momondo - The DNA Journey feat. Karen
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- To celebrate diversity in the world we asked 67 people from all over the world to take a DNA test. It turns out that they have much more in common with other nationalities than they would ever have imagined. In this short film, you can join Karen on her emotional journey into who she really is.
Let’s Open Our World is an invitation to travel across boundaries, embrace our differences and open our world.
momondo believes that everybody should be able to travel the world, to meet other people, and experience other cultures and religions. Travel opens our minds: when we experience something different, we begin to see things differently.
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She is so beauty. Her skin,her everything, her spirit !!!
+Андрюха(Andrewggah) Racist
she is very exotic
you and everyone in the comment section sound like a creeper.
HungryHungryHippo-ester noooo
Noooooooooooooo... well, technically she is an ape considering humans are derived from the ape like species but, we are not ape we are sapiens and that is what we are and will still be after a million years. so she isn't an ape she's human. you need knowledge Alfred Pastor! >:(
the darkest people are also so beautiful... such clear blemish free shiny complexions !
She is gorgeous !
RaNtingishealthy happy to see a comment like this
cee dacosta truth dont change gurllll :)
look at this girls complexion! FLAW FUCKING LESS !beauuuutifullll!!!!!!!!
actually so are you!
RaNtingishealthy indeed! black is beautiful ☺️.
RaNtingishealthy I know right..very beautiful brown skin and thank you :)
Agree
I don't know why, but ... there's something really special about her, and she's really Beautiful
Ella Melville-How do u know that their is something special about her....... 😊😊
I thought just the same. She is so lovely.
And you're not beautiful
U just said every word i wanted to say
Калаши
If we are all out of Africa, then of this group, she represents the purest line of descent from the some of the earliest humans down through today. What a truly beautiful thing to discover!
Jessie Colt yes agree with you
Dirty Clorox Bleach they actually did recently
Jessie Colt she doesnt wear a weave too!
Jessie Colt, exactly. Just like the man said. The rest of us are diluted with more % of other stuff.
Christ is our creator, He has diversified the human being, but we are not races!
To be 100% African after the history of colonization and rape in war etc. is a rather rare thing which explains her emotional reaction.
Ts s not really that rare. Especially taking into consideration she is East African. Also many Africans have high amounts of indigenous in them. Like a lot of Nigerians are purely africain same thing with Congolese. They did not enslave the people of those countries like how they did in the Americas. It was really different.
@@lebebeve4881 Bang on my friend, damn right 👍👍
Ts s the colonists were much smaller numbers than the native population. There are tribes that would have escaped. Africa is quite large.
@eys292 Amen!!! Amen! Amen! My sista!!!
It's not rare at all there were only 6 tribes from west African taken in slavery to north America. 80% of all slaves taken came from Angola and they were taken to Brazil.
Black people are so unique. It's difficult to explain how unique we are. Everything on her face is so deep. So powerful. So beautiful. So emotional.
Love my black people.
this whole goddamned video and this whole project are designed to prove to all those who cannot fathom the idea that we are family, who think that there are no Africans, no blacks, no whites, no turks or kurds, that we are all relatives. Your preferences are unimportant, she is not beautiful cause you think so or because she is black. If after watching this video your only opinion is that black people are better, or that black people are a different species, do, get counselling now and urgently. The beauty you see in her eyes comes from hundreds years of your and my and our thinking.It is called sadness, segregation. A woman like yourself should be more delicate, you can still learn. Men are hopeless.
We're the only pure humans and all of humanity comes from us every other race has at least 5-10% Neanderthal dna except Sub-Saharan Africans.
and she is so soft its such a great balance
Africans
That sounds very racist
Karen is beautiful: “I know who I am, East African.” One of the reasons I’ve been terrified of these tests...the history of slavery in my DNA as an African-American...it’s so painful. Karen touches me so much, because she’s so proud & the pain of the many wars in Africa during & post-colonialism. Bravo, Sister!
Tori Collins don’t forget before colonialism as well! A lot of tribal warfare occurred
Tori Collins I get you. But there’s not such as thing like African American, Afro Brazilian, Afro Spanish. We are all African, we all como from the same place. Instead of thinking about slavery think and research about what existed before slavery. You need to know your History no the History that is to you by the people that enslaved your ancestors and left this big emotional hole in our lives. Research. Remember knowing your paste helps you understanding your future. You are so lucky to be in America because most information I have about me comes from our Heroes that died because the6 tried to open our eyes but our eyes still closed. Never be scared to find who you are, the DNA test won’t make any difference if you know the real History because we did not have border the borders we see today were put there and if you look at the African map same borders looks like they were traced with a ruler.
Not necessarily, you might be surprised, not all AA were enslaved.
Tori, I understand how scary it can be. But we will just jump the gun (while still being sensitive and respectful about it) by saying that pretty much all African Americans who's family has been here in America since the 1800's or before that-- do have white/European in their mix.
If just one African woman had a mixed child 200 or 300 years ago, that one child has created THOUSANDS of descendents today. And while it is quite true that before the 1960's and 1970's, black Americans mostly married and had children strictly within the black community (back in the day most cultures and races did the same with their own)-- there were MANY African women during the slavery times who ended up having a mixed child (through heart breaking events).
Which means the TENS of thousands of descendents of those children have been constantly marrying and mixing with all the other black Americans over the last few centuries.
So by today, all bloodlines have those genetics in the black community.
I know some black Americans who took a vacation in Africa... They came back completely blown away at how much DARKER native African folk are, than most black Americans-- and the reason is because of that tiny bit of mix.
So I would say you can definitely expect to see some European, even if only a small amount. I know that's very hard (and sad) to think about... But once you KNOW there's a 99% chance you do have a bit of European DNA, a test won't seem so daunting.
But then you get the test, you can explore the mixes of African DNA you have! And even have some fun with it! Look up jewelry and clothing from those areas. Try wearing some of it sometimes, as a cultural pride expression. Or look up recipes for poplar dishes in those areas and try cooking them, to taste what your ancestors may have eaten. Study the history of those areas. Maybe try learning some of the language. Find some pretty relics from those countries online and decorate your home with them. It could be really fun to learn which parts of Africa your family hailed from, and to make their culture part of your life in honor of them.
Now, as for that little bit of European DNA... We will acknowledge "the elephant in the room" and bluntly say that it was FORCED upon some poor African woman, back in slavery times. True.
However, the man who did that horrible act... You certainly DON'T have to be proud of him at all. He was an asshole!
But he had ancestors too. And those ancestors were just plain, ordinary, every day people with average lives. Further back, some had great accomplishments and others were likely nobles, even royalty! See, the "black death plague" in the 1300's killed off most of the poorer half of Europe. So atone point, there was nothing left but the richer half, nobles, royals-- and everyone alive today with European ancestors, came from them. So around the 1400's and 1300's in your European family tree, you will start seeing lots of nobility and royalty. So those lines can also be interesting.
And again, while you are 100% justified in hating whatever asshole thought it was ok to assault a woman-- you can be proud of the GOOD Europeans you descended from, further back in your tree. I hope this helps.
Some great points from all of you, I hope to be emotionally prepared for the test. I appreciate where you're coming from.
100% African
That's kinda amazing.
Shocker.
Boooooo stop telling the movie 😩
Kinda amazing. It's The best thing ever!
That is rare in America now.
Im also 100% European wow Africa is not a Country its a continent
She is GORGEOUS!!! Black is so damn beautiful my lord
and this is exactly the point the people in this video are trying to make. Thanks for the extra effort you have put in your brain. Next week I will teach you how to count to 20.Excited yet?
She isnt every black person
@@idioyjohnathon2054
He didn't say that.
@@cembarhana750 why are you so mad lmaooo
@@everythinghaschanged42i really dont know mate. İt is probably that i cant sleep.
She's 100% Afrikan. Brings me joy!!
Xenophobe
She's mother nature, pure.. Original.
Yeah that's interesting
Her eyes shine with intelligence.
Not many people have that.
Being African American that was EXTREMELY emotional
Octavia Smith you’re right. I was overwhelmed.
Chris L Cox that’s true all the hate self esteem
Cried all the way through it!
I cried.
@Chris L Cox you didn't do shit
She's so incredibly beautiful, wow.
HER TEETH ARE BRIGHTER THAN MY FUTURE WOW
❤️
You make me laugh
Wow she was so proud! 100% African. Such a rare beautiful thing!
Actually there are millions of people outside America that are 💯 African in DNA
Not rare, in Africa, am a 100%
If the out of Africa theory is correct then Africans would be the only people on earth with the capability to be 100% anything.
This woman is so beautiful!
Paola Illas why???
tavo Montenegro because she have big beauty ✨
@@tavomontenegro9804 she is. Look her skin
Paola Illas very true
I could feel her pain when she talked about the wars her people have been through.. Blessings and thanks for sharing these videos!! My mom tested and came back a Bantu! I tested and came back mostly Nigerian with in my African %.. We are all connected somehow
+MoniMoni Moni .. Thank you. These results have opened a world for many of us.. Bless you
Ito Roots Nice! I'm half Nigerian. My dad is Nigerian. My mom is from Trinidad so I'm curious about her ancestry. Idk how these tests work though. Some people say for women it'll only pick up the mothers DNA. & for guys only the fathers DNA. But I wonder if the test will actually give both parents' DNA. Glad you know your roots!
Bella Ezeokoli ..Ancestry DNA does a test called the autosomal test. They take 50% DNA of each parent and give u get ur results.. and thank you, feels great to know my roots..
My Nigerian Brother you are blessed 🤗🤗
@@ThaD0nDiVa My Nigerian Sister I embrace you 😘
Karen made me cry and feel for her. Such a beautiful woman who deserves happiness.
She speaks so eloquently. She is a beautiful young woman.
She is absolutely Gorgeous! Her heart seems so genuine. For most people, it is a surprise.When it comes to pure race, it is the Africans that has the purest blood. Every race n the world came out of Africa.
P Hill she's a model, her last name is Bengo
She's perfection. in looks and demeanor.
Seeing her worry turn to joy and relief made me smile 😌
omg she's so pretty 😍
Pretty? No.
pretty, yes.
she is very pretty ..... you are blind my friend
she kinda reminds me of Lupita Nyong'O😍
RaNtingishealthy selfhate is the worse deseas in the black Americans society.
Out of all the people in this project claiming to be 100% anything, only Karen really has the right to say so.
Lol....most mutts claim to be 100%
@@kitchfacepalm because even Asians have traces of African. She is pure in the sense that she her ancestors are and always from The Continent and most likely never left.
@@kitchfacepalm Yeah I understand it, no need for that tone lol. I'm Nigerian myself and understand the immense diversity of Africa. Still, Karen is the only person I saw so far who is 100% one race. And as downundabrotha said, it is very likely that her ancestors never left Africa, unlike people in Europe and Asia whose first ancestor arrived from Africa.
That's a beautiful mixture of cultures, she was scared for nothing lol.
Wow!! You are a Bantu. You are my kind 😘. Am from Zambia and my ancestors migrated from Congo.
She is so beautiful, love her personality
She is sooooo Beautiful! Her skin is absolute perfection!
I've watched so many ancestry dna results and it is really rare to have 100% African
*edit.. thanks for all the comments... i see now its not that uncommon as initially commented.
I've also only seen a few 100% African results. Unfortunately, this is so even for those on the continent because of colonialism's rape.
Alison Francis it's actually incredibly common for Africans to be 100% Africans. You're watching videos of African Americans.
Sierra Douglas That's a small percentage, most Africans are 100% African.
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for letting me know! :)
Remember, guys. Africa is a continent. Being 100% African is more than you seem to be making it out to be. A person with English, Irish, German, Spanish, and Czech ancestry is 100% European.
She is sooooo pretty omg. Her skin is beautiful and smooth
Her eyes look so pure!!!
The y need to chill with the sad music. I was crying a river.
Al F
Exactly 😭😭
100% human !
No matter where do you come from ! ❤
good point you should never be judged by the color of your skin but rather by the context of your character
@@erectilereptile7383 I totally agree 👍
Light or dark same red blood and we all came from dirt and goes back to dirt
Colour is nothing we are all equal times has changed dark or light once educated the holds good jobs doctors
Karen is so beautifull and special person 😍😍
Wow! That was an emotional experience! I am glad she is all African. Otherwise, her whole world would look lopsided!
I think she was a little scared of having anything else .
I agree! She started to have doubts about her genetic history, after seeing all the other people's results.
I thought the same thing..
Because if there was anything else she might have to come to terms of the war and RAPE that invaders (*cough! Europe!) did upon her people. So her being 100% African helped to eliminate that fear that she or ancestors could have been a product of something she is not proud of.
(and before some ass disagrees, she mentioned that she is from Burundi and they were colonized by Belgium. And one thing i know is Belgium was one of the worst & vile colonizers to hit Africa!)
Dee Gray why come here an d be ignorant
she is beautiful!!!
Cameroon/congo is bantu sis.
Shout out to all east africans out there✊
you do get bantu people in east africa though, but they are most common in central africa
Cameroon and Congo is NOT Bantu, these are African countries within the African continent, each with 4 ethnics, main ones are BANTU which is the most common or biggest ethnicity with over 40 tribes normally farmers.
There's the NILOTICS who are mostly herbsmen, biggest cattle thieves too in whichever African country, fishermen too.
........
So NO Cameroon/Congo does NOT mean she is Bantu
@@mildredpearlkagoda551 yes it does. There reference population is bantu, if she was nitolic it would have said something else
WOW❗❗❗ Purely African.
Not many people can say they are purely anything. Including me.
Be proud. You're already beautiful.
I love watching the momonodo DNA test results. it definitely makes us realise how interconnected we all are. I can't wait to have my DNA tested. Thank you to the momonodo DNA crew. Such a super heartfelt job. bless. mwah
true!! because the Kurdish Lady with the cousin in the audience was very interesting.
DetroitScorpio 313 I agree with you, It was very interesting, I am a Kurd as well :)
I also know my mother is a Laz and we have lots of Turks in family but I really wanna know more.
She's an African Queen!! What a gorgeous lady!! (No homo btw)☺️
Fuad foad :D
ChanChan No Homo(I'm not lesbian) haha
It was a really sweet comment but then you fucked it up
stop talking.
Romi first time I seen a woman say that only us guys say that lol
I haven't seen yet her results, but I LOVE the transition around 5:29. She's so tense and emotional before, yet after learning the truth it all melts away into a beautiful bright smile :)
I am super white, but through multiple dna sites I've found that I have traces of eastern african and south-eastern african. I am so fascinated by that because I always felt like I had a plain paper bag over my head. So I love that I have at least a tiny bit of something else. Mostly because I've always loved learning about different cultures.
Leah Banks congrats !
E E East Africa was not part of Transatlantic slave trade.
@ShutterDe DON they where slaves to the arabs and north africans
@@JmeJim why should she feel ashamed? That black person would be her great great... grandmother. And she would be happy if she knew her great granddaughter. And it's not always rape.
Leah Banks well that’s because Europeans colonized African and raped Africans
She should be a model... she’s so beautiful... love her personality too... she would be an awesome BFF ...
keep uploading these!
Yes, These are one of the best videos you can find on yt :)
Such an amazing project.
I hope they do. I love them so much
When he said, “but were diluted with other things” I felt that too my core! Loved this particular video.. African Queen Reigned Supreme PERIOD
" This adds..., this doesn't take away" What a great line !!! Since my own DNA Ancestry test, my feelings exactly !
this was so emotional, i cried
wish I could afford it.
I'd definitely do this with my first salary!!!😖😖😖
Ancestry dna does one cheaper and has offers around father's day, Christmas etc
Eve K thanks.
would check on em
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It was amazing to me that she so identified with her country, its challenges and triumphs, that it hurt her to think for one moment that she was not fully who she believed herself to be. It made me cry. I was humbled by her belief in herself.
i'm so jealous of her flawless complexion! 😊
I feel so terrible for her. Europe really has killed so many cultures and lives even today.
I'm wish I knew where I came from. There is no way to find out. My ancestors were enslaved and displaced all over the Americas. Many of our languages are gone. We were persecuted for centuries and publicly executed just for trying to keep our culture alive.
***** Im similar. It's awkward because half my ancestors were terrible people and the other half were the ones who were on the other half of it :/
So so true, and as an African it hurts me so much whenever I try to think of it!!
Most of what she and her parents would have experienced wasn't from Europe, but their own Civil War and infighting.
+LivingAsLynn bullshit she's from Burundi and they were colonized by Belgium. Of all European countries that colonized Africa, Belgium was the worst. I'm from the Great Lake region and trust me those imbeciles destroyed that region until today. They divided people and made them fight each other. The Burundi situation is the same as the Rwandan genocide Where Belgians and French government financed the extremist and gave them weapons. Those civil war you are talking about were caused by fkin Europeans !
Love how genuine she is, beautiful woman inside out.
She is so beautiful, her eyes are shining, i cant even
WOW SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! aw gosh! love her facial expressions so genuine and she is gorgeous and that was also the cutest girly laugh ever! cuuutttieeee!
This series is so Amazing
more please more 👏 I'm very interested..
she's original nothing is fake on her face. She's so so beautiful
Watching her face when she saw the results, is priceless. Her ancestors echoed through her DNA......beautiful!!!!
She is so black and soooo beautiful 😍😍😍
she missed the bantu migration 😂 thats how cameroon/congo happened girl
And most of Southern Africa💀
Congo and parts of Cameroon are Bantu peoples
She did not miss, her ancestors missed.
Finally, I was shouting migration when she sed she doesn't know
Even Southeen Africa is bantu
She’s so beautiful in that yellow. I can’t get enough of these videos.. so special.
her complexion, her skin 🤩 she’s beautiful
Is she beautiful?
SHE IS GORGEOUS
She is the most beautiful person I've ever seen.
She is beautiful. ❤️ her tears broke my heart.
She reminds me of my best friend who’s from South Africa and when I met her in the US a lot of people don’t understand how genuine and sensitive she is when it comes to other people treating her. She’s so beautiful and we should welcome everyone else from all over the world no matter how different we look from one another.
100% african WORD !!!
She is stunning
all African mama … your people are strong and resilient and DNA have prove your ancestors strength, so happy for you! you were so worry but look how wonderful to be over 60% African :) Blessings
Omg I'm in tears with chills literally going from head to toe. What he said to was beautiful... ❤🖤💚💛
Loving this project very much :)
upload more please
Agreed! :)
I cried.. this so heartfelt to see Karen like this.. .All the feels in my life my culture is everything to me..
I love how her face got enlightened when she saw her results. From sadness to a beautiful bright smile.
Never expected her to have something from Cameroon, I mean from anywhere else than east Africa. Waouuu. Just waouuuu.
yes please uploading 👍👍❤
I am 100% African as well. 99.4% Somali and 0.6% Ethiopian.
Lovely
Pure Somali 🥰🥰😍😍
This touched me. What a beauty, inside and out. Made me emotional when she started to cry💔 I wish her well in life❤
i can't get enough of these videos. very human and very emotional!!!
Her reaction... I'm weak 😭
I'm Russian. But it doesn't really matter. I can't watch this video without bursting into tears...
Are you really sure you are fully rushian
Are you fully sure you are Russian
I bless the rains down in Aaaafricaaaa!
Dragon Ball Super: Not all Blacks in the world were slaves. Blacks are the original people of the planet. East Afrika, including Ethiopia, is the home of some of the oldest civilizations in the world. My DNA results (from 2 different companies) are predominately Somali/Ethiopian.
are you African American? That is interesting...
LusitanoDeGema okay white day what ever u need to to make ur self feel comfortable
To be predominantly Ethiopia/Somalia, unless one of your parents is/was a cushite, it is impossible. And cushites are only found in Eritrea/North East Sudan/Somalia/Djibouti/Kenya/North Tanzania. If you dont have a parent from those mentionned area above, it is impossible and you need to tell the dna company to give you your money back.
She's very pretty ...i just love her dark skin is soo sweet
I’m glad this popped up in my feed randomly. I never thought about how emotional this could be, I always thought of myself as 💯 African - Nigerian. Having lost my parents, I think I would be confused if I found out I had some other parts of the world in my DNA and not being able to share this with them... I feel you beautiful lady, I feel you...
She got me into tears this is so amazing! Everyone should watch and do this ❤
I don’t get how someone can be so passionate about where u from... to me it’s just very interesting to know but nothing I would cry about. I mean it changes nothing.
She comes from a history of War. Read about where she's from. The stories are heartbreaking!
Try coming frm a war torn nation ,u wouldn't sound so corky
F You’re right, you just don’t get it. I pray that you gain understanding
she is pure
She's so beautiful when she smiles ♡
This video is heartbreaking . When Karen start to cry. She don’t say why. But her eyes. Her eyes don’t lie . I just want to take this woman in my arms , big hugs , and say , from human to human : I love you. Your strong and brave .
Intelligent and very beautiful lady (Masha Allah)
Thanks for sharing
Her smile is beautiful!! Her journey was taking my breath away!!! Oh how I wish... It would have been exciting to see more results
I want to hug her she made me cry so emotional 💓💓
The way she said 'and this is my mummy' is sooo sweet
I don't understand why is it so emotional to know that we are from many countries of all the world ?
Rape, slavery issues. Emotional
Probably because you don’t relate to your identity in the way that we do.
Darkest people has the brightest hearts....
Oh yes
Africans can make any race so the other race fears us
I'm four years late, but OMG this woman is so beautiful inside and out. Her exterior shines and her amazing spirit shines through too.
There is so much love in this young lady, cannot explain that, but feel so much love inside...
Karen, I love you!
That was absolutely beautiful
She is soooo beautiful!!
Her skin is just radiant of blues and purples and pink. Wow I'm so emotional about her and I don't know why.
Her Beaty