Lupita Nyong’o Has DNA from the Oldest Maternal Haplogroup

In this clip from the November 17 episode, Lupita Nyong’o discovers she carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve, something we’ve never seen on the show before. During this time, no human beings were alive outside of Africa meaning every person on Earth was Black!

#FindingYourRoots airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on PBS. In this episode, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the ancestries of Lidia Bastianich, Scarlett Johansson, and Lupita Nyong’o, three women whose families traveled the globe in search of new opportunities.

[Lucky]

For those of you who didn’t get it. YES, All humanity descended from mother Africa! Like it or not, that’s a fact.

[matthewraven]

Plot twist: Lupita is mitochondrial Eve. She's thousands of years old. Doesn't age.

[AmiNa-nwld]

She's gorgeous, imagine how mother Eve would be

[muffintopz]

Incredible that they found that in her DNA.

[slc]

She literally got all of the "pretty genes" that the human race had to offer. Just stunning.

[jamesanderson]

Lupita is one of the most beautiful women on Earth.

[gammalife]

"I pre-date race, that's dope" That's dope!

[Savantskd]

Lupita is a genuine living treasure. Her inner and outer beauty radiates beyond the universe. Ah, it’s a divine time to be alive to actually know this about Lipita.

[sophialorencoffee]

So she's a replica of Eve...I knew Eve look like Lupita....She needs to play Eve in a movie...Who y'all got for Adam...Plz don't say Edris Elba that too obvious lol

[ST-zfwx]

Took DNA test and it said I am 100% East African. It shocked me. Not a single drop of anything else. So proud.

[AmeliaSoapFan]

Sadly i've never heard of Lupita. I just Googled her and she is 38! She was 37 in this clip. 37!! I can honestly say I thought she was in her 20s. Her skin is incredible.

[deniedbymanbutchosenbygod]

And the audacity of Gilbert Arenas to call her ugly simply because of her dark skin. He was/is wrong.

[robbb]

Can't tell her to go back to her country cause she was on this planet first. God spoke



Thank you for all the likes. 🤗🙏🏽💪🏽

[sunrise]

Lupita is gorgeous and even more so because she all-natural and not fake.

[stanwilliams]

My moms maternal haplogroup is L3F1B I also traced her tribes in Africa Masa Mafa and Kotoko in Cameroon

[blackkatt]

No wonder she captivates the world. She has the warming inner glow of the original mother. 👑💜 Yes, Queen!

[sophiedash]

Seriously? She said 5 words and the clip is over. 😞

[thisis.michelletorres]

Oh Lord, I suspect Karens everywhere are turning red in the face and imploding!!! Lupita is so gorgeous!!

[ghostophelia]

Africa is the cradle of us all. The land is sacred and should be held as such

[dawntreader]

That is incredible. Now I want to shake her hand. What a regal lineage. To be able to trace a direct link, unbroken.... that is awe-inspiring.