Did you get any names?i did mine on ancestry.com
found out im mostly european which i always suspected (i dont tan well and cant jump very high. i also enjoy friends and seinfeld). but i wasnt expecting the 10% indigenous(native american) or the 13% italian/greek, 10% british or the exact breakdown of my african ancestry. its cool to know but once i found out i really didnt have any more use for it lol. i dont regret spending the money tho.
Ancestry Test?
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they matched me up to a bunch of prospective 4-5th cousins. i had one 3rd cousin on the list tho and i messaged her and we had like 20 mutual friends on facebook. so the shyt really works.
i did mine on ancestry.com
found out im mostly european which i always suspected (i dont tan well and cant jump very high. i also enjoy friends and seinfeld). but i wasnt expecting the 10% indigenous(native american) or the 13% italian/greek, 10% british or the exact breakdown of my african ancestry. its cool to know but once i found out i really didnt have any more use for it lol. i dont regret spending the money tho.
Don't know if its worth doing for myself since I have my parents results. My dad's results showed 85% African with largest traces from area of Ivory Coast/Ghana, Cameroon, Congo, and 83% on my mom's side with largest traces from Benin/Togo, Southeastern Bantu, and Nigeria. I'll probably do it later this year just to see my exact results.
I may have to do it.
I used Ancestry.com.
Other companies do it as well and some might do it cheaper; so if cost is a concern then make sure you shop around.
That is the thing about the Arabs and the Europeans; they have really screwed up Africans knowledge of our societies.
I plan on visiting Cameroon in 2016 for the Ngouon Festival.
Here is some information on the 2014 festival in Cameroon for any fellow people of Bamoun descent.
Bamoun Cultural Festival (Ngouon 2014) in Foumban::: Discover Cameroon Tours.
I wonder if Im the only one on here who was 100% African
Rayzah
I'm Everywhere you ain't never there
My results were similar 82% Africa and 16% Europe
33% Cameroon/congo
18% Ivory coast/Ghana
Benin/Togo wa like 10%
Here is what Gedmatch says
Mister_DoItNice
Leading The Regime
Got notification last week that they received my specimen. Just have to play the waiting game for results. I believe ancestry is still doing a discount on their test.
Most of us AA are about 60-70 African, 20-30 European 5-10 other/Native American.
There aren't any pure AA including myself throughout the history of America there was mixing and there will continue to be. Nothing new under the sun.
There aren't any pure AA including myself throughout the history of America there was mixing and there will continue to be. Nothing new under the sun.
Pretty lengthy report worth skimming through
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929714004765
and this supposedly done in conjunction with study at PSU
BlackDemographics.com | African American DNA
either way that number is too high, 25% is a more realistic ceiling..not necessarily the "average". most Africans Americans have 1% or less Native American DNA
I know it was somewhere in that ball park
Mister_DoItNice
Leading The Regime
My results from ancestry came in. Interesting. Now I'm just waiting for GED Match.
