It's amazing to see people discovering the diversity of their roots because it will make them see a fellow citizen as a possible distant relative, even if from a different ethnicity.
That’s a good way of looking at it. I also like to think of it as an invitation to learn more about different cultures and history and geography and how we all got where we are.
I am Guyanese and I could tell you are mixes, only Guyanese could tell but I couldent tell what you had in you, this is a gUYanese mix with different nationalities, nothing new,
My great grand father, on my Dad's side, immigrated to Guyana from Scotland, I guess around that time. He was a reverend of a church in Berbice. My mom's side is Portuguese, and my mom's side goes back for generations. Before Guyana, they came from Madeira, which is an island off the coast of Morocco.
@@lelesMusings Scotland, yes. Madeira, no. My ancestors were indentured laborers, but their information was all burned in a huge fire in GT, back in the day. My sister and I have been trying to find information of Granny's side, but it's impossible. What we do know is that Granny had a Moorish uncle in Guyana when she was alive. We have some names of some family members, but we aren't too sure if its correct. We need to go to Madeira to do some searching.
I am also Guyanese I took the ancestry DNA test and my ancestry is mostly from the region now called Nigeria 🇳🇬 . Thought my DNA would be mostly from region now called Ghana 🇬🇭 but it is fourth on the list. Benin second Congo third. Just got back from Ghana a few weeks ago it reminds me of a bigger Guyana. My wife is of Nigerian ancestry so guess Nigeria is my next stop in discovering my ancestry.
Growing up in Guyana they definitely told us that we are from Ghana period. So a lot of us are shocked about the Nigerian ancestry despite the history of the region. My results did update and my African percentages changed a lot in terms of region. Beautiful that you went to Ghana! And yep Nigeria sounds exciting. Will you post videos?
Hello beautiful people! Thank you for your comments and love! For those who also share your ancestry below, I appreciate you! Will I do an update? I’m not sure. As you know, the more people test.. the more the results will change. So I’ll give it a few years for “stability” lol. For the person who told me I’m not Guyanese.. I am. I was born there and have ancestors there . A quick google search will explain how immigration works.( phew) Peace and love.🇬🇾
IDK y u r surprised that you have the European blood when Guyana is a mixture of six ethnic groups, your ancestors obviously mixed and mingled therefore all Guyanese have some percentage of all six ethnic groups within their DNA
I wanted to take this DNA TEST for years. It’s MY pleasure to share MY results. Thanks for taking the time to explore some of my ancestry with me. Of course as more people test data will change (has changed since this video, let me know if you want an update). Let me know your experience if you took the test, want to take the test...if you believe we’re cousins lol! Comment below 💕
Ghana, Nigeria & Senegal was the main shipping port so they all took pleasure on rapping our ancestors. these people was more slave owners than the whites excepting goods for people they tell us we are africans so the americas belong to the colonisers
As you said a huge chunk of Ghanaians have a significant percentage of their DNA represented as Benin/Togo. As a matter of fact my Aunt has a significant percentage of her DNA as being Benin Togo, however we cannot trace any ancestors from there. As such, i am very certain the contemporary African country you are most closely related to is Ghana. I am 100% Ghanaian to the best of my knowledge and i would share my results with you when it comes out hopefully in 5 weeks time. Cheers
Benin/Togo and the Eastern part of Ghana called the Volta Region are a very beautiful people. They just don't make noise so a lot of people dont know them. They have the most beautiful cultures-foods, language, dressing and behavior. They are the most deciplined and spiritual in the region. They are the silent Jewish remnants on the ancient Land of Judah also known as the Slave Coast. You should be proud you are a part of these noble people.
Thanks for sharing your findings, one thing I know is the people of West and Central Africa all migrated from the North via ancient Ghana-Mali-Songhai empires, these were all one people who dispersed as a result ancient conquest/survival, so all these folks are the same DNA and the truth is we all came from Adam, thank you
The 4% irish makes sense because they were the main european immigrants in the caribbean. More so in jamaica tho. The irish accent is basically a jamaican accent without african influence
My paternal grandmother probably would have had a similar mix to you had she lived long enough to be tested. She also had an Indian/South Asian grandparent, specifically her grandfather, as well as European and African ancestry from both of her parents
our beautiful Guyana has 6 races which includes African, east Indiana, Amerindian, Chinese, Portuguese and Europeans. and now Mixed of all those races.
If you're from Florida you should check your matches and maybe even 23&Me your ancestors could've originally been from the Caribbean and chose to assimilate. It was a lot of migration to Florida in the early 1900's from different islands
Another thing with the African DNA and where its originally from is that even if you know where the specific ship came from that brought your ancestors over that doesn't necessarily mean that they were from there. Most of the slaves sold to Europeans were sold after one kingdom attacked another and kidnapped their people. So if your ancestors were bought from a Kingdom in Ghana they were most likely actually from a neighboring kingdom, not that one.
Hello, good results, friend. I'm from Argentina, South America. I also took the DNA test. It came out for me. 50% Native American 🇺🇸 50% South American THE AMERICAS 🌎I am proud of my origins as I have American nationality. I now live in New York😊🇺🇸👋
My parents are guyanese and I am working towards getting this test because I have always known that despite my dark hue that I have many recessive ancestry.
You look like me. 🇬🇾🇺🇸 I’m doing my testing and waiting for the results. I think I’m Ghanaian too and hope to be indigenous. Thanks for this video, cousin. 😊
@ Spirit of Sound Mind Most of us are not from Benin/Togo. It was the main slave port for the slaves leaving Africa. The truth... the DNA companies just don’t know! We’re just mixed up with all the different tribal/ethnic groups from West Africa. It’s sad but that’s what I’ve I had to come to terms with when I did my DNA test. As for the European in your results, unless you can pin point a consensual relationship between the slaves and the slave owner...it came from a non consensual relationship😕
you are a beautiful woman whatever your heritage. it is very interesting - you are truly honoring your ancestors to study their history - do the pedigree - visit the motherlands. best wishes.
Love your results. I'm Black American. Although I'm planning on taking 23andme & AncestryDNA in the future, I took My Heritage DNA & my results are: 78.7% West & East African, 15.4% Irish, Scottish & Welsh, 4.9% Mesoamerican & Andean & 1% West Asian.
Def do 23&Me I think it's more accurate for us (Black Americans) and even shows trace regions. It can also trace distant (but post-slavery) connections to the Caribbean
@@char08fal AncestryDNA: 86% African 12% European and 2% Native American. I don't think my African and European percentages are correct, but hopefully 23andme will be more accurate.
Melanin Queen That sounds similar to my 23&Me percentages. 87% African 11% European 1% Native American and 1% East Asian. Ancestry didn’t pick up my Asian ancestry and takes away my Native every other update.
I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover😜 When I was a teenager an Indian woman from India stopped me in the streets of Manhattan to tell me that I looked like her grand daughter. She also told me which part of India she was form but sadly I forgot. I was surprised that she could tell.
@@lelesMusings On my mom’s side my grandma’s grandma was a full East Indian Hindu…also my great-grandmother on my mom’s side was mixed with Buck (Amerindian).When us Guyanese with Indian (South Asian) blood tell other people they are like wow how on earth did that happen 😫😂🤣
The Irish were actually shipped to the Caribbean to do labour but their cultural impact is more prominent in the islands. Rihanna came from a bajan community that were shunned for being descendants of the irish . However all caribbean accents were affected by the irish accent because those were English speakers that would be working class. Though it's hard to see both caribbean and irish accents are unintelligible to English and American ears
People confuse it. Its a Scottish accent. The Scottish were everywhere the English went. They were Administrators for the colonies and were closer to the people in an administrative capacity as colony Administrators and overseers of the plantations. In Guyana they were all over the place and were also pastors, teachers and school administrators, Probably more so than other places.
@@zochbuppet448 I think it's both tho. The Scottish had a bigger impact in some states in the US and some islands whereas the Irish had a bigger impact in other places. And in some places in the US like the states of TN & KY (and really the whole Appalachian mountains) the impact is the Scots-Irish from parts of VA and Pennsylvania.
i am of the 7th Race, well mixed like our Cook-Up Rice with all the meats (beef, Salt Beef, Tripe, Chicken and loud coconut milk). but just by talking to my Mom from her side i am mixed with East Indian, African and Irish (European). Dont know much about my dads side.. but PROUD Guyanese. one day i will find out the Mix.
Haha sounds like a gooood cook-up! Your mum is very knowledgeable! In my family’s update the Irish side has reflected! Excited for you to one day get the full break down!🇬🇾
Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benni and Togo share similar ancestry Most the people in Ghana are originally from Mail and some Ghanaians migrated to Ivory Coast. Benni, Togo, Ghana and Nigeria share bond
White Americans have Scottish, English and Irish origins. Then Great Britain played a decisive role in the slave trade. Moreover, for historical reasons, the British people also have Scandinavian origins in their DNA.
Great video here, I will have to say that although Ancestry DNA has gotten better over the years when it comes to Sub- Saharan African Ancestry it is still not great, and especially wasn’t back then. Main reason being is that it gives off the names of modern day countries which we all know were drawn up by European powers and don’t accurately reflect the vast diversity of African tribes that exist today. Take for example Nigeria has over 250 distinct ethnic groups, so getting a DNA result saying your part Nigerian is a bit misleading to say the very least. Of course since the large majority of these people taking these tests are of European origin; they’re gonna be much better with breaking that ancestry down in further detail. However for those of African Ancestry, my personal recommendation would be to absolutely to take the African Ancestry Test as well Living DNA. Living DNA gives a greater breakdown based on actual tribe names and African Ancestry can tell you exactly where your paternal and maternal origins lie in mother Africa. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me (saying as a white person lmao!$
Hey girl. What a beautiful video and a beautiful woman. You have great results. And by the way, a lot of the Africans who were enslaved were taken through Ghana or migrated there. Because of history and school, a lot of Guyanese believe they are Ghanaian but probably just passed by. However, your Ghana suspicion was right-not wrong. The Togo and Ghana share a border. So sometimes they’re even lumped together. For this reason, when I research for people, I add those two particularly together because they shared many tribal groups. So that region for you is roughly 50% in actuality. If you took a tribal test, you’d see all the mix would actually settle down. This is because DNA samples were taken from people for in these places at the time. The big database makes it the most accurate though. And as u said, the results to become even more accurate / “settle” as more people test. But you could technically check in 10 years and it be almost completely different if the database doubled. Peace and love x
Cool. Fellow Guyanese. 🤗 We're a mixed bag. Ghana was used as the gateway to ship the slaves off to the four corners of the earth. As well as Angola and Egypt. Which makes things more difficult to figure out where our ancestors were rounded up from within Africa. Also watch #kmzhistory and #straightup to understand the European ancestry. Mind blowing 🤯 😳
Your genes aren't inherited at a full 50/50 split and 75/25 it is random for your genes to be exactly evenly split would be extremely rare also why siblings look different and some can look exactly in the middle, some exactly like their Dad or Mom and I guess its possible she wasn't or it could be the dna test
Great question, my results update at least twice a year since this video …hence my hesitance in making an update anytime soon. I still have the same dominant groups but the specific ethnic groups have changed/with a few additions. Since more people are taking DNA tests these changes make sense 🙂
@@lelesMusings …your original results about the Ghana region is actually reasonable because you’re 55% Ivory Coast-Ghana-Togo-Benin which is one region before Europeans placed the borders. Your results have updated obviously and please let us know when you share the updated results.
The major slave port were in Benin/Togo… Majority of slaves were shipped from the Bight of Benin to the Caribbeans. It’s seems all Caribbean people have Benin Togo and Nigeria (Benin/Togo and Nigeria are all next to one another and were not made into individual countries until colonialism. So no surprise to see Nigeria and Benin/Togo. Unfortunately its not the safest place to visit.
Togo, parts of ivory Coast and Burkina Faso were part of Ashanti Empire of the Akans people of Ghana. Tribes like the Ewe & Ga people migrated from Nigeria to Ghana. You might have to take a good look at the map of Ashanti Empire.
It is true that the Benin-Togo coast was referred to as the slave coast because more slaves were taken from there than any other coast. Ghana's coast was the gold coast because they got more gold there than anywhere else. It's however not true that Benin- Togo places are unsafe. Human beings live in these places comfortably. Unless you have a personal experience to the contrary, If not, then you should be ashamed for dwelling on heresays and tarnishing some people you really dont know. It is also true that crime rates in Benin and Togo are really low and the people are hospitable.
The Vikings were in Ireland. Several cities including Dublin and Waterford were Viking settlements. My guess would be that your 1% Norway is due to it picking up that very old Viking DNA.
First of all the African people were divided into countries. So we cannot use that to determine who we are. ALL the peoples of Africa are members of the same family tree. I’m from Guyana and my DNA shows all Africa, with lineage in Guyana, Barbados, and 01% Scotland. My great grandmother was born in Barbados.
I’m mixed heritage Guyanese and my dna resembles those of Hispanic heritage. Iran, Pakistan, Italy, Tanzania(east Africa). Family stories are not accurate, so don’t put 100% faith in what your family thinks they know to be true Fun fact: most african slaves in South America were taken from west africa. The Indian indentured servants were mainly from southern India.
@@amazonwarrior7126 lol probably getting invaded by venezuela soon and its all going, so reap reap reap and fill your bank balances while you cn, itll be gone as soon as it came
Have you tried taking another genealogy test and comparing the results?…I feel like these things are kinda misleading,I know they use different algorithms and all but some of it seems a bit off.I am Guyanese myself and as you know we are a melting pot but none of my admixture didn’t even show!
Which mixture didn’t show? As more people test my results update and it’s precise. I have 1 ancestral lineage that doesn’t show, so that part is interesting/weird. No I didn’t take any other tests ☺️
@@lelesMusings Would you believe none of my Indian DNA never showed!😲(I even had roti last night lol) you know us Black Guyanese people…many of us have Indian in our bloodline.But the part that pained me the most is it didn’t show no Native American DNA at all! even though I have Buck in my family on my mothers side…my great-grandmother literally has straight black hair and high cheekbones I was like “com’on seriously”🙄.I guess since 1 of your ancestral ties didn’t show then I just get extra unlucky 🫣.This seems to be quite a prevalent problem with some people too,we shouldn’t let it get to us though because we know what we have in our family’s 🇬🇾✊🏾❤️🖤💛🤍💚.
When result says Irish and Scotland that's indicating the people of northern Ireland. They are mostly of scottish and English people. They are not ethnic Irish
Great video thanks for sharing. I love Pan Africanism 😋 😍 its so nice. To see people of African disent and how many cultures and other cultures that have been infuse into your family is great. Peace and one 💘. Also I know 😌 another person who is Guyanese, who married a Ghanaian. Will you do more history on this we are very interested in the African topic. Peace and one 💘.
Thanks for stopping by Roger! I can tell that you have a beautiful spirit! Ayee another Guyanese and Ghanaian match, we love to see it lol. I intend on doing more videos..working on balance and priorities right now with the family 🥰
😊 thanks for your reply. I did my paternal DNA thru African Ancestry I love to share that my lineage is AKYEM people from Ghana 🇬🇭 ❤ we where there for 2019 year of return. My wife co worker is Guyanese and her husband is from Temale area. So I thought this was fascinating when you said about the relationship with Ghana and 🇬🇾 Guyana. I love it. I was born in California my family is from the south sea Islands of Georgia 🇬🇪 and Arkansas Texas are also. My wife was born in Jamaica 🇯🇲 😍. I am a true Pan African and love all ya'll ❤. Hopefully you can share more history when you can. I subscribe and looking forward to it peace and one 💘 love again.
No surprise with the European results... Guyana used to be a British colony, so some mixing between the masters/supervisors/indented servants and the slaves would occur, even if that would be frowned upon. Some of the British colonists were Scottish and Irish, and some of the Scottish and Irish (specially the Scottish from the Hebrides, Shetland, Orkney) have remote Norwegian ancestry, going back to Viking age. It all makes sense. It's more surprising that your Native American ancestry is Andean than Caribbean.
When considering the “ Andean culture area” and migration patterns it made sense to me.I never learned about the Irish, Scottish etc as a child so that was a surprise. Either way it’s interesting reading comments, learning more history and hearing from others.☺️
why are people confusing modern day borders with their genetics? there was no Ivory Coast/Ghana/Togo/Benin when your people were enslaved.. Most people migrated with the seasons etc...
The regions are areas your ancestors originate from based on modern borders and nations. I think it's a misleading to say I am this or that. It's a misconception that many people don't understand. You are 100% where ever you were born at but this signifies which areas your ancestors recently migrated from. Not an identity.
I disagree. I am not genetically 100% “ where ever you were born at”. Let’s not confuse race, nationality and ethnicity.I was born in a country built on indentured servants and slaves. The only people originally from Guyana are Amerindians. I can look at my African, Indian, European, Amerindian etc ancestors and see that physically they differ. Some know their history about the nations their parents or grandparents originated from. I will celebrate all of my ancestors. So, I am everything that I said I am. Peace to you.☺️
I'm portuguese with no african ancestry. My dna results read 65% Iberian 18 % N west european 12% italy/ greece 5 % Irish Scottish Welsh. No North african. 😂😂😂
Your husband was right. There was no Ghana at that time when your ancestor left. There was Ashanti Empire, which most Anlo tribe was part of it. The DNA can't specified but you are Anlo
Ewes, Anlos are never part of Asante kingdom. The Asantes have deceived these Caribbeans so much so that most of them don't believe their DNA results because they believed lies. There was no Ghana during the slave trade. How come you keep deceiving these people that they came from Ghana. Now you are deceiving them that Benin- Togo or Ewes are part of your Asante Kingdom, please it is not true. Thank you
@@kofiboat779 I know Asante history very well. It's true Asante is smaller than a tribe because it is a subgroup of the Akan tribe, and is nothing like NATO. Please, you can call it anything you want as long as you don't mention Benin/Togo/Ewe/Anlo in the lies.
Your MTDNA will tell you who you are and who you come from. Test with 23 and me or any of the DNA companies that provide this service. Please educate yourself on this.
You could be a Ghanaian. Looks like they don't much Ghanaian DNA in their systems. I'm a pure Ghanaian lady living in UK. All my ancestors are Ghanaians but DNA does not have Ghana in it. I have high percentage of Nigeria, Sierra leone, middle eastern, Finland etc. There was another Ghanaian lady who experienced the same. There's no Ghana in her DNA. But she's pure Ghanaian. Imagine if i was a diasporan, i would have been thinking I'm from la different country. So what ever country your instinct tells you're from, that's your ancestors telling you and that's where you come from. All West Africans are blood related. We are all from Shem anyway.
@@lelesMusings There are many Ghanaians who ancestry is from Nigeria. She could be one of them without knowing. Original Ghanaian could be just a Nigerian.
All ppl r a mix...n dat is d reality of homosapiens...our story began more than 50k years ago...n going 4 mo'... Will you agree that we r beautiful...d reason we keep mixing it up...!!!!
It's amazing to see people discovering the diversity of their roots because it will make them see a fellow citizen as a possible distant relative, even if from a different ethnicity.
YESSSS!!! This!
That’s a good way of looking at it. I also like to think of it as an invitation to learn more about different cultures and history and geography and how we all got where we are.
I am Guyanese and I could tell you are mixes, only Guyanese could tell but I couldent tell what you had in you, this is a gUYanese mix with different nationalities, nothing new,
“I guess they did a little more than work!” I spit out my drink when you said that 👍🏽🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmaoooo🤣🤣
Yes they did
your hair and your skin! my God!!😩😍
You’re so kind! Thank you girl!
My great grand father, on my Dad's side, immigrated to Guyana from Scotland, I guess around that time. He was a reverend of a church in Berbice. My mom's side is Portuguese, and my mom's side goes back for generations. Before Guyana, they came from Madeira, which is an island off the coast of Morocco.
Love this history! I heard about people migrating from Madeira. Are you able to trace your roots back to Madeira or Scotland?
@@lelesMusings Scotland, yes. Madeira, no. My ancestors were indentured laborers, but their information was all burned in a huge fire in GT, back in the day. My sister and I have been trying to find information of Granny's side, but it's impossible. What we do know is that Granny had a Moorish uncle in Guyana when she was alive. We have some names of some family members, but we aren't too sure if its correct. We need to go to Madeira to do some searching.
I am also Guyanese I took the ancestry DNA test and my ancestry is mostly from the region now called Nigeria 🇳🇬 . Thought my DNA would be mostly from region now called Ghana 🇬🇭 but it is fourth on the list. Benin second Congo third. Just got back from Ghana a few weeks ago it reminds me of a bigger Guyana. My wife is of Nigerian ancestry so guess Nigeria is my next stop in discovering my ancestry.
Growing up in Guyana they definitely told us that we are from Ghana period. So a lot of us are shocked about the Nigerian ancestry despite the history of the region. My results did update and my African percentages changed a lot in terms of region.
Beautiful that you went to Ghana! And yep Nigeria sounds exciting. Will you post videos?
Spirit of Sound Mind Ghanaians are taking test and getting Nigerian results. Who knows how accurate these are.
@@asanteakan70 you're probably talking about others companies (my heritage..) because ancestry dna is more accurate on african ancestry
I am all so GUYANESE my husband is from 🇳🇬
@@asanteakan70 I saw this for some Ghanaians. Definitely some history there!
Your skin hair is beautiful you can wear it curly straight, braids and still be beautiful, even don't need makeup! Guyanese genes 🤎
Oh my goodness thank you!! 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
Beautiful and informative results!!! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!💕
Hello beautiful people! Thank you for your comments and love! For those who also share your ancestry below, I appreciate you!
Will I do an update? I’m not sure. As you know, the more people test.. the more the results will change. So I’ll give it a few years for “stability” lol.
For the person who told me I’m not Guyanese.. I am. I was born there and have ancestors there . A quick google search will explain how immigration works.( phew)
Peace and love.🇬🇾
IDK y u r surprised that you have the European blood when Guyana is a mixture of six ethnic groups, your ancestors obviously mixed and mingled therefore all Guyanese have some percentage of all six ethnic groups within their DNA
@@shivanahhunte1512 Just because we have six ethnic groups in Guyana it doesn’t mean that all Guyanese people have lineage from all of them.
@@donny3926 🙃 ok
I wanted to take this DNA TEST for years. It’s MY pleasure to share MY results. Thanks for taking the time to explore some of my ancestry with me. Of course as more people test data will change (has changed since this video, let me know if you want an update). Let me know your experience if you took the test, want to take the test...if you believe we’re cousins lol! Comment below 💕
Please do an update
Please do an update. What part of Guyana are you from?
@@ashlibabbittcroakedit9108 considering it☺️
Yes, please! There are so few Afro Guyanese videos but tons of Indo-Guyanese (I know your mixed lol but look more like I do).
Ghana, Nigeria & Senegal was the main shipping port so they all took pleasure on rapping our ancestors. these people was more slave owners than the whites excepting goods for people they tell us we are africans so the americas belong to the colonisers
Im Guyanese too, awaiting my results love, expecting similar. Also married to Ghanaian yasss 😍😍😍
Aye 🇬🇾🇬🇭! Please share your results!
@@lelesMusings Im thinking to do that! Im so nervous about the results lol
Gyal yesss Im so in love w/ my husband 😍😍😍 Went to Ghana last year and it felt like home
Super happy for you two! Rooting for you both! And don’t be nervous about your results. You’ll still be YOU.
I love your videos! Can you post a video of your updated Ancestry DNA results?
Thank you! I will eventually .
Well Guyana was a British colony, so it makes sense that the Irish and Scottish would be there
As you said a huge chunk of Ghanaians have a significant percentage of their DNA represented as Benin/Togo. As a matter of fact my Aunt has a significant percentage of her DNA as being Benin Togo, however we cannot trace any ancestors from there.
As such, i am very certain the contemporary African country you are most closely related to is Ghana.
I am 100% Ghanaian to the best of my knowledge and i would share my results with you when it comes out hopefully in 5 weeks time.
Cheers
Can’t wait to see your results!
Benin/Togo and the Eastern part of Ghana called the Volta Region are a very beautiful people. They just don't make noise so a lot of people dont know them. They have the most beautiful cultures-foods, language, dressing and behavior. They are the most deciplined and spiritual in the region. They are the silent Jewish remnants on the ancient Land of Judah also known as the Slave Coast. You should be proud you are a part of these noble people.
Thanks for sharing your findings, one thing I know is the people of West and Central Africa all migrated from the North via ancient Ghana-Mali-Songhai empires, these were all one people who dispersed as a result ancient conquest/survival, so all these folks are the same DNA and the truth is we all came from Adam, thank you
“We all came from Adam”! That part!
West Africa is one big family, You are too beautiful ❤️, love from Ghana,
The 4% irish makes sense because they were the main european immigrants in the caribbean. More so in jamaica tho. The irish accent is basically a jamaican accent without african influence
Thank you for that perspective on the Jamaican accent!🤯
@Black Sparrow Add St.Kitts/Nevis
My paternal grandmother probably would have had a similar mix to you had she lived long enough to be tested. She also had an Indian/South Asian grandparent, specifically her grandfather, as well as European and African ancestry from both of her parents
our beautiful Guyana has 6 races which includes African, east Indiana, Amerindian, Chinese, Portuguese and Europeans. and now Mixed of all those races.
It’s crazy how close our results are and I’m from Florida!
We’re probably cousins! I have a lot of great aunts and uncles in Florida.
(Mine did update and changed a bit)
If you're from Florida you should check your matches and maybe even 23&Me your ancestors could've originally been from the Caribbean and chose to assimilate. It was a lot of migration to Florida in the early 1900's from different islands
I love this song in the background and your video of course 😊
Haha good song!! And video of course ! Thank you!
Thanks for posting! I enjoyed learning about you and your country.
How lovely! Thanks for watching 💕🇬🇾
Ghana and Togo are one family
African Ancestry is the way to go.
Norwegian Vikings invaded Ireland.
thanks for the lesson. I just spent the last hour learning about Norwegian Vikings. Dope!!
I read Benin/Togo was definitely part of the Guyanese heritage. Remember, Europeans carved up the continent splitting previously joined communities.
You are truly a global citizen
You’re right! 🙋🏾♀️
Another thing with the African DNA and where its originally from is that even if you know where the specific ship came from that brought your ancestors over that doesn't necessarily mean that they were from there. Most of the slaves sold to Europeans were sold after one kingdom attacked another and kidnapped their people. So if your ancestors were bought from a Kingdom in Ghana they were most likely actually from a neighboring kingdom, not that one.
Hello, good results, friend. I'm from Argentina, South America. I also took the DNA test. It came out for me.
50% Native American 🇺🇸
50% South American THE AMERICAS 🌎I am proud of my origins as I have American nationality. I now live in New York😊🇺🇸👋
I’m happy that you got your results Eva🥳🥳🇦🇷
My parents are guyanese and I am working towards getting this test because I have always known that despite my dark hue that I have many recessive ancestry.
You look like me. 🇬🇾🇺🇸 I’m doing my testing and waiting for the results. I think I’m Ghanaian too and hope to be indigenous. Thanks for this video, cousin. 😊
You’re welcome cousin!🇬🇾
Proud to say I have 100% Sub-Saharan (Bantu) DNA !!! (No foreign mixes).!!!!!!.
@ Spirit of Sound Mind Most of us are not from Benin/Togo. It was the main slave port for the slaves leaving Africa. The truth... the DNA companies just don’t know! We’re just mixed up with all the different tribal/ethnic groups from West Africa. It’s sad but that’s what I’ve I had to come to terms with when I did my DNA test. As for the European in your results, unless you can pin point a consensual relationship between the slaves and the slave owner...it came from a non consensual relationship😕
Yup!! My African heritage results have definitely changed since I posted this video.
you are a beautiful woman whatever your heritage. it is very interesting - you are truly honoring your ancestors to study their history - do the pedigree - visit the motherlands. best wishes.
Thank you! I will do all of those things. Peace and best wishes to you also.
Love your results. I'm Black American. Although I'm planning on taking 23andme & AncestryDNA in the future, I took My Heritage DNA & my results are:
78.7% West & East African,
15.4% Irish, Scottish & Welsh,
4.9% Mesoamerican & Andean &
1% West Asian.
Hey thanks for sharing your results! Please share the results from the other sites when you take those tests!
@@lelesMusings Already have 😊
Def do 23&Me I think it's more accurate for us (Black Americans) and even shows trace regions. It can also trace distant (but post-slavery) connections to the Caribbean
@@char08fal AncestryDNA: 86% African 12% European and 2% Native American. I don't think my African and European percentages are correct, but hopefully 23andme will be more accurate.
Melanin Queen That sounds similar to my 23&Me percentages. 87% African 11% European 1% Native American and 1% East Asian. Ancestry didn’t pick up my Asian ancestry and takes away my Native every other update.
Congratulations. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching ☺️
I know a lot of us Guyanese have mixed ancestry but I was so shocked about you having East Indian in you
I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover😜 When I was a teenager an Indian woman from India stopped me in the streets of Manhattan to tell me that I looked like her grand daughter. She also told me which part of India she was form but sadly I forgot. I was surprised that she could tell.
@@lelesMusings On my mom’s side my grandma’s grandma was a full East Indian Hindu…also my great-grandmother on my mom’s side was mixed with Buck (Amerindian).When us Guyanese with Indian (South Asian) blood tell other people they are like wow how on earth did that happen 😫😂🤣
@@donny3926 🤣 the confusion that ensues! Thanks for sharing the above!
3926 so you cant be raceist now against indians eh
@@amazonwarrior7126 wha you talking bout
The Irish were actually shipped to the Caribbean to do labour but their cultural impact is more prominent in the islands. Rihanna came from a bajan community that were shunned for being descendants of the irish . However all caribbean accents were affected by the irish accent because those were English speakers that would be working class. Though it's hard to see both caribbean and irish accents are unintelligible to English and American ears
Another commenter brought up the Irish accent and its affect on the various Caribbean accents. I have to look this up! Thank you!
People confuse it. Its a Scottish accent.
The Scottish were everywhere the English went. They were Administrators for the colonies and were closer to the people in an administrative capacity as colony Administrators and overseers of the plantations.
In Guyana they were all over the place and were also pastors, teachers and school administrators, Probably more so than other places.
@@zochbuppet448 I think it's both tho. The Scottish had a bigger impact in some states in the US and some islands whereas the Irish had a bigger impact in other places. And in some places in the US like the states of TN & KY (and really the whole Appalachian mountains) the impact is the Scots-Irish from parts of VA and Pennsylvania.
@@zochbuppet448 It's both. But the Irish had a bigger impact in the Caribbean islands.
i am of the 7th Race, well mixed like our Cook-Up Rice with all the meats (beef, Salt Beef, Tripe, Chicken and loud coconut milk). but just by talking to my Mom from her side i am mixed with East Indian, African and Irish (European). Dont know much about my dads side.. but PROUD Guyanese. one day i will find out the Mix.
Haha sounds like a gooood cook-up! Your mum is very knowledgeable! In my family’s update the Irish side has reflected! Excited for you to one day get the full break down!🇬🇾
@@lelesMusings me too.
Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benni and Togo share similar ancestry
Most the people in Ghana are originally from Mail and some Ghanaians migrated to Ivory Coast. Benni, Togo, Ghana and Nigeria share bond
This is true. We, West Afrikans, share an Ankhestry. I'm Yoruba/Nigerian.
Very rich origins indeed. You have a European, East Indian, native American grandparents among your African ones. Wow.
White Americans have Scottish, English and Irish origins. Then Great Britain played a decisive role in the slave trade. Moreover, for historical reasons, the British people also have Scandinavian origins in their DNA.
Girl we are all from West Africa. Don't be fooled by the new boundaries of Africa.
Great video here, I will have to say that although Ancestry DNA has gotten better over the years when it comes to Sub- Saharan African Ancestry it is still not great, and especially wasn’t back then. Main reason being is that it gives off the names of modern day countries which we all know were drawn up by European powers and don’t accurately reflect the vast diversity of African tribes that exist today. Take for example Nigeria has over 250 distinct ethnic groups, so getting a DNA result saying your part Nigerian is a bit misleading to say the very least. Of course since the large majority of these people taking these tests are of European origin; they’re gonna be much better with breaking that ancestry down in further detail. However for those of African Ancestry, my personal recommendation would be to absolutely to take the African Ancestry Test as well Living DNA. Living DNA gives a greater breakdown based on actual tribe names and African Ancestry can tell you exactly where your paternal and maternal origins lie in mother Africa. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me (saying as a white person lmao!$
Hey girl. What a beautiful video and a beautiful woman.
You have great results. And by the way, a lot of the Africans who were enslaved were taken through Ghana or migrated there. Because of history and school, a lot of Guyanese believe they are Ghanaian but probably just passed by. However, your Ghana suspicion was right-not wrong. The Togo and Ghana share a border. So sometimes they’re even lumped together. For this reason, when I research for people, I add those two particularly together because they shared many tribal groups. So that region for you is roughly 50% in actuality. If you took a tribal test, you’d see all the mix would actually settle down. This is because DNA samples were taken from people for in these places at the time. The big database makes it the most accurate though. And as u said, the results to become even more accurate / “settle” as more people test. But you could technically check in 10 years and it be almost completely different if the database doubled.
Peace and love x
Spot on! It has been about 4 years since testing and my matches are “completely different”.( still similar regions) . Peace and love to you!
Cool. Fellow Guyanese. 🤗 We're a mixed bag. Ghana was used as the gateway to ship the slaves off to the four corners of the earth. As well as Angola and Egypt. Which makes things more difficult to figure out where our ancestors were rounded up from within Africa. Also watch #kmzhistory and #straightup to understand the European ancestry. Mind blowing 🤯 😳
I’ll check it out! Thank you !
Is your grandmother fully Indo-Guyanese?..Not to be rude or anything but I figured your percentage would’ve been in the 20 percent range.
Your genes aren't inherited at a full 50/50 split and 75/25 it is random for your genes to be exactly evenly split would be extremely rare also why siblings look different and some can look exactly in the middle, some exactly like their Dad or Mom and I guess its possible she wasn't or it could be the dna test
I wonder what your updated results look like.
Great question, my results update at least twice a year since this video …hence my hesitance in making an update anytime soon. I still have the same dominant groups but the specific ethnic groups have changed/with a few additions. Since more people are taking DNA tests these changes make sense 🙂
@@lelesMusings …your original results about the Ghana region is actually reasonable because you’re 55% Ivory Coast-Ghana-Togo-Benin which is one region before Europeans placed the borders. Your results have updated obviously and please let us know when you share the updated results.
You are the world....literally. Lovely.
Hahaha Facts!
I am 22 percent white, I tried to bathe it off but it would not go away. My grandmother's father was Madeiran Portuguese.
Are you Guyanese also? A lot of people are guilted into ignoring that part. But who you are runs deeper than a race and ethnicity🙏🏾.
Please don't bath it away. More love to you
Nice video, nice results
Thank you!
yes my bangladeshi sister loool visit one day!! love from london
lolll 🫡🇧🇩
My beautiful country, Guyana 🇬🇾
Made rich by the sunshine, and lush by the rainssss 🎶🎶🇬🇾
I was told by someone from Fiji that Dougla means bastard. Interesting how Some Trinidad & Tobago Folks refer to themselves as Dougla.
They were absolutely right. It shows how important it is to learn the origin of words and slang! ( Thanks for sharing!)
Lele you have all of my ancestries (except the 1%"s) yes, including the Asian. On Ancestry, I seem to have cousins from Guyana too.
Awesome!
Do you have any ethnic lineages missing?
Portuguese
The major slave port were in Benin/Togo… Majority of slaves were shipped from the Bight of Benin to the Caribbeans. It’s seems all Caribbean people have Benin Togo and Nigeria (Benin/Togo and Nigeria are all next to one another and were not made into individual countries until colonialism. So no surprise to see Nigeria and Benin/Togo. Unfortunately its not the safest place to visit.
Togo, parts of ivory Coast and Burkina Faso were part of Ashanti Empire of the Akans people of Ghana. Tribes like the Ewe & Ga people migrated from Nigeria to Ghana. You might have to take a good look at the map of Ashanti Empire.
It is true that the Benin-Togo coast was referred to as the slave coast because more slaves were taken from there than any other coast. Ghana's coast was the gold coast because they got more gold there than anywhere else. It's however not true that Benin- Togo places are unsafe. Human beings live in these places comfortably. Unless you have a personal experience to the contrary, If not, then you should be ashamed for dwelling on heresays and tarnishing some people you really dont know. It is also true that crime rates in Benin and Togo are really low and the people are hospitable.
I’m ADOS and I’m also around 75% African
I'm Ghanaian 🇬🇭 and my Tribes people originally come from Nigeria 🇳🇬
Did you take the African Ancestry DNA test as well.
Nope.
The Vikings were in Ireland. Several cities including Dublin and Waterford were Viking settlements. My guess would be that your 1% Norway is due to it picking up that very old Viking DNA.
Great video!
Thank you!!
You are welcome!
Whatever the world see first, and that's ok too. We are beautiful
We are💕💕💕
Wow I never new that Guyanese have "Ghana day" and also know of Ghana.
Yep it’s celebrated and we’re typically very good at geography! 🤪🇬🇭
Can you post your updated results
My partner and I just took a ancestry test we’re both Guyanese
Awesome, please come back let me know what you discover!🇬🇾
First of all the African people were divided into countries. So we cannot use that to determine who we are. ALL the peoples of Africa are members of the same family tree. I’m from Guyana and my DNA shows all Africa, with lineage in Guyana, Barbados, and 01% Scotland. My great grandmother was born in Barbados.
I’m mixed heritage Guyanese and my dna resembles those of Hispanic heritage. Iran, Pakistan, Italy, Tanzania(east Africa).
Family stories are not accurate, so don’t put 100% faith in what your family thinks they know to be true
Fun fact: most african slaves in South America were taken from west africa. The Indian indentured servants were mainly from southern India.
Quite informative
Good to hear🙂 I have a lot to learn!
You see when you see benin togo its the gbe speakers, which means you are either a fon or ewe..
Thanks for the insight! I’ll look it up.
@@lelesMusings FYI most Ewes are in Ghana
damn id be over there claiming some of that oil moneyyy
🤣🤣
@@lelesMusings its true tho
we have so much oil money we dont know what to do with it ,,come to Guyana and get a mercedes car 5 million in the bank amansion and 3 acres of land ,
@@amazonwarrior7126 lol probably getting invaded by venezuela soon and its all going, so reap reap reap and fill your bank balances while you cn, itll be gone as soon as it came
Have you tried taking another genealogy test and comparing the results?…I feel like these things are kinda misleading,I know they use different algorithms and all but some of it seems a bit off.I am Guyanese myself and as you know we are a melting pot but none of my admixture didn’t even show!
Which mixture didn’t show?
As more people test my results update and it’s precise. I have 1 ancestral lineage that doesn’t show, so that part is interesting/weird. No I didn’t take any other tests ☺️
@@lelesMusings Would you believe none of my Indian DNA never showed!😲(I even had roti last night lol) you know us Black Guyanese people…many of us have Indian in our bloodline.But the part that pained me the most is it didn’t show no Native American DNA at all! even though I have Buck in my family on my mothers side…my great-grandmother literally has straight black hair and high cheekbones I was like “com’on seriously”🙄.I guess since 1 of your ancestral ties didn’t show then I just get extra unlucky 🫣.This seems to be quite a prevalent problem with some people too,we shouldn’t let it get to us though because we know what we have in our family’s
🇬🇾✊🏾❤️🖤💛🤍💚.
@@toddmusika8596 lmaoooo I want roti now!
The last part! WE KNOW WHO WE ARE. 🇬🇾🇬🇾✌🏾
@@lelesMusings well you just normal Guyanese, nothing more
When result says Irish and Scotland that's indicating the people of northern Ireland. They are mostly of scottish and English people. They are not ethnic Irish
This is true with every Caribbean country
I know Haitians who are 31 percent European
Apparently also 11% of Haitians are full African 0% admixture
shes 4% patel
🤣🫡
You are absolutely beautiful
Thank you 💕🇬🇾
Norway indicates the ancestors of the English and scottish
Great video thanks for sharing. I love Pan Africanism 😋 😍 its so nice. To see people of African disent and how many cultures and other cultures that have been infuse into your family is great. Peace and one 💘. Also I know 😌 another person who is Guyanese, who married a Ghanaian. Will you do more history on this we are very interested in the African topic. Peace and one 💘.
Thanks for stopping by Roger! I can tell that you have a beautiful spirit! Ayee another Guyanese and Ghanaian match, we love to see it lol. I intend on doing more videos..working on balance and priorities right now with the family 🥰
😊 thanks for your reply. I did my paternal DNA thru African Ancestry I love to share that my lineage is AKYEM people from Ghana 🇬🇭 ❤ we where there for 2019 year of return. My wife co worker is Guyanese and her husband is from Temale area. So I thought this was fascinating when you said about the relationship with Ghana and 🇬🇾 Guyana. I love it. I was born in California my family is from the south sea Islands of Georgia 🇬🇪 and Arkansas Texas are also. My wife was born in Jamaica 🇯🇲 😍. I am a true Pan African and love all ya'll ❤. Hopefully you can share more history when you can. I subscribe and looking forward to it peace and one 💘 love again.
Every modern Human today can be traced back to Africa. Before Pangea split I do not know.
No surprise with the European results...
Guyana used to be a British colony, so some mixing between the masters/supervisors/indented servants and the slaves would occur, even if that would be frowned upon.
Some of the British colonists were Scottish and Irish, and some of the Scottish and Irish (specially the Scottish from the Hebrides, Shetland, Orkney) have remote Norwegian ancestry, going back to Viking age.
It all makes sense.
It's more surprising that your Native American ancestry is Andean than Caribbean.
When considering the “ Andean culture area” and migration patterns it made sense to me.I never learned about the Irish, Scottish etc as a child so that was a surprise. Either way it’s interesting reading comments, learning more history and hearing from others.☺️
The Portuguese were not the only European sailors many other Europeans we're sailors too or went other places to work because colonialism.
Yep, you are 100% right!🙂
I love your videos! Can you post a video of your updated Ancestry DNA results? @leleandcrew
Hi, thank you! I think that I will. The results update quite often so the questions is “when “.. ☺️
She's about 23% Caucasian, as Indians South Asians are Caucasian to not just Europeans which she has a bit of to, she's gorg
No they are South Asian
Spend the 300us and get the real results for African Ancestry DNA
........... peace.
why are people confusing modern day borders with their genetics? there was no Ivory Coast/Ghana/Togo/Benin when your people were enslaved.. Most people migrated with the seasons etc...
They used to part of one country and maybe thats why they say its Ghana
The regions are areas your ancestors originate from based on modern borders and nations. I think it's a misleading to say I am this or that. It's a misconception that many people don't understand. You are 100% where ever you were born at but this signifies which areas your ancestors recently migrated from. Not an identity.
I disagree. I am not genetically 100% “ where ever you were born at”. Let’s not confuse race, nationality and ethnicity.I was born in a country built on indentured servants and slaves. The only people originally from Guyana are Amerindians. I can look at my African, Indian, European, Amerindian etc ancestors and see that physically they differ. Some know their history about the nations their parents or grandparents originated from. I will celebrate all of my ancestors. So, I am everything that I said I am. Peace to you.☺️
Wow 😮
sis is SHOOK! lol
These were not bordered as countries way back. The imperialist divided up these places.
Basically 20% Asian
Basically 🇮🇳 🇧🇹✌🏾
africa was divided in kingdoms not countries
No u are right u mix with east indian.❤
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You dont understand having european in you but instead portuguese. Do you know the portuguese are also europeans. ?
Many are North Africans.
@youme1414 bullshiT !!!! portuguese are a mixture of proto celts and celtic , germanic , Roman's and N african moors. estupido 🤡
@@youme1414btw North africans aren't black negroes, their Amizigh. Berbers
@@youme1414BullshiT !
I'm portuguese with no african ancestry. My dna results read 65% Iberian 18 % N west european 12% italy/ greece 5 % Irish Scottish Welsh. No North african. 😂😂😂
you may be the most indian person ever. You have all types of indian in you
lol funny! The Indian and African mixes are fun to learn about
Your husband was right. There was no Ghana at that time when your ancestor left. There was Ashanti Empire, which most Anlo tribe was part of it. The DNA can't specified but you are Anlo
Anlo which is an Ewe subgroup was never part of the Ashanti tribe
@@selasedu. Who told you Asante is a tribe. Asante, Asafo or Asafoste confederacy
Ewes, Anlos are never part of Asante kingdom. The Asantes have deceived these Caribbeans so much so that most of them don't believe their DNA results because they believed lies. There was no Ghana during the slave trade. How come you keep deceiving these people that they came from Ghana. Now you are deceiving them that Benin- Togo or Ewes are part of your Asante Kingdom, please it is not true. Thank you
@@divinefrm571 you don't know Asante's history. Asante is not a tribe. Think about it as NATO.
@@kofiboat779 I know Asante history very well. It's true Asante is smaller than a tribe because it is a subgroup of the Akan tribe, and is nothing like NATO. Please, you can call it anything you want as long as you don't mention Benin/Togo/Ewe/Anlo in the lies.
Your MTDNA will tell you who you are and who you come from. Test with 23 and me or any of the DNA companies that provide this service. Please educate yourself on this.
It’s because dna is 😮🤦🫣
You could be a Ghanaian. Looks like they don't much Ghanaian DNA in their systems. I'm a pure Ghanaian lady living in UK. All my ancestors are Ghanaians but DNA does not have Ghana in it. I have high percentage of Nigeria, Sierra leone, middle eastern, Finland etc. There was another Ghanaian lady who experienced the same. There's no Ghana in her DNA. But she's pure Ghanaian. Imagine if i was a diasporan, i would have been thinking I'm from la different country. So what ever country your instinct tells you're from, that's your ancestors telling you and that's where you come from. All West Africans are blood related. We are all from Shem anyway.
Yes!!! “Whatever country your instinct tells you”.. and it could be multiple countries ❤️
@@lelesMusings There are many Ghanaians who ancestry is from Nigeria. She could be one of them without knowing. Original Ghanaian could be just a Nigerian.
Native Born
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All ppl r a mix...n dat is d reality of homosapiens...our story began more than 50k years ago...n going 4 mo'... Will you agree that we r beautiful...d reason we keep mixing it up...!!!!
We are all beautiful indeed.
Jesus is coming! Judgement is coming and the Wrath of God is coming! PREPARE AND GET RIGHT AND GET TO INTIMATELY KNOW FATHER GOD! ✝️❤️
A good Word. But I must add : God is love and gives us liberty . We choose Him because we love Him. He’s the ultimate destination.
Spirit of Sound Mind Yes, Amen! ✝️❤️
DNA Test wrong, you don't sound like a Guyanese
What would she need to sound Guyanese then !
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@@princesswilliams8505 be blessed Princess 💕
Girl the one percent goes back 1,000 yrs. one percent is the furthest