Africans: Can you tell what tribe or country Diasporans are from just by looking at them?

[BigMan]

One thing that I would add about finding out about the ethnicity of African people is that it is not always cut and dry. I ran GEDMatch on my results to find out my closest ethnicities. Before the results show my African ethnicities; it first showed that after African American I am most closely to the Caribbean people in the Dominican Republic.

I don't know why that is, but I know that some slaves were taken to the Caribbean before being taking to the USA.

Yup they called it "seasoning". Many slaves were "broken in" for a couple months then sent up north. Especially to the Deep South

 

[Skooby]

Interesting.

I went into an African store (owned by Nigerians) the other day and the lady at the counter asked me if I was from Nigeria. I said nah, then she said I looked like I was from Nigeria.

 

[The Wall Is Undefeated!]

I don't know. I'm Jamaican. I shown pics of myself to an Ivorian chick and a half Ghanaian dude and they have said that I could pass as Ivorian and Ghanaian respectively.
On the whole NWBs (New World Blacks) are too mixed with West and Central African peoples to fit into a certain place in West and Central Africa.

Also certain places in the Americas imported slaves from different regions:
Examples - Jamaican slavers mostly got their slaves from Ghana, Southern Nigeria and the former Kongo Kingdom (Mainly Western Congo).
Brazillian slavers mostly got their slaves from Angola and the Bight of Benin (Togo, Benin and SW Nigeria).
Slavers from The Guianas (when they were controlled by the Dutch) mostly got their slaves from Ghana, Benin, Togo and the Kongo Kingdom.

 

[ChatGPT-5]

can a european tell the difference in americans?

you have your exceptions, like if you're italian american or russian americans, that would be like east vs west african, of course we can tell with those, but overall, no, too mixed with various other tribes.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

It's possible to tell where new world blacks could pass, but one's phenotype might not actually lineup with their african dna breakdown

 

[Umoja]

Pointless when we come from tribes across the continent.

 

[Premeditated]

alot of Ivorians look more AA than I thought. atleast the younger generation. type in a random neighborhood or city in IC on ig. atleast 60 percent look AA. They border and even have alot of the same tribe as Ghana but Ghanaians don't look AA

 

[generic-username]

My mom used to say TD Jakes looked like an Igbo man, turns out his DNA ancestry result proved her right

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

When I was in London, some of the Naijas assumed I was Nigerian. Which was interesting considering I have a big curly afro, which isn’t something I’ve typically seen Nigerian men rock unless they’ve been around African Americans much of their life. It’s mainly Nigerian women I’ve seen rocking afros tho.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

alot of Ivorians look more AA than I thought. atleast the younger generation. type in a random neighborhood or city in IC on ig. atleast 60 percent look AA. They border and even have alot of the same tribe as Ghana but Ghanaians don't look AA

because Ivory Coast is at a larger crossroads/bordering, of phenotypes

 

[Premeditated]

because Ivory Coast is at a larger crossroads/bordering, of phenotypes

that is a lot of borders for a non land-lock country. and all those countries surrounding it probably had different ethnic groups coming in at different periods.
I want to go to Abidjan. I ain't been there since I was 5 and barely remember shyt.