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African 100%
West African 99% (Mende/Akan 76%Lower Niger Valley 22%)
East African 1.5%

This is what I got from DnaLand. Pretty inaccurate, but I assume this is because they do not have much data so they just matched me to who I was most similar to.
Dang... oh well, I guess I'll just stick with ancestry for now. I might try 23andme as well.
 

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Dang... oh well, I guess I'll just stick with ancestry for now. I might try 23andme as well.

I tried DNAland too. The joint said I was 10% East African and literally haven't gotten those results with any other test.

I have done:

Ancestry.om
23andMe
GEDMatch
DNAland

All 4 will give you different results so take them with a grain of salt. I find 23andme gave the best results that matched up with my research.
 
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I believe I found a "Black" native relative. She is my great great grandmother on my grandfather's side. She has dark skin, clearly native features with straight hair. I believe her husband could possibly be native too but I'm not sure. In 1896, he acquired 300 acres of land valued at over $2000 then which would be $55K today. I wonder how he was able to acquire the money/ or was granted the land. This really makes me think that they could have possibly owned slaves. My cousin told me that my grandfather owned his own trucking company and he was born in 1916 so I believe there was money in the family.

Could it have been land grants due to being Indian? Thats the story I get on my dad's side in Mississippi but Im still tryna figure what was what. This just reminded me I gotta look up some land paperwork.

Alabama Land and Property Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki

Have you looked into this before? Im bout to dive in when I get some time to see whats up.
 

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Could it have been land grants due to being Indian? Thats the story I get on my dad's side in Mississippi but Im still tryna figure what was what. This just reminded me I gotta look up some land paperwork.

Alabama Land and Property Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki

Have you looked into this before? Im bout to dive in when I get some time to see whats up.

I think it's highly likely specially given that his wife looks native. I mean 300 acres is like the size of an airport.I Ican't imagine a negro barely out of slavery could be able to afford that. I have a document that says it was grated by the government/president at the time.

I just found the information the day before yesterday to I haven't had a chance to really go into the research.
 

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Could it have been land grants due to being Indian? Thats the story I get on my dad's side in Mississippi but Im still tryna figure what was what. This just reminded me I gotta look up some land paperwork.

Alabama Land and Property Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki

Have you looked into this before? Im bout to dive in when I get some time to see whats up.

It's funny b/c the county is call Choctaw County and the land was granted in 1896. :ohhh: I think my great great grandpa was Choctaw. Thank you for the link.
 

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My ancestry DNA results Africa: 87% Benin/Togo 30%, Cameroon/Congo 19%, Africa Southeastern Bantu 14%, Senegal 12%, Ivory Coast/Ghana 9%, Low confidence regions(Africa): South Central Hunter gathers 1%, Mali 1%, Nigeria <1% Asia <1%: Low confidence region(Asia): Asia Central < 1% Europe 11%: Low confidence regions(Europe): Ireland 5%,Finland/NorthwestRussia 3%, Italy/Greece 2%, Iberian/Peninsula <1% America < 1%: Native American <1%
 
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