Genetic History of the Pacific Islands: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Today we're looking at the genetic history of the Pacific islands, including the regions of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand.
The Pacific region is one of the most expansive regions on the planet, and has a huge amount of racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity as well, and it's one of the most interesting places to study.
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Masaman how do you conduct your research?
Masaman I Love your channel Bro! very accurate!
Masaman Hi.. I have a few questions. Im very intrigued with Pacific Islanders as well. They're just so desolated n under talked about. Why do Micronesian have tight curly afro like hair n a dark complexion? I see Papua New Guineans and Aborigenes (i dnt think I spelt that right) look like they're from Africa, some look a bit south indian as well. Also, some say south east asians are polynesians.. True or False? They say the people of Borneo have polynesian blood. Also... out of context but what is ur ethnicity? n if u're in college or was in college, What was ur major?
love your videos can you make a video israeli ethnicities.
love your videos can you make a video for different types ethnic groups of israel.
As a Pacific Islander, I'm so glad there's a dude out there who gave a shit about our existence enough to make this awesome video!
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As a Pacific islander I don't give a sh!t and don't need some random guy I have no connection to acknowledge us for validation.
Ahhahahhahahaha true dat. Cheeee hooooo
Yes Polynesians are racially mix people with Melanesians.
I am super grateful I had the chance to take my bucket list trip to Melanesia. I am a black man from USA, and I felt right at home when I visited Fiji and Vanuatu. The Fijians and the Ni-Vans treated me very well. Looking forward to my next trip back.
Bro Fiji people are mix people but vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Guinea Islands and Tostrait Islands you'll discover true tribe of Judah Kingdom Of David is found.
@@mmiller8373 its basically known as a melting pot of the south Pacific. Fijians are melanesian with an admixture of polynesian
@@danserevi4569 100% true
Why cuz there skin they ain't related to you guys
@@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587 where are the Tostrait islands located? I’ve never heard of this place. Also, in response to your comment, respectfully- some Fijians are mixed with Indian and the native Fiji people, who are Melanesian. I saw a lot of blacks in Nadi when I was there.
Didn't mention why the Indian Fijian people's are present in the first place. The Indians were bought over to Fiji by the British when India was a British nation they were to labour for the British colonies at Fiji. When Fiji gained her independence the Indians chose to remain in the pacific as to escape the Indian caste system.
Calvin Indians remained in Fiji because they didn't have means to return to India as most were poor laborers. The British had put such hard conditions like they have to work as slaves to 12 years in sugarcane fields so that they could they could then return to India sponsored by British authorities, or else they would have to go on their own. Similar to those who now inhabit Caribbeans. Pls don't spread wrong information.
Calvin-They had a choice to leave or stay and many also left and it had nothing to do with the caste system. Maybe you need to read up on the Tamil of South India travelling across the South Pacific all the way to South America in the ships including the South Island of NZ there are records available if anyone wants to research! As for the colonisation of the Fijian Islands there were Giants on some of these lands including people known as 'leka' or the small people who only came out at sunset! The work of these giants are visible today in oneIsland that I know of but you will be lucky if the traditional owners will show you their handy work of massive solid granite structures in the shape of a "table" used for eating and rocks shaped for sitting on etc etc. The songs and dancer about these giants are still known by Elders but no longer performed!
@@sereanaduwai8313 According to Indian historians the Tamil's had a decent sized empire that extended from the South Indian Oceans to the Seas around South East Asia. Literally no sources mentioning them going through the pacific ocean.
Why can’t the Indian leave ?
@@bedruceisaiah5086 cos they lost the indian identity over generations
I'm a mixed race American (2 or more ethnicities), I have no Pacific islander DNA, but have always had an ongoing fascination and love of the people and their culture of the Oceania islands particularly Papua new Guinea and aborigines of Australia, Tasmania.
Don't you know Australia and The island of New Guinea was once connected together as a one big land mass?? .....
Don't you know thousands of aboriginals were killed when the first White settlers came to Australia ; it was even legal in those days to kill an aboriginal on sight (this history is not usually spoken off)... this is a major contribution of the dying full blooded aboriginals......they just cover this story by saying because of mix marriages the pure blooded aboriginals is dying away.....one diminishing race on Earth.
On the other hand, west New Guinea is still under Indonesia and wanting to be free( they don't have freedom of speech) they go by Indo rule.
Meanwhile East New Guinea (Papua new Guinean) the independent half of the island still can't manage well all the gold copper, gas and other natural resources it has in abundance so is relying on Australian Aid, Year in Year out, still breast feeding from mama Australia......and now Mama China is here with her big boops trying to have dominance over PNG and the Pacific Islands......
so US and Auzie are shaken by the appearance of mama China in the Pacific
liklik stori tasol✌️😊
Im proud to be micronesian.
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Your videos are Amazing,I'm into genetics and history and functional fitness. My background is Scotland, Irish,Isle of Man, British,German, Romanian,tiny bit Italian, Scandinavian. I'm Australian.
Basically almost all Pacific Islanders are a mixture of Papuans (New Guinea Highlanders) and the Lapita people (ancient East Asian ethnic group). The more Papuan and less Lapita in one's genetic makeup makes them Melanesian. The lesser the Papuan admixture and more Lapita makes them Polynesian. The Lapita people were found to have no genetic connection to Papuans however the modern Polynesians have both Papuan and Lapita people genetic makeup in them. It is believed the Lapita people came and settled the islands and later the Papuans came from New Guinea and intermixed with them. The percentage of each genetic makeup differs from island to island depending on the interaction these two ancient groups had.
Actually Papua New Guinea is the most diversed Melanesian country in tribes and languages then the Australian indigenous Melanesian population.
Yeah and the second is Indonesia.
@Masaman : I'm a Moluccan, i came from the MALUKU Islands (Moluccas), and Maluku is also part of Melanesian even though its in the Indonesian territory.
FYI : (Maluku Islands are close to Papua (Irian Jaya).
Yeah, Indonesia is a trans continental country. Did you live in Netherlands?
Very good research but you butchered the pronunciation of Maori. You missed to mention the Moriori people from Chatham islands of eastern New Zealand they are very few now or maybe non-existent at all but they are mysterious people.
I'm New Zealander by the way.
juan inigo grimaldi kia ora🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿😹😹😹
Thanks mate. Kia Ora!
@ juan inigo grimaldi The only Moriori people remaining are the ones with mixed blood. None of the full blood ones are alive. The Maori are simply responsible for the genocide of the Moriori.
The Guy Nobody Really Likes yeah but who s to say Moriori werent just isolated Maori?What they speak?I bet like Rapanui,Cooks,Tahiti,Maori.Sure Maori ate m but were nt they just a type o Maori?Waitangi beach all cold wet gravel,Maoris used it as a natural fridge for Moriori.Tommy Solomon was the last Moriori bloke.🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿☮😝🍻✝
I like how I’m reading about the battle of “Filipinos are also Pacific Islanders”. Haha, I’m Filipino but I consider myself as both a southeast asian and a Pacific Islander. We all share similarities but we also have our differences. It’s all about how we see each other at the table before and after we eat. Cheers to come with all those who suffered and those who gained from where we are from.
suffered? what is this suffering you speak of?
We are not Pacific Islanderz, pakyu
Geographically yes Filipinos are islanders but that could also apply to Japanese, Indonesians, and Taiwanese. But culturally no Non Hispanic Filipino culture is definitely Southeast Asian
Austronesian languages have some words that are similar to Philipino language words
@@gimyuwon you not pacific islander but other Filipinos are also Pacific islanders 🤣
OH Pacific Islands, We are One big Family, No matter different countries we are ONE
Very interesting & educational video. Well presentation , appreciate your effort. Thanks ;-D
Proud Melanesian..PNG-FIJI
Further research revealed that the rare gene was exclusive to people from the Solomon Islands and absent in the genomes of Europeans. Many people assumed that the blonde hair of Melanesia was the result of gene flow - a trait passed on by Europeans, but this is not the case, according to researchers.
“The human characteristic of blond hair arose independently in equatorial Oceania. That’s quite unexpected and fascinating,” Kenny, a postdoctoral scholar in Bustamante’s lab said of the exciting results. Bustamante echoed similar sentiments, noting how the result was monumental for studying the genetics of isolated populations.
- Newsone
East Asian Hmong people sometimes also have blond hair. And I had read a report by Captain James Cook stating blond or brunette indigenous people in Australia.
PROUD FILIPINO HERE happy for having #AUSTANISIAN ancestry
im fil but cringee na po yang may pa proud2
Also the islands molocas belong to Melanesia. The islands of Molocas belong to West Melanesia. People don 't now that but it is the true. The islands of Molocas is a part of Indonesia. But we are Melanesians. I'm proud to be an Melanesians 👍🏽
Have you read Bryan Sykes: The Seven Daughters of Eve? Prof. Sykes discusses the origins of the Pacific Peoples based on his own DNA- research. In this special chapter he concludes that the voyage of most of the Pacific Peoples most probably started on one the islands in the Maluku archipelago. The DNA of the Maluku People is quit similar with that of the People of Vanuatu. Maluku is regarded as being part of Melanesia. Maluku is the most western part of Melanesia.
The original language which is spoken on Ceram island (Seram island) resembles the language of the Maori, Hawaii, Rapa Nui, Fiji.
Vanuatu high chiefs acknowledge they originally come from the south-eastern part of Maluku. I spoke with the high chiefs when I visited Vanuatu in november 2007. EFATE ISLAND: the Tongoan community.
I myself, authentic Moluccan, was born in Holland and I have lived here all my life, but I feel strongly connected with my relatives in the Pacific. Vanuatu people would say: "Our blood is talking".
Yeah, Indonesia is a trans continental country bruh. Just like Turkey and Russia
Love your videos!
Well done. One of the most accurate videos I've seen about the pacific. Awesome.
What's you're ancestry you've said you were mixed with a few things
I love my BLACK native Islanders
You should name dis Polynesia in Melanesia u barely talk about Micronesia
When he talked about Micronesia, it was mostly about the foreign powers that controlled those islands in the last few centuries 😐
Awesome video bro
👀 Interesting info.
Easter island had Short Ears, and Long Ears who were fair and had red hair.
You should mention Moriri. Somewhat unique group
Yayy I’m proud of my 8 % Polynesian genes 😁😁
Karenni Girl 😂
Fatu Toa what so funny?
Karenni Girl nothing.. welcome to the Polynesian family 😝
Fatu Toa oh ok lol
What are u
Yes, the US did "steal" S. Pacific islands during WW2. I was under the impression that the US rescued them from the hideous torture and oppression of the Japanese invaders. That was the view of the Chamorro during the 1960s. They had vivid family stories of the the experience.
They are Black!!!!!! Look at the original Australian Aborigines and Hawaiians. The queen and king of Hawaii are Black.
Nisei G. No they’re not black
Nisei G. They’re only black in the sense of skin colour nothing else
@@AB-im6de they're black in sense of everything not just skin color. Get your facts straight
whiteKnight elaborate
i call myself black
Pacific Islanders are such a diverse and beautiful group of people :)
i'm so proud to be a pacific islander
Really they are. I am a White Man.
Yessir they are I can vouch for that my ancenstor from china p.s. genghis khan is one
YEAH WE ARE!!😂💕
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Don’t use Poly, Mela, and Micro. They were created by Europeans to divide us Oceanic peoples. We’re not small islands in a vast ocean, we’re an ocean full of islands.
Thaàaats right
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Looks like to me they are all the same and come from the same people. They started out one way and between the Japanese and Europeans, they mixed in and well, we all know the rest...
I agree we are all islanders even if Aotearoa is big it still has polynesian people on it
FACTS💯
At least he’s trying. So many people out here trying to correct him or make him sound stupid, make your own video then.
@Sateki Taulanga Except most of these comments ought to be questions because, as corrections, they mostly belong in the circular file. Just people talking whimsically or superficially, as if they know something. In fact they are talking out of their behinds.
There's a scientific reason why people are grouped as Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian. Distinctions of language types, distinct cultural differences, and haplo groupings, this is all standard fare in Anthropology. Languagewise, all three belong to the Austronesian language family. Similar to the way Spanish, Italian, Portuguese are in the Latin family. In a 10 minute video, how much can one pack in?
(BBC has a five part series on here, each one 48 mins long and they couldn't pack in all details. But really worth the price of admission--free! :). . . And, if you love reading, Christina Thompson's The Sea People is worth the time and money).
It's true that there's a strain of African origins, but chronologically, that is so distant in the past that while it's a fact, it wasn't relevant to this video, though it showed up in the graphic with all the arrows showing the movements over time. The earliest time frame relevant to this video is 1000 BC. Africa would have been relevant in the 4,000 - 5,000 BC range or perhaps even further back. Maoris arrived in NZ only about 800 years ago.
By the way, Taiwan is more recent Africa by far in the chronology, but still not relevant to this video so it wasn't mentioned. But geneticists and linguists have traced the Polynesian people back to Taiwan, where the indigenous people there today still have many words that are found in the Polynesian language. Hence they are considered to have originated from Asia. But before Taiwan, there was some other places going back, and going even further back by several thousands of years, you get to Mozambique.
So the kind of "corrections' down below really work better as questions. As sniping, not so much.
@@happyhaze1526 tldr
PandaSnot 17 its not about making our own videos, its about US not putting information out there as if its correct, ESPECIALLY when it comes to the pcific where westerners DONT know who we are.
Ok I guess?
I understand but it’s just criticism not hate. Just ask them
Solomon Islanders blonde hair did not come from Europeans
if this guy is gonna do a topic on the history of these territories he needs to stop stating incorrect assumptive information, also why not mention Africans? This is why you can't get your education from RUclips.
Why would he mention Africans? What do Africans have to do with the Pacific Islands?
Dennis Evans She's probably referring to early populations of people that were said to have migrated out of Africa.
Dennis Evans it was and is the foundation .. why mention Europeans and they immigrated there?🤷🏽♂️
The video is about the genetic history of Pacific Islanders. When non-Pacific Islanders immigrated to the islands and had kids with indigenous populations, the genetic make up of those islands changed ie Pitcairn Island. Populations of Africans didn't emigrate from Africa to the Pacific Islands in order to impact any Pacific Islanders or indigenous Australians genetics so why would he talk about their impact on people which have very distinct genes from them?
“Picked up several Polynesian women” lol meaning kidnapped
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You are correct! 😥
Right lmfao... Wtf
They weren't kidnapped. Their own leaders traded them for resources from the Europeans. FACTS......
Cool fact: Papua New Guinea is mainly made up of two groups: the Papuans who first inhabited the mainland of the island and then the Austronesian who settled along the coasts and surrounding i smaller islands, but overall PNG is Melanesian island
I think I might be both Papuan and Austronesian , I look like a PNGean but not really like a native native Papuan.
Hope you get what I mean.
@@rossittanotere6258 totally understand! There's definitely mixes of groups and culture and that's why we are so DIVERSE in appearances 😁! Are you also from PNG? I'm from Papua New Guinea and my family comes from the islands (predominantly austronesian descent) surrounding the mainland(predominantly papuan). In physical appearance and cultural terms we're sort of different from most ethnic groups from the mainland. But that's rlly cool to hear from someone like you😄
@@larren1581 aww thanks and yess I'm a Papua New Guinean too🇵🇬😍😘👊
I have some Papuan in my ancestry, my dna results says some Melanesian and I’m trying to look into it. I’m mainly Native American and European. I do know my 4x great grandma was a Spanish explorer who spent some time in Papuan , which that could be where I have Melanesian from
@@danicamarie6640 THAT'S. SO. COOL! Obviously it makes perfect sense since PNG did encounter quite few Spanish and Portuguese explorers as well as British and German colonisation. Welcome to the family! We could be long lost cousins😅
one correction : Many melanesian blondes still maintain their blondness into adulthood...
PNG LeagueTV yes I met an adult woman from the Solomon Islands and she still had blonde in her hair.
Of-course! There's many in papua new guinea as well
Hyperion Prime It's not, it can occur entirely independent. The blonde gene in melanesians is entirely different from the European variant
Hyperion Prime Did you not hear what he said?
Hyperion Prime That's pretty fucking subjective mate
I'm Romanian and I've always considered Oceania (the actual islands, not Australia or New Zealand) heaven on earth. I hope to visit at least some of the islands one day. I find the culture and history fascinating. Life must be so different there compared to Europe. Today it snowed here and it's freezing cold. I used to love snow and cold, but this year, I just want sun, light and warmth. Sending love to all the pacific islanders ❤️
I'm American and feel the same.
New Zealand is a Pacific island with Polynesian natives dickhead
New Zealand IS a pacific island/s. It's really upsetting to see people view New Zealand to be seperate from the rest of the Pacific islands when it's NOT
New Zealand is part of the Pacific with similar culture. This is very different to Australia.
New Zealand and Australia are still part of the South Pacific islands because of its indigenous peoples
I am a serbian guy.
I find these cultures very interesting.
Thank you for finding our culture interesting 🙂
Vrlo su interesantni slazem se
We're not that interesting tbh. We're boring simpletons.
@@no8604 speak for yourself matausi
@@no8604 Hey tamana let them take interest in our culture moce😏👋
You didn't say anything about PNG, PNG has the most spoken languages in the world.
Yes indeed, PNG have a diverse culture and also have different features and 800+ different languages, for instance, Papuans features are quite similar to Polynesian and they also adopt some of their culture whilst New Guineans have a similar features of the Native Aborigines. Can the presenter do a video on PAPUA NEW GUINEA🇵🇬🇵🇬 I'm very interested and it's also educatioal🙏👍
Yes...particularly Central people in Papua New Guinea have some features of Micronesians and Polynesians...
Also, Fijians are Melanesian but they are often grouped in with Polynesians due to their close relations with the older Polynesian islands Tonga and Samoa and sharing a lot of the same culture and traditions.
avilik13 That's right! Polynesian are not same people with Fijian but they have close relationship, especially with Tonga.
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince if Samoans are Chinese mutts does that make Fijians Indian mutts? Just shut your stupid ignorant uneducated ass up. The Chinese and those with part Chinese ancestry in Samoa make up less than 5% whilst Indians make up more than half of the Fijian population. Idiot. Just about every Pacific country was colonized and Samoa was the first Pacific Island nation to gain independence. And despite Fiji having close ties to Polynesia like I said in my original comment, Fiji is still majority Melanesian and only has small groups of Polynesians plus the Rotumans. Also, a lot of Polynesian lore dictates Samoa, more specifically Savaii is the motherland of the Polynesian people. And controversial but it's believed Tonga got it's name from 'itu i toga' which means south because it's south of Samoa. Where do you think places like Havaii, Uporu, Hawaii and Hamoa get their names? And Havaiki said to be where Eastern Polynesians came from? It's dumbasses like you spewing uneducated unsubstantiated nonsense that divides our people. Kae.
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince how are you gonna tell me, someone with bloodlines entrenched in Savaii, that I don't know my own history? LOL
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince please tell me where exactly the Fijian ties on those islands are.
RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince there is Samoa mythology tied to Fiji like Sina ma le Tuna and Vae o Moso but please show me where Samoa is a part of the Fijian kingdom.
Well, most Taiwanese, despite calling themselves Han Chinese, is actually Austronesian people adapted to Chinese culture. Like me, being a member of the Siraya tribe in Taiwan, finds out our language has a lot of words quite similar to say languages like Fijian, Hawaiian or Filipino language(Tagalog). Our language also has quite the similar grammar.
Kasikasiven Djinn that’s interesting, can you mention a few words similar to tagalog or indonesian?
Are u serious
@@thegigadykid1 Yes search for it
@@bhaktipasaribu
Bisaya in philippines more similar than tagalog hehe
Bahasa or baha flood or flooded
They belong to the same language family tree - Austronesian language
A fascinating componenet of Oceanic history that you didn't mention in this video is that there is massive amounts of evidence that the Polynesians had reached the Americas long before any European. There was a significant cultural trade of both language and tools such as boat design sand even foods. Its believed the polynesians are responsible for chickens coming to South America. Not only that, there is archaelogical evidence that polynesian explorers had managed to reach both the arctic circle as well as antarctica.
0lease post me so e links to the Arctic and antarctic. Tbh those points feel like a stretch. But they were trading sweet potato supposedly.
And he won’t Bc they are rewriting history in the USA to force a lie on who was here when the Europeans arrived! Wait until u find out afro Americans are not lying when they say they were here when Europeans and Africans arrived!
This just goes to show that you don't need european DNA in order to be born with blonde hair.
@ Skye ID They are probably the ONLY group of people who can have blonde hair without having any European ancestry.
Lol that's what you got out of this? Ok...
There's no such thing as European DNA. There's at most a distinction to be made based on a historical trace of the DNA haplogroups, in which there's probably a group to be found that can be called "European".
In the old blonde New Zealand folklore there's a tale that tells the history of the blonde race before they came to New Zealand. They fled from Persia/India because of a bloody war (read Mahabarta), whereafter some of them travelled further to South America (Peru). This becomes more and more unbelievable as it continues, however a trace on DNA haplogroups does confirm that a large group of people in India/Pakistan holds strong similarities to the blond New Zealander, and with a specific group of humans in the South America's.
It reads like a fairy tale :p
+Gerrit Jaap do you mean the patupaiare which is folklore
neurocytohemotoxic no... just no
Kal-e-donia!, not Sal-e-Donia.
This is one of many mispronunciations he makes cross many videos. I didn't even want to comment on it but I noticed that too.
I noticed that too 😂
I was confused by Sal-e-Donia LOL.
now i want a salad. :/
@@longpinkytoes haha
I am blessed to be a Pacific Islander (full blooded Fijian) on this wonderful God created planet Earth.
If your not black your not full blooded… your new full blooded
We are one big happy family.....PACIFIKA....
one love from melanesian living in Bali
Why did you skip the mass genocide of Tasmania as well these videos tend to hide the sick nature of Europeans....im Irish and I know the horrible things Anglo Europeans did to us.
M Wallace BECAUSE HE IS TELLING HIS HISTORY! HIS TRUE!
The horribles things arent affecting you at all nowadays but the good things theyve done are
Since the late 18th century, "Europeans" in Australia have included a very high proportion of Irish or Irish-origin people, probably about a third of the white population of Australia during all those genocides you were talking about.
I hear you. Irish went through a lot too. The Germans came to what is now Britain and ran the Irish out of it making you live in the small islands. That's not where it stopped of course.
M Wallace did you know what those named Irish did to the indigenous twa pygmies
I'm part Pacific Islander and it's so hard to find anything on my people
sydney wilson oi it’s not that hard fam lol jus find out what island your from 💁🏾
Basics here
Almost all of us(Melanesia, Polynesia and micronesia)
Speak Austronesian languages
But in melanesia they speak some languages called the Papuan languages which extended to Timor Leste
The people of Oceania are great seafarers who travel by canoes when they island hop to one another. It was said that indigenous Fijians had the best canoes out of all of them and were brilliant seafarers too. I think this is also documented in historical books.
Yep its called the Drua .currently in Super rugby 🤣🤣🤣 Dou Bula .
I don’t know bout best seafarers lol. The rest of Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia had their legendary Vakas also
I’m just going to say that “Kiribati” is pronounced “kiribas”
Not everyone knows that
Yup that is true
Yes, this was my only critique of the video.
Youre definitely scratching the surface my friend. While everyone's going in on you for mispronouncing names, and not being as informed of their homeland as they are I respect your desire to learn and share your enthusiasm for Oceanic cultures and countries. There's a lot of other intertwining history and genetics going on. I suggest you watch some of the documentaries done by Plummtree Productions. I'm a Micronesian from Chuuk and everytime I tell someone that they give me a blank stare like I am just making it up haha just glad you are much more informed about the area Im from than the average American.
LukanorPride; One thing about the dwendling original Melanated Human populations all throughout earth is we are always so appreciative to be acknowledged by others, too willing to open our doors to our lands and cultures, too giving. This is how the conquests and conquering and dilution of your ancetrial identity starts..the fascination and admiration, the visitors become you and your forefathers and foremothers become a part of your secrets and shame.. We need to learn to be mindful in order to continue to exist is to stop opening doors and hearts too widely to foreigners if in fact genetics and culture is important to keep in tact. That's not racism, but just preservation.
Europeans practice preservation of their original cultures, European ethnicity amongst themselves more successfully than we do globally.
And no one ever ridicules or questions that basic right understanding. That in order to have identity you must keep true to it, acknowledge and teach your true identity and take pride in it.
Thats so sad,I get those blank stares too when I tell them I'm a Melanesian from Maluku.
White Man here, You are welcome. Thank me later.
well.....not to be a total dickhead
but........considering a lot of Americans can't even pinpoint there own country/state on a world map........i see this not as an achievement but rather basic information that is not needed but useful and makes you a better human-being in total
but you are right about all the people making comments on his pronounciation, like he put in effort and all to make this for everyone......the least people can do is thank him for it
thank you maker of this video, as an western-Europian citizen i haven't learnt a single thing about even one of the many islands in the pacific (except for New-Zealand......but since it's so big for an ''island'' that one don't count haha)
Mic drop 👏🏽 Our natural inclination to be hospitable to visitors destroyed our cultures. And what you said about the visitors becoming our ancestors couldn’t have been more true, and European colonization speaks true to those facts.
How Much Do You Know of the different Ethnic Groups in Jamaica...... I'm Jamaican of East Indian , African, and Chinese descent. and would like to her your take on the subject
Anthony Broxton Most of Jamaica's ethnic groups are almost non-existent. Apart from the influx of new Chinese and Indians most other racial groups have dissipated.
Mandark Astronomonov Many of them have actually merged into the population. Irish Jamaicans and Chinese Jamaicans are very mixed, though pure ones do exist, mainly for the latter.
Moe Green ....I am 100% pure beautiful lush from da Polynesian nations of Samoa
Moe...oh wow. ...small world. ..we had some Jamaicans n guys from Ghana in our neighborhood growing up n dats wat da African guys wud say to da Jamaicans wen they got into a argument lol but hey one love Moe...peace
Moe Green Tanu Vailoa
Jamaicans and Ghanaians are the same people. 🤣😂🤣😂
#TeamRedGreenBlackGold
#NotRasta #RoyalsNobles
Jamaican maroons beat the British and the Spanish and own their land even until today. I'm Jamaican American from Hawaii married to Oceania. 🇯🇲
My adult relatives still have blonde hair. It doesnt change
I cringed at your pronunciation of Rotuma and New Caledonia. Also, just wanted to elaborate on the Asian population in the Pacific. Indians were shipped to Fiji back in the late 19th to early 20th century by British colonialists as endentured labourers to work in sugar cane plantations. Same way Chinese coolies were brought over to islands like Samoa to work copra plantations during the German colonial rule.
avilik13 haha Same! and Itaukei very Kaivalgi Palagi 😂
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avilik13 only Fiji and Tonga a true Black Polynesia. The rest of the Island is fake now days.
Black Polynesia lol gtfoh
Fiapoko palagi! It's borderline racism 😏😏
if aboriginal australia is considered to be the oldest cultures on earth then why is it theorized that migration INTO australia was from the OUTSIDE?
Cause European people are telling the story from their perspective and not what is told by the Aboriginal people.
Its the oldest"continueing" culture on earth!!
I am chamaro and Italian. My Dad was in the navy and married my mother from Guam on Saipan . Then moved stateside back to NYC and I was born and raised. Thanks for the documentaries.
Guam and hawaii are Pacific islanders but are not usually included because they are US territory,...and new Zealand as well because of white dominance I guess
One interesting cultural fact; of all the Polynesian cultures, Tonga has been the best preserved. Though a British protectorate, European influence was less pervasive and an indigenous monarchy relatively stable. Queen Salote of Tonga was at coronation of Elizabeth II as a show of solidarity.
chiron14pl Lol NZ Maori and NZ as a land where once a British protectorate under NZs constitution that obviously didn't work out well in the end.
The Tongans need be VERY proud NZ Tahiti and Hawaii native governments went bust.
That's honestly sad. A lot of us Polynesians lost our cultures due to colonization. White people don't want to hear it anymore because they don't want to feel guilty
jogatu yeah but natives did a lot to destroy their own cultures. Try studying what happened to the Kapu system in Hawaii
Don't forget 'Uvea&Futuna :)
(These 2 french islands are between fidji tuvalu samoa and tonga) Even if we're French now we still preserve our culture which was mixed with Tongans/Fijians/Samoans
Btw Uvean language is rrrreaaaalllyyyyy reaallyyyyy close to Tongan with Niuafo'ou accent!
Same things for Futuna but their language and dances is similar to samoans/niueans🤔
And soooo yeah this is all I can say about it 🇼🇫🇼🇫
Nesians in siblings form
💠Melanesia is the big brother(gets praised for being unique)
💠Micronesia is the middle kid(best thing about being the middle child no body bothers them)
💠And Polynesia the youngest( gets all the attention)
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I'm micronesian and I get all the attention tho..... So what am I really???
hey... can austronesian fit in too..?
@@tananera7259 austro???
@@rickymon3577 you’re Ricky mon from Micronesia lol 🤙🤣😂
You hardly talked about Micronesia
Dot Com Micronesian islands are so small it's not even worth mentioning were the true islanders we actually live on small islands
Micronesians are disgusting. That’s why.
Samoan Storm stfu rock!!!!
Samoan storm, how many layers u got on ur stomach??
To:(Samoan Storm) Be nice....All Pacific Islanders from Micronesia,Polynesia and Melanesia need to unite and get a long with eachother because we are truly a small minority in this World.
This is an awesome channel! Just never say may-ori again.
okay, then just never visit this channel again
there is your sollution
you can't ask a guy too much after all the work he put in for this
The eastern islands of Micronesia such as Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall islands, Nauru and Kiribati are more closely related to Polynesians than Melanesians.
who cares?
Moriatik Saunders who cares no one cares about u
Other Micronesians do care!
Ezkill2324 Six9oneaeracode wtf!
si Markeyan and? We are more Pacific islander then Europeans! Some of us may look white but we Pacific islanders💯
Proud to be a Pacific Islander #PolyPride
Some Australoid groups without European admixture of any kind have been known to have natural Blonde hair
Im chamarro and italian and love God with all my heart and may God bless you because your all beautiful
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Chanoru from Guam here….God bless you and your Family and may the lord grant you many more blessings and years to come in Jesus Name!…Amen 🙏🏽
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I just have a suggestion. When you talk about Micronesia, it would be better if you talked about the people. Don’t talk about the people who took control of the islands (Spanish, German, Japanese). As an outer island Chuukese, I have 0% dna from any of those groups. The Europeans had almost no influence in Chuuk lagoon. You should’ve talked about how western Micronesians (Palauans, Chamorro, and Yapese) are different from eastern Micronesians. And how Yapese are very different from all Micronesians. The origins of western Micronesians are not the same as eastern Micronesians. Also Chamorro people were the first Micronesians to come into the pacific. They didn’t come through Melanesia. Which is probably why they look more like Filipinos.
As a Marshallese that went to a Micronesian Olympic Games in Pohnpei many years back, I can definitely distinguish between Eastern and western Micronesians lol
@@TheFlyingFish692 right! I can see a lot of similarities with my people, Pohnpeians Kosraeans, Marshallese and maybe Kiribati but like Yapese and Palauans are so different. Also for the most part, you can also tell who is western Micronesian just by looking at them. They kinda look different than us. I remember my dad used to take me and my brother to his Yapese friends houses and it felt like a whole other world.
Speaking of Yap, the legendary Mau Piailug (RIP) who is endeared by many as Papa Mau, is from Satawal. Would he be considered a part of the western Micronesians?
@@StickyKeys187 Good question. Yeah no, he wouldn’t be considered Western Micronesian. Western Micronesian are just the Chamorro, Yapese, and Palauans. HOWEVER… The southwest islands of Palau and the outer islands of Yap are located in Western Micronesia but the people speak Chuukic languages. Satawal is one of the outer islands of Yap. Even though I’m from the Mortlocks (between Chuuk lagoon and Pohnpei) I can understand Satawalese. Satawal is part of Yap state, but the people are more related to the people in Chuuk state. The real Yapese (Yap proper) compared to people of the outer islands of Yap are 2 different peoples, but they share a history together. The people of the Yap outer islands went to Yap to trade (which is why when the federated states of Micronesia became a country, they were included with Yap state).
A big Håfa Ådai to all my Brothas and Sistas!….Great point you made when speaking about our peoples……
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I like Pacific Islanders they are cool people. Very traditional
Check the water currents I think Polynesians also went as far as South America the movie Kon tiki proved by currents you can travel from South America to Polynesia
Nikki NiiA Yeah it's true the Polynesian people's used trade routes between all the island nations, pre modern west coast north AND south America there are many oral histories recorded. The Kumara sweet potato originates in south America the Taro root plant (food) originates in south east asia.
Asians are not Polys bro! 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Who said Asian are Polynesian?
The term Polynesia was first used in 1756 by French writer Charles de Brosses, and originally applied to all the islands of the Pacific. The only true, oldest indigenous people to the Pacific islands are Melanesians who make up 90% of all the islands. So called black (Aborigines) people never get their acknowledgement for being the original. just like in the movie put out by Disney, they still continue to project our culture as if those people are the founders of our historical creation stories. so when a person with coco-colored skin with an afro say they are not the crayon color black and that they are melanesian or the original Polynesian they are looked down upon as if they are a liar. the Caucasian has made the world racist against the original people of the planet.
The Melanesians are not indigenous to Polynesia scientific argument tells a different story Melanesians never explored or settled outwards of the islands of Melanesia! They weren't sea explorers and navigators! Look at the science these were Polynesians who explored, both Polynesians and Melanesians are descendants of the Lapita People the original people who discovered Melanesia! Search google!
That is true Melanesians, Polynesians and Micronesians are just a mix of the original Pacific Islanders which are the Lapita people. The Lapita people have dark skin and have sailed and conqured the whole of the pacific, after that they sailed to south America intermarried with the asians there and sailed back to the Pacific creating Polynesians. Melanesians were to far to reach so the melanesians still kept their Lapita genes after intermarring with papuans which weren't Lapita and then produced the diverse melanesians we see today.
+Calvin, spot on. Thank you and well said.
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The Lapita people are FIJIANS not Polynesians.....fijians still make CLAY POTS with the same designs that was found around the Pacific....and alot of fiji isles still have canoes and still know the art.(waqa vaka viti)
...a lot of people deny this fact because were dark skinned especially polynesia ns........and alot of Tongan and Samoans came to fiji to learn the art of voyage back in the days even Tongan royalty kidnapped some fijians just to build their canoes but they keep denying this fact too........fijians build canoes that is so large that's bigger than EXPLORERS ships. ......
But they still deny it....fijians have all the evidence everywhere......
@@Rick-jh7di Yeah they're always denying the true stuff..it's really sad but allgood Naphtalli 4 life✊
Im from Fiji 🇫🇯 n I jst want to say a big Ni vcaiii levu 😊 meaning gud lyf
Tony Star sejiseji boci😂😂
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Hello from Melanesia🖐🖐
Living over 13 years in the Micronesian islands of the Marshall Islands, I find that the Pacific Ocean is so unique and awe inspiring.
Awesome Brother
Really good overview! Some constructive feedback: Consider changing your vocabulary around colonial expansion to reflect that this is what it actually was. So for instance, instead of saying that New Caledonia was 'discovered' it might be more accurate to say it was 'invaded' or 'colonised'. As you know, the people of Melanesia and Polynesia are some of the best seafarers in the world and the New Caledonia islands have been 'discovered' many times over by neighbouring nations. Furthermore, calling European expansion 'discovery' perpetuates the idea that colonisation was only innocent exploration when that is far from the truth.
Let's change the way we talk about the past, own up to our own dark history, and build a better future which recognises the right to self-determination of all people :)
I agree.. Every time you say “discovered”. It just doesn’t sit right.
absolutely agree.
its pronounced "kiribas"....not kiribati. I know how it's spelled, but the pronunciation is what it is. Kiribas is the local pronounciation of "gilberts"....the original name was the gilbert islands.
Gilbert's is a white man's name so to me it don't matter how it's pronounced the origin of the nations name is European how you say the word don't change the fact of its origin. Go figure.
Dentsun4228 Actually it was called tungaru before gilbert discovered the islands and later on called kiribati which is still present in the 21st century
Kiribati actually means Christmas. I only really watched for the hilarious pronunciations, "New Seladonia" ha lol
I'm an 🇮🇳Indian, according to my point of view Pacific Islanders are real citizens of Oceania, not European who Lived in Australia or New Zealand.
Sorry, I have European ancestry and was born here. I am an indigenous New Zealander. A native. The Maori who were here before my people, are also indigenous or native to this land.
Great Lesson to some! 👍🏽🤙🏽
I’m proud to be Pacific Islander
Beautiful N Pristine Island of 🇵🇼
Palau
One solwara one pipol 🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬
Sorry, but you have so many statements that are either false or are just theory (which would be fine to include if you had said they were one of several theories). For example, your Polynesian origin segment is actually only one of several strong origin theories. I would list more examples of incorrect statements, but there are far too many to list. (Also, it is NEVER pronounced may-or-ee lol)
Aboriginal Australians represent one of the oldest continuous cultures outside Africa, with evidence indicating that their ancestors arrived in the ancient landmass of Sahul (present-day New Guinea and Australia) ~55 thousand years ago. Genetic studies, though limited, have demonstrated both the uniqueness and antiquity of Aboriginal Australian genomes.
We have further resolved known Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial haplogroups and discovered novel indigenous lineages by sequencing the mitogenomes of 127 contemporary Aboriginal Australians. In particular, the more common haplogroups observed in our dataset *included M42a, M42c, S, P5 and P12,* followed by *rarer haplogroups M15, M16, N13, O, P3, P6 and P8.* We propose some major phylogenetic rearrangements, such as in haplogroup P where we delinked P4a and P4b and redefined them as P4 (New Guinean) and P11 (Australian), respectively. Haplogroup P2b was identified as a novel clade potentially restricted to Torres Strait Islanders. Nearly all Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial haplogroups detected appear to be ancient, with *no evidence of later introgression during the Holocene.*
Ref. Sources:
Nagle, N. et al. Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial genome variation - an increased understanding of population antiquity and diversity. Sci. Rep. 7, 43041; doi: 10.1038/srep43041 (2017).
What is the title of this paper?
I’m white and Pacific Islander but I was born and grew up in the states so sadly I never knew the culture.
Europeans did not discover any place where people already resided.
Right
Fiji and Melanesia are interesting places to me I also like Hawaii
mixed Melanesian and Russian, no one on my Russian side has blonde hair but my mother naturally does. It did not come from the Europeans.
(Free Hawaii Kanaka Maori)
New Caledonia is pronounced with a "K" sound, not an "S" sound, like New Kaledonia.
thank you but your European history is not the real history. that's all what they write and now you explain.. we exist way before european came and wrote it.
Proud to be a Pacifika, (Meli,)
i’ve been intrigued into the pasific islander culture since 2nd grade of middle school, i always read and search up everything about it since then, cant believe my obsession into this culture hasnt changed for almost 8 years lol
I am an American, and I just made my second visit to New Zealand. I cannot wait to visit Micronesia and Melanesia.
Ironically there was a watch commercial just before this that included the New Zealand all blacks
Met 2 Melanesian guys when I was under ICE custody and meeting them felt like meeting old friends. My love goes out to all Oceanic people, keep doing you and stay proud of your roots.
You have to find the real Hawaiians when your in Hawaii cuz there is alot of Filipinos and asians that say they are Hawaiians and it's really irritating
Guam in the house!!
Desmond San Nicolas Bro you look black
Hi my brother
Hafa adai!
Biba Guahan! 🇬🇺
Hebrew Thought 🗿 who’s gonna tell him
I know you don't want to do it for now but it would still be interesting if you could do a dna test :). A question for the Q&A : what made you tat interested in genetics, genealogy etc. ? And suggestions for next videos : The Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros Islands, Mauricius, Reunion island etc.) and the Tuareg people.
@4:50: Haha...just like Réunion, New Caladonia and other parts of French Polynesia was a French penal colony, and once housed North African and Vietnamese political prisoners...and their descendants are both there today.
Interracial dating and marriage between both groups, in both combinations, has become more common in France too... though I'm not sure that has anything to do with it!
I'm of Vietnamese background, and my first girlfriend was Algerian.
As usual, Micronesia only given less than 2 minutes of air time despite being pretty important and it largely is misrepresented. Micronesia, specifically the Marianas is the oldest Remote Pacific Culture having been settled 3500 years ago. The Chamorro people in particular is unique for NOT having melanesian ancestry and is the ONLY Pacific culture to have cultivated rice. Genetic tests show that there may have been two migrations from SE Asia, from the Philippines and Indonesia. Moreover, the Chamorro people are the oldest mixed race culture with Chamorros having Spanish, filipino, and indigenous American ancestry. While the other islands may have been visited by the polynesians. The Marianas probably werent.
Can you please talk about the Marshall Islands
David Rutherford is it cuuhz your marshallese too ?
Marshall Islands wots good, blessed up love from your fijian brother
I'm black and I have 6% Melanesian since my dad is Indian and that's a fact by lab work
Talk about ancient time not modern time they're coming out of black
karen collins hahaha😂
Where you from sister?
karen collins if your dad is Indian wouldn’t that make you dougla?
I’m african Jamaican my dad parents are South Asia thank u