopulisjr243 Woah how cool. It's nice to learn your roots, that's why I did it. I'm thinking of doing 23 and me to trace genetic illnesses. My mum did it and her current ones came up 🤯
Helpful timestamps just in case I talked to much 😅:
· Updated DNA results 1:55
· Old DNA results 7:49
· British Jamaican and Nigerian ‘beef’ 9:16
If you copy your message and put it in the video description box, RUclips will generate chapters for you.
Oh really. Thank you so much! 🙌🏾
I will try it now. 😊
Thanks for stopping by. 🤗
Your ties to West Africa are super strong! ❤️ I also thought you are 50/50 biracial🤭
Strong genes from your Jewish side but also Jamaican side I think❤ And you are super gorgeous 😍
Lol not another biracial comment oh nooooo 😂😂😂. My husband is laughing at me as I keep saying I am black but everyone thinks I am biracial haha! I need to put my mum on here when she comes over. She is actually biracial but looks white rather than biracial. Maybe I need to say mixed? 😅 lol.
Would you take a dna test too?
@@JustMeVanessa we believe you😂😂😂 but I can imagine almost all of us just assumed you are biracial🤣🤣 but you actually are even just the quarter is a lot I think🤭 bring your mum!! It will be so interesting to see her now that you say she seems more white than biracial! So interesting😀❤❤
@@JustMeVanessa I don't think I would, I find the results ridiculous though I know they are mostly accurate😀 can you imagine if it says I am 1% Irish or Pakistani or sth🤣 I would be tempted to start tracing those roots😂😂
@@lifesprinklesbytamara Honestly, I couldn't imagine. I wonder if I should upload my husband's updated results too? Thoughts?
A large percentage of Jamaicans have Jewish ancestry when the Spanish ruled Jamaica many families were Shephardic they stayed when the English style the island
With your mum being mixed race, your results were bang on. I guessed your percentage which technically makes you multi racially mixed. You are gorgeous by the way with a beautiful spirit. ❤
Absolutely! It really was spot on!
You should see my mum 🫣 I used to call her 'white lady' growing up. I genuinely thought she was white lol. I was sooo confused 😅
Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate your comment too. ❤️🤗
Have you taken your DNA too?
@@JustMeVanessa we have similar background. My dad is mixed race, white British mother Trini Dad..my mother is black (her grandfather is mixed race). I am planning on doing an ancestry DNA soon. I am particularly interested in my African ancestry.
Yes this describes me exactly, my dad is biracial and he had a Swedish mother and Jamaican father (he was adopted by two wonderful white grandparents) while my mother is black. I look exactly like him, and people ask me if I’m Hispanic or Mixed all the time
Oh really, how cool 😏 Apologies for the delayed response, I left YT for ages. I'm back now. 🫢
I feel like we look similar 😅😅😅. Do you know what parish your dad comes from?
You do appear to have mixed ancestry. However, I didn't think you were "biracial" as in a 50/50 mix. Your estimates are about 2/3 African. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting! You are one of the few 😅. Most people say I'm biracial. Sometimes they want me to convince them 🤣. So exhausting!
Have you submitted your DNA to be tested too?
Thanks so much for watching 🙌🏾
@@JustMeVanessa I haven't, but I enjoy watching these videos. Were you born in UK?
This was the most entertaining DNA test reveal ever…you crack me up 😂❤
So … I didn’t understand about the breakdown and how things changed from the previous results… but I enjoyed your reaction 😂
Sorry, Flo! I lost you there with my excitement 😅. I pinned helpful timestamps as I talk too much. The old DNA results are here 7:49
Thanks for watching ❤️
Great video my friend! ❤
Thank you 🤗 Have you taken a DNA test before?
Changed Results= current percentages of others having taken this test also. Data updates. Scottish people and Irish admixture’s are due to some of them having been indentured servants whom mixed with the enslaved when sent to the Caribbean Islands to work plantations.
There is a link that displays your previous estimate on Ancestry. You can also dowload them.
In the US, bi-racial means you have two ancestries, not exactly a 50-50 mix. Tri-racial means you have three races. In the US that is generally black-white-Native American. Some communities in the mountains identify as triracial. I have never heard of a quad-racial community although some in the Caribbean with Native, white, black and South Asian roots could be described that way.
Ah ok. That makes sense. I just round up to the nearest 100 🤭
I haven't logged in for ages so maybe my results could have changed 🤷🏽♀️ its good to know the previous ones are there too.
Thanks for watching 😁
For real I thaugh you were biracial
Wow 20% of Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 my beautiful country 😮 no wonder why I’m connected to you even though I don’t really know you well hey sis 😊
We are connected. Woop woop. How exciting 🙌🏾🤗❤️.
Everyone thinks I am biracial loool. I need to rethink my words now lol 🤣😅 My figure is definitely black 🤭
Click on Cameroon, congo, western bantu. If it says primary ANgola, that’s where your ancestors was taken from. Bantu ppl originated from Cameroon, but one group left and created kingdom of NDongo & portugal wanted to invade. Ppl was taken from Ndongo to various islands and countries, brazil, Haiti, USA, etc and portugal renamed Ndongo (ANgola) some parts of Congo was in Ndongo as well.
Oh cool. Thanks for letting me know.
Did you do your DNA and are you from the states, UK or Canada? Just a wild guess lol.
@@JustMeVanessa USA and I used ancestry dna kit
@@Justafox305 Ok cool. What were your results? And have you been to Africa yet? I'm still saving to go. 😅
Lol i can’t believe your results changed like that haha but seems a lot of the main ones are still there. I recently did mine for the first time … 35% Nigerian, 32% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu, 19% Benin & Togo so I guess your my people enit 😂😂
It's a crazy change but hey, they are estimates. Oh wow. Check you out. We are so similar 🤗🤗🤗❤️
People travel and if you go back in time far enough we are all mostly related.
That's so true! Have you taken your DNA too?
Thanks for the video. You are such fun.
Aww thanks. I appreciate you watching 🤗
Have you done your DNA too? What were your results?
I’m not go lie we the same skin tone my mom is dark skin with some mixes on her mom side and my dad is mixed his mom is white and his dad is black and white so I did a dna test too and it came back 52/48 black and white it’s weird though because I have skin color my dad light skin I used too be very light though I have 3c hair too
Woah that's so cool. I haven't seen those kind of results before 😲. Thanks for sharing your results with me. 😊
My hair texture is 4b but I have 4a hair in the back. I used to be lighter too! I actually burned my skin in Turkey and then went to Jamaican straight after lol. Wrong move! 🤣🤣
one love to my Jamaican neighbor from a brother from Puerto Rico lol salsa ,,,,,lol
Hey my Puerto Rican brother 😅. Have you taken your DNA too?
@@Bori-Domi-24 Woop woop. Do you have any family in Jamaica?
@@JustMeVanessa no I dont think so I wish i did, I met people from Jamaica . I have family in Dominican Republic and in Cuba I just need to know if I have family in Jamaica then the whole Caribbean chapter be complete lol..😂
@@JustMeVanessa Yes I did My results are on my channel...
@@Bori-Domi-24 Looool I know what you mean. It's nice to find new family members. Some of the old ones got to go 🤣🤣🤣
WHAT fascinates me about your DNA results, as well as others that
I've viewed on RUclips, is that you're "approximately" 75% African.
People who are from 25% all the way up to 75% Black African, tend
to LOOK ALIKE!
The phenotype of this percentile range is VERY SIMILAR.
YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE between 65% Black and
25%.
THEY LOOK THE SAME!
I think this is why they are called "Colored" people instead of Black.
Thanks for sharing
Oh is it? How interesting. 😵 I haven't watched that many if I am honest.
Are you watching it for research purposes or are you on the hunt for relatives like me? 😅
They probably went further back. Also ancestery uses autotasmal. Meaning both chromosome sides. Its deeper
Oh really! I didn't know that 🫢 I only was interested in the results 😂 Shame on me. I'm glad you told me. Thank you!!! 🤗🤗🤗
I’m also around 75% (I’m 77% African )
Woop woop great to here. 🙂 Do you have Nigerian in you too?
Van I also thought you were biracial, wow. You are hilarious 🤣. I enjoyed watching 💞
Noooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 My husband calls me 'white woman' you know. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He is laughing so hard at these comments. 🫣😫🤣
I am Nigerian both parents and grands. You should visit some day, Abuja to be precise!
I definitely will visit as hubby is 60% ish Nigerian. We could go together 😊. Are you Nigerian living in USA or UK?
Wow I love this💖
Thanks hun ❤️🥰❤️
❤️ love this! You are beautiful
Thank you!!!! How have you been. It's been a while ❤️
We have similar feature and complexion. Also hair texture. I am 100% Jamaican. I have never taken a test though.
Oh really wow. What part of Jamaica are you from? I'm searching high and low for new family members hehe 😅
Also, would you take a test?
My family is from Westmoreland. I do plan on taking the test one day because I am curious of my DNA makeup. I have an idea of what I can potentially be blended with. Of course African, some Irish, I was born with red hair and it was red during my toddler years then became dark brown. My last name is Reid which is origin is from Ireland( that region). My great, great grandmother was African / Portuguese. She could have passed for 100% white. Probably British based on my mother’s mom maiden name.
@@kenneishajackson9625 Oh really. 🤯 woooow. Thanks ao much for your history 😊
I'm mixed with irish and Scottish but my last name is Sterling 🤷🏽♀️ I haven't heard of your last name before so we are probably not related. 🫤
I did make a family tree a while ago but I am struggling to find children and cousins. I probably need to log back in Ancestry to see what I can find.
Hopefully you will get more answers when you take your test. It's super exciting 🤯😄
Grreat up. We do inherent traits so you business side is definitely Nigerian. I am a lot older than you and Jamaicans in the 80's plus looked down on Nigerians and visa versa.
Why though???? I have asked so many people and no one has an answer. We are them! Lol. So it would be like... we are looking down or disliking ourselves. 😅 Does that make sense?
Any insight would be great as I would love to know. My husband is born and raised in Jamaica and he said that beef is not there - he didn't know of it until he came to the UK!!! 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ I'm puzzled.
@@JustMeVanessa Yes that makes sense.
@@rosahacketts1668 It's such a shame to be honest but at least we know better. Thanks so much for watching 😊
It’s Ashkenazi Jewish (pronounced Ah-sh-keh- nah-zee) fyi :)
Thank you very much!!! ❤ Have you taken a DNA test too?
Because the data base was smaller when you first did it.
Now a days their a millions in the data base so info are more accurate...hence the updates. 10 years ago is a very long time scientifically speaking
Oh my days yes!!!! How did I forget that? 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ You are correct. Now I am wondering what my results would be like in anither 10 years down the line 😮😮😮.
Have you taken your dna test too?
@@JustMeVanessa yes, I have taken two tests. One with Ancestry and the other with 23&me. This is because both my brother and I, are researching our family tree. The Dna test was extremely helpful in confirming individuals whom we already had in our tree but were unsure about, and also introducing to us those who we knew nothing about...basically thousands.
To add again, the dna tests will change from time to time in percentages and also (in small cases) new areas as their own database expands.
@@emoriyel778 That's so cool. My cousin is doing that. She connected hundreds of people. Some relatives were also raised in the wrong families - either switched, given or kidnapped. Who knows 🤷🏽♀️
Hopefully you'll find all your relatives. Wishing you the best of luck and thanks for sharing. 😊🙌🏾🤗
@@JustMeVanessa Oh wow! you have got a fascinating family history, by the sounds of it. Just out of curiosity, what parishes in Jamaica are your parents from, if you don't mind me asking.
@@emoriyel778 Trust me. I found out some THINGS 🫣.
Both sides are from St Catherine. But so many things went down with the S owners - the Je** and Scott***. Trying here otherwise... you know the drill. 😶
One side had Je** and one side was Scott***. They were awful...
The Scott*** side was a little different as it was further back in history but that's how I got their last name. 🤦🏽♀️
Is your family from JA too?
This was interesting to watch. Just by looking at you the first time, I thought you were definitely mixed race....genes are interesting hey!!! I wonder what would be my result if I did an Ancestry Test. Would I be in for surprises too as within Sub- Saharan Africa there was migration for centuries.....🤔???
Oooo you should definitely do one if you can. 😄😊 Only buy it on offer though as it's super expensive. I got mine around mother's day and hubbys around easter.
Thanks for watching ❤️😊
28% Nigerian got me smiling
Same here. Now I need to learn how to dance 🫣😅😅😅😅
You are very beautiful and your lips are not small, they are quite full and say thank God for them because they make you beautiful. You face screams Ashkenazi jewish. You look like one of my sisters but we have no Ashkenazi Jewish in us but we have do 1 to 3% Middle East in us. All the companies we test with find the Middle East with different percent except 23andMe but they found North Africa. Jamaica has one of he oldest synagogue in the Americas. The community of Ashkenazi Jews in Kingston were called "The English and German Congregation." In 1787, they built a synagogue called Shangare Yosher. Nice results and thanks for sharing.
Jamaicans are mostly Nigerian in our ancestry.
Thank you so much for the history, I really had no clue!
You should see my mum. She looks more Jewish than anything. I will being her on my channel when she comes over in June. I used to call her 'white lady' when I was a baby she said 😅.
The British Jamaicans don't know that by the way. It's such a shame. I do let them know though as there needs to be peace.
Thanks so much for watching 🤗
Yes they are. I am over 50% Nigerian with Ibo being primary tribe.
@@celeste5607 That's so cool. I think my husband is 62 but I would have to check again as they update it.
This is super exciting to me as we may just live in Africa. We need the sun 😫😫😫
Nigerians and Jamaicans are much more related hence the beef between them as majority of the slaves from African came from the west coast stretching from Sene-Gambia to Equatorial Guinea including Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon etc and so i can assure any black person living on this planet has got at a quarter of their blood lineage to Nigeria. Hence, our of every 7 blacks on this planet, a Nigerian is one!
Exactly! Thanks so much for highlighting this. I appreciate you. 🤗
The beef needs to stop. It literally makes no sense.
Question, are you Nigerian too?
@JustMeVanessa yes, I am and I do get along with a lot of my Jamaican brothers and sisters as most of them say I look like them and my maternal root is from the slaves that returned to Lagos in Nigeria hence my mother's maiden name is an English one.
@@abdulmalikkoiki Thanks so much for sharing! I didn't know that slaves returned to Lagos 🤯 Please tell me more if you can. 🙏🏽
@JustMeVanessa yes, in Lagos ( which the people call EKO) is full of names like Williams, Coker, Macaulay, Adams, Simpson etc are the slaves that were able to trace their root to Lagos and others stayed in Freetown ( Sierra Leone 🇸🇱) named after the slaves that returned and Liberia 🇱🇷 which is all blacks that finally settled in African and that's the only country colonised by USA 🇺🇸 hence the flags similar.
@@abdulmalikkoiki Woooooah. Thank you so much for the history lesson. I never knew this. I am happy that they got to go back because the west is chaotic. We are saving to leave it. I couldn't never retire here 😫
Where are you based?
Why weren't the results the same?
Apparently it's because more data has been added to their system 🤷🏽♀️ I'm tempted to check again but I don't want to find out that the results have changed again lol 🤭
Typing before knowing results.
I'm guessing 50% sub Saharan African, 25% English and 25% Welsh? 🌍😃
Oh noooo 😆😆😆😆😆 Everyone literally thinks I'm biracial lol. My mum messed up on my skin colour. 🤣🤣🤣
Now that you know the results, were you shocked?
@@JustMeVanessa
A little shocked, yes! 😃
@@noelgibson5956 😅😅😅
Have you taken one yet? Im keen to take a '23 and me' test to see if they can find anything health wise.
@@JustMeVanessa
I haven't yet, but I am curious. I could discover something surprising! 😱😃
@@JustMeVanessa
Yes it would be good to know the health stuff so you can know in advance what adjustments need to be made with diet, lifestyle, etc.
What are your genetic communities?
I have no clue what that is, sorry 🤷🏽♀️😅. Please let me know what that is.
I just found it on Google 😅, but I'm not that knowledgeable about DNA to know what that is or where to find it. 🫣
@@JustMeVanessa It informs you whether you are Jamaican, or Haitian, or Black American, or Brazilian, etc.. Sign in, go to the "DNA" tab, then "DNA Story", scroll to the bottom to "DNA Communities". It will tell you there.
@@doubleutee8867 Something happened to your comment. I think YT deleted it. I tried to like it to save it but I don't think that did the trick.
Thank goodness I saw a preview.
You can't say anything anymore 😫
@@JustMeVanessa You are so correct with that. They censure nearly anything. Oh well. It's okay. Actually, I can make out a piece of one of your genetic communities. It is "Scottish Highlands and Islands..." at 3:17. Peace!
Was waiting for 20% Ugandan but in vain 😂😂😂
Loooool not me. As far as I know, the slaves mostly came from West Africa. Several people have done a DNA test in my family and they have similar results to me. It's fascinating! Would you do one?
@@JustMeVanessa I don't think I can 😂, I don't want to be disappointed
@@NickMorret Lol bless you. I totally understand as I was 🤣🤣🤣
28% Nigerian 💃🏾❤️
Best result for sure 🙌🏾❤️
I think it's your grandfather side why you have all the mix up! Sorry baby❤️ The rest is from my dad side
Most definitely his side. It's ok, mum. 🤗❤️
These are only estimates.
Yep. It said that on my old results too. I wish it was accurate 😫.
Have you taken one too?
@Just Me Vanessa I have taken 4 and uploaded to 3 others. The only way to prove ancestry is through a paper trail, meaning doing the research and taking your genealogy back person by person. You will learn a lot doing the research too.
@@sr2291 That's true. I did that with the J e... w i s h side. They migrated to Jamaica from Czech Republic. It seems like they were automatically able to get land just because... they had many s l... a v e s and even passed them down through marriage. The worse part was, they described them like a table - very good or poor condition. Unfortunately, the s l... v e s only lived until their late 30s. This was my mother's great grandfather.
Typing weird as YT deletes 'sensitive 'comments. They other guy had his removed and he didn't say any wrong. Let's see if you get to see this one.
@Just Me Vanessa Yes your comment is still here. That is so fascinating. Were your slave ancestors named in the Jamaican documents? In the US, it is rare to see their actual names. I know. I was adopted by Eastern European J * w s and I have had my comments removed for using the word J * w ish just in a casual conversation.
@@sr2291 Not too sure, but I will try and find the paperwork and let you know.
Yes, comments like that ... are removed. It's ridiculous that we have to write this way, yet people still leave p ... n and s ... m links in the comments for children to access with ease. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
They are really showing what they are p ..sh.. g aren't they. 🤦🏽♀️
Look deeper into these companies you’ll be surprised by what’s going on.
Ma'am you are mixed. It's okay to say that you are mixed. Just like you, i identify as black, but the fact of the matter is that you don't have 100% african heritage.
Nah, I'll pass thanks. 😅 I'm not identifying as black, I AM black. 😁😉 Let's just say, I'm rounding to the nearest 100. 😏
@@JustMeVanessa 👌
Oi, amiga linda amei o vídeo ❤❤❤
Thanks for watching ❤️
I don't understand why say you are Black and look surprised when you know your grand is Jewish etc!
I have explained this in the comments 😊
1/4 European ancestry but you deny it and claim 100% black, just weird
Yeah I know 😩 I really am 🫢.
My husband laughs at me all the time. But to be honest with you, growing up black girls and women thought I was bi-racial - it caused so many issues, jealousy and fights 🙄. It wasn't easy. That's one of the reasons why I don't claim it 🤷🏽♀️
@@JustMeVanessa They thought right though because you are biracial. No not 50:50 but 75:25
@@PandaHernandez23 Looool no way! In the UK, biracial is half and half. 😅 I'm rounding it to the nearest 100 hehe. 🤭
Wait, where are you from? I'm curious now 😊
u favor Beyonce soooooo much
Congrats on your Nigerian Ancestry. Ensure u come visit soon you look like a Yoruba tribe girl.
Thank you so much for watching 🤗. I'm happy that percentage, I just wish I knew where exactly my ancestors were from ib Nigeria.
My husband's one was a lot higher! Lucky him. 😅
Indigenous has nothing to do with Salsa, Bachata, or Reggaeton that mixture happened after the Spanish arrived.?? and you kept on going on about this?
Since when? 😅 I reached out to a salsa teacher and they said salsa came from Africans in Cuba? If you have sources, I will definitely read them as I LOOOOOVE salsa. 😊
Also, 'going on' yes of course. It's my channel and I love to talk 🤣 It's my favourite thing to do 😏
@@JustMeVanessa You used the word indigenous. Indigenous in the case of a Cuba or DR is Taino Native peoples of the Americans. The genre had roots in colonial Cuba and mid-20th-century New York. Then, in the late 1960s, as Latin music became ever more popular among New York
audiences, Pacheco and his business partner selected the word “salsa” as the genre's convenient, memorable, marketable
identifier
Culture in the Caribbean is a bi-product of a melting pot that involves Spanish, Africans, and Tainos.. For this to happen all these groups had to first meet and interact. This is even obvious in the DNA of the people of these countries in Cuba, Puerto Rico, DR typically a combination of Iberian, West-Central African and Taino.
Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. It contains elements of European (mainly Spanish music), indigenous Taino and African musical elements, representing the cultural diversity of the Dominican population.
@@chevalierdenoir754 Thanks so much for the history 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 appreciate it 😊 It's cool to know the details.
Have you seen African rumba? I wonder if there was any influences too. Do you know?
Ashkenazi Jewish. And why are you stating that you're fully black? You stated that you're Mom is half-Jewish. You're not fully black, darlin'. You're 1/4 Jewish..AND..if it's your Mom's mother who is Jewish, that renders both your Mom and you Jewish as well.
Because it would be weird stating that I am 74% black, 25% white and 1% other in a convo. 😅
If you round 74% to the nearest whole number you get 100%. It's not like I am choosing to identify as white 🤷🏽♀️ I think that would be weird, don't you think? 🤭
@@JustMeVanessa if it were a percentage in the low single digits, I'd say yes. One grandparent is 1/4. Still a decent amount, I'd think.
@@TheRanaro Makes sense. My grandad was Jewish (mums side) I only picked up 11%. Scottish came from my dad's side. If people ask, then I will say. 😊
Are you related to the Marshallecks or Marshalls? I have a lot of Jewish relatives on Ancestry, but they are in Europe.
Werid seeing a British with indigenous america. Your dad was Jamaican so maybe that's where it came from.
My parents are both Jamaican, but I do know that I have Indian on both sides of my family.
Not sure if you know this but there were Indians living on the island before slavery took place. Some hid in the mountains to get away.
Have you taken your dna too?
Thanks for watching my results. 🤗
@@JustMeVanessa I did.
@@KentPetersonmoney Cool, what were your results? 😁
@@JustMeVanessa 79% African, 20% European and 1% native American.
@@KentPetersonmoney Cool, you have native American too 😄. I didn't expect that lol. I told my husband I am hanging on to the native for dear life lol.
I used to have arab in me but it disappeared when they updated the results 🤷🏽♀️.
I'm planning on doing 23 and me to see what that picks up.
The Bantu people are the descendants of God that’s why they won’t call them with right name. They don’t want you to know the rich cultural and spiritual connection you have with the Most High.
Welcome to the family. Embrace your heritage.
Oh really wow. I didn't know this! Tell me more please (if you have more info).
We didn't learn anything in the UK so I honestly don't have a clue. I try my best to research online, but I really want to go to Africa instead - currently saving. I want to ask local people what they know about life before colonisation.
Have you been to Africa? If yes, which countries did you go to and what did you find out?
Yes I’m African from Angola and Congo
@@soulfulnesspeace6839 Oh really. That's so cool. Have you taken a dna test too?
Sis, your lips are full like most Africans.
Really? I get told the opposite 😅😅😅
You look American and from your accent it seems you were taken from here. You are an American Indian not African Love we look different
Your results are not that different. It seems like only Benin & Togo and Ivory Coast & Ghana changed positions.
EDIT: Ancestry updates regularly. Every year or two. Results from 8 years ago wouldn't be accurate. They didn't have as many DNA samples back then.
That's so true!!! They wouldn't of had enough data. No one wonder why there are ads everywhere. They want our samples 🫢 lol
Have you taken yours too?
@@JustMeVanessa I have. I've done a couple of tests. They match with my Louisiana history (West Africa, Europe, Native, Austronesian, tad bit of Arab). Some stuff I'm still learning about.
@@chadpopulisjr243 Woah how cool. It's nice to learn your roots, that's why I did it.
I'm thinking of doing 23 and me to trace genetic illnesses. My mum did it and her current ones came up 🤯
@@JustMeVanessa I always knew I had the Alzheimers gene and it showed up.
@@chadpopulisjr243 🤯 That's why I was thinking of doing one. My husband said to fast instead 🤣🤣🤣
Well damn, I thought you was a woman!!
LOOOOOOOOOOL I love this comment! 😂😂😂