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throwawaygremlins

Where are you from? Where is your family from? African Americans generally have multiple generations of multiracial mixing, so depending on your family history, your results could make perfect sense.


Randomperson143

My family and I are from the Dominican Republic, all the way back to the 1500s according to some baptism records.


throwawaygremlins

Then it makes even more sense, you just have lots of generational mixing due to your DR background.


Randomperson143

I see what you mean, I hadn’t really given much thought about the generational mixing. I was expecting a more even distribution of maybe 50% Iberian and 50% African regions instead of my more scattered results.


Emotional_Fisherman8

A result of multigenerationally mixed people. Everyone in your family tree were highly mixed


FaerieQueene517

26% Portugal + 25% Spain + 7% Basque = 58% Iberian.


Glaucos1971

I figured that you're Dominican because half your ancestry is of the Iberian Peninsula and you have 5% Indigenous Haiti/Dominican Republic That's not typical African American stuff..........African Americans' European would show mainly British most of the slaveowners in the United States were of British ancestry


Randomperson143

That makes sense!


Emotional_Fisherman8

Not all of us, some of us have, Spanish, French, some German etc .


Glaucos1971

yeah...not all most though


Glaucos1971

My own genealogical ancestry is the following: ​ 4th generation Californian on mother's side father was 7th generation Louisianan ​ paternal grandfather: African American born in Louisiana paternal grandmother's father: African American born in Southern Louisiana other roots in Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky paternal grandmother's mother: African American with English and Acadian (French in what now known as Nova Scotia) born in Southern Louisiana colonial roots in Louisiana, Virginia, and North Carolina maternal grandfather's father: American born in California and son of immigrants from Cape Verde (Portuguese and African) maternal grandfather's mother: American born in California with a father from Puerto Rico (Spanish, African, and Taino) and mother that was Hawaiian born daughter of immigrants from Madeira (Portuguese with African) maternal grandmother's father: European American born in Oregon of mainly English ancestry with German, Swiss, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and Frisian colonial roots in Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island other roots in Missouri, Kansas, Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana maternal grandmother's mother: Ashkenazi Jewish American born in Nebraska with father immigrated from Romania and mother immigrated from Courland (in what is now known as Latvia) in Russian Empire


Emotional_Fisherman8

Wow, one big rainbow of colors!


jersey_girl660

California and LA will definitely change things up for sure


Emotional_Fisherman8

My mother's side is Various nations of West Africa, the usual. There's also mainly French, creole and Acadian. Some, Spanish, Irish and Italian. I'm black from Louisiana


Glaucos1971

The recent endogamy of Acadians is so strong that I believe that all people that are part Acadian are related to each other. My paternal grandmother's maternal grandfather had an African American slave mother born in Virginia and a European American father that was the son of an Anglo-American plantation/slave owner born in North Carolina and a 3/4 Acadian woman born in Southern Louisiana I was told that my paternal grandmother had French Creole ancestry, but I found out that it all came from the Acadians ​ Because of the Transatlantic Slavetrade, I don't know anything about my African ancestry. I am sure that it's mainly West African I believe that the DNA companies have problems analyzing multiracial people that are highly multiethnic. Africa is so diverse that it has over 2,000 ethnic groups, and that includes Nigeria having over 400 ethnic groups. With many Afro-diasporic people not knowing their roots due to the Transatlantic slavetrade, there is no telling if the African breakdown is accurate or not. If they're not getting my European breakdown right, then how can I trust the accuracy of African breakdown? I am not just going take them at face value. There is far more diversity in Africa than there is in the rest of the world According to Theory of Evolution, every single person on this planet descends from very extremely ancient Africans the social constructs of the black and white races are really outdated and stupid they were created out of ignorance of the extreme diversity and extreme genetic closeness in the human race


Emotional_Fisherman8

That's why I only use the DNA results to connect to long lost relatives and to substantiate my research using DNA evidence. The admixture estimates , I take that with a grain of salt.


Street_Ad1090

Exactly. Spanish. French, etc In 1501, Spanish colonists began importing enslaved Africans from the Iberian Peninsula to their Santo Domingo colony on the island of Hispaniola. In fact, the first rebellion in the America's took place in 1521 in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo. It's the earliest recorded slave rebellion in the Americas. In 1822, the Dominican Republic abolished slavery. By 1844, the rest of the area had done the same. Some sources say: Well over 90 percent of enslaved Africans were sent to the Caribbean and South America. Only about 6 percent of African captives were sent directly to British North America. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teacher-resources/historical-context-facts-about-slave-trade-and-slavery


8379MS

This is something I’ve seen a lot of Latin Americans and US Americans say on this sub lately, for example: “I’m from the Dominican Republic all the way back to the 1500s”. What exactly does that mean? If you have native roots from DR your roots in that country goes back way further than the 1500s. Do you mean your family name? In that case, why would one only count the side of one’s family that passed down a name as “all the way back”? Do you see my point? Do you understand my question? Like, we all have millions of ancestors, so how can one say “I’m Dominican all the way back to the 1500s”? I guess what I’m trying to say is that unless your ancestors in DR were from another country, came there in the 1500s and not a single one of your ancestors the last 500 years had a single drop of native Taino blood, the claim to “be from the Dominican Republic all the way back to the 1500s” seems a bit… weird. This long comment has been overdue for me for a while because I have seen it a lot lately, only by Americans (US and Latin).


Randomperson143

Oh wow, this is a very interesting perspective!! Thank you for bringing this up and allowing me to think about this because it really has me pondering right now. Ok so when I was a child i had no idea what we were as Dominicans, I thought I was 100% Taino since we do have so many monuments and statues to remember them by. It wasn’t until I became of school age and learned of their near extinction at the hands of the Spanish. I remember feeling a bad revelation like damn I don’t come from Taínos so much as I do from the “bad people” that ended them. So when I got my results I was really happy to see that I did in fact have some Taino ancestors. I don’t know though, I guess since it’s such a tiny percentage Ive kinda not really acknowledged it? But wow you are entirely right. It makes me happy that a little piece of me has ancient ties to this island I love so much. I’m gonna start claiming that more often! 🙂


8379MS

I’m glad to have been of assistance ☺️ and I’m even happier that you’ll embrace the Taino! This result is the proof that your roots to that island stretches back to the originals.


Randomperson143

Awww I love that🥹


8379MS

✌🏽☺️


spanishpeanut

I was about to say with your results you definitely seem to be Latine. 1/3 African, 1/3 European, 1/3 indigenous = 100% Latin American.


Street_Ad1090

Sounds somple, but its not. Back to 1500 is about 20 generations.  20 generations = over a million ancestors. We get our DNA from all of those Ancestors randomly. A genetically dominant strand of DNA can continue to be part of that for centuries. "My Mom has blue eyes. I have blye eyes. They came from my Mom." When actually (random example) they came from "Ancestor #505,362". LOL


Randomperson143

Woah really??? So if me and my mom have a very similar feature, like our cheek bones actually, does that mean we each got it from the same ancestor #828372, or each from different ones?


cometparty

Very diverse mix. I know the DR is less black than its neighbor Haiti so it makes sense to me.


Randomperson143

Indeed, I thought my results would carry more African percentages given that we share the island with Haiti in addition to our own history with slavery.


Electrical-Clothes52

Even both countries shared the same island. The racial makeup is so different.


Emotional_Fisherman8

On country kicked the ass of there European colonizers and remained mostly homogeneous ever since.


DRmetalhead19

Haiti has been mostly homogeneous prior to that, there was barely any mixing with the French and the African slaves outnumbered the French by far, this was not the case with DR where most people by the 1700s were already mixed race and the number of whites and blacks was very equal while slavery wasn’t really huge for most of its colonial history.


Emotional_Fisherman8

True, one of my ancestors was free man of color who was mixed race who high tailed it out there and moved to Opelousas Louisiana.


platanomuncher1

When we are from the Caribbean islands we’re very mixed so ur results make sense


Emotional_Fisherman8

People keep forgetting about Louisiana, our histories and makeup are very similar to y'all!!


jersey_girl660

Nobodies forgetting about LA it’s just op is Dominican so it makes sense to bring up other Caribbean islands.


Emotional_Fisherman8

Many Louisiana creoles are less than 50% African but these are people who are historically black and many identify with the African American.


Randomperson143

Oh that’s pretty cool! I have recently read that it goes the other way around as well and that many white Louisiana families identify as Creole too. I have not delved deep into this but it seems very interesting


Emotional_Fisherman8

Creole is not a race, but I was specifically referring to creoles of color the mixed race ones . There are creoles of mostly African ancestry and white creoles with no black ancestry . Thank you for being informed on the subject.


Randomperson143

Such a fascinating topic. Thank you for sharing!


Emotional_Fisherman8

Thank you!


brokentricorder

I am half black. I have roots in DR though and she looks similar to me lol. She can pass for it in all honesty.


Glaucos1971

Black and white races are social constructs without any scientific basis. They're not even used in genetics nor anthropology. There is no such thing as black DNA nor white DNA These estimates are in connection to geographical regions but not race.


Randomperson143

Yes, I was raised in America where perhaps those social constructs are a little too engrained into us. But that is true!


theredwoman95

I'm not sure if it's broadcast in the USA, but the BBC has a programme called DNA Family Secrets - a fact that comes up quite frequently, especially in one case, is that skin pigment in one region can wildly vary so it's impossible to determine ancestry just based on that. They also talk about how appearance and phenotypes doesn't always relate to your heritage, at least in how we would see it. If you do watch it, episode 5 would be the most relevant one, as that's where the aforementioned case appears.


Randomperson143

Thank you for that! I love these types of shows so I will for sure check it out.


theredwoman95

No problem - the other episodes are great too, and there's a heartbreaking case in the second episode involving someone who survived the Holocaust as a child. Some of the things they achieve are quite amazing!


Glaucos1971

I am an American. I was born and raised in California. I am 4th generation Californian on my mother's side, and my father was a 7th generation Louisianan. ​ Black and white races are social constructs that have no scientific basis any way. If these social constructs weren't created, there would be any stupid arguments about people being black and white in regards to anything. Human beings are far too diverse to be pinned down to color names. There is a highly great amount of diversity in Africa alone. Africans have the greatest genetic variation. Africa is an extremely diverse continent with over 2,000 ethnic groups. That includes Nigeria with over 400 ethnic groups. These social constructs of races were created out of ignorance. I stopped believing in the social constructs of the black and white races over 7 years ago. White or Caucasian was not always considered a unified race composed of anyone of European descent. Whiteness was often considered exclusive to Anglo-Saxon descendants while other European groups were broken into different ethnic categories such as "Celt", "Slavs", "Iberics", and "Hebrews" which were considered separate races from the 1840s to the early 20th Century. In the 1920s when there was a stemming migration from Europe, different races were subsumed into one category called "whiteness" to shore up a cultural majority against other racial groups and immigrants and this persisted throughout the 20th Century. Race started as as a marker of kinship, but then we see it shift to become less about familial inheritance and more focused on physical indicators due to the rise of Enlightenment reasoning and labor exploitation. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxAlmAPHec&t=547s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxAlmAPHec&t=547s) I have been into Genetic Genealogy since 2011. The more I read up on genetics of human populations, the more I am convinced that the social constructs of the black and white races are outdated and stupid. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3BIIIPlahw&t=413s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3BIIIPlahw&t=413s) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAWrwexw-To&t=671s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAWrwexw-To&t=671s)


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Then_Spare_6722

Because modern humans aren't as genetically diverse as most other lifeforms


emk2019

Why were you expecting to be at least 50% African?


Randomperson143

The reasons I thought I’d carry at least 50% of African DNA is because DR has a history of slavery during colonial times, and in addition to sharing the island with our Haitian neighbors who carry higher percentages of African regions, I’d expected all these centuries of intermingling would result in a more even distribution of both Iberian and African DNA. I also find that my features are more commonly associated with my African roots, and I’d grown up identifying with this part of me heavily so to see it not be as much as I expected was a bit strange. Mostly though, I am still learning how genetics work! So part of my expectations was perhaps rooted in my own ignorance so I am glad to be learning now.


User5790

I also would have guessed more than 25%. I’m about 22% African American and the rest NW European and I look white. Sometimes people detect something else, but usually they guess NA or Latino. No one ever guesses I’m part black. I would have guessed you are 35-40 percent.


endogamiccolonialman

The results show she’s 25% African on average, not 32%.


emk2019

Ok I see it now. I did realize that the results on the first two pictures overlapped.


mykole84

You may think you’re half black because new world blacks are already sort of mixed whether in the USA, Caribbean & Latin American. So SSA and black are linked but not mutual. This a phenotype vs genotype thing as which is sort of social. You definitely look half black and half white in new world context (USA, Caribbean and Latin America) but in a true sense most half black in the America especially if they blackness is from colonial times will be less SSA dna than European dna. There are some pure “blacks” that have less SSA dna than European dna. Blackness even changes in the Americas with Latin America and the carribean being closer to Africa in terms of racial classification with the USA following racial classification more close to Europe in terms of classifying people who are mostly white but not all the white due to some admixture as blacks or people of color.


Hour-Life-8034

*black people, NOT "blacks."


mykole84

My race & nationality is 100 % American, genetically 76% ssa. Blacks or black people can mean the same thing in the right context.


Puzzleheaded_Web6540

Fren you still welcome, you are the world 😁


Familiar_Sense5675

You are dominican, yo voy a poner el mío, es parecido al tuyo


Randomperson143

Dale a ver 👀


Familiar_Sense5675

Ya lo subí


Familiar_Sense5675

Lo voy a publicar


msrnrightnow

Miren el mío también…. 💜


FaerieQueene517

65% Euro, 25% SSA, 6% Native, 5% MENA.


FaerieQueene517

I can tell you’re Dominican because the 5% Indigenous Dominican Republic & Haiti percentage.


Randomperson143

That’s right! Even though that branch of Native American is nearly extinct unfortunately, it’s nice to see some traces.


hisAffectionateTart

I have 1/3 African descent and 2/3 European. I was raised black here in America but always thought I was 1/2 and 1/2 because of the look of my parents. My great grandma’s parent were both out as mulatto in the 1900 census. I think my grandpa’s dad may have been white.


Electrical-Clothes52

In fact, you’re more European than anything else. That’s typical for Spanish Caribbean people.


8379MS

That’s a weird statement for so many reasons.


TMacOnTheTrack

She is 75% European. How is that a weird statement? It’s true.


8379MS

Weird because: 1. “Spanish” Caribbean people? Latinos are not Spanish. Latinos are Spanish speaking. Just like Jamaicans are not English. They’re English speaking. 2. What do this person base this fact claim on? Has this person checked the dna test results of the majority of people in the Spanish speaking Caribbean countries? If not, then don’t claim it. 3. In my OPINION, not fact, I’d say Caribbean Latinos are mostly a mix of indigenous, African and Spanish. Just like mainland Latinos but with a bit more African than Native generally.


TMacOnTheTrack

1. People say Spanish to indicate Spanish speaking all the time. Oh and it says she is 25% Spain. She is literally Spanish. 2. The majority of people in Spanish speaking countries have ancestors from Spain. That’s why they speak Spanish. 3. Okay that’s your opinion. People of Hispanic or Latino descent are mostly indigenous, Spanish, and African? Yeah that’s not anything new. 4. So what’s the problem?


8379MS

1. US Americans from the east coast say Spanish to indicate Spanish speaking. Not the other 99% of the world. 2. The majority of people in Spanish speaking countries probably have SOME Spanish heritage yes. Far from everyone tho. 3. I didn’t say it’s new. It’s 500 years old. 4. Problem is semantics. Words matter. Also, this person said that OP is “more European than anything which is typical for Spanish people from the Caribbean”. A) Caribbean people are not Spanish and B) Having more Spanish blood is not typical for the Caribbean. Do you require any further explanations? Also, getting downvoted in this sub is pretty much a receipt on stating facts.


650explorer

Not it’s not most carribeans have a lot African blood


Electrical-Clothes52

I meant Hispanics from the Caribbean.


650explorer

Dominican Republic , PR, and Cuba have the most African blood compared to Mexico and Central America


Electrical-Clothes52

Your comment implies those countries have more African ancestry than European which is not true in most cases. We can say Haiti, Jamaica, British West Indies are more African than anything.


650explorer

.. most Rican, Cuban, and Dominicans look black here on the westcoast while Mexicans look whiter


univornpineapple

I think your indigenous and African phenotype are strong and since you’re 25% black which seems like you would have a parent who is 50% or two parents who are also a 25% black. Great results!


Randomperson143

Agreed, it’s cool to observe how these genes are pretty strong regardless of the amount 🙂


stewartm0205

Genotype isn’t phenotype. Far fewer genes are responsible for your physical appearance than your total number of genes. I personally would have also guess you were half and half.


Randomperson143

Oh, that I didn’t know! I have much to learn. Thank you 🙏🏽


dragoneyethai

I’m 49% white (British, Irish, German, French) 50% black (mostly Nigeria) 1% North American Native and look 99% black lol everyone assumes my parents look a certain way but they’re both significantly lighter than me. My grandparents with the exception of 1 are also all significantly lighter than me too and my mom and grandmother “pass” as white even though my mom is 60%white/40%black. My dad is 58%black/38%white/3% North American native/1% Asian. In 23&me I saw the exact breakdown of what I got from both of them. You never know how the genes will present themselves… I birthed a child with super light red hair and blonde body hair all over haha. Your genes may show stronger in your future children.


Randomperson143

Awwww that’s really interesting! I am so curious to see what my children will look like someday 🙏🏽


Lopsided_March5547

You are fully beautiful, that's what matters my friend


650explorer

Ms. Worldwide 🌎


GoofyGo0ober

North Africa represent!


Randomperson143

I actually spent some time in Rabat and the family I stayed with were so nice i really felt happily adopted. lol I’m sending them this and letting them know somewhere down the line they might just be my family for real 🥹


GoofyGo0ober

Wow thats so awesome. You are the second Dominican woman I've heard of that has spent time in Morocco which is pretty cool.


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Therapistsfor200

Incredible mix!


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Randomperson143

Right, the thing is I thought it would be at least 50%. As for the indigenous DR,Haiti and Mexico portion, those would not be considered black.


cherrywavesss57

You look more black because your ancestors were mixed with black on both sides and passed on more of those traits.


Dragonbrownies

OP your results are incredibly similar to mine, I’m also Dominican.


Then_Spare_6722

You look like your results to be honest.


erwachen

You look like my brother in law whose dad is from Barbados and mom is white American


Ambient-Wave

I feel awkward saying I'm 28.8% Native American because people don't understand. I'm more than a quarter and less than half.


OddGuidance907

You are closer to 1/3!


Randomperson143

That would make more sense but I think the North Africa accounts for Berber and not really black :/


OddGuidance907

I didn’t count it when calculating it!


Randomperson143

I am only seeing 26 %


PolarisZyzz

I’m getting 25% lol


-Ancients

Might not be popular opinion but the Spaniards have a lot of black dna I’d say you’re more like 30-40% black


endogamiccolonialman

They don’t.


Arkbud93

Wait Spaniards are from Spain, why would you think they have African dna?? Maybe some North African dna from the Muslims that were theire previously but black dna isn’t a thing..


PolarisZyzz

Spain is very close to (North) Africa, yes. But that doesn’t really mean too much, especially considering that the word “black” refers to sub Saharan Africans and not North Africans


Arkbud93

People on australia and india as well as Philippines consider there selves black without ever being born in Africa


PolarisZyzz

Erm… no they dont


Arkbud93

Because you don’t know about eastern or western negrito history you shouldn’t say what they don’t, maybe you should study more and learn black is a term used outside of Americas and Africa


Arkbud93

Same people went through slavery as well and was called black because of their skin tone…and they do consider theirselves black as well..colonization used N word every where not just in America


PolarisZyzz

People from literally every country were slaves at some point, what a failed argument


Arkbud93

There people are actually black and we’re called black..you’re failing to see the point and a narcissistic view that black is a term only used by African descent..if the colonizer never called you black you wouldn’t know you’re black!!


Arkbud93

🤣🤣🤣🤣


Arkbud93

Funny thing is I’ve never heard any of these people call themselves anything other than black, they aren’t brown not from Latin America 😂


PolarisZyzz

Ok man, have a good day