information with me then we could make that available to
down below and be sure to subscribe to our channel and if
lot of information as far as how much detail they give, how
those ancestors might have been from and the other one is a
very specific as far as where they originated and where they
goes back to Africa or a matrilineal line that goes back
they originated and because Africa has had the human
they're doing mitochondrial DNA there are specific Catholic
that there was a European mother in that line and in that
case again you wouldn't have this African descent you would
rarer but it is still happened and it's been documented is
your patroline line goes back to a European ancestor now much
that were born who did not have an African father. The father
the mother's side and one on the father's side. So it's a
the Americas African slaves were first brought over in the
what 12% of them and each generation it is going to
two of your great grandparents so that's just a quarter of
but they're only looking at two grandparents so only half of
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looking at two individuals in each generation. So, they're
for mitochondrial DNA or your petrilineal line for YDNA. This
would like to learn something else about different ethnicity
we can get more people in the reference database so that the
results are going to be more accurate so if you do have
test and let's increase those database sizes. Now, if you
African ancestry and and roots and would like to share that
want to learn something else about DNA, then watch the video
out there who do have African ancestry that either have
these tests so there are some options for African ancestry
African ancestry I would encourage you to take a DNA
population for 200, 000 years many of the happa groups can be
they break down the different areas of Africa from that test
to Africa and you're able to identify what your Y DNA or
for other viewers to see what they're actually getting from
test. Unfortunately, from their website, I couldn't gather a
actually be showing from this European descent even though
are predominant and so if you do have a patrilineal line that
that most likely was of European descent if that's the
was the slave master or somebody else in that household
that is one of the downfalls of what African ancestry is doing
but really the big thing is is we need more people to test so
your mitochondrial DNA is then that could isolate where really
tested with African ancestry or Afro Roots or want to test with
company called Afro roots. Now, Afro Roots does a autosomal
and so I would say this, if there are any of our viewers
the vast majority of your ancestors may be from Africa so
This can be a problem if there was a European or an Asian
well known in the United States that there were many slaves
small fraction of the ancestors that you're really looking at.
ancestors that have been living in the new world so if you are
early 1600s and so there's been about you know 10 generations
groups that are not just traced back to Africa but that's where
from North or South America and you have African ancestry and
but at the same time because they're doing YDNA and because
case then you may not get a African report really because
ancestor that was inserted into that line. For instance, it's
10 or 15 generations removed from you well that point you're
it's not recent it's not from a recent immigrant then it may be
ancestor test is still only looking at two of them. One on
about 30 years each time yeah 1015 generations of African
about 1, 000 maybe 10, 000 ancestors. So the African
decrease now from a practical standpoint if you think about
is passed down unchanged through your matrilineal line
grandparents are still looking at two so that's going to be
looking at your two parents because you only have parents
your great grandparents and then your great great
your grandparents are going to be looked at from this but only
means that doing both of these tests, they're really only
first off, understand that the mitochondrial DNA and the Y DNA
beginning Africa has more genetic diversity than anywhere
ancestry is they're not doing an autosomal test like every
So, if you do have African ancestry, this is a call to go
Angolan and Congolese has almost 600 people in that group
me has for the European groups why this is important for
Northern East African. We have West African and then we have
their reference populations and some of these groups actually
southern portion of the continent may have been distant
however the one thing that I do like about this is I'm seeing a
of this Central African group as well as a fraction of this
will probably show with a couple if not more of these
West African group and this is typical of what we see with
have any African ancestors certainly recently within the
ancestors from every single line that you have. So if you
the different areas in Europe but what they have in Africa is
not much overlap between each of these areas. If you've
at the beginning here about Africa being the most
forming within Africa longer than anywhere else on the
anywhere else on earth we have grew that have been dividing
next to Asia. Now, Africa a population standpoint also is
India, another big country as well as all of Europe. All
remember. The next thing that I think a lot of people forget
divided up into multiple groups within Africa by the time that
whole and the rest of the world is all related small little
do have a lot of groups from what their map shows it doesn't
and test so that we can get more people into these
reference populations. There are a couple of companies that
centered in Nigeria is really composed of some small fraction
your reference population to really distinguish between
years ago to 70, 000 years ago that the first group of
these different groups simply because going back to the
do have a sizable amount so for instance the Ghanaian Liberian
population that left Africa. In other words, there was far more
because their chart here has how many people are in each of
so if 7, 000 is sufficient for Europe to be able to break down
last thousand years. Now, genetic diversity really is a
200, 000 years and it wasn't really until about 100, 000
it however I bring back to the point that Africa has much more
enough that they are genetically different from the
population reference populations throughout the
even show as a match at all so in this case my heritage they
well. We have the Congolese and Southern East African. We have
look like it has as good of a coverage as what ancestry does
that doesn't mean that if your ancestry is primarily from
lot has to do with African heritage. And really what DNA
you're probably going to need 20 or 30, 000 to have groups
the African Hunter and Gatherer groups. Why I like this is
African ancestry if it does show up at all on my heritage
would expect when every looking at these reference populations.
Central African and Western African groups that they don't
into these different groups then I would guess that Africa
curious to see with some people that do have some Southern
lot of the overlap between the groups which is really what you
just because some of those groups that migrated to the
with many Native Americans their DNA shows up with some of
those are the closest that it is to it it doesn't necessarily
genetic diversity than anywhere else and so I would actually be
tests are going to tell you about your African heritage.
the Meso American and some of the South American just because
you'll notice that the first breakoffs from that original
standpoint my heritage doesn't identify anything there now
mean it's a really good match but it is the closest match of
Africa let's take a look at what we can find about Africa
human population happened well before any population left
world is there's going to be a lot of overlap with them so one
of the downsides here then is from a Southern Africa
called African ancestry. What is unique about African
Southern Africa it's not going to show up in a DNA test as
projections are correct so when we think about that what I said
them. So, if I'm just looking right here, this group that is
Africa is because you're going to need much larger numbers in
clearly not as good as the reference populations of 23 and
and a Y DNA test. There's good and bad things about this. So,
of Africa and there's actually quite a bit of overlap between
other companies doing. They are doing a mitochondrial DNA test
specialize in African ancestry. In fact, the first one is
you can see from this map, Africans have been around for
population groups. Now, if we go to my heritage, my heritage
that There is actually going to be more genetic diversity in
last you know 2300 years and you take an ancestry test it
these are but they divide them out into different groups as
that are really comparable what they currently have in Europe.
from some of the DNA tests. First off, at Ancestry, they
seeing your African heritage show up. This is looking at
and Sierra Leone they have 280 people in that group the
while these numbers are pretty good for right now they're
Now 23 and me, I couldn't get a good map to show where all
70 years in about 1950 Africa only had a population of about
their reference populations. Ancestry uses an autosomal
looked at your results and you are from Europe, you'll notice
these groups are mainly centered in the northern half
billion people so about as many people as India or China and
also has about 10 different groups but you'll notice that
very big although a lot of that growth has really happened in
Unfortunately I don't have any African myself and so this is
has just expanded the genetic diversity that we can see in
to go and test specific people in these different areas to get
Africa so there have been different groups that have been
there longer than anywhere else on earth far longer than
by the year twenty-one when the world population is around 10
test. So if you are testing with ancestry and you are
planet and now with this huge population boom in Africa that
world is going to be living in Africa at that time if these
four and 1/ 2 billion so almost half the population in the
mainly I think is because they've Made a concerted effort
that there's actually quite a bit of overlap between many of
they have large groups that don't overlap for that. This
world and populated, you can see that some places have only
Africans left Africa and as they've gone throughout the
we're talking about some of the Pacific Islands for really the
this first group or the first couple of groups that left
Africa than anywhere else on the planet. Simply because as
is a pretty big country. China, also another big country.
Africa is. I think I believe it is the second largest continent
the last 70 years or so currently Africa has about 1. 3
is so large that it could contain the United States which
have Africa divided into about 13 different areas and there's
because of the distortions in different countries but Africa
actually expected to continue to grow substantially I think
generically diverse we have humans that have been living
billion Africa's populations projected to be around four
$200 million. so it has grown substantially and it is
you're looking at, it may actually appear somewhat small
the bulk of that growth like I said has happened over the last
African heritage that you can find from DNA test so let's go
one of the first things that we need to remember about Africa
their heritage. Well one of the questions that we get asked a
about is just how big Africa is. Depending on what map
get from it. Particularly finding out a little bit about
within Africa really at the same time. That's how big
this group was leaving Africa. So, that's the first thing to
Africans that stayed in Africa and therefore, they had already
that genetic diversity going because they had already
had plenty of time to increase this genetic diversity and keep
been allowed to gather and be a part of a population. So, with
product of how many people you have and how long that people
diversity that was represented by the African population as a
has been around. In other words, how long have mutations
Africa, it was only a small portion of the genetic is it is the birthplace of the human population now because of
Dna testing has been around for several years now. And because
taking a DNA test and the results that they're going to
and take a look about some information about Africa and
do know from the test that I've taken and also for some of the
people that I've worked with some of the information about
been populated for the last ten 12, 000 years or even when
not a topic that I have delved into in a lot of detail but I
of that more and more people have gotten interested in
we have even more videos for you to watch.