African DNA: Which DNA Test is the Better? | Genetic Genealogy

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @hasanicarter5543
    @hasanicarter5543 2 года назад +50

    As an African American Genealogist, I usually recommend doing AncestryDNA and 23andMe first. Reason being, is as more and more Africans from the continent (first gen immigrants to western countries; and those still living across Africa) take these two DNA test, the more African Americans will be able to find actual African cousins (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th cousins) from across the continent, whom they share an actual Ancestor with, somewhere in their family tree.
    They could then upload their raw 23andMe/AncestryDNA raw dna file to LivingDNA (and pay for the detailed ethnicity unlock) to get a detailed breakdown of estimated ethnicities, by specific ethnic groups such as Yoruba, Akan etc…
    23andMe recently added genetic communities for Africa, in their latest update, also.
    If you are doing single lineage testing, Ala Y-DNA/MtDNA testing..and are looking for potential Ethnic Group affiliation that you may be closest to, on that line, I recommend you get a 37 Y-STR Y-DNA test; and a Full sequence Analysis MtDNA test, to confirm your Y/MtDNA are recently African.
    From there, keeping in mind that your primary objective is “finding your tribe” on that line…
    You can opt to have either/and/or African Ancestry Inc (www.AfricanAncestry.com) to re-analyze your FTDNA results (this will save you $100 off of your African Ancestry test) ; or have your FTDNA results analyzed by RootsforReal (www.RootsforReal.com) and these two will give you ethnic group proximity, according to the data they have, for groups across Africa, in THEIR respective databases, where they will give their best match for you.
    I hope this helps.
    Further recommendations are in the comments section with my post, here⬆️⬇️

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +6

      What a great recommendation. Thanks for sharing your insight.

    • @brentwiley3426
      @brentwiley3426 2 года назад +3

      I agree with Hasani Carter.
      The autosomal test from Ancestry gives you more bang for your buck when it comes to finding African cousins. It’s a great way to start with genetic genealogy without spending over 100.00USD.
      By all means take the YDNA and MtDNA with African Ancestry, but Ancestry offers more when it comes to building family trees and finding living relatives on the continent.

    • @bunnipop1867
      @bunnipop1867 2 года назад +2

      So I'm black and adopted, I don't have any contact with biological members. Would the Y-DNA/MtDNA testing still be of help to me since I can only test myself?

    • @hasanicarter5543
      @hasanicarter5543 2 года назад +5

      @@bunnipop1867 for trying to figure out where, in Africa, your ancestry comes from? Yes. I would start with 23andMe ($99) just to see if my Y/MtDNA was African to begin with. If your one of your MtDNA/Y-DNA traces back to Africa, then think about ordering an African Ancestry DNA test. If it doesn’t… you’ve saved yourself $300 on the ‘African Ancestry INC’ test.

    • @crescendyr8438
      @crescendyr8438 2 года назад

      You're promoting African Ancestry now? Didn't they tell you Akan and it turned out your paternal line was with the Yoruba? They're basing it on a cheap 8-STR test. They don't look at any SNPs and can't even give people a paternal hapIogroup. African Ancestry is a total scam taking advantage of African American's desire to know what people they descend from.

  • @dluders
    @dluders 2 года назад +14

    I had never heard of the AfricanAncestry or AfroRoots DNA-testing companies before now. We learn a lot from you on each broadcast! :)

  • @LanceHall
    @LanceHall 2 года назад +7

    I have a mixed Choctaw and African line. I saw one of my distant cousins on 23 Me and when I realized she was a Mitochondrial descendant of this line I looked at her Mitochondrial haplogroup and sure enough it was east African. My cousin is also basically White with a little Indian.

    • @LanceHall
      @LanceHall 2 года назад

      So if you have African ancestry try to locate cousins at 23 Me and get that Haplogroup. Actually I've been doing this will all my lines.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      Thanks for sharing your experience.

    • @AdultThirdCultureKid1971
      @AdultThirdCultureKid1971 2 года назад +1

      My mitochondrial haplogroup started in east Africa, too. 😀

  • @design401
    @design401 2 года назад +7

    I took the African Ancestry test.... never heard of the other test. I was able to take matriclan test. It came back with multiple ethnic groups since they are social organizations and people move around. I got Fula in Guinea Bissau, Mandinka in Senegal 🇸🇳, Mende & Temne in Sierra Leone and the Kru people in Liberia. I think my ancestor that came over was Fulani and the family moved around.... that tribe is nomadic. I could be wrong but that is a good guess. For the most part I claim them all as my ethnicities. Mainly because I have relatives in all of those groups. My boyfriend took the test to....he got the Balanta people in Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼.... he looks just like them. 😂 I joke about that with him.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +2

      Thanks so much for sharing your experience!

    • @CLTrattler704
      @CLTrattler704 Год назад +1

      I took the patri-clan test on African Ancestry and my result came back as Balanta People from Guinea Bissau🇬🇼!😊

  • @bentutsibensamale7520
    @bentutsibensamale7520 Год назад +3

    Livingdna is the best of all(u get a lot of tribes that u are mixed with)
    Because african fought each other
    On language barriers and lifestyle and pride
    The cattle herders like my tribe tutsi are still fighting till now
    In drc,
    Back then our ancestors if they defeated another tribe
    They took kids and women
    Livingdna is the best for african
    23 and me and ancestry dna are catching up but still far away
    For us african we are tribes not countries
    Telling me
    U see i m ugandan doesn't help at all
    Uganda has 42 tribes
    Knowing which one is in my dna is what matter
    Cri,heritage,ftdna,the one from spain are lacking african data

  • @willis3537
    @willis3537 Год назад +3

    To all Afro-Africans, the best for you is to have one foot in West Africa and another foot in the United States.
    It would be a serious mistake to come permanently to live in Ghana, Sierra-Leone, or even in Cameroon. But you now have more and more an opportunity to have two countries in the world, which is a huge privilege in a lifetime. Your prayers for many centuries have been heard by the creator of the universe.
    Do not make mistakes expose you to certain disappointments. Except for very young children who will be able to adapt better than adults in black Africa.
    Also pay close attention to land speculation in Africa, there are many crooked brokers and especially false papers that expose you to foolishly losing your money.
    You will also need to find out from the traditional authorities living in the areas where you want to buy land. Many Africans are naturally generous without expecting anything in return. This is also why they cheated with slavery and the colonization that followed. They are not naive but naturally generous. Be smart and realistic, all is not well in Africa. It's very far from the paradise that we are trying to sell you....but there are heavenly corners that are uninhabited until now.
    Good luck to everyone
    A brother from Senegal in West Africa.

  • @mamabear52
    @mamabear52 2 года назад +4

    I missed most of the live session, will rewatch it, I tested first with 23andme 12 years ago, since then FTDNA, Ancestry, and MH. Although it is better now, considering all the "updates", no company has truly given African populations much attention. Because my DNA matches to continental African matches tend to be under 10cm, it was a big disappointment when Ancestry considered 7cm and under of no use,

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +2

      I have several videos that I recommend as follow ups based on your comment. I hope this helps a bit.
      How many of those small segments are actual matches ruclips.net/video/OF5-PPMQvCg/видео.html (This addresses the 7 cM issue)
      Understanding Ethnicity Part 1: Reference Populations Databases ruclips.net/video/ScZtHuU78n4/видео.html (this is a previous video I did about reference populations that connects well into this video's discussion of the small amount of African DNA which test takers can compare their DNA to.)
      Thanks for watching and sharing your comments.

  • @WowWhatTheHeezy
    @WowWhatTheHeezy 2 года назад +2

    I never heard of AfroRoots. My cousin did the African Ancestry Y-DNA test. I was disappointed that they don't provide match information like FTDNA, nor did it state the Haplotype group like 23 and Me. I hope you will revisit this subject to include that information as well as well as info on FTDNA and AfroRoots.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      To revisit this topic, I will need to have sample reports from folks who have tested with these companies. Sadly, I do not have any African DNA in my closest generations for me to self-test.

    • @orangemoonglows2692
      @orangemoonglows2692 Год назад

      i got haplogroup info from african ancestry.

  • @aboyaq7259
    @aboyaq7259 2 года назад +1

    FTDNA can be interesting for East-Africans because many Saudis already took the Big-Y tests of which many happen to share similar haplogroups with East-Africans (potentially the old arabslave/soldier diaspora, workers, uhr heimat?,). If only more East-Africans did the Big-Y test from select areas then the branch gap between Afro-Arab diaspora could potentially be narrowed down further.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +2

      I think it can be said that if more people in general would take DNA tests and put up family trees (as best they are able) online and connect them to their DNA, many of us would overcome some of our family tree building roadblocks that afflict populations around the globe.

    • @aboyaq7259
      @aboyaq7259 2 года назад

      @@FamilyHistoryFanatics True, but one thing that these DNA-ancestry companies might have noticed or not. Is the fact that sub-saharan africans don't (most often) have surnames. We tend to keep track of the names of our paternal ancestors and what closesly would resemble a surname would be the village that those paternal ancestor represented.
      On AncestryDNA I'll find matches, but I'm limited to viewing their family trees till a max of 7 different surnames, while surnames are actually not surnames, but father names. There's still somewhat of a roadblock there.

  • @mamakatz
    @mamakatz 2 года назад +5

    I can't wait to learn about African ethnicity.

  • @crenshawgrinder4725
    @crenshawgrinder4725 2 года назад +2

    LivingDNA has the most extenstive reference populations down to ethnic group and beyond region unlike Ancestry and the others.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      Actually, that needs to be qualified. LivingDNA only breaks down for the British Isles to the county level. They're not that thorough for other regions of the world.

    • @crenshawgrinder4725
      @crenshawgrinder4725 2 года назад +4

      @@FamilyHistoryFanatics Well, we are comparing apples to oranges here. LivingDNA has at least 75 African reference populations while most others can only give a region or a paternal or maternal ancestor belonging to a haplogroup. This is not really responsive to African diversity. More importantly, LivingDNA provides a deep autosomal dive which provide a percentage of your ethnic group. African populations cross borders so a country or regional identification provides a weaker level of identification.

    • @hasanicarter5543
      @hasanicarter5543 2 года назад +3

      @@FamilyHistoryFanatics LivingDNA does the same for Africa.. it breaks it down by tribe.

  • @alphacharm
    @alphacharm 2 года назад +3

    My parents are from Sierra Leone but that didn’t show up on my ancestry test. My test said I was mostly from Senegal? And when I did GED match it showed other parts of Africa that Ancestry didn’t show.. so now I’m confused

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +1

      It's likely because few people are in the reference population for Sierra Leone. This means if you do not have DNA in common with the handful of people that your DNA is compared to, then you will have 'seem' to have that ethnicity. If more people with documented Sierra Leone heritage participate in DNA testing, then you could see that ethnicity percentage increase.
      Thus, there are several reasons that what you thought you should have is not in your DNA. I just detailed one of them.

    • @alphacharm
      @alphacharm 2 года назад

      @@FamilyHistoryFanatics Thanks!

    • @barrypayton2832
      @barrypayton2832 Год назад

      This may be from the migration of many ethnic groups now living in Sierra Leone. There are 16 major tribes that are recognized. But there are also many smaller ones that have blended into the majority. In addition to the ethnic groups that were brought over to create Freetown, like the Yoruba and Ashanti and those from the Congo regions, were settled there during the British protectionism in Sierra Leone.

    • @bentutsibensamale7520
      @bentutsibensamale7520 Год назад +1

      Do livingdna
      23 and me might see Sierra leone

    • @alexandracruz5243
      @alexandracruz5243 11 месяцев назад

      According to Ancestry DNA, the ethnicity of Senegal is also found in Sierra Leona. Look at the description of each ethnicity in your results.

  • @doubleutee8867
    @doubleutee8867 Год назад

    Also, I strongly believe My Heritage is designed to use the genetic groups to cover the southern African regions, because there's a genetic group for nearly every southern Africa nation.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  Год назад +1

      That's possible. They develop groups based on the reference populations they have. If they have more southern African regions, that would reflect in their groups.

  • @annejohnston7948
    @annejohnston7948 2 года назад +3

    I was very disappointed. Why did you not cover FTDNA? I have 2 groups of people in Southern Africa that have tested with FTDNA and was all set to send them this video. They are one of the few testing companies that sent kits to South Africa.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      You know. I'm not sure why I neglected it. Thanks for correcting me.

  • @tlgregory12
    @tlgregory12 2 года назад

    I have done African Ancestry i just got my results back a few weeks ago. My results were Tikar People in Cameroon.. The company has been around for about 18 years. I discovered them when PBS did the show Finding Your Roots . AfroRoots is a new company. I did Ancestry & 23& Me first as well as had my parents do them I wanted make sure my haplogroups lead back to Africa. I knew there was a high chance my fathers wouldn't. His lead back to Greece/ Balkans.

  • @newtownkrio3380
    @newtownkrio3380 2 года назад +1

    I have not seen any feedback here about CRI Gentics results. It would be good to know the size of references populations for Africa ethnicities.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +1

      That's because I DON'T recommend anyone test with CRI genetic who is serious about genetic genealogy. You can get similar results to that company for less money and more tools. ruclips.net/video/XEwSfmHTP-Q/видео.html

    • @bentutsibensamale7520
      @bentutsibensamale7520 Год назад

      I wasted my money with cri ,expensive and nothing good for african

  • @Fennec1919
    @Fennec1919 2 года назад

    23andMe has divided the world into 1500+ regions. AncestryDNA has divided it into around 500. MyHeritage has 42 geographic regions.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      Thanks for sharing your findings. The question becomes whether these subdivisions are accurate? For that, I remain skeptical.

  • @MrsPillows
    @MrsPillows 2 года назад

    My great grandmother, mother to my grandmother, mother to my father, was from Cape Verde, but I would like to find out where she really was from prior to people being brought to Cape Verde. Does it make sense to do this AfricanAncestry test, or not, since the it's neither just mDNA nor Y DNA if I'm saying that correctly. I saw some people finding out which tribe they were related to, but I suppose that would not be an option in this case?

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      I typically advise against taking an yDNA or mtDNA test unless you're trying to resolve a very specific research question on your father's, father's, father's line or your mother's, mother's, mothers, line.
      I would test with only the companies that allow you to build a family tree WITH your DNA. That way, you can add what you can about known relatives, link in with relatives closter than 4th cousins that are unknown, and eventually link families together. You can then consult the ethnicity results to see where everyone might be from back in Cape Verde.

  • @kr3539
    @kr3539 2 года назад

    I need to trace my Y-DNA, any suggestions? I'm a Nilote whose ancestors absorbed a lot of bantu. Need to check whether paternal ancestry is truly Nilotic because I'm brown skinned (Nilotes are very dark).

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      Family Tree DNA is the site with the largest Y-DNA database. That being said, it is only about 1 million and not necessarily very representative of all populations throughout the world.

  • @LS-mj3qk
    @LS-mj3qk 2 года назад +1

    ...."I don't have any African heritage myself".......Really? That amazes me!

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +5

      There are many people who look like me that have African ethnicity in their DNA results. I like to be clear while addressing the questions viewers ask me.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +2

      Descendant Travels ... I'm not sure I understand your point. Y-DNA testing could trace our genetic ancestry to our haplogroup which have genetic markers back that far. Autosomal DNA tests can only trace back to our 5th great-grandparents. What were you trying to state given these facts?

    • @suzannemcclendon
      @suzannemcclendon 2 года назад +2

      @@FamilyHistoryFanatics I would be one of those people. I look "white". I was raised "white". But, my DNA ethnicity results say that is not an entirely accurate picture.

  • @Kundizu
    @Kundizu Год назад

    How about north Africans? Data is all over the place (huge difference of estimates in myheritage and ancestry)

  • @petecreate8022
    @petecreate8022 2 года назад +1

    I was interested in what you had to say buy you lost me once you abnormal of years was thrown into the conversation. 200k years is extrem for me, if you would said 10 to 15k years ago is believable to me because B.C is included .now we are 9n A.D 2022, 200k is hard to swallow

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад

      I can understand the confusion. Try watching a video about the different types of DNA testing. Then you'll understand what I'm getting at. ruclips.net/video/JX6VS_KxdY8/видео.html

  • @monilove90
    @monilove90 5 месяцев назад

    Did he say Africans “left” Africa or were they stolen

  • @AutonyB
    @AutonyB 2 года назад

    My haplogroup is l1

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 года назад +1

      Awesome. Now, go build your family tree using DNA matches to see what else you can learn. ruclips.net/p/PLcVx-GSCjcdmsw25mbI-wJin_9_9QQUzI

  • @eddierayporter1716
    @eddierayporter1716 Год назад

    LOL the Levent is the birth place of the human race unless people refutes the Bible and believes in evolution. I also believe what there is some creditability via science about older population in Africa

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  Год назад +1

      While I am Christian and believe the Bible, I don't use it as source material for genetic genealogical purposes. There are gaps between what is documented in our DNA and genealogical records and the Bible. That's where faith comes into play.