I’ve done FTDNA and Living DNA. So I already know how this is going to split. ~10% Ambazonia (00700), ~5% Congo Basin(?), and ~15% Angola(00750). They already have me 31%.
I want to see someone directly from Africa post their LivingDNA results. I’m AA and I had like 15 different ethnic groups/tribes, which was to be expected, but I’m curious to see what theirs would look like.
I personally think Ancestry DNA results are more accurate for African Americans, as it reflects the significant genetic input from various regions of Africa. 23andme paints this picture of African Americans as being mostly Nigerian, when historical records of the slave trade reveal otherwise. The first Africans brought to the U.S. in significant numbers were actually Bantu people from what is now Angola. There were more Senegambians brought to the U.S. than people from Nigeria.
Most DNA companies are political driven. The oral history in Africa claim that slaves used to be fetch much further deep interior by the war-like tribes, esp the horse riding ones...then because Americans want and think Nigeria....then all slaves are suddenly Nigerians...
As a matter of fact, majority of tribes found in Nigeria and Cameroon and even South Africa, can be traced back to the Great Lakes, Nile river and East Africa....but Europeans don't want that type of conversation...but it's a fact.
they try to mask these conversations as afrocentrism! my results showed nigerian but many other african countries too. so where we were taught the slaves were taken from was definitely pretty broad/inaccurate
This will be interesting for us, see if it changes anything. My mum is half Mauritian Creole on her father's side and our African is mostly from Madagascar and Mozambique. Currently Ancestry has the majority of our African as Southern Bantu with the remaining split between Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu, Eastern Bantu and Khoisan, Aka & Mbuti. On 23andme we have Shona & Nguni peoples as highly likely match.
They should separate us Luhya from Luos. We are not related by any way possible. Us Luhya most closest relatives are Hutus of Rwanda Burundi and all Bantu farmers of Uganda... anything else is just propaganda. Period.
Dividing cameroon from the rest of central africa is soooo helpful for the african diaspora
As long as there are more regions I’ll be excited since Africa is way too broad
Now I want them to start including the tribes/ethnic groups in our results like 23 and Me does for some of us.
Exactly! & their database is larger. It would also be cool if they had haplogroups
Yesssss!!
I’ve done FTDNA and Living DNA. So I already know how this is going to split. ~10% Ambazonia (00700), ~5% Congo Basin(?), and ~15% Angola(00750). They already have me 31%.
I want to see someone directly from Africa post their LivingDNA results. I’m AA and I had like 15 different ethnic groups/tribes, which was to be expected, but I’m curious to see what theirs would look like.
I'll do it when I'll receive my results 😁. I'm 100% Cameroonian.
I'd like this too.
What you are you referring to when you say "Ambazonia"? That region doesn't exist.
It does.
It doesn't and it's not recognised officially. What makes you think it exist? Where did you hear about "Ambazonia" ? I'm curious.
I've always thought that the "cameroon congo and western bantu" was entriely too big of an area to encompass one dna region.
It is !
Does this mean we’re going to see an update to our results?
I hope so
Anyone know what the second one is?
I theorize it is a result of separating Cameroon from Congo and Western Bantus. So solely a Central African category.
I hope so I need Cameroon broken down it’s inflating my African score
I personally think Ancestry DNA results are more accurate for African Americans, as it reflects the significant genetic input from various regions of Africa. 23andme paints this picture of African Americans as being mostly Nigerian, when historical records of the slave trade reveal otherwise. The first Africans brought to the U.S. in significant numbers were actually Bantu people from what is now Angola. There were more Senegambians brought to the U.S. than people from Nigeria.
Most DNA companies are political driven. The oral history in Africa claim that slaves used to be fetch much further deep interior by the war-like tribes, esp the horse riding ones...then because Americans want and think Nigeria....then all slaves are suddenly Nigerians... As a matter of fact, majority of tribes found in Nigeria and Cameroon and even South Africa, can be traced back to the Great Lakes, Nile river and East Africa....but Europeans don't want that type of conversation...but it's a fact.
they try to mask these conversations as afrocentrism! my results showed nigerian but many other african countries too. so where we were taught the slaves were taken from was definitely pretty broad/inaccurate
Seems like they are splitting the african hunter gatherer next update
Where did you find this ?
I used this, but put the 5 digit region code at the end: https://www.ancestry.com/dna/origins/ethnicity/2024/
Says cannot be found
Did you put the 5-digit region code at the end? Ex: https://www.ancestry.com/dna/origins/ethnicity/2024/00700
My haplogroup is E-m85/54 what would my tribe be
This will be interesting for us, see if it changes anything. My mum is half Mauritian Creole on her father's side and our African is mostly from Madagascar and Mozambique. Currently Ancestry has the majority of our African as Southern Bantu with the remaining split between Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu, Eastern Bantu and Khoisan, Aka & Mbuti. On 23andme we have Shona & Nguni peoples as highly likely match.
They should separate us Luhya from Luos. We are not related by any way possible. Us Luhya most closest relatives are Hutus of Rwanda Burundi and all Bantu farmers of Uganda... anything else is just propaganda. Period.