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  • Опубликовано: 27 фев 2023
  • Finally, I am sharing my Ancestry DNA results from ancestry.co.uk. I was curious to see my DNA results again as I heard Ancestry updated them.
    If you are curious, sign up to Ancestry DNA to know your heritage and family tree.
    As always, thanks for watching.
    Vanessa
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    If you would like to keep up with me, my IG is: @vanessa__latu
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  • @JustMeVanessa
    @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +9

    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

    • @Breyionna
      @Breyionna Год назад

      If you copy your message and put it in the video description box, RUclips will generate chapters for you.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      Oh really. Thank you so much! 🙌🏾
      I will try it now. 😊
      Thanks for stopping by. 🤗

  • @Roseau112
    @Roseau112 Год назад +7

    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. ❤

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +4

      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?

    • @Roseau112
      @Roseau112 Год назад +2

      @@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.

  • @theone7778
    @theone7778 10 месяцев назад +5

    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

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  4 месяца назад

      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?

  • @GentlemanAmerican
    @GentlemanAmerican Год назад +9

    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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +3

      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 🙌🏾

    • @GentlemanAmerican
      @GentlemanAmerican Год назад +1

      @@JustMeVanessa I haven't, but I enjoy watching these videos. Were you born in UK?

  • @lifesprinklesbytamara
    @lifesprinklesbytamara Год назад +12

    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 😍

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +3

      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?

    • @lifesprinklesbytamara
      @lifesprinklesbytamara Год назад

      @@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😀❤❤

    • @lifesprinklesbytamara
      @lifesprinklesbytamara Год назад

      @@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😂😂

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@lifesprinklesbytamara Honestly, I couldn't imagine. I wonder if I should upload my husband's updated results too? Thoughts?

    • @ycaceres3357
      @ycaceres3357 11 месяцев назад

      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

  • @triviaworldopolis3362
    @triviaworldopolis3362 Год назад +2

    Great video my friend! ❤

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      Thank you 🤗 Have you taken a DNA test before?

  • @maudeboggins9834
    @maudeboggins9834 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the video. You are such fun.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад +1

      Aww thanks. I appreciate you watching 🤗
      Have you done your DNA too? What were your results?

  • @simply_fw
    @simply_fw Год назад +3

    So … I didn’t understand about the breakdown and how things changed from the previous results… but I enjoyed your reaction 😂

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      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 ❤️

  • @goodfoodandtoursjamaica
    @goodfoodandtoursjamaica Год назад

    ❤️ love this! You are beautiful

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      Thank you!!!! How have you been. It's been a while ❤️

  • @fatmairfanoglu6001
    @fatmairfanoglu6001 11 месяцев назад

    Wow I love this💖

  • @anitaduphie
    @anitaduphie Год назад

    Van I also thought you were biracial, wow. You are hilarious 🤣. I enjoyed watching 💞

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      Noooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 My husband calls me 'white woman' you know. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He is laughing so hard at these comments. 🫣😫🤣

  • @someonenew3478
    @someonenew3478 3 месяца назад

    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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  3 месяца назад

      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 😁

  • @LessonWorldTV
    @LessonWorldTV Год назад

    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.....🤔???

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      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 ❤️😊

  • @shaniceonbiz
    @shaniceonbiz Год назад +5

    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 😂😂

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      It's a crazy change but hey, they are estimates. Oh wow. Check you out. We are so similar 🤗🤗🤗❤️

  • @michelesd6897
    @michelesd6897 Год назад +3

    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 😊

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      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 🤭

  • @Bori-Domi-24
    @Bori-Domi-24 11 месяцев назад +4

    one love to my Jamaican neighbor from a brother from Puerto Rico lol salsa ,,,,,lol

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад +1

      Hey my Puerto Rican brother 😅. Have you taken your DNA too?

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Bori-Domi-24 Woop woop. Do you have any family in Jamaica?

    • @Bori-Domi-24
      @Bori-Domi-24 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@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..😂

    • @Bori-Domi-24
      @Bori-Domi-24 11 месяцев назад

      @@JustMeVanessa Yes I did My results are on my channel...

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      @@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 🤣🤣🤣

  • @BRICKStv9864
    @BRICKStv9864 4 месяца назад +1

    We still have plp who look like u on the continent who are no mixed, welcome home brothers and sisters we prayed for this to happen 🙏 and together we will be great.do visit someday

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  4 месяца назад

      Really? Where are they from? I would love to know more information please 🥰.
      I will visit for sure as hubby and I are keen to know our roots. We have many friends who have moved back to Nigeria and Ghana - they love it!!!

  • @kenneishajackson9625
    @kenneishajackson9625 11 месяцев назад

    We have similar feature and complexion. Also hair texture. I am 100% Jamaican. I have never taken a test though.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      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?

    • @kenneishajackson9625
      @kenneishajackson9625 11 месяцев назад +1

      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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      @@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 🤯😄

  • @kingtv2276
    @kingtv2276 Год назад +2

    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

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      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! 🤣🤣

  • @Justafox305
    @Justafox305 Год назад +1

    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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +2

      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.

    • @Justafox305
      @Justafox305 Год назад

      @@JustMeVanessa USA and I used ancestry dna kit

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      @@Justafox305 Ok cool. What were your results? And have you been to Africa yet? I'm still saving to go. 😅

  • @kolaqhazimedia
    @kolaqhazimedia 10 месяцев назад

    I am Nigerian both parents and grands. You should visit some day, Abuja to be precise!

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  4 месяца назад

      I definitely will visit as hubby is 60% ish Nigerian. We could go together 😊. Are you Nigerian living in USA or UK?

  • @BORN-to-Run
    @BORN-to-Run 11 месяцев назад

    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

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      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? 😅

  • @TheCynicalOne_
    @TheCynicalOne_ 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’m also around 75% (I’m 77% African )

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      Woop woop great to here. 🙂 Do you have Nigerian in you too?

  • @ginasteadman6857
    @ginasteadman6857 10 месяцев назад

    They probably went further back. Also ancestery uses autotasmal. Meaning both chromosome sides. Its deeper

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  4 месяца назад

      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!!! 🤗🤗🤗

  • @Kueytwo
    @Kueytwo Год назад +3

    People travel and if you go back in time far enough we are all mostly related.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      That's so true! Have you taken your DNA too?

  • @Byclaucoelho
    @Byclaucoelho Год назад

    Oi, amiga linda amei o vídeo ❤❤❤

  • @rosahacketts1668
    @rosahacketts1668 Год назад

    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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +2

      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.

    • @rosahacketts1668
      @rosahacketts1668 Год назад

      @@JustMeVanessa Yes that makes sense.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@rosahacketts1668 It's such a shame to be honest but at least we know better. Thanks so much for watching 😊

  • @solidfamily3256
    @solidfamily3256 19 дней назад

    Why weren't the results the same?

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  16 дней назад

      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 🤭

  • @kemeamechi
    @kemeamechi Год назад +2

    28% Nigerian got me smiling

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      Same here. Now I need to learn how to dance 🫣😅😅😅😅

  • @Beingdorisekong
    @Beingdorisekong Год назад

    28% Nigerian 💃🏾❤️

  • @emoriyel778
    @emoriyel778 Год назад

    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

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      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?

    • @emoriyel778
      @emoriyel778 Год назад

      @@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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      @@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. 😊🙌🏾🤗

    • @emoriyel778
      @emoriyel778 Год назад

      @@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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      @@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?

  • @doubleutee8867
    @doubleutee8867 Год назад

    What are your genetic communities?

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      I have no clue what that is, sorry 🤷🏽‍♀️😅. Please let me know what that is.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      I just found it on Google 😅, but I'm not that knowledgeable about DNA to know what that is or where to find it. 🫣

    • @doubleutee8867
      @doubleutee8867 Год назад

      @@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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@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 😫

    • @doubleutee8867
      @doubleutee8867 Год назад

      @@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!

  • @celeste5607
    @celeste5607 Год назад +1

    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.

    • @celeste5607
      @celeste5607 Год назад

      Jamaicans are mostly Nigerian in our ancestry.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      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 😅.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      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
      @celeste5607 Год назад

      Yes they are. I am over 50% Nigerian with Ibo being primary tribe.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@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 😫😫😫

  • @noelgibson5956
    @noelgibson5956 Год назад +1

    Typing before knowing results.
    I'm guessing 50% sub Saharan African, 25% English and 25% Welsh? 🌍😃

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      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?

    • @noelgibson5956
      @noelgibson5956 Год назад +1

      @@JustMeVanessa
      A little shocked, yes! 😃

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +2

      @@noelgibson5956 😅😅😅
      Have you taken one yet? Im keen to take a '23 and me' test to see if they can find anything health wise.

    • @noelgibson5956
      @noelgibson5956 Год назад

      @@JustMeVanessa
      I haven't yet, but I am curious. I could discover something surprising! 😱😃

    • @noelgibson5956
      @noelgibson5956 Год назад

      @@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.

  • @Sam-dh2ki
    @Sam-dh2ki Год назад +1

    It’s Ashkenazi Jewish (pronounced Ah-sh-keh- nah-zee) fyi :)

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      Thank you very much!!! ❤ Have you taken a DNA test too?

  • @NickMorret
    @NickMorret Год назад +6

    Was waiting for 20% Ugandan but in vain 😂😂😂

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      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?

    • @NickMorret
      @NickMorret Год назад

      @@JustMeVanessa I don't think I can 😂, I don't want to be disappointed

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@NickMorret Lol bless you. I totally understand as I was 🤣🤣🤣

  • @tobimichigan
    @tobimichigan Год назад

    Congrats on your Nigerian Ancestry. Ensure u come visit soon you look like a Yoruba tribe girl.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +2

      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. 😅

  • @abdulmalikkoiki
    @abdulmalikkoiki 11 месяцев назад +1

    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!

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      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?

    • @abdulmalikkoiki
      @abdulmalikkoiki 11 месяцев назад

      @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
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      @@abdulmalikkoiki Thanks so much for sharing! I didn't know that slaves returned to Lagos 🤯 Please tell me more if you can. 🙏🏽

    • @abdulmalikkoiki
      @abdulmalikkoiki 11 месяцев назад +1

      @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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      @@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?

  • @chadpopulisjr243
    @chadpopulisjr243 11 месяцев назад

    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
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад +1

      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?

    • @chadpopulisjr243
      @chadpopulisjr243 10 месяцев назад

      @@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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  10 месяцев назад

      @@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 🤯

    • @chadpopulisjr243
      @chadpopulisjr243 10 месяцев назад

      @@JustMeVanessa I always knew I had the Alzheimers gene and it showed up.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  10 месяцев назад

      @@chadpopulisjr243 🤯 That's why I was thinking of doing one. My husband said to fast instead 🤣🤣🤣

  • @veronicamarshalleck394
    @veronicamarshalleck394 Год назад +3

    I think it's your grandfather side why you have all the mix up! Sorry baby❤️ The rest is from my dad side

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +1

      Most definitely his side. It's ok, mum. 🤗❤️

  • @montemuse
    @montemuse 10 месяцев назад +1

    Look deeper into these companies you’ll be surprised by what’s going on.

  • @PandaHernandez23
    @PandaHernandez23 10 месяцев назад +2

    1/4 European ancestry but you deny it and claim 100% black, just weird

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  10 месяцев назад

      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
      @PandaHernandez23 10 месяцев назад

      @@JustMeVanessa They thought right though because you are biracial. No not 50:50 but 75:25

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  10 месяцев назад

      @@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 😊

  • @sr2291
    @sr2291 Год назад

    These are only estimates.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      Yep. It said that on my old results too. I wish it was accurate 😫.
      Have you taken one too?

    • @sr2291
      @sr2291 Год назад

      @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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@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.

    • @sr2291
      @sr2291 Год назад

      @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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@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. 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @chevalierdenoir754
    @chevalierdenoir754 11 месяцев назад

    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?

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад

      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 😏

    • @chevalierdenoir754
      @chevalierdenoir754 11 месяцев назад

      @@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

    • @chevalierdenoir754
      @chevalierdenoir754 11 месяцев назад

      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.

    • @chevalierdenoir754
      @chevalierdenoir754 11 месяцев назад

      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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  11 месяцев назад +1

      @@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?

  • @Njoofene
    @Njoofene 10 месяцев назад

    I don't understand why say you are Black and look surprised when you know your grand is Jewish etc!

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  4 месяца назад

      I have explained this in the comments 😊

  • @Echni-xe3od
    @Echni-xe3od Год назад

    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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +2

      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. 😏

    • @Echni-xe3od
      @Echni-xe3od Год назад

      @@JustMeVanessa 👌

  • @TheRanaro
    @TheRanaro Год назад

    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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад +2

      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
      @TheRanaro Год назад

      @@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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@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.

  • @montemuse
    @montemuse 10 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @KentPetersonmoney
    @KentPetersonmoney Год назад +2

    Werid seeing a British with indigenous america. Your dad was Jamaican so maybe that's where it came from.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      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
      @KentPetersonmoney Год назад

      @@JustMeVanessa I did.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@KentPetersonmoney Cool, what were your results? 😁

    • @KentPetersonmoney
      @KentPetersonmoney Год назад

      @@JustMeVanessa 79% African, 20% European and 1% native American.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@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.

  • @higher_pwr8178
    @higher_pwr8178 8 месяцев назад

    Sis, your lips are full like most Africans.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  5 месяцев назад

      Really? I get told the opposite 😅😅😅

  • @soulfulnesspeace6839
    @soulfulnesspeace6839 Год назад

    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.

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      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?

    • @soulfulnesspeace6839
      @soulfulnesspeace6839 Год назад

      Yes I’m African from Angola and Congo

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      @@soulfulnesspeace6839 Oh really. That's so cool. Have you taken a dna test too?

  • @thomasbranson7237
    @thomasbranson7237 Год назад

    Well damn, I thought you was a woman!!

    • @JustMeVanessa
      @JustMeVanessa  Год назад

      LOOOOOOOOOOL I love this comment! 😂😂😂