Why Are Africans Shocked At Their DNA Results?

People need to learn difference between Race, Nationality and Ethnicity.. I can’t tell how many times people asked me. What is your nationality, I say Canadian. They get all confused. They are trying to ask what my ethnicity is, but they confuse it with nationality.

i like this guy. very pleasant guy. sounds good. sensible man. talks quietly. what a pleasant change on the web to find such a person. :)

I talked about this with my brother, who was wondering why we had so much Greek and Turkish in us when we are both 100% Italian on all sides. 1,000 years ago, "Italy" didn't exist. 2,000 years ago, "Greek" and "Italian" were both Roman. Any earlier than that, and we would have been called three-quarters Sabine and one-quarter Latin. The names we use depend on political boundaries, which shift with the wind sometimes.

I totally understand and believe what you’re saying. People have been moving around the globe 🌍 forever.

Nobody's great-great-great grandparents were Nigerian because there was no such country when they lived. And these tests can't actually tell you exactly where your ancestors lived, what they can tell you is that your DNA is similar to the DNA of people living in particular regions today (that they have tested and have access to in their databases)

Oh my God when you said (with a British Accent) that your Nigerian percentage was higher than the guy born in Nigeria I laughed for a whole minute 😂😂😂😂😂

Very cool to hear someone discuss ethnicity with intellect rather than emotions. Very interesting video.

The woodpile has wood from all kinds of trees! And we are all one big woodpile these days!

Migration, migration, migrations.Captures, enslavement so much entanglement.

The concepts of Nigeria, Ghana, etc... are recent creations when the French and British divided that area. Africans who lived there before are more connected to ethnic kinship.

The human race has always been much fluid than most people think.

Excellent, Well Done!!, I am from across the pond in the US. Five years ago I had my first DNA testing done by the National Geographic Genographic Project. My results' tract to Nigeria as well, the Yoruba... the second round identified 24% other results including the UK, Eurasia and Native American tribes. I too, experienced a similar sense of shock, a normal response to centuries of conditioning. Africans from across the diaspora have been similarly traumatized by slavery and colonization. To suddenly for the first time be awakened from the Matrix can be disorienting, like finding out you were adopted. So much of how we think about ourselves is filtered through the lens of White culture. DNA results can offer an opportunity to see our selves from a scientific perspective independent of cultural story lines that may no longer be relevant. They can now, instead, serve as a point to a more expansive journey.

I was shocked to find out my DNA was traced back to Adam and Eve.

I am 100% human race. End of.

I'm American but of a majority European background. I liked and subscribed as I found your topic interesting and I love history.

Watched an episode of an ancestry programme on British TV some years ago that featured a white female campaigner for English ethnic rights. She sounded rather bigoted and assumed she was descended from Anglo-Saxon tribes or Northern European Vikings. Her DNA test turned out she was predominantly Romany Gypsy! The very people she looked down upon and sought to distinguish herself from! 😊

You explained DNA history better than anyone I have listened to. Clear and direct. Thank you!

I've subscribed. It is wonderful to hear a learned person that understands humanity's history and that knows the difference between ethnicity and nationality.☺👍

Great to hear from you bro. Lecture our people, because many tend to run away with general information, without an academic view, to scrutiny.

Beautiful video. Best explanation ever. People need to understand that these ethnicities are not subject to one country or political area but based on population migrations of people over time and places. The more people get tested the more precise will be the results. You may find over time that you may get updated results that may look different, just remember your DNA doesn't change just how the data will improve how we get to know the past. I look forward to seeing your videos.