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Any reason why I would have an EAST African hit? I'm American, but ancestry is entirely from UK with one great grandparent from Germany. I'm sure many of my family have been in the US since colonial times, but from what I know, US blacks are west, not east, African. So a slave mixing angle would seem less likely. Statistical noise? Are there services out there that can verify this?
Any reason why I would have an EAST African hit? I'm American, but ancestry is entirely from UK with one great grandparent from Germany. I'm sure many of my family have been in the US since colonial times, but from what I know, US blacks are west, not east, African. So a slave mixing angle would seem less likely. Statistical noise? Are there services out there that can verify this?
Couldn't some slave have been born in East Africa and then been bought by someone in West Africa? In turn, this individual could have sold this slave to Europeans who were travelling to the Americas.
Couldn't some slave have been born in East Africa and then been bought by someone in West Africa? In turn, this individual could have sold this slave to Europeans who were travelling to the Americas.
Possible I guess. Just unlikely from the results I've seen from US blacks (typically west african, occasionally central african). East Africa had a slave trade, but it didn't service the US/Britain. Going from East Africa to the Atlantic African coast would have been a huge trek in those days.
Gedmatch.com is a free DNA tool that will give you more admixture options. However, they're having some server trouble right now. You can also transfer your results to FamilyTreeDNA for $69 which will give you another take on your ethnic percentages.
Gedmatch.com is a free DNA tool that will give you more admixture options. However, they're having some server trouble right now. You can also transfer your results to FamilyTreeDNA for $69 which will give you another take on your ethnic percentages.
With DNA for some of us that is estimated to be 8- 12000 years or so ago, I would not worry about the 0.01% unless it is the last 5 generations. You need to realize the Dutch who lived in NY in the early 1600s had large farms, large families, and indentured workers who lived on the farms. Baptisms of these servants were recorded in the early church records too.
curious how they determine this? is it by blood test? I'd like to get one if it's legit.
It's a saliva test and yes, it's legit, there are several reputable companies which offer it - Ancestry.com, 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA are the ones that do just an autosomal test for $99. FamilyTreeDNA also offers yDNA and mtDNA tests separately. Nat Geo's Project Geno 2.0 test has all three for one price (can't order them separately) of $200.
Any reason why I would have an EAST African hit? I'm American, but ancestry is entirely from UK with one great grandparent from Germany. I'm sure many of my family have been in the US since colonial times, but from what I know, US blacks are west, not east, African. So a slave mixing angle would seem less likely. Statistical noise? Are there services out there that can verify this?
East Africa was British Colonial Empire..... Seems one UK ancestor had trip to the colonies?
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