My biggest pet peeve: “you’re not Hispanic you don’t even speak Spanish” BUT, it has made me more determined than ever to learn. I make my grandparents speak to me only in Spanish and I’m learning :)
@@KronksLever my friend, American English, or Americanised English is different to English. that's why we have different dictionarys 🤦♂️ I bet you dont even know what old English is? English is a bastard offspring of old English, Roman, French, German, Danish and Scandinavian to name but a few. To be Hispanic, means yes you do kinda have to speak spanish as it's in the name.
The thing about the changes in the website is that the results actually become more and more accurate over time. Obviously your actual dna never changes but the database in their pool of info continues to grow as people submit their dna, so they will update yours to become more and more accurate and honed in over time! Super cool
That is so true though recently Ancestry changed the way they report and they don't report any trace dna under 2%. I predicted 1.5% Native American but they don't show any for me. My cousin who has twice as much as me on paper shows 3% which makes sense. 23andme shows a higher resolution (down to 0.1%) which means they are more detailed but they have only tested 10 million people whereas Ancestry has tested 16 million meaning Ancestry has a higher database so their information, while a lower resolution, is more accurate. Originally Ancestry would only report a region so you might get "European" or "Sub-Saharan African" or "Western Asia" etc. Now they are down to "England" "Ireland" "Kenyan" "Iranian" etc. Mine told me the counties in Ireland and what part of Massachusetts my ancestors were from for the last 200 years which is pretty good but they could not tell me about my Spanish or Native American ancestors from 400 years ago. The best thing for anyone to do is to actually go to each dna testing web site and do them all. This would come to maybe half a dozen tests and that will give you a better and more accurate picture. If you have five different dna tests and one says 7%- 10% Nigerian and another says 12% Nigerian and a third says between 3% and 11% Nigerian and yet another says between 9% and 14% Nigerian and the last one says 12%-17% Nigerian then you can reasonably say you are most likely around 10%-12% Nigerian. five years from now they will all update the accuracy and you might see 11.2% Nigerian.
@@nunyabiznez6381 I am not well enough on money to try out all the DNA tests. Do you think I should just go for the 23andMe DNA test? It seems to be the most detailed, even showing which cities your ancestors came from which is cool. It would be boring to just see something like "Yeah you're from Africa.. somewhere... also Scandinavia". I am also interested in my ancestors from many years ago too.
@@ZairaL03 23 and me gives you a higher resolution results so in other words you will find out about an amount as small as 1/2 of 1%. But they won't tell you the region of the country your ancestors are from. Ancestry is the best one for that. Ancestry told me I am 43% Irish, 27% Scottish, 25% English and 5% Norwegian. Then they broke it down and told me when my ancestors came to New England and which states and counties they came from. They told me what part of Ireland my ancestors are from as well as what part of England. But they could not tell me what haplogroups my mother and father belonged to. 23 and me told me I am 98.5% British/Irish and 1.5% Spanish and they told me what haplogroups my father and my mother belonged to. So basically each gave me different pieces to the puzzle. If you are limited I suggest you choose based on what you are most curious about. If you want a detailed all around picture of your ancestry and don't mind that they won't report anything under 2% then Ancestry is the way to go. If you want to know what your mother's, mother's. mother's, mother's.... female line was then 23 and me could be the way to go. Personally I liked Ancestry more because I also get documented genealogy information from them. You can't look up census records on 23 and me.
@@nunyabiznez6381 Thank you! I will pick 23 and me as the first one for now! I'm just too curious what some of those less than 2% are in my blood! :) Since I am half Norwegian and half Russian (Chechnyan) I've always wondered what lays under all that. For the later future I'll save up for Ancestry to get the other detailed info!
Your Spanish sounds great!!! You should make a video trying to speak in Spanish only, would be so cool and funny 🤭 (your accent got my attention cuz sounds really) Saludos desde Mexico 🇲🇽🥰
OMG! it feels so nice to have someone struggle w the same things as me. I’m half Mexican half German and I’ve always struggled with fitting in with each one
The thing is the majority of Mexicans already have European in them or are full European, so you being mixed with a European parent you’re mostly all white, Mexican is a nationality and ethnicity tho so any color can be Mexican. I know you probably know this but this is for the people who will not understand why a white girl with blonde hair is half Mex
@@aislinna3611 my dad is actually native from Mexico so he’s Indian!!! he’s super dark just the German genes are very strong🤪 but yes, it’s so cool tho seeing how each Mexican can vary in color!
I am 50% Indian from my mom and a mix of German, Irish, and welsh from my dad. I was born in the states but my mom is an immigrant. I love my culture and history and I’m so proud of who I am☺️
Oh my gosh I’m similar. My father is English, Swedish and Icelandic and my mother is indian and Portuguese. Btw what do u look like, mixed race ppl are very interesting
I’m half Ecuadorian and half Russian. I took it upon myself to learn Spanish throughout high school and university, and now I can listen in onto Spanish convos and they would never know I’m fluent. 😂
It’s funny that they got rid off most of the German classes in the states between the First World War and Second World War because the stigma of Germany.
@@emptyhad2571 I guess it makes sense? When I was in high school , German was one of the only things offered at my school. We could take Spanish, ASL or German.
Just learn those languages by yourself and use them. Parents really do their children a disservice by not teaching them their mother tongues. As a parent don't ever give up, children's brains have plasticity and they DO LEARN even if you think they aren't improving.
I am 67 and have been waiting all my life for this! I was adopted as a baby and never knew anything about my natural family! I'm light skinned, but everyone is mixed and I'm hoping other members of my natural family will show up on my dna journey! I love mysteries except this one, I want some answers!
Also I do want to mention that I appreciate your moment on speaking about Social racism. Hopefully we can change Institutional racism as well. I suggest you watch the RUclips video “white savior trope explained” by the YT channel “the take” its super informative of stereotypes and the problematic side of them! Also I love to see you open up about race. I feel like Christians usually don’t talk about it but we all know Deuteronomy 1:17. We need to advocate against racism, the Lord wouldn’t want us to show any partiality.
I love that you made this video Jeanine! I am also mixed, my dad is Italian and Irish and my mom is Mexican. Recently my mom did a DNA test and found out shes 90% Native American! So I would love to do mine eventually!
My DNA makeup was so interesting! I always thought I was 25% Italian and 50% german and English and Welch and some unknown things but I ended up being 47% English, welsh 22% Irish and Scottish, 14% German, 9% french 6% Italian 2% Portuguese
I’m German, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and French. I can’t speak any of these languages, but I wish I could at least speak one of those languages 😭
I totally understand what you went through growing up because I struggled with that too. I was born in Ukraine but am half Ukrainian and Persian and Pakistani. I was adopted by American parents and moved to the states. I always felt like I was never Ukrainian enough growing up. So I completely understand how you felt! But now I have learned to accept and be okay with all of it. God bless ❤️
I'm full guatemalan! 🙋♀️ Always get told I don't look Guatemalan tho so I feel your pain on the commen misconception on "how your supposed to look", love your and your channel . May God continue to bless you and use your for his glory ❤
The major reason people tell you that you don’t look Guatemalan is the fact that Guatemala is the most indigenous country in Central America. Most associate Guatemalans with a Mayan look. Despite such every single country that has a typical or semi majority look also has others that are outside that box.
rachel rae false! I’m 100% East Asian... Korean specifically... maybe some Japanese because of Japanese conquest of Korea but no European in me at all... so that’s an ignorant assertion...
Not an “ignorant assertion” at all as it is quite true. You can be nearly 100% or even 100% European, African, Asian, etc, but if you narrow in on the countries themselves in these regions, chances are there will be some relative, possibly unbelievably distant that came from a different country within the region or even from a nearby region. Being purely 100% of anything is not impossible but unlikely.
John Lee you can be almost completely korean but your dna comes down and is changed in so many ways that your not tied down 110% to one thing. your dna that traces back to ethnicity is effected by generational eating habits (including alcoholism), generational trauma (an event like the holocaust for example), the area and even city, major climate changes, etc etc etc. it would be nearly impossible to be just one thing. (all of this information i got for my mentor who has a phd in genomics, and who has devoted years and years to researching and teaching in this very subject so it’s not an ignorant assertion (; )
Hi there from Puerto Rico! One tip that can be helpful next time you speak spanish. "I am" doesn't always translate as "Yo soy", sometimes it means "Yo tengo". For instance, "I am Jeanine" translates as "Yo soy Jeanine" but "I am 26 years old" means "Yo tengo 26 años" 👍🏽 Hope is helpful! Can't wait to see another video like this! Great job!
My grandma is from Guatemala and we’ve always wanted to take a family trip, but my grandma has never wanted to go back or for us to go. So it’s interesting to me about what you said about your family!!!
I think it’s important that we understand that race and culture are vastly different concepts to delineate. I’m 100% Korean but living in America also afforded me that same cultural disconnect as you suffered from. I’d be remiss to assert that most first world Asian countries like Korea and Japan have become so Westernized that culturally there is a merging in terms of culture even if food, language, and customs might be different... there is a slew of various western cultural expressions in those countries where you could fit in pretty well there because the culture is expressing itself in a more Western vibe than not... In terms of racism, I got it from whites and blacks so I think we need recognize that racism is a sin issue in the human heart, just like lust and lying. Before anything else Jeanine, if you say you want to learn, I highly recommend books by Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Walter Williams, Jason Riley, Booker T Washington, Malcolm X, and listen to pastor Voddie Baucham... you might find their positions pretty compelling...
My parents didn’t teach me their languages either. My dad was Nigerian. I picked up Spanish only a few years ago. Funny enough I took German in high school and college
Y’all I can totally relate. I’m Native Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Okinawan, German, Irish, Austrian, and Portuguese. My parents and grandparents are all mixed. I was born and raised in Hawaii, so it’s really common here for people to have multiple ethnicities. Most of our ancestors came here to work the plantations. Here we are taught to respect and love everyone, and to be proud of who we are. We are all so unique. Fearfully and wonderfully created by God. Unfortunately, I can relate with struggling with “ethnic identity “. I never felt like I was enough of any of my heritages. And unfortunately some people shamed me for it. I wasn’t Japanese enough. I wasn’t Filipino enough. I wasn’t Native Hawaiian enough. Growing up I didn’t learn to speak any of these languages, just a few words here and there. And we don’t practice a lot of customs from each of my cultures either. My mom wanted us to know that we should be proud of who we are, but that we needed to remember WHOSE we were before anything. To remember the importance of representing God’s Kingdom , not just our cultures. I’m proud of my heritage, I’m proud to be American, and I’m proud to be a Child of God. ❤️ Mahalo Nui for this video Jeanine. Continue to let Jesus lead you and use you for His Glory. God bless you and your ohana 🙏
Jeanine l just want to tell you that you inspire me so much and l requested to join abide but my mum said l was to young so l would love if both of us could just talk about things pertaining to christ on Instagram I sent you a dm talking about this and my Instagram name is moserere_eritta
I want to do this test. I literally don't even know everything that I am. My dad and his whole family are from Colombia and my mother is from Israel but her mother is from Morocco and her father is from Argentina so I'm just confused. And I'm the same with the culture thing, I grew up more with the Israeli side because my mother's side of the family is mostly here but my father's side I haven't even met half.
I’m Guatemalan, but the way she pronounces “Guatemalan” is different than how I pronounce it & what i have heard people pronounce it as...Does anybody else pronounce it the way she does? Lol
Note: there's a significant amount of admixed & tribal genotypes found among Mexicans that are also found among those in Guatemala. CRI Genetics offers an Advanced Ancestry Analysis (from 5 to 8000 generations back) as well as a Recent Analysis (last 5 generations: typical Autosomal DNA test). Doing these can be an eye opener (& it shows how much folk nowadays are from many areas all over the world & likely share DNA found among various ethnicities & races). Oh, & a thing I get a kick out of is when racists get their DNA results & learn that they're not purely "X" themselves.* 🤣 * = But hopefully learning such will be a step that helps them turn their thinking around.
You spoke Spanish and German well👍👍I am mixed with Portuguese, Chinese, Thai and French and I live in Asia.I couldn't agree more, we are all unique in our own way no matter what we are made up of✌
Thank you for this! This is just what i needed to hear. I’ve been struggling a lot recently with my identity being adopted from guatemala and living in a primarily white town all my life. We need to stop putting people into boxes and making assumptions about them because what you look like on the outside shouldn’t dictate who you are as a human being.
I am 100% Mexican but I did my DNA test and it came back 80% European and only 13% Native American. It was shocking to learn I’m white lol! I expected it to be 50 percent of each because of colonization. Most people in Mexico are mixed. But I was surprised to be so white. I definitely feel very proud to be Mexican and it didn’t change anything. It was just interesting!
I’m 100% Native American! 😊 Loved this video and the message you brought with it! I’ve been watching your channel for years now! Love how real you are!
I love how people like to make assumptions about others they don't even know lol! Keep being you Jeanine! We'll be waiting for you here in Guatemala when you can come. PS. You're going to LOVE it! I'm not from here, but I've been here for four years now and only see myself moving back to Texas to be with family :) Also, my mother-in-law, who's Guatemalan, is the same way... She HATES being on camera! and social media haha. God bless you and your journey.
I know right. I LOVE GUATEMALA. The country is beautiful and the people are the most welcoming people I’ve ever met. I told my mom that I wouldn’t mind living there at all. :)
Hi Jeanine! I'm from Guatemala and I'm sure you will be fine when visiting. There are many areas in Guatemala that are dangerous, but if you stick to the touristic attractions (Lake Atitlán, Antigua Guatemala, Semuc Champey, etc) you won't be at risk. You could take some safety measures such as maybe not using public transportation. It's a beautiful country and I'm positive you will have a great time 🤗
It’s funny because my DNA results are the opposite of yours, 70% Native American and 20% European but I feel like we look similar 💖😂 totally shocked by my results too!
My Dad is from the US ( North Carolina ) and my Mom is from Guatemala like yours 💕 he was traveling through Guatemala and met my Mom and fell in love. I've been to Guatemala a lot, and it's really not as dangerous as people say it is. It is a beautiful country and I know when you finally get a chance to go you will fall in love with the culture and country ❤️
That’s so cool! My parents were also born in Guatemala! And since being Guatemalan is a nationality, versus part of one’s ethnic background (just like being American, being from the US, is a nationality, not an ethnicity), my mom is half Spanish and half African. And my dad is Indigenous, African and Spanish. 💗 And I couldn’t be more proud of my ethnic background! 💗
My parents are both from Mexico. But I was born in America. My mom actually moved to the US at an early age. I feel like I definitely resonate with not knowing so much of my parents culture. Would love to learn more and visit Mexico. ❤️
i am also Spanish and Portuguese ( 1.2% ) and i have some relatives from Cuba and Mexico. i am also 16.5% middle eastern, although on the website they describe it as " Northwest Asian & North African " i am also 18% British & Irish and i have at least 3 relatives from Australia, Go Aussies :-)
I love that even though u didn’t grow up using both the languages u still put the effort to learn. Having friends that know the language will help you get better! Especially if they speak it all the time :)
Unfortunately it’s your parents fault for not putting that love for your culture in you. Now it sounds like you have a cultural disassociation which will most likely and unfortunately be passed down to your future kids
My grandma is from England. Her father is from Germany one of her great Grandmother's was a displaced Native American. My grandfather is largely German and French. My family on that side speaks Pennsylvanian Dutch. (a variety of German.) my mom is largely Dutch and slightly Irish. I have a few question marks but waiting on my DNA results and I hope they clear it up. 👍 Meanwhile my Husband is Native Mexican with some European and Mongolian. He has not taken a DNA test so all we know is what his mom has found through research.
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I actually wanted for her to spend some time on her European percentage as well, like how much is Spanish, German, Netherlands, etc 😁😊
I dont know who in the world woupd make fun of you.. My goodness you are absolutely georgous. Its just people that are jealous obviously.. A 100% WOW... Keep it up..
I’m the youngest of seven also. I just see someone from Texas. I have mixed grandchildren. My daughter is white and her husband is black. I don’t judge people by their color. There is enough of that in the world. I’ve seen some looks from people when I was out with the kids. And it makes me mad that people are bigots. I think it’s happening less and less. More people have been enlightened about race.
Fellow Latin American here! My parents are Colombian but I was born and raised in America and I too have struggled with the idea of not feeling like you belong anywhere. There’s a saying that goes “ ni de allí, ni de allá” which translates to “neither from here, nor from there” and it encapsulates the feeling we feel that we don’t feel good enough for both sides. I wanted to point out that you have a lot of European in you and it makes sense because (of course ur dad is German) but also, Latin America is all mixed races. Because of colonialism, Latin Americans are mixed of Spain, Africa & native Latin American. You should do more research on it, but it might explain why you have more European in you than “native Guatemalan” because of Spanish colonialism! :)
I can totally relate Jeanine! As a woman of color, 1/2 black + 1/2 white, being mixed is definitely a unique experience 😅 especially with how divided our country is right now. Thank you for helping spread awareness with this vid! 🙌🏽
No consigo entender por qué los hispanoparlantes se definen como hispanos. HISPANA era el antiguo nombre de España. Por tanto, hispanos son los nacidos en España. Incluso nativos, sin una gota de sangre española dicen que son hispanos, ¿Por qué?
Thank you for this video Jeanine! I live in central europe and because of the holocaust our grandparents were taught to not to talk about being jewish. My dad grew up not knowing that he was jewish, and we figured it out through the rest of the family, I have relatives in Israel, and it is so great to know that I belong somewhere. But my family has German, Serbian, and Hungarian too so I always felt that I'm neither of those. It truly is a difficult question, but I came to understand that we are one nation, joining under the flag of Jesus Christ, and we don't need to be just one specific nationality ❤
This was so interesting Jeanine! ❤️ I’m from Curaçao, it’s a small island in the Caribbean. I’m currently learning German so I understand what you said when you were speaking German 😺 I would love to do a DNA test too!
Guatemala is not that dangerous, is more what people say. You just have to be careful but we really have beautiful places, that I´m sure you are going to love. Of course when covid-19 is over.
PSA about DNA databases - positive feedback no bad vibes I’m so happy you got to see what you’re made of lol I too did a test (I’m French Canadian and Canadian indigenous and also a biotechnologist (Métis, Maliseet and Abenaki)). When I took it they told me I was from northern-eastern Marocain and Algerian, specifically of mozabite decent.... no French... not even Irish... juste from Northern Africa and basque and Spanish. like girl what? All to say if you get really odd results and you’re of indigenous decent a lot of us are from very genetic structured areas and many of our traits especially those from smaller communities may be lacking from the databases. So the databases will try its best to categorize you to a cultural group which will have some of the similar traits to yours. So, yes maybe my indigenous ancestry have genetic similarities with the mozabites people of Northern Africa. Which genetically is interesting. Maybe mozabites from 1000s of years somehow came to Canada, or their genetics similarly mutated as my indigenous ancestry. Thus, gave me those results. But, all in all if you’re mixed race and you have random ancestry which makes absolutely no sense to you. Keep checking as they constantly update their databases, and do not despair. Especially, if you’re from micro communities. Such as indigenous people of North America.
Can I just say, I’m half British and half Brazilian so completely relate to not knowing where you fit into everything. I speak Portuguese but look like THE biggest gringo so I never felt ‘Brazilian’. I realised though, that I don’t have to fit into one box, I’m both equally and that’s that + better for it. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇷🇬🇹 ❤️
Great video sis. I'm from Brooklyn NY and of mixed background and can definitely relate. Sorry to hear about them calling you a Nazi because of your father's background. I strongly urge you to watch Europa The Last Battle so you discover the truth about your amazing yet tragic background. I'm still affected by this recent discovery. Salute and 1 Love Always.
Appreciate you for using your platform to address a very important topic happening in America!!! Also this video was so interesting. I loved your glasses, where did you get them from? 🤓
Love your video! I’m Hispanic (both of my parents are) and live in a Texas border city. Sadly, I too don’t speak Spanish fluently so people would make fun of me for not being “Mexican enough.” Same goes for my appearance yet non-Hispanics see me as a Mexican. It’s been a struggle for years but now I’ve learned to embrace and love who I am❤️
My biggest pet peeve: “you’re not Hispanic you don’t even speak Spanish” BUT, it has made me more determined than ever to learn. I make my grandparents speak to me only in Spanish and I’m learning :)
Same I never speak I do have broken English but I’m definitely not fluent when it comes to speaking, I do understand fluently tho
By that logic English is British so Americans aren't really Americans because they don't speak 'American' 😂
Ah so your white then
@@KronksLever my friend, American English, or Americanised English is different to English. that's why we have different dictionarys 🤦♂️
I bet you dont even know what old English is?
English is a bastard offspring of old English, Roman, French, German, Danish and Scandinavian to name but a few.
To be Hispanic, means yes you do kinda have to speak spanish as it's in the name.
@@gympump9766 your right but I kinda think its also to do with your parents or family members like if they teach you or not.
The thing about the changes in the website is that the results actually become more and more accurate over time. Obviously your actual dna never changes but the database in their pool of info continues to grow as people submit their dna, so they will update yours to become more and more accurate and honed in over time! Super cool
That is so true though recently Ancestry changed the way they report and they don't report any trace dna under 2%. I predicted 1.5% Native American but they don't show any for me. My cousin who has twice as much as me on paper shows 3% which makes sense. 23andme shows a higher resolution (down to 0.1%) which means they are more detailed but they have only tested 10 million people whereas Ancestry has tested 16 million meaning Ancestry has a higher database so their information, while a lower resolution, is more accurate. Originally Ancestry would only report a region so you might get "European" or "Sub-Saharan African" or "Western Asia" etc. Now they are down to "England" "Ireland" "Kenyan" "Iranian" etc. Mine told me the counties in Ireland and what part of Massachusetts my ancestors were from for the last 200 years which is pretty good but they could not tell me about my Spanish or Native American ancestors from 400 years ago. The best thing for anyone to do is to actually go to each dna testing web site and do them all. This would come to maybe half a dozen tests and that will give you a better and more accurate picture. If you have five different dna tests and one says 7%- 10% Nigerian and another says 12% Nigerian and a third says between 3% and 11% Nigerian and yet another says between 9% and 14% Nigerian and the last one says 12%-17% Nigerian then you can reasonably say you are most likely around 10%-12% Nigerian. five years from now they will all update the accuracy and you might see 11.2% Nigerian.
uhmm, so you have to take the test again? :)
@@nunyabiznez6381 I am not well enough on money to try out all the DNA tests. Do you think I should just go for the 23andMe DNA test? It seems to be the most detailed, even showing which cities your ancestors came from which is cool. It would be boring to just see something like "Yeah you're from Africa.. somewhere... also Scandinavia". I am also interested in my ancestors from many years ago too.
@@ZairaL03 23 and me gives you a higher resolution results so in other words you will find out about an amount as small as 1/2 of 1%. But they won't tell you the region of the country your ancestors are from. Ancestry is the best one for that. Ancestry told me I am 43% Irish, 27% Scottish, 25% English and 5% Norwegian. Then they broke it down and told me when my ancestors came to New England and which states and counties they came from. They told me what part of Ireland my ancestors are from as well as what part of England. But they could not tell me what haplogroups my mother and father belonged to. 23 and me told me I am 98.5% British/Irish and 1.5% Spanish and they told me what haplogroups my father and my mother belonged to. So basically each gave me different pieces to the puzzle. If you are limited I suggest you choose based on what you are most curious about. If you want a detailed all around picture of your ancestry and don't mind that they won't report anything under 2% then Ancestry is the way to go. If you want to know what your mother's, mother's. mother's, mother's.... female line was then 23 and me could be the way to go. Personally I liked Ancestry more because I also get documented genealogy information from them. You can't look up census records on 23 and me.
@@nunyabiznez6381 Thank you! I will pick 23 and me as the first one for now! I'm just too curious what some of those less than 2% are in my blood! :) Since I am half Norwegian and half Russian (Chechnyan) I've always wondered what lays under all that. For the later future I'll save up for Ancestry to get the other detailed info!
Your Spanish sounds great!!! You should make a video trying to speak in Spanish only, would be so cool and funny 🤭 (your accent got my attention cuz sounds really) Saludos desde Mexico 🇲🇽🥰
OMG! it feels so nice to have someone struggle w the same things as me. I’m half Mexican half German and I’ve always struggled with fitting in with each one
ugh glad im not alone!!
I’m biracial, or mixed. It really is hard to find where you belong at times!
Isn’t Kat Von D also German and Mexican?
The thing is the majority of Mexicans already have European in them or are full European, so you being mixed with a European parent you’re mostly all white, Mexican is a nationality and ethnicity tho so any color can be Mexican. I know you probably know this but this is for the people who will not understand why a white girl with blonde hair is half Mex
@@aislinna3611 my dad is actually native from Mexico so he’s Indian!!! he’s super dark just the German genes are very strong🤪 but yes, it’s so cool tho seeing how each Mexican can vary in color!
I am 50% Indian from my mom and a mix of German, Irish, and welsh from my dad. I was born in the states but my mom is an immigrant. I love my culture and history and I’m so proud of who I am☺️
Oh my gosh I’m similar. My father is English, Swedish and Icelandic and my mother is indian and Portuguese. Btw what do u look like, mixed race ppl are very interesting
I’m half Ecuadorian and half Russian. I took it upon myself to learn Spanish throughout high school and university, and now I can listen in onto Spanish convos and they would never know I’m fluent. 😂
It's been a couple years since I took german classes and I'm proud of myself for understanding what you spoke in German.
Same!
It’s funny that they got rid off most of the German classes in the states between the First World War and Second World War because the stigma of Germany.
@@emptyhad2571 I guess it makes sense? When I was in high school , German was one of the only things offered at my school. We could take Spanish, ASL or German.
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Just learn those languages by yourself and use them. Parents really do their children a disservice by not teaching them their mother tongues. As a parent don't ever give up, children's brains have plasticity and they DO LEARN even if you think they aren't improving.
OMG i want to do it lol
Same, when the 2,000 stimulus passes, i wanna do it.
Do it girl!
I am 67 and have been waiting all my life for this! I was adopted as a baby and never knew anything about my natural family! I'm light skinned, but everyone is mixed and I'm hoping other members of my natural family will show up on my dna journey! I love mysteries except this one, I want some answers!
Also I do want to mention that I appreciate your moment on speaking about Social racism. Hopefully we can change Institutional racism as well. I suggest you watch the RUclips video “white savior trope explained” by the YT channel “the take” its super informative of stereotypes and the problematic side of them! Also I love to see you open up about race. I feel like Christians usually don’t talk about it but we all know Deuteronomy 1:17. We need to advocate against racism, the Lord wouldn’t want us to show any partiality.
I am mixed half El Salvadorian and half Australian but born in Australia but I have natural tan olive skin.
You native Australian?
@@emptyhad2571no 😢
I love that you made this video Jeanine! I am also mixed, my dad is Italian and Irish and my mom is Mexican. Recently my mom did a DNA test and found out shes 90% Native American! So I would love to do mine eventually!
Are you from the East Coast? Mexicans living there tend to be the from the heavily Indigenous countryside of the Mexican South
Native Meso American.
My DNA makeup was so interesting! I always thought I was 25% Italian and 50% german and English and Welch and some unknown things but I ended up being 47% English, welsh 22% Irish and Scottish, 14% German, 9% french 6% Italian 2% Portuguese
Did u take it on 23andme
Lol iam full mexican and I got 5% Italian
I’m German, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and French. I can’t speak any of these languages, but I wish I could at least speak one of those languages 😭
As a fellow mixed girl, I love this content so much!! thank you for bringing a light to being from various ethnicities!!
I totally understand what you went through growing up because I struggled with that too. I was born in Ukraine but am half Ukrainian and Persian and Pakistani. I was adopted by American parents and moved to the states. I always felt like I was never Ukrainian enough growing up. So I completely understand how you felt! But now I have learned to accept and be okay with all of it. God bless ❤️
I'm full guatemalan! 🙋♀️ Always get told I don't look Guatemalan tho so I feel your pain on the commen misconception on "how your supposed to look", love your and your channel . May God continue to bless you and use your for his glory ❤
The major reason people tell you that you don’t look Guatemalan is the fact that Guatemala is the most indigenous country in Central America. Most associate Guatemalans with a Mayan look. Despite such every single country that has a typical or semi majority look also has others that are outside that box.
This is so cool Jeanine!!
I wish I knew more of my native language as well so I kinda feel like a outcast in my community at times but I’m trying to get back into 😇😇
Bien Guatemala 🇬🇹💖🇩🇪 Alemania, mucho amor.
This is so interesting 😆😆wow so much European 😂 even i want to take a dna test even though I know i am 100% south african
actually no one is 100% anything! so you will still get some fun results! 💗
rachel rae false! I’m 100% East Asian... Korean specifically... maybe some Japanese because of Japanese conquest of Korea but no European in me at all... so that’s an ignorant assertion...
Not an “ignorant assertion” at all as it is quite true. You can be nearly 100% or even 100% European, African, Asian, etc, but if you narrow in on the countries themselves in these regions, chances are there will be some relative, possibly unbelievably distant that came from a different country within the region or even from a nearby region. Being purely 100% of anything is not impossible but unlikely.
子花 山田 exactly! couldn’t have said it better!
John Lee you can be almost completely korean but your dna comes down and is changed in so many ways that your not tied down 110% to one thing. your dna that traces back to ethnicity is effected by generational eating habits (including alcoholism), generational trauma (an event like the holocaust for example), the area and even city, major climate changes, etc etc etc. it would be nearly impossible to be just one thing. (all of this information i got for my mentor who has a phd in genomics, and who has devoted years and years to researching and teaching in this very subject so it’s not an ignorant assertion (; )
Hi there from Puerto Rico! One tip that can be helpful next time you speak spanish. "I am" doesn't always translate as "Yo soy", sometimes it means "Yo tengo". For instance, "I am Jeanine" translates as "Yo soy Jeanine" but "I am 26 years old" means "Yo tengo 26 años" 👍🏽 Hope is helpful! Can't wait to see another video like this! Great job!
My grandma is from Guatemala and we’ve always wanted to take a family trip, but my grandma has never wanted to go back or for us to go. So it’s interesting to me about what you said about your family!!!
I think it’s important that we understand that race and culture are vastly different concepts to delineate. I’m 100% Korean but living in America also afforded me that same cultural disconnect as you suffered from. I’d be remiss to assert that most first world Asian countries like Korea and Japan have become so Westernized that culturally there is a merging in terms of culture even if food, language, and customs might be different... there is a slew of various western cultural expressions in those countries where you could fit in pretty well there because the culture is expressing itself in a more Western vibe than not... In terms of racism, I got it from whites and blacks so I think we need recognize that racism is a sin issue in the human heart, just like lust and lying. Before anything else Jeanine, if you say you want to learn, I highly recommend books by Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Walter Williams, Jason Riley, Booker T Washington, Malcolm X, and listen to pastor Voddie Baucham... you might find their positions pretty compelling...
My parents didn’t teach me their languages either. My dad was Nigerian. I picked up Spanish only a few years ago. Funny enough I took German in high school and college
Jeanine....can you do a quarantine online school hacks??❤
I’m from Guatemala too. I love you so much Jeanine. I have been watching you for so long!🇬🇹💕🥺
Who else has been here before 2017?! We are the ogs y’all haha!💛love u Jeanine
Ps. I have a channel 💫
Y’all I can totally relate. I’m Native Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Okinawan, German, Irish, Austrian, and Portuguese. My parents and grandparents are all mixed. I was born and raised in Hawaii, so it’s really common here for people to have multiple ethnicities. Most of our ancestors came here to work the plantations. Here we are taught to respect and love everyone, and to be proud of who we are. We are all so unique. Fearfully and wonderfully created by God. Unfortunately, I can relate with struggling with “ethnic identity “. I never felt like I was enough of any of my heritages. And unfortunately some people shamed me for it. I wasn’t Japanese enough. I wasn’t Filipino enough. I wasn’t Native Hawaiian enough. Growing up I didn’t learn to speak any of these languages, just a few words here and there. And we don’t practice a lot of customs from each of my cultures either. My mom wanted us to know that we should be proud of who we are, but that we needed to remember WHOSE we were before anything. To remember the importance of representing God’s Kingdom , not just our cultures. I’m proud of my heritage, I’m proud to be American, and I’m proud to be a Child of God. ❤️ Mahalo Nui for this video Jeanine. Continue to let Jesus lead you and use you for His Glory. God bless you and your ohana 🙏
Language tip: find someone to speak the languages with. Your German pronunciation is pretty good btw ;)
Me trying to find someone that speaks Japanese: 👁️👄👁️
Jeanine l just want to tell you that you inspire me so much and l requested to join abide but my mum said l was to young so l would love if both of us could just talk about things pertaining to christ on Instagram
I sent you a dm talking about this and my Instagram name is moserere_eritta
I'm half Native American A'aninin Nation and then half Scandinavian. Thank you I'm mixed race this means a lot to talk about it. So thank you! ❤️
I want to do this test. I literally don't even know everything that I am. My dad and his whole family are from Colombia and my mother is from Israel but her mother is from Morocco and her father is from Argentina so I'm just confused. And I'm the same with the culture thing, I grew up more with the Israeli side because my mother's side of the family is mostly here but my father's side I haven't even met half.
What is Israel? I don’t think that’s a country
@@blehbleh6463
Doesn’t exist. Palestine’s the only country I know
I’m Guatemalan, but the way she pronounces “Guatemalan” is different than how I pronounce it & what i have heard people pronounce it as...Does anybody else pronounce it the way she does? Lol
She pronounces it the white way lmao
Note: there's a significant amount of admixed & tribal genotypes found among Mexicans that are also found among those in Guatemala.
CRI Genetics offers an Advanced Ancestry Analysis (from 5 to 8000 generations back) as well as a Recent Analysis (last 5 generations: typical Autosomal DNA test). Doing these can be an eye opener (& it shows how much folk nowadays are from many areas all over the world & likely share DNA found among various ethnicities & races).
Oh, & a thing I get a kick out of is when racists get their DNA results & learn that they're not purely "X" themselves.* 🤣
* = But hopefully learning such will be a step that helps them turn their thinking around.
You spoke Spanish and German well👍👍I am mixed with Portuguese, Chinese, Thai and French and I live in Asia.I couldn't agree more, we are all unique in our own way no matter what we are made up of✌
Thank you for this! This is just what i needed to hear. I’ve been struggling a lot recently with my identity being adopted from guatemala and living in a primarily white town all my life. We need to stop putting people into boxes and making assumptions about them because what you look like on the outside shouldn’t dictate who you are as a human being.
I am 100% Mexican but I did my DNA test and it came back 80% European and only 13% Native American. It was shocking to learn I’m white lol! I expected it to be 50 percent of each because of colonization. Most people in Mexico are mixed. But I was surprised to be so white. I definitely feel very proud to be Mexican and it didn’t change anything. It was just interesting!
are you/your family from northern mexico? people there seem to be more european genetically
Are you brown
AliciaStyleAndGrace Where in Europe did your ancestry come from?
You should make a RUclips video will be great.
Yeah well I'll bet an entire paycheck you'll never renounce your U.S citizenship and go live in Mexico.
soy dominicana. you talk spanish very good
You Should Try AncestryDNA Test, so You Know What Years Your Ancestors Came To America 🇺🇸.
I’m 100% Native American! 😊 Loved this video and the message you brought with it! I’ve been watching your channel for years now! Love how real you are!
That's so cool
Wow thats really cool and unique
I'm 0.1% Am I part of the fam
Your genetic test said that? Usually most native Americans have others mixed in as well.
@@piaaadah depends If your family have been living on the rez not
Your german is actually pretty good!!! Keep it up☺️👏🏼 Love from Germany🤗
I thought so too the way she speaks german is very soft and mixed with spanish its actually really nice💕
I love how people like to make assumptions about others they don't even know lol! Keep being you Jeanine! We'll be waiting for you here in Guatemala when you can come. PS. You're going to LOVE it! I'm not from here, but I've been here for four years now and only see myself moving back to Texas to be with family :) Also, my mother-in-law, who's Guatemalan, is the same way... She HATES being on camera! and social media haha. God bless you and your journey.
I know right. I LOVE GUATEMALA. The country is beautiful and the people are the most welcoming people I’ve ever met. I told my mom that I wouldn’t mind living there at all. :)
Hi Jeanine! I'm from Guatemala and I'm sure you will be fine when visiting. There are many areas in Guatemala that are dangerous, but if you stick to the touristic attractions (Lake Atitlán, Antigua Guatemala, Semuc Champey, etc) you won't be at risk. You could take some safety measures such as maybe not using public transportation. It's a beautiful country and I'm positive you will have a great time 🤗
I'm from Guatemala too and this is 100% true! :)
It’s funny because my DNA results are the opposite of yours, 70% Native American and 20% European but I feel like we look similar 💖😂 totally shocked by my results too!
My background is German Scottish and English but mostly Scottish Italian Puerto Rican
My Dad is from the US ( North Carolina ) and my Mom is from Guatemala like yours 💕
he was traveling through Guatemala and met my Mom and fell in love. I've been to Guatemala a lot, and it's really not as dangerous as people say it is. It is a beautiful country and I know when you finally get a chance to go you will fall in love with the culture and country ❤️
that's so cool i am from nc i would love to go to guatemala too!
This is so Cracie. SAME!
Im from sc!
I can't wait I'm going to Guatemala this year!!!
That’s so cool! My parents were also born in Guatemala! And since being Guatemalan is a nationality, versus part of one’s ethnic background (just like being American, being from the US, is a nationality, not an ethnicity), my mom is half Spanish and half African. And my dad is Indigenous, African and Spanish. 💗 And I couldn’t be more proud of my ethnic background! 💗
Any small creators want to support each other? I have music covers and I’m soooo close to my goal! Love you Jeanine! Xo
I really want to do this but I’m pretty sure I’m 100% Indian so 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
you will be surprised I'm sure.
You are so pretty for an indian
I’m Guatemalan and European. Mostly
You really want to talk about a tragic murder airhead? Look into the Cannon Hinnant case.
can’t wait to watch!!
(i make content too)
What helped me with my Spanish was joining a bible study group from my church where the ladies spoke Spanish! It’s really helped me.
your are gorgeous
I am 100% Polish, I made a family tree back to the end of 18th century and all my relatives lived really close to where I live
Take the genetic test and find out :)
Interesting, it isn’t always indicative of looks either, I have more African and Indio than you and I’m whiter.
My parents are both from Mexico. But I was born in America. My mom actually moved to the US at an early age. I feel like I definitely resonate with not knowing so much of my parents culture. Would love to learn more and visit Mexico. ❤️
i am also Spanish and Portuguese ( 1.2% ) and i have some relatives from Cuba and Mexico. i am also 16.5% middle eastern, although on the website they describe it as " Northwest Asian & North African " i am also 18% British & Irish and i have at least 3 relatives from Australia, Go Aussies :-)
I can see the Mexican in you very very very very very Strongly for real.
I love that even though u didn’t grow up using both the languages u still put the effort to learn. Having friends that know the language will help you get better! Especially if they speak it all the time :)
Good job sis .Racist people know what they are doing is wrong I hope one day they will change god is love ✌
Are you Aware that a channel know as no bullshit has made fun of this video?
Unfortunately it’s your parents fault for not putting that love for your culture in you. Now it sounds like you have a cultural disassociation which will most likely and unfortunately be passed down to your future kids
My grandma is from England. Her father is from Germany one of her great Grandmother's was a displaced Native American. My grandfather is largely German and French. My family on that side speaks Pennsylvanian Dutch. (a variety of German.) my mom is largely Dutch and slightly Irish.
I have a few question marks but waiting on my DNA results and I hope they clear it up. 👍
Meanwhile my Husband is Native Mexican with some European and Mongolian. He has not taken a DNA test so all we know is what his mom has found through research.
I actually wanted for her to spend some time on her European percentage as well, like how much is Spanish, German, Netherlands, etc 😁😊
I should have!! dangit!
@@JeanineAmapola lol
She got to excited knowing she had 1% African. Lol
San Marcos Guatemala right where I was born super cool you have ancestors from there
I'm half German half Spanish so I can totally relate! I grew up in Germany though so my Spanish is not great 😅
I’m Spanish, German and Filipino :)
Hey same here!
My biggest takeaway is that you have a geographical tongue. I have one too, and barely tell anyone. Omg twins lmaooooooo
yayyy I'm Guatemalan and Spanish!!
“Dress the way they did”, creates the boxes you claim we shouldn’t use:/ but I understand what your trying to say.
Wdum?
I dont know who in the world woupd make fun of you.. My goodness you are absolutely georgous. Its just people that are jealous obviously.. A 100% WOW... Keep it up..
I’m the youngest of seven also. I just see someone from Texas. I have mixed grandchildren. My daughter is white and her husband is black. I don’t judge people by their color. There is enough of that in the world. I’ve seen some looks from people when I was out with the kids. And it makes me mad that people are bigots. I think it’s happening less and less. More people have been enlightened about race.
Literally the sound of people chewing drives me INSANE
Fellow Latin American here! My parents are Colombian but I was born and raised in America and I too have struggled with the idea of not feeling like you belong anywhere. There’s a saying that goes “ ni de allí, ni de allá” which translates to “neither from here, nor from there” and it encapsulates the feeling we feel that we don’t feel good enough for both sides. I wanted to point out that you have a lot of European in you and it makes sense because (of course ur dad is German) but also, Latin America is all mixed races. Because of colonialism, Latin Americans are mixed of Spain, Africa & native Latin American. You should do more research on it, but it might explain why you have more European in you than “native Guatemalan” because of Spanish colonialism! :)
@Elf Harald im kind of confused why you brought this up? Never did I mention that Europeans didn’t build America?
I can totally relate Jeanine! As a woman of color, 1/2 black + 1/2 white, being mixed is definitely a unique experience 😅 especially with how divided our country is right now. Thank you for helping spread awareness with this vid! 🙌🏽
This is a good day to find out who you are. Thanks for sharing this girl.
🤍 thanks for watching
Love that as Hispanic people we have SO MUCH HISTORY it’s BEAUTIFUL ❤️🇲🇽🇵🇪
No consigo entender por qué los hispanoparlantes se definen como hispanos.
HISPANA era el antiguo nombre de España.
Por tanto, hispanos son los nacidos en España.
Incluso nativos, sin una gota de sangre española dicen que son hispanos,
¿Por qué?
Thank you for this video Jeanine! I live in central europe and because of the holocaust our grandparents were taught to not to talk about being jewish. My dad grew up not knowing that he was jewish, and we figured it out through the rest of the family, I have relatives in Israel, and it is so great to know that I belong somewhere. But my family has German, Serbian, and Hungarian too so I always felt that I'm neither of those. It truly is a difficult question, but I came to understand that we are one nation, joining under the flag of Jesus Christ, and we don't need to be just one specific nationality ❤
I'm Romanian and I did a DNA test. I got:
60% Eastern European (Hungarian, Ukranian, Slovakian, Romanian and Polish)
35% Greek
3% Italian
2% French
This was so interesting Jeanine! ❤️ I’m from Curaçao, it’s a small island in the Caribbean. I’m currently learning German so I understand what you said when you were speaking German 😺 I would love to do a DNA test too!
If I took a DNA test it would be like 100% from England and Ireland ‘cause I’m so white lol. Love you Jeanine, fellow Dallas native here 🥰
How can you be half guatemalan and be surprised by 24% Native American ancestry?
Guatemala is not that dangerous, is more what people say. You just have to be careful but we really have beautiful places, that I´m sure you are going to love. Of course when covid-19 is over.
Your lighting is amazing! Is it natural light?
yes!!! :)
You are so beautiful 😍 and your cultures are and learning more about you is just as beautiful.
I missed you vids,they make me so so happy!
My parents are both from the US but my grandparents are from Yugoslavia and Ireland, I completely have the Slavic traits and I love it!
PSA about DNA databases - positive feedback no bad vibes
I’m so happy you got to see what you’re made of lol I too did a test (I’m French Canadian and Canadian indigenous and also a biotechnologist (Métis, Maliseet and Abenaki)). When I took it they told me I was from northern-eastern Marocain and Algerian, specifically of mozabite decent.... no French... not even Irish... juste from Northern Africa and basque and Spanish. like girl what? All to say if you get really odd results and you’re of indigenous decent a lot of us are from very genetic structured areas and many of our traits especially those from smaller communities may be lacking from the databases. So the databases will try its best to categorize you to a cultural group which will have some of the similar traits to yours. So, yes maybe my indigenous ancestry have genetic similarities with the mozabites people of Northern Africa. Which genetically is interesting. Maybe mozabites from 1000s of years somehow came to Canada, or their genetics similarly mutated as my indigenous ancestry. Thus, gave me those results. But, all in all if you’re mixed race and you have random ancestry which makes absolutely no sense to you. Keep checking as they constantly update their databases, and do not despair. Especially, if you’re from micro communities. Such as indigenous people of North America.
That's so cool, you're a mestiza. You have that powerful native blood. Grettings
Can I just say, I’m half British and half Brazilian so completely relate to not knowing where you fit into everything. I speak Portuguese but look like THE biggest gringo so I never felt ‘Brazilian’. I realised though, that I don’t have to fit into one box, I’m both equally and that’s that + better for it. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇷🇬🇹 ❤️
Great video sis. I'm from Brooklyn NY and of mixed background and can definitely relate. Sorry to hear about them calling you a Nazi because of your father's background. I strongly urge you to watch Europa The Last Battle so you discover the truth about your amazing yet tragic background. I'm still affected by this recent discovery. Salute and 1 Love Always.
8:24 holy shit look at that gobolina blender mess of a DNA report.
Guatemlans in avarage are 40.9% European, 2.6% African and 56% indigenous.
Appreciate you for using your platform to address a very important topic happening in America!!! Also this video was so interesting. I loved your glasses, where did you get them from? 🤓
I am half Jamaican half Scottish but I fully white so I gotta get this test
Basically white
For some reason this made me realise that ive been following you since you were in college and damn does time fly! Love youu x
Love your video! I’m Hispanic (both of my parents are) and live in a Texas border city. Sadly, I too don’t speak Spanish fluently so people would make fun of me for not being “Mexican enough.” Same goes for my appearance yet non-Hispanics see me as a Mexican. It’s been a struggle for years but now I’ve learned to embrace and love who I am❤️
I wish I had your life 😇