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[rikkilleen]

"Well, to share an old family secret: My grandmother was Dutch." ~ Cleavon Little, Blazing Saddles

[Iflie]

Yeah my father was from Aruba and from him I have native south american DNA and african. People from the U.S often forget there is a whole South America where many plantations grew sugar and many African people were enslaved. And a lot of mixed "black" people come from there.

[ash]

I did he DNA test and matched with a descendant of man who owned my family as slaves. He is a historian who mapped our tree all the way to a small town in Mississippi to our mutual ancestor

[thatguyguff]

You can use the ', ' (comma) and '.' (period) keys on the keyboard to rewind and advance Youtube videos frame by frame (you do need to pause the video first). Very useful when you want to see something that flashes by too quickly to catch by just pausing.

[miss__monique]

I wish they had someone there to help them understand their results.

[diogotakahashiantunesdesiq]

This idea of ​​racial purity is totally funny here in Brazil, all Brazilians are a mixture of all ethnicities, I myself am a mixture of Portuguese with Japanese Indians and Africans

[fishcakes]

Hey man! I really appreciate your professional input on this topic.Your input is invaluable here and serves as an important footnote to the Buzzfeed video.

Being Caribbean of African descent (Jamaican) I resent watching videos like these because through lack of information, everyone always seems ignorant about their heritage.

After taking my DNA test I realized there was ALOT more to uncover than I had initially thought lol

[stephenp]

There is that british show, "Who do You Think You Are" where celebs go and learn more about there family history. There was an episode where a black british celeb found out his ancestors owned slaves in Jamaica. Its a pretty interesting show and the revelation it brings

[secondhandrooms]

Family tree reactions would be cool, but does not always mean much for family history or genetics.
My parents are Mormon so I have A LOT of our tree done on both sides, but weird things happen.
My grandmother found out through rumor and genetic testing, when she was 80 years old, she was actually the neighbors daughter....

My family tree changed significantly at that point.

[artofficial]

75% “African American “!?

Where’s Africa America? 😂

[Mishatemplar]

I am Jamaican. I did my DNA along with my brothers we share
A paternal lineage with Ramesees III. Maternal Mitochondrial DNA is L1C1, 2, 4, 6. 48% Nigerian !!!! 20% Senegambian, Liberian and Ghanaian. 12.3% British/Irish. 0.2% Iranian, Caucasian, Mesopotamia. 0.3 % Native American and others... a few more but those are the more interesting bits for me.
I can send to you if you’re interested.🤗

[alterbrd]

13:17 You can slowly move frame by frame by pausing it and then the comma key is one frame previous, and the period key is one frame next. Tap the key to get to what you want to see if it's there.

[rasapplepipe]

Nobody has been full blooded Taino for a well over a hundred years they are one of the first tribes to come in contact with Europeans.

[CrazyPhysicsWork]

Circa 15:30, you were so right about the most frustrating part about including DNA testing in your family history/genealogy of an estimated 2nd-3rd cousin match who will not respond... the amount of clues that can be provided. Good video!

[nvfury]

There are a couple of videos of identical twins doing multiple of these heritage DNA tests, they extremely rarely got the same results.

[sleightofmind]

My results: 50% Caucasian 40% Clear 10% Invisible

[lindsaysiler]

I would be interested in seeing you build a partial family tree for someone, and then compare and explain the results and where the dna traits come from as seen on one of these tests.

[waydetahtawy]

Check out Keenan Ivory Wayans ancestry and DNA results from his appearance on a episode of Finding your roots... It was one of the most interesting stories I ever heard about when it comes to ancestry and DNA testing results.

[gematoledo]

Lol this video was frustrating. I felt your frustration from the screen because I don't like it when they show it completely! I like analyzing it too!
You still tried your best with what you got!

[LuciferArc]

You seem really passionate about your line of work. I gotta admit. It is pretty cool that we can analyze our DNA and know so much about ourselves. Science is wild. I'm glad I found this channel. It's fascinating