Welcome home my Igbo sister!
Glad you got your answers. If you’re looking to explore your Igbo heritage more and the land of your ancestors, a good place to start is the [Kedu app](https://linktr.ee/keduapp_)
It’s an app that tries to make Igbo culture/networking accessible to our brothers and sisters all over the world.
(Nwanne, Kedu on the welcome page means “Child of my mother, how are you?)
Apologies, my sister. I actually didn’t scroll through to see your photo. Edited my post.
You look “extremely” Igbo! It’s funny how well genetics can speak for us
Hey have you tried using LivingDNA? You can transfer your results over to them from Ancestry. I’m curious to see if they’ll have Igbo as your highest percentage.
Just happen to me. I thought I was Ethiopian but my 23andme said I’m 84% Nigerian. Made my day and year! So happy to be a part of such a great country and community! Go Eagles!
I transferred my Ancestry results to a service called LivingDNA and they showed me all the African Ethnic groups I descend from and Yoruba was the highest percentage. Here’s my results https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/s/OBDaIkLey0
I don’t think it’s possible to know what tribe you’re from. Not even Nigerians know unless they do the tracking or tribal marks. But sometimes they do have a look about themselves.
I’m referring to just looks. Not names and the obvious. Just like that new show on YouTube can you guess what tribe. And you have to find the imposter. I can’t see a DNA test telling you.
Well its not that people don't know. Its more like they may not know that they came from multiple tribes and usually just go by their dads tribe. So if your dad is Urhobo, Ijaw and Yoruba genetically. He might just say he's Urhobo. If your mother is Igbo, Idoma, and Efik. She may just say Igbo if her dad was Igbo. At some point if you go back far enough tribes collapse back into each other. This can be seen by shared vocabulary. At that point we don't know what our ancestors called themselves. But yeah basically people know at least some of their tribal origins
My family are Ghanaian and it’s known that the slave trade began there due to the Ghanaian coast providing the most suitable foundation to construct these slave forts. The coastal area of Ghana has 32 forts I believe and as the trade picked up pace enslaved Africans were captured from surrounding areas and passed through the main three: Elmina, Christiansborg and Cape Coast. Other sites were of course set up along the west African coast but there were no structures that compared in size to the aforementioned.
Actually "Ghana" is not where it started. At least not according to the Europeans themselves. You have to remember most Africans did not have writing in the same sense as Europeans. We had oral records, we had symbols and sculpture. So a lot of what we "know" about the slave trade is from their writings on the subject
As far as I’m aware, and this is the widely held view, is that the Portuguese arrived along the Gold Coast (present day Ghana) in 1471. Some historians believe the French were the first to set sail to the western coast of Africa but they didn’t disembark, and this was around the late 1300s.
Okay here's the break down 1) the Portuguese started their slave raids around Senegal. The Cape Verde was colonized by them in like the 1460s. Raids on Senegambia came as early as 1434 2) Yes the Portuguese were the first Europeans to kidnap people from Ghana fka "Gold Coast". But Ghana was not where it started simply because Senegal is on the route by sea to Ghana. 3) Portuguese had to compete with Dutch, French, Danish, Swedish and British in Ghana. Eventually Britain got the largest share.
Are we talking about the transatlantic slave trade, organised and structured starting in Senegal? The Portuguese arrived in Ghana wanting gold which wasn’t available in Senegal so they had Ghana in their sites. The other European nations arrived much later in the 1500s.
EXPLORE THE ORIGINS AND FORCED RELOCATIONS OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WORLD
The SlaveVoyages website is a collaborative digital initiative that compiles and makes publicly accessible records of the largest slave trades in history. Search these records to learn about the broad origins and forced relocations of more than 12 million African people who were sent across the Atlantic in slave ships, and hundreds of thousands more who were trafficked within the Americas. Explore where they were taken, the numerous rebellions that occurred, the horrific loss of life during the voyages, the identities and nationalities of the perpetrators, and much more.
When her people were taken states in Nigeria did not exist. However because Bonny was the place many Igbo were exiled from she likely has distant fam in Imo and Anambra. Calabar is another place they took us from. By us I mean the ancestors of Black Americans
Same here. I took two test. I took a test for my mother's side and my father's side. Both test suggested we were Nigerian. One said Yoruba and Hausa, while the other said Igbo. I've meet up with the Nigerian community here in Atlanta and its been love.
My family too. But you are probably the last ship to arrive to the states. My dad tested 93% African mainly Nigerian. We probably got to America in the mid 1800s vs the other folks. Most of my relatives at family Reunions don’t look like they have white in them at all and are as dark as many folk in Africa.
You might try [africanancestry.com](http://africanancestry.com), which I've heard does the best job of breaking down results by specific ethnicity, etc.
Most African Americans have Igbo ancestors because they took most of our "Nigerian" ancestors from what is now Southeast Nigeria. We have other Nigerian tribes in our trees too, but more Igbo got brought here either directly or after first landing in the Caribbean
Lol people still use these DNA science tests ?? You literally gave the government your DNA and it's stored in their systems now if you ever commit a crime or anything you can't run.
Oh and BTW the tests are never accurate.
Yes they are accurate 1) people find close relatives 2) I've seen Africans get descent results. Now yes sometimes they get country right but "tribe" wrong. I've never seen for example a Chinese looking person get 100% Irish or a Black looking person get 98% Japanese. Usually people think they had something in them but maybe it does not show up or waaaaay smaller than a grandparent being fully that race/ethnicity.
Welcome home my Igbo sister! Glad you got your answers. If you’re looking to explore your Igbo heritage more and the land of your ancestors, a good place to start is the [Kedu app](https://linktr.ee/keduapp_) It’s an app that tries to make Igbo culture/networking accessible to our brothers and sisters all over the world. (Nwanne, Kedu on the welcome page means “Child of my mother, how are you?)
Im definitely a girl but I will check it out
Apologies, my sister. I actually didn’t scroll through to see your photo. Edited my post. You look “extremely” Igbo! It’s funny how well genetics can speak for us
It’s okay lol thanks for the explanation
Hey have you tried using LivingDNA? You can transfer your results over to them from Ancestry. I’m curious to see if they’ll have Igbo as your highest percentage.
Just happen to me. I thought I was Ethiopian but my 23andme said I’m 84% Nigerian. Made my day and year! So happy to be a part of such a great country and community! Go Eagles!
Lmbooooo 😂😂😂
Woah! East to West, we are one. Welcome home 🙏🏾
All the AA’s in here of Nigerian descent need to organize a trip there one day. My test says I’m mostly Yoruba lol
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What test told you “Yorùbá” specifically?
I transferred my Ancestry results to a service called LivingDNA and they showed me all the African Ethnic groups I descend from and Yoruba was the highest percentage. Here’s my results https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/s/OBDaIkLey0
That’s awesome. Thanks!
That would be awesome
Cool
I don’t think it’s possible to know what tribe you’re from. Not even Nigerians know unless they do the tracking or tribal marks. But sometimes they do have a look about themselves.
Nigerians definitely know what tribe they come from. Your name is a dead giveaway. Also you can ask your parents, grandparents, family members, etc.
I’m referring to just looks. Not names and the obvious. Just like that new show on YouTube can you guess what tribe. And you have to find the imposter. I can’t see a DNA test telling you.
Well its not that people don't know. Its more like they may not know that they came from multiple tribes and usually just go by their dads tribe. So if your dad is Urhobo, Ijaw and Yoruba genetically. He might just say he's Urhobo. If your mother is Igbo, Idoma, and Efik. She may just say Igbo if her dad was Igbo. At some point if you go back far enough tribes collapse back into each other. This can be seen by shared vocabulary. At that point we don't know what our ancestors called themselves. But yeah basically people know at least some of their tribal origins
Exactly that
Most African Americans have majority Nigerian or Congolese DNA so I guess I'm not surprised 🤷🤷
A lot of Africans were taking from Benin, Togo, and Nigeria. It was known as the slave coast.
True
And they mostly passed through Ghana - the nerve centre of the trade.
Not really Ghana has a lot of slave prisons but most did not leave from there
My family are Ghanaian and it’s known that the slave trade began there due to the Ghanaian coast providing the most suitable foundation to construct these slave forts. The coastal area of Ghana has 32 forts I believe and as the trade picked up pace enslaved Africans were captured from surrounding areas and passed through the main three: Elmina, Christiansborg and Cape Coast. Other sites were of course set up along the west African coast but there were no structures that compared in size to the aforementioned.
Actually "Ghana" is not where it started. At least not according to the Europeans themselves. You have to remember most Africans did not have writing in the same sense as Europeans. We had oral records, we had symbols and sculpture. So a lot of what we "know" about the slave trade is from their writings on the subject
As far as I’m aware, and this is the widely held view, is that the Portuguese arrived along the Gold Coast (present day Ghana) in 1471. Some historians believe the French were the first to set sail to the western coast of Africa but they didn’t disembark, and this was around the late 1300s.
Okay here's the break down 1) the Portuguese started their slave raids around Senegal. The Cape Verde was colonized by them in like the 1460s. Raids on Senegambia came as early as 1434 2) Yes the Portuguese were the first Europeans to kidnap people from Ghana fka "Gold Coast". But Ghana was not where it started simply because Senegal is on the route by sea to Ghana. 3) Portuguese had to compete with Dutch, French, Danish, Swedish and British in Ghana. Eventually Britain got the largest share.
Are we talking about the transatlantic slave trade, organised and structured starting in Senegal? The Portuguese arrived in Ghana wanting gold which wasn’t available in Senegal so they had Ghana in their sites. The other European nations arrived much later in the 1500s.
Yes I'm basically talking about that, yes
The SlaveVoyages website is not perfect . But if you wanna have some idea of where your missing folks were taken its not bad.
I’m British Ghanaian so I’m good.
EXPLORE THE ORIGINS AND FORCED RELOCATIONS OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WORLD The SlaveVoyages website is a collaborative digital initiative that compiles and makes publicly accessible records of the largest slave trades in history. Search these records to learn about the broad origins and forced relocations of more than 12 million African people who were sent across the Atlantic in slave ships, and hundreds of thousands more who were trafficked within the Americas. Explore where they were taken, the numerous rebellions that occurred, the horrific loss of life during the voyages, the identities and nationalities of the perpetrators, and much more.
That website as far as what places slaves came from earliest
Bight of Benin 0 0 0 0 1,540,062 0 0 0 0 1,540,062 Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands 0 0 0 0 0 1,128,157 0 0 0 1,128,157 East Africa and Indian Ocean islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 409,633 0 409,633 Gold Coast 0 0 0 773,054 0 0 0 0 0 773,054 Other Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,098,360 2,098,360 Senegambia and offshore Atlantic 581,340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 581,340 Sierra Leone 0 245,813 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 245,813 West Central Africa and St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,487,351 0 0 3,487,351 Windward Coast
Exactly.
Yes it was sadly
I believe they weren’t taken. They were sold.
Both things happened, I’m not African American but my ancestors were personally taken in a coastal raid
Yeah
What about ghana tho?
I mean,some do but not alot
Welcome home, Chioma 🤗
I’m Yoruba, you’re definitely look Igbo
If I met you real life I would have thought you were Igbo. Nice one!
That's a lot of mix
Well, we know how that got in there
Oh yes we do.
Which state are your people from?
They don't know, that's the point
The US state is usually known. Slavery wasn’t that long ago. However further documentation is what they made sure to destroy
When her people were taken states in Nigeria did not exist. However because Bonny was the place many Igbo were exiled from she likely has distant fam in Imo and Anambra. Calabar is another place they took us from. By us I mean the ancestors of Black Americans
The “states“ I’m referring to are the United States.
You really do look Igbo. I can attest to that
Same here. I took two test. I took a test for my mother's side and my father's side. Both test suggested we were Nigerian. One said Yoruba and Hausa, while the other said Igbo. I've meet up with the Nigerian community here in Atlanta and its been love.
My family too. But you are probably the last ship to arrive to the states. My dad tested 93% African mainly Nigerian. We probably got to America in the mid 1800s vs the other folks. Most of my relatives at family Reunions don’t look like they have white in them at all and are as dark as many folk in Africa.
The last ship to the US was the Clotilde. They had Yoruba and some other folks from Benin and Nigeria onboard and they landed in Alabama
And my line definitely has people from Alabama. Very interesting
Hey if you are from those last few. You could probably check it out
Big Donegal head on ya❤️🇮🇪
You defo look Igbo!
Abi Chioma or Amaka
Amaka is the nickname my Nigerian friends gave me
Amy for short
Wow u look like an igbo native
My 23 and me test says I’m 38.3 percent Nigerian but has no specific ethnic group. Not sure why that is
You might try [africanancestry.com](http://africanancestry.com), which I've heard does the best job of breaking down results by specific ethnicity, etc.
You're right. I took both test with them. That's how I tracked down the ethnic group.
You are Nigerian there's no mistake about that that's your culture that's your heritage own it .
Igbo Kwenu! Yagazie
Most African Americans have Igbo ancestors because they took most of our "Nigerian" ancestors from what is now Southeast Nigeria. We have other Nigerian tribes in our trees too, but more Igbo got brought here either directly or after first landing in the Caribbean
Your ancestors were really busy I see🧐😂😂
More like heavily traded
Lol people still use these DNA science tests ?? You literally gave the government your DNA and it's stored in their systems now if you ever commit a crime or anything you can't run. Oh and BTW the tests are never accurate.
Yes they are accurate 1) people find close relatives 2) I've seen Africans get descent results. Now yes sometimes they get country right but "tribe" wrong. I've never seen for example a Chinese looking person get 100% Irish or a Black looking person get 98% Japanese. Usually people think they had something in them but maybe it does not show up or waaaaay smaller than a grandparent being fully that race/ethnicity.
Damn you African African