The truth about our past (Mexican-American Ancestry DNA Test Results)
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2023
- We took an Ancestry DNA test to learn more about our heritage. We’re Mexican-American, and by that we mean we were born and raised in the USA but our parents are from Mexico. But what about before that? We’re super curious to learn more about our ancestry. Might we have indigenous blood? What about Spanish/European? 🤔 what do you guys think??
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Don't worry the one drop rule doesn't MAKE YOU US, DON'T GET SCARED. Lol!Lol!
@@JosephineYisrael 😑
I am certain I’m not the only person who noticed the change in the reactions when it came to the African dna from both of them smh but was extremely excited with all others lol 😂 wowwwwwww
I am certain l'm not the only person who noticed the change in the reactions when it came to the African dna from both of them smh but was extremely excited with all others lol smh
You are Hebrew israelites from the tribe of issachar so called Mexicans Repent destruction is here
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 15And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute Genesis 14-15
Both of y’all look indigenous/ Native American! Beautiful to see that y’all are proud of your native heritage :)
We are grateful to our ancestors and proud to carry their genes 🥰
Light skin Mexicans: “I’m Aztec🙋🏼♂️”
Dark skin Mexicans: “I’m Spaniard 🙋🏾♂️”
😂
WTF man Light skin hahaha this is a joke
I’m brown and proud native lol but I get what you mean
Jajajaja Brown no man are yellow people no Brown
I’m adopted and I knew I was half Finnish but I learned recently that I was also half Mexican, specifically a quarter indigenous, a fifth Iberian and trace amounts from Africa. I’m glad both of you were satisfied with your results, it’s very sweet that you both did this together.
wow that's a pretty cool mix you've got. It was fun to do this together 😁
Interestingly, those “African” traces may just be ancient Mediterranean dna, I’ve discussed it with a professor once because I had a paper trail and zero ancestors with African ancestry.
Half Mexican! Love it! I’m also half Latino (Honduran) and I’m 15% native 17% Spanish 5% sub Saharan African 1% North African from that side and also 2% Levant! It’s a vey interesting mix!
@@EatBailaTravel Mexicans are always Black Mexicans.. the men was forced to mix with other people... n even thought we look light complexion we are still black because our ancestors was black people. we are who our dad is no matter how many time we mix the black men kids will always be black.. the females their kids will be of the dad black white native Etc... as long as the Mexican men has kids by whoever his kids will always b Mexicans...
@@IAMJUDAH1please don’t start with the Mexican are black. There are indegenous that didn’t intermix and there are those that did but to say Mexican are black it’s a lie. If we are speaking of complexion we come in all varieties of color not just cause they are mixed with black so please stop
I'm Swedish, and my DNA result was 78,8 % Scandinavian and 13,9 % Finnish and 7,3 % Baltic.
Sounds about right to me! hehe 🙃
woah, im swedish, i did 23andme and i got 2% finnish and 98% scandinavian (highly match sweden, norway, likely match denmark)
I am Polish and my results are:
84.0% - Eastern Europe (it's just formality)
7.2% - Finnish (I don't know why...)
7.1% - Baltic (there are 1000 ways to explain it)
1.7% - Scandinavian (maybe Polish-Swedish war in the 17th century?)
@@MichalNowaczewski3345 why you have that flag if you're polish? 😂
@@AtomicMushroomz Some people put the Ukrainian flag, others put the Palestinian one
I'm from Puebla ! But ....some of the soldiers were captured after the war with France...stayed in Mexico and I traced my ancestry back Lyon France...light green eyes and dirty blond hair ....I'm so proud to be mexican !!!
interesting! Did you arrive to this conclusion by connecting the dots or is there anyone in your family who shared that fact anecdotally?
@@EatBailaTravel we took a DNA test and family in Puebla also took a DNa we Match with some people in France ..lol they were so curios like we are ..they traced their relatives in lyon and learned some went to Mexico because of the war ..they end up there some refused to go back to France eventually and stayed in Mexico brought the wives and kids .very closed tighnit communities..
Well, my story is a long one, so here it goes as short as I can make it. For 60 years, I believed I was half Mexican half Cuban. With my dad being Mexican from Michuacan, so basically Indigenous and Spanish. My mom being Cuban, with her father being from Spain and also her maternal grandfather being from Spain. Well, for Christmas 2019, my son and daughter-in-law exchange Ancestry DNA kits. When my son's results came back, he told me "Mom you are adopted." My response was,"What are you talking about?!" "No I'm not!" To which he replied, "in my result, there is no DNA from Mexico, Cuba, or Spain." My response was,"What our family lived in Spain for hundreds of years and never married any Spaniards?!" Yes, I was in total denial, nothing about what the DNA revealed was sinking in. For my birthday in 2020, my son and his family gave me an Ancestry DNA test kit. I take the test, and the results show 45% Greece and Albania, 21% England and Northwestern Europe, 17% Scotland, 6% Wales, 5% Ireland, 4% Southern Italy, and 1% Finland. No Mexico, No Cuba, No Spain. So, as far as I have figured out, I was probably born in Chicago (my mother was born there, and so are my half-siblings that I have found). I was adopted by my parents and never told. They both have passed away. My cousins (adoptive) all knew and never said a word because as far as they are concerned, I am their cousin. So I now say I'm a Culturally Hispanic American. Because you can not belong to a Mexican or Cuban family and not be proud of your Hispanic Heritage. I tell everyone if you want to take a DNA test, think of the worst thing you can think of that you would find in your results and if you can live with that take it, if not don't because it might just change your life. Mine sure has I was the only child of a Mexican/Cuban couple to being one of 8 half-siblings of European American parents. I have a lot of questions, and no one to answer them. My biological mother has passed, and I have not figured out who my biological father is or was.
If you were wanted and loved then you are what you were raised. But if you are searching then be prepared to be just as disa as when DNA only leads to questions that can never be answered it causes more heart ache.
@Denise Greene Yes, I was raised by great parents , and I have great cousins who accept me as one of their own. I have found my biological mom's side of the family, and it has gone great so far. I know that it doesn't always turn out great and that some questions will never be answered. I'm OK with all of it. I have two great families. If I find my biological father's side and they don't accept me, then it's their loss. I know I am one of the lucky ones. Not everyone is adopted by families who treat them well.
If you take the test it shows you your relatives that have taken the test. Part of finding out who your father is or is not can be pieced together by seeing who you are related to on your paternal side. You could very well be full Cuban. Maybe your Cuban side are immigrants from South/South East Europe as your DNA suggests. That doesn't make you any less hispanic per se.
Edit, I overlooked the part where you said that you know you're adopted. Very interesting what these tests can unveil.
I'm Mexican American Chicano my dad is from Jalisco Mexico and my mom is from San Luis Potosi her father was from Spain her mom was Mexican my dad was from Chapala Jalisco he was dark skin mestizo my grandma was pure native American coca Chichimeca people I took a DNA I'm 61 % native American 3 % east Asian and 28 % Spanish and 7 % Sardinian, north African Berber, melanisian or philipino Heinz 57 all my life I've been told I look indigenous by Mexican people and white people and native American people my DNA says native American from Mexico certain DNA will say Canada,new Mexico Peru Montana ,.I've meet other natives from New Mexico pueblo, tiwa zuni, tongva, Paiute Comanche in Los Angeles California
Diana you look European mix not Mexican. Anyone could have told you that.
How lovely you had loving adoptive parents.
God will honor them for their devotion.
God bless you 🙏
Im so proud of you Jenny 🤍🤍 It warms my heart to see you being so open 🤍🤍
Thank you, Vane ❤️ love you
Super interesting findings! Proud of you Jenny for sharing your story!!
thank you Jasmin ❤️🤗
Thanks for sharing. Jenny, I know that must have been difficult. You two are both so honest and candid.
Thanks, Chris. It wasn't easy but I really enjoyed being able to document my reflection and thought process. I will fondly look back on this video some day, hopefully with more answers than questions 😅
It’s amazing that we are the first generation that has the ability to view our ancestry through DNA. I find everyone’s story so interesting. I’m looking forward to your future videos on the topic. I have actually discovered relatives of mine that live in Chicago that I never knew existed.
that's really cool! Do you live in Chicago as well? and I agree, we're super lucky to have access to this kind of technology!
@@EatBailaTravel Yes. I grew up in Garfield Ridge and my partner is from Little Village but came to Chicago from Durango at 6 years old. We spend a lot of time in Durango.
I took one of these tests a few years ago and in that process I found out my dad is not my biological father. The man who was my biological father died from a massive heart attack at 41. In the process I gained two half- siblings, and I'm now closer to them than I am to my brother that I grew up with. I don't think I would publish my findings the way you have due to the sensitive nature. I don't know if my mother knows or if my dad knows or if this info would surprise them or do their 37 year marriage severe harm. I am also the only of my siblings who had remained close with my dad, so I would hate to damage that mental image of our relationship for him, and make him believe "none of his children care about him. "
I also feel very much like Jenny, that humans are messy and I don't judge my mother or anyone for the choices she made as basically a child, at 18. I know I was still fumbling around and finding my way in the world at that age. And her parents weren't very good guides to her either, I feel like she was in a way just thrown to the wolves and left to find her own way. So long story short, this is going with me to my grave.
Anyone I've told this to (coworkers, etc) have reacted very strongly and with judgements about my mother. I respect Jenny so so so much after this video for being so empathetic and non- judgmental. It's a very mature stance to take imo, and the sign of being able to really imagine yourself in someone else's shoes and empathize with their actions and not judge them harshly because we are all humans
Wow, I think it's super kind (and brave) of you to keep those findings to yourself. I'm glad you gained new close relationships with half-siblings. That's so very special. I have a half-sister from my father whom I tried to have a relationship with, but that went south.
People are funny. I don't understand what makes them feel so self-righteous to judge. I don't judge my mom for falling in love with someone else while married to an abusive husband (even though my own father turned out to be a new kind of abuser). I was knowingly given the wrong last name because of societal pressure. I suffered some confusion as a child, having grown affection for my mom's ex-husband until my mom fully cut him out of her (and my) life. All's this to say, do I wish my mom would have done things perhaps a little differently? Maybe. Do I blame her for it? No.
Thank you for your transparency guys. Especially you, Jenny.
Just keeping it real! 🫶🏻
Thank your for sharing this adventure! I have taken a few dna tests but my first one was also to help sort out who my father was and learn about my heritage I inherited from him. It has been a wonderful adventure although not always easy. I look forward to seeing more about your journey. BTW. The first test is also how I found out that my paternal grandfather was from Mexico 🇲🇽 ❤
Wow super cool! 🇲🇽❤️
Great video!!!! Very interesting!! Thanks for sharing your stories!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Jenny, my parents are also from southern Zacatecas ❤ maybe we are distant cousins 😂 My traits were also concentrated in Zac. & into AZ & TX. I inherited abt 53% indigenous DNA which inspired me to learn about my family’s past. I connected with some elderly fam. members & learned how they had direct ties to the land & even an indirect role in the Mexican revolution & the raids lead by Pancho Villa. I feel like these Revolution stories were a distant dream written in a text book until now. I have so much appreciation for our indigenous ancestors & what they went through all those centuries. This excitement for our roots has really changed the narrative of indigenous ppl from negative to positive in my family especially amongst the white Mexicans on my mom’s side of the fam LOL. We are visiting Zac. this summer with the goal to gather old records and antique photos of our family. Arriba los Chichimecas-Zacatecos, the people of the grasslands 🙌🏽
girl, we could be!! I'm building out my family tree. What's your name? Feel free to DM on Instagram if you prefer not to share it here. I'll keep an eye out for a match :) I'm glad to hear the positive impact this has had on your family's views. I'm so excited for you and your visit this summer! ❤
Did you have any Caxcan? In your DNA
My whole my family is from Southern Zacatecas.
What about los Tejanos your leaving them out of the picture here are we 🤔
Beautiful to see people reconnecting and getting back to their Native roots! Native power 🙏🙏
Thanks for sharing your story Jenny. I really appreciate your honesty. Now i want to do a DNA test.
thanks, Anna! you should! just keep in mind any potential family drama it may bring up 😅
I just love you guys! Your courage is inspiring. DNA is so interesting because us humans ARE so messy. My family is messy. I”ve made messes and I have yet to meet anyone who’s family is not at least a little messy. One of my closest friends recently discovered through DNA that her father is not her bio father and all her siblings are 1/2 siblings. She’s adjusting. It’s the shame we attach to it all that is no bueno. Watching your video and reading all the interesting comments, now I too want to take a DNA test and I never thought I would. Thank you❤❤❤
thanks for your thoughtful comment, Michelle! come back and share your results if you do end up taking a test! 😉
Very interesting video !! ☺️☺️Love y’all
Glad you enjoyed! Love you too!
My wife and I both took the Ancestry test a few years ago. Pretty much what we thought. Keep in mind that the percentages will change over time as they get more information.
that's right! I'll have to see how/if it changes
That was interesting, thanks. I have to commend you on actually having basic knowledge of history and geography. I've watched a lot of these DNA test videos, and it is astounding how ignorant some CZcamsrs are. I've seen several people of Mexican descent that were surprised they had Spanish ancestry. It's like, where did you think the language came from? So it was refreshing to listen to two people who actually knew what they were talking about. Kudos.
Thank you so much, we are happy you enjoyed the video. We know very basic history but we are intrigued by all of it. Saludos
I felt so bad for you in this video because I could see how emotional you were throughout it🥺, I wanted to reach through the screen and give you a hug.
Does the dna test you took have the part where you can see “people you’re related to” who also took the test? Maybe that could give you insight into your paternal lineage (by looking at their results).
If I were you, I would get my siblings to do the tests too, just to compare. Also, you never know, if mom was married at the time you were born there may be a chance her husband was actually your father.
Congratulations, on your ethnicities results 😊👍🏼
👍🏽👍🏽
SOOOOOOO COOL! You guys just made me buy a kit! lol I can't wait!
Awesome! I hope you have less family drama in your life and will simply enjoy the results haha
Awesome! I hope you have less family drama in your life and will simply enjoy the results haha
Your relationship compatibility is exceptional ...
Aww thank you
I did one too. It was pretty much what I expected. Once in a while, as their database grows, I get an update and something on my results slightly change.
we need to look at ours again to see if it's changed!
great video! Thanks for sharing your results and personal stories with us. Haha I chuckled out loud when Jenny called herself an Aztec princess. When I was in HS my AOL AIM username was AztekBeauty hahaha. I am dying to do one of those DNA tests. I am pretty sure that I am at least 60% indigenous.
hey, you never know! hehe 😁
Looks like my earlier comment got deleted, provably because I sited a source. Thank you Kevin and Jenny for sharing your DNA results and for making yourselves vulnerable. I took the Ancestry test a while back and it was interesting to see the results, the results have changed and evolved in the last few years as more people get tested and databases data samples become more rich. I also recently took a test with a different company 23.... and they gave me similar results, both 30% indigenous and 70% Europeans mainly Portugal and Spain. Ancestry recently introduced a feature that allows you to see your split origin maternal/paternal. My Mexican heritage shows up similar to Jenny from southern Zacatecas. I created a large family tree going back eight generations to the early 1700s using free resources from familysearch. The second company has a family tree that sort of builds on it's own to show the relationships with the DNA matches. A lot of the Spanish migration to Zacatecas was related to mining and later they settle there as farmers. If one day I bump into you guys in Queretaro I would be happy to show you my results and share some of my research experiences and challenges, who knows maybe we are distant relatives, my family name is Sanchez. Have fun in Colombia and bailen mucho.
Wow that’s super cool I’d love to compare matches and see if we share any ancestors 😃 and I still need to build out my family tree and compare my results on other platforms to see how they come up. Thanks so much for sharing about yours!
It seems those of us from Zacatecas are related. The results from Jenny match some of mine. There is a Jewish component: the Ashkenazi and Sephardic ones. The Basques kept Spain alive after Muslim conquest, they mixed with Welsh up until Henry VIII divorced his Spanish wife in 1530s. The indigenous Mexican, through the women, haplogroup A. The male haplogroups is very mixed in Zacatecas: R1b(Germanic), E(Egyptian, Greek, northafrican), R1a(Slavic), Q(indigenous America), I (Old European), J(Middle East).
The reason why your family in Zacatecas doesn't associate with indigenous groups is that most of them assimilated into the larger Hispanic/Mestizaje culture during the colonial era. It is one of the states with the lowest amount of Indigenous people (and those who identify as such are usually recent migrants from other states).
Yeah that’s heartbreaking
yes actually I was reflecting on that some more the past few days! I learned that one of my great grandparents was killed during the Cristeros crusades. Being associated (or not) with indigenous tribes was likely a matter of safety. It makes me sad to think about
@@EatBailaTravel yea ur ppl was most likely part of the chichimeca groups in that state because they was known for those groups & they were strong groups who gave Spaniard a hard fight
Funny bc the mestizos mix with people of higher indigenous descent so the culture is pretty much still native Mexican though
Thank you for sharing! I know that was not easy to talk about. Now I am curious to do one! 😅
Imagine we come out cousins? lol It's crazy cause you start to find family on there if they have also done the test.
I love this reality TV show lol. We need an episode 2, please 😆🤪. I felt so connected to this video. I can completely relate to each of you in different ways (if that makes sense). Thanks for sharing this experience with us! 😊 You two are amazing!
Hahaha there's sooo much to this story and while I got the green light from my mom to share this, I need to think carefully how to share more if I do.. but what we didn't mention is Kevin's mom's story is also pretty crazy so we're gonna need episodes 3, 4, 5 and season 2! LOL
@EatBailaTravel
LOL! That's true 😆. Whatever you guys decide to share with us will be appreciated by your supportive audience 😊.
The best way to make sense of your DNA matches is to build out your family tree. Link your results to your tree and make it public, then you will start seeing common ancestor matches and you can can see those connections with Thrulines. If your tree is unlinked or private you won't get the common ancestor feature. Public never shows living people, those individuals show up as private. Good luck to you both!
EDIT: You should try to get your mom tested, plus a full and half-sibling. You will be able to better determine how your other DNA matches link up.
slowly working on the family tree! 🤗🌲 and yes! we're going to get my mom and Kevin's parents tested next 😊
Un muy lindo paseo por vuestros origenes me habéis dado. Gracias 🤗🤗
Muchas gracias a ti 😊
Great video Jenny and Kevin🥳. I want to take a DNA test now lol.
Thanks, Karo! You should! Super fun, just also take into account any potential family drama 😅😅🤭
Thanks, Karo! You should! Super fun, just also take into account any potential family drama 😅😅🤭
This was such an interesting video! I myself am trying to learn more about my origins, I've seen some Ancestry videos on other people that have great great grandparents names and documents associated with them. Are there different packages of the service to request a deeper dive?
so cool, I think we just need to spend time building out our family tree in order to make all those connections back to specific ancestors, though there is an upgraded package you can buy that will make a lot of those connections for you. We bought the cheapest one 😬
I love how all of us are dicovering this stuff, decolonizing our minds, I also love to hear that most people are proud to be indigenous, all I can say is that we all have been told líes about our ancestors, the only way to really connect and to know where you come from is to have a deeper conection with mother earth, our indigenous language and our indigeneous community, look for your indigenous community and your mind will start to really expand into knowing and battleing with yourself. 76 % indigenous here, nahua and otomi. 12 % spain. Saludos guerreros del Anahuak, tenchikawak, fuerza guerrera!
Yes to decolonizing our minds! And it makes me only more excited to pursue more of a spiritual relationship with the world, to learn more about indigenous teachings to enrich my life.
How did you find your tribal-specific indigenous ancestry? My results didn’t specify
@@EatBailaTravel I did more like general research on Internet, there are pages where it shows the specific lineage, depending on the geographic zone, ultimately wheather you are nahua, purepecha, yaki, hopi, inu, from Alaska to Chile we all share the same philosophy from the Anahuak "a.k.a american continent", the respec and love to mother earth and sustentability. I started doing danza a year ago, got into curanderismo, and I learn some knowledge from Akaxe Gomez who is the son of Alejandro Meza Gutierrez, Akaxe actually resides in Chicago. I live in Seattle, WA. Anyway love your videos and good luck on your journey. We go to Zihua every year. :)
@@fabiante ahh super cool. Love it. That’s going to be my next step in addition to building out the family tree! Thanks so much for sharing 😊🫶🏻 saludos to Seattle
You guys, so interesting! Kevin's story is easy, Jenny, your story is complicated and this DNA info has brought up so many questions for you and I find it fascinating. I'm sorry this is difficult for you. I was adopted, I have 2 bio brothers and 1 bio sister in addition to a bio 1/2 brother. I also question who my true father is, apparently my bio mom was fast and loose at times! I did the same test and it came out the way that I expected. It would be great if you started a family tree because there are things you will find along the way that tell a bit about your ancestors, where they worked and lived at certain times. Good luck, and know, Jenny, that yours isn't as unusual a story as you may think ❣
just started working on the family tree and I already see tons of matches on my mom's side! Not so many for my dad's. But for sure, I know there are many others out there like me because life is complicated!
With my dad having Veracruz roots and my mom from Belize, I'm very curious about my background. I don't know anything beyond my grandparents. I can't wait for the Veracruz video. I wanna go there again with my dad!
Veracruz and Belize are two really fascinating regions because of their history - Veracruz being the first major port of Mesoamérica, the slave trade, and the British occupation of Belize.. I bet you’ll have a really interesting mix!
Cool! Interesting how there’s a lot of similarities. I’m also Mexican American. My results are 62 % indigenous Mexico. 13% Spain. 9%portugal. 4% basque. No one ever thinks I’m Mexican. I’m always mistaken for Asian! I also have freckles and Caucasian skin.
Woah! Very cool mix and interesting to know you're often mistaken for asian (like me!) and have caucasian features but majority indigenous. Super cool. Thanks for sharing!
My daughters and I took the 23nme test. There were no surprises. I came out 48 % Great Britain , 45% French and some German, Scandinavian.
The kicker was their paternal grandpa was from Calcutta, India but they insisted they were not mixed. You only had to look at them to know the were. The DNA showed each of my girls had 12 to 13% Bangladesh and South Asian. Which makes sense. Grandpa is 50%, daddy is 25% si stands to reason they would be at least 12%. As my DNA was solidly in the pasty while Anglo-Saxon it was coming from dear old dads side. I already had 400 yrs worth of genealogy from my dad's side and 300 from mums so we knew what my DNA would show. It's the far far back you don't see. My kids, unlike their dad and grandfather are very proud and quick to admit to being mixed.
wow fascinating! Glad to hear your kids embraced their beautiful genetic makeup 😊
This makes me want to do one!
Very interesting! I have little to no info about my family lineage.
Wow, you definitely should. The cool thing about these tests and platforms is that they can help you build out your family tree. I'm sure you would learn a lot!
My grandma equally was like 🤷🏼♂️ when I asked about our heritage lol...genealogy and dna tests make me feel like an investigator. You uncover some exciting and shocking stuff
I feel like mexican families don't really talk about ancestry! And I think it comes from a place of traumas and complicated "entanglements". Secrets to keep up appearances. Rapes. Child marriages. Colonization. Family disputes. Absent fathers. It gets complicated so people don't talk about it and then the history gets lost. Is it just me that suspects this? Your comment got me thinking lol
This is precisely the kind of video I was looking for. My dad is from Mexico and my mom is from Guatemala so I’m curious as to how my results might turn out if I ever do this
Probably a lot of Indigenous because Guatemala is a very Indigenous country.
sorry we're 3 months late in replying but I'm curious, did you end up doing the test? Would love to learn about your ancestry!
Congratulations on being superb and beautiful examples of hybrid vigor!
Aww thank you 🙏🏾
I took the Ancestry test as I was adopted and always wondered I am Irish & Indigenous. The Indigenous part was from Sonora . I am trying to find out more on that history but have stopped at the moment because I found my birth mother!
wow that's fascinating!
I’m half Irish half Puerto Rican and here are my results ⬇️
49% Ireland
12% Portugal
10% Indigenous Puerto Rico
7% Spain
6%Cameroon/Congo and Western Bantu Peoples
3% France
3% England Wales and Northwestern Europe
2% Senegal
2% Nigeria
2% Sweden and Denmark
2%Basque
1% Khoisan,Aka and Mbuti Peoples
1% Sardinia
I’m taking a 23andMe one soon. Nice results guys!
Wow, this is super cool!! Especially the Portuguese-indigenous PR-Spanish and African mix!
@@EatBailaTravel I’m so proud to have all that mix in me I actually look more Puerto Rican than Irish for sure. Funny thing is even though I’m 11% African I thought I’d be a bit more like 15%.
@@ce7133 yea that’s got to be a result of the Slave trade and mixing with the indigenous and European in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
@@EatBailaTravel Most definitely my dad is Puerto Rican and on his moms side of the family they were African slaves so it makes sense that I’d think I would have 15% African plus the African is very dominant on that side of the family anyways. When I grow out my hair it gets curly.
@@ce7133 wow it’s so cool that you can actually identify where it comes from. I hope to be able to do that with my results now that I have them it’ll just take a ton of time and research since I don’t have many answers from my family
I enjoyed watching your video! I got my results from My Heritage DNA. My results are as follows: 44% MesoAmerican/Mexican
18.5% Iberian: Spanish/Portuguese
15.5% Scottish/Irish/Welsh
Smaller amounts of Italian, Greek,
Balkan, Finnish, and North African. I knew I was mixed because both my parents have a variety of mixed ancestry. Sorry I don’t have a photo. I am very fair skinned, with dark brown hair, and light brown eyes.
Wow that's a cool mix! Where are your parents from? I'm always curious about the stories that lead to interesting mixes like these!
I could relate so much to your story! My dad’s father side of the family comes from a “noble” line from Navarra. They were ridiculous since my grandfather was the first born they had great expectations for him 😂but he met my grandma who they considered a basic woman not good enough for my grandpa. Long story short my grandma had twins (one my dad) and my grandpas family firmly believed the babies weren’t my grandpas. Funny but I grew up in that family and heard my entire life how we weren’t really related to them and my dad’s real dad was a Japanese guy.
I always felt such a strong bond to my grandpa and his grandfather (who I never met). I felt that if I was anything like anyone it would be them. So those comments about how he wasn’t my real grandfather were hurtful.
Finally I moved the US and years later I decided to do the ancestry dna. I wanted to know once and for all. Am I Japanese?! 😂
It was an emotional decision that wasn’t easy. I was about to find out whether or not those rumors were true and if so, why did I feel that connection in my heart to my grandfather?
My results came back…
He WAS my dad’s father lol 😂 I am related through dna to other family members on that paternal side 🎉🎉🎉
ahhh what a good story! lol it's nice to shut down all the noise with the evidence though, once and for all! glad you did it so that you can be at ease! thanks so much for sharing
You are a beautiful couple, and I found it interesting to listen to your family history! From your appearance, my guess was that your European ancestry would be way below 30%. But that was before I saw pictures of some of your relatives 😅
Kevin, without knowing that your parents came from Mexico, I still would've guessed your ancestry to be predominantly Native-American, probably from Mexico.
Jenny, just from your appearance I would've had a hard time to guess your ancestral roots. I'm European, visited Mexico only once, for a few days, so please forgive my ignorance.
Thank you for commenting and watching our content. Saludos
It can be disconcerting when the results come back. We found out that my father was not my brothers father which of course freaked my brother out. My mother apparently had suspected but they never pursued it even by the time dna tests were available it was many years passed and the lie had became the truth and both parents well all 3 parents...had passed away so the dna told the history. SURPRISE!
Wow! 😅 quite the surprise for sure! But yea you point out something really important, we need to be open to the possibility of finding out uncomfortable things ..
So interesting! I've been wanting to do this for YEARS. The only thing I know for sure is that I'm 25% Mexican because of my bisabuelos were both born in MX but beyond that it's all question marks 😛
ooohh that's so cool! it would be fun to know whether they were natives or part of European migration to Mexico before your family moved to the US ... it's what I'd imagine would show up for our descendants generations from now if we stayed in the US
Very nice video, glad to see the realness and the honesty in looking for your genealogy, not just some superficial commercial nonsense kinda setup. I appreciate that you presented so much interesting information especially the maps. The indigenous population of the continent most probably migrated somewhere from northeast Asia as they bravely crossed continents around maybe 11500 to 15000 years ago. That's why many of the ancestry company results will show up as Native Indigenous "American" & North East Asian or even other way around because genetic samples are so closely related from that huge migration at least on the North. It was amusing when the lady said people say she looks Asian cause that immediately came to mind. Of course I'm not overlooking future migrations from Asia. Imagine my reaction when I read in the names(genalogies?) Chatinos and Chinantecos in the Oaxaca region. Figure that one out😁👍
Change in topic but how do you get mail? Like packages and letters from US to Mexico.
we don't really get mail anymore, but if we do get anything, it goes to our parents' house and they hold on to it until the next time we see them. If it looks urgent or important, we'll facetime and open it via the video call to see what it is
That was a hard story, but good on you for confronting it head on
it is a tough story, but it's a part of me and talking about it in this video helped me process my thoughts and feelings in a way I'm not sure I would have otherwise. It forced me to put it into words.
Yo me hice un test de ADN en otra compañía y en un primer instante me pusieron mi genética muy esparcida por el mundo. Luego hicieron una drástica modificación de mis resultados, que centraba todo mi ADN en el sur de Europa (España, Italia, Francia y Grecia), lo cual no tenía mucho sentido porque parte de mi familia viene de Túnez. Por ende, voy a querer volver a hacerme otro test en el futuro en otra compañía, por ejemplo, en la vuestra.
Interesante haber conocido vuestros orígenes. ¡Saludos!
Creo que se pueden subir los resultados a otras plataformas para very como te interpretan.. no lo hemos hecho pero lo queremos hacer para ver cómo cambian los resultados, si es que cambian pero también tengo entendido que entre más gente hace tests cómo este más correcto la serán los resultados
@@EatBailaTravel ¿Te refieres comparar los resultados de una compañía con los de otra?
Yo es que me decidí hacer el test en una compañía que era relativamente más nueva que las demás y por tanto era más barata.
Thanks for sharing your personal story Jenny. I hope it was not difficult for you growing up. In terms of our DNA we are all mixed. Humans have being migrated from place to place since the beginning of time.
Thanks, Cruz Elena. Unfortunately it was difficult. Until about the age of 8 I was emotionally attached to two fathers, both my mom's ex-husband and my biological(?) father. I called one Papi and the other one Daddy. It was tough on me when my mom finally cut off contact with her ex-husband. And my biological father was abusive so I cut my relationship with him as a teenager. He died in 2021. I have so many stories.
@@EatBailaTravel Jenny the wonderful thing is that you made it through your difficult childhood. And you met a great guy to share your life with. You guys make a beautiful couple. ❤️❤️
Wish you guys in Querétaro!!!🎉🎉😂 we’ll be there in July for the minth😮
That’s a possibility!
Now I want to do the ancestry test . My parents are from Michoacan, my Dad is from the highlands and my Mom is from "tierra caliente"
Nice, have your parents taken the test as well? I want my mom to take the test now!
What’s the confidence interval on the results and how does it change as you increase it under options?
good question... I don't know what the confidence interval is, but it's my understanding that accuracy improves as more people take the test
ES INTERESANTE SABER DE DONDE PROVENIMOS.PERO LO MAS IMPORTANTE SON USTEDES MISMO. LA VIDA ES UNA OPORTUNIDAD QUE NOS OTORGA EL CREADOR. Y SABEN PARA QUE? PARA HACER EXACTAMENTE LO QUE USTEDES HACEN:DISFRUTAR SU JUVENTUD SANOS, DISFRUTAR LA MARAVILLOSA VARIEDAD QUE OFRECE AMERICA DESDE CHICAGO HASTA LA PATAGONIA.FELICIDADES.. SEGUIRE DEE CERCA SUS MUY INFORMATIVOS CAPITULOS.
👏🏽👏🏽❤️ muy bien dicho amigo! es bonito saber de donde provenimos pero al fin y al cabo nuestra salud y felicidad depende de nosotros!
San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas are 2 of my favorite places in Mexico. They are very underrated.
I would say that most Mexicans are Indigenous and Spanish.
Indigenous blood is very strong in Mexico.
Mexicans tend to have very little African blood.
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Hey, its GTO LANE, ha ha!
What a cool result!
I like that you both are anchored so much to your ancestral origins of Zacatecas and SLP
Hey Kevin, I like your Portuguese !
And while you both are so attractive, your beautiful hearts are the best part.
Hey GTO Lane! 😁 muchas gracias por tus lindas palabras, amigo. Saludos!
That is awesome, I know it’s hard for you Jenny but thanks for sharing . This makes me want to do one. Great video. Adults are adults you are a beautiful person inside and out and very close to your mom. Love ya😘
Gracias, madrina ❤️ if you do one I would love to know about your results!
Not surprised your results are fairly close to each other. My guess based on appearance was you would both be around 75% indigenous and 25% European. But considering La Karencita's result was 96% indigenous, and I think her appearance is similar to yours, I thought that maybe I was underestimating the indigenous. As for me, there is extensive documentation of ancestry almost entirely in the UK and Ireland, yet testing shows a large percentage of Scandinavian and Eastern European ancestry. I believe that this can be explained at least in part by Viking settlement in the British Islands and by Viking trade in Eastern Europe before that. And then there is the question of who was really my paternal grandfather.
if you'd met me during the middle of winter in Chicago during my pale days I think you might've guessed differently 😅 and very cool about your European ancestry! did you know your paternal grandfather?
@Eat Baila Travel Once or twice when I was little. My dad didn't get along with him. Can't say I remember much about him. I did visit his sister, my great-aunt, a few times, but we didn't really talk about him much.
Hola. Solo decirte que Covarrubias forma parte de la provincia de Burgos, en castilla y León.Un lugar precioso que visite hace pocos años. Saludos
Me gustaría mucho conocer! Algún día 🤞🏽 muchas gracias
You both are adorable. You deliver concise, clear, entertaining, and interesting videos.
You deliver them in such an innocent, passionate, and filled with such childlike curiosity.
Please don't ever let life take away what makes both of you special.
I love your intelligent innocence, and your intellectual curiosity that you share.
Wish you both much success, and happiness.
If you all are ever in San Antonio Texas, please call. I'm in the wine business, and have wonderful with all of the premier restaurants, and their owners. Would love to show you a little bit of San Antonio.
Blessings to you always, Sergio
aw, thank you, Sergio for your very kind words! We appreciate your encouragement, it means a lot! ❤️🤗 and we actually do visit San Antonio every now and then. We have family there. We'd love to meet you someday!
@@EatBailaTravel You have an open invitation.
@@sergiolavenant254 we’re not shy when it comes to invitations 😁🫶🏻
Hey there @eatbailatravel ! Jenny, your eye shape could be from the connection of Indigenous Mexicans to Asia with the movement from Asia across Alaska, Canada, the US to Mexico long ago (long before they had those names of course!). My ex is Mexican and he was asked by the owner of a Chinese Restaurant which province in China he was from. On a tour to Chichen Itza the guide said that you can find evidence of this connection in some Maya descendants who have a round birthmark at the base of their spine called a 'Chinese Birthmark' or 'Mongolian Blue Spot'. My son had this as a baby.
I forgot - I've subscribed after just a few videos, it's a fun, new look at traveling in and moving to Mexico. Tambien, he pasado un año desde que comencé aprender Español con videos de Doña Angela @ De mi Rancho a su Cocina (Eat!), con Musica Mexicana on Spotify (Baila!), y visitar a Mexico (Travel!). This is a good place for me.
16:22 jenny do you think this could be a "generational curse"? and i feel like i would do a dna test because 1. the mexican revolution pops up a lot in the family storytime 2. a lot of records that could trace back certain things in the family dont exist prior to those years 3. my maternal grandfather lost both his parents by the age of 5 but used to say that neither of his parents had family in tamaulipas before they came and settled in the town he was born.4. my maternal great grandmother spoke nahuatl(according to mom) however,she was the one who confirmed that they had fled during the revolution to the mountains and then settled back in land after it was safe.im thinking she may be from south SLP or even veracruz if not states like guerrero where nahuatl is spoken. 5. as far as my paternal side goes,i only know my grandma's family is from SLP but nothing of my paternal grandfather exists before the years of the revolution.
a generational curse I will be breaking for sure!!
I'm 52% indigenous americas. My mom grandma and grandpa are all from Zacatecas. They're from a town called porvenir del centro. It's close to Fresnillo.
nice! Do you visit often? Do you still have family there?
@@EatBailaTravel family yes but I've never visited.
I’m Mexican-American too & I originally got 1% Jewish as well. As the results updated, it eventually fell off (aww) & I suspect it was replaced by 1% Cyprus instead (which is nearby Israel.) It was cool to think I was part Jewish for a sec though! Interesting that you got the same result.
Interesting! I haven't gone back to check mine to see if it updated, thanks for reminding me I should!
Son migraciónes del levanté a España aunque mucho si tiene Ascendencia sefardí por lo general saben y son hebrea-catolica cómo Sebastián Yatra
El próximo viaje, a Bilbao y San Sebastián a descubrir esas raíces vascas! 😊
Bilbao y San Sebastián, increíbles ciudades! Hemos tenido la fortuna de conocer en el 2018.
I want to do my dna test. Which test did you do? Maybe you said but I will rewatch to see if you mentioned it. I’m . Mexican American too. Already know some of my genealogy. But would like to know what other ethnicities I may have besides Mexico and Spain. Very brave of you both to do this and share with us. Gracias. 💚🤍❤️
Thanks!
Thank you so much, Kathryn!! 🙏🏽🫶🏻❤️❤️❤️
Wow, you two are so similar ethnically. The indigenous ancestry is from different regions, but the large amounts are very close.
yea the larger amounts are very similar, which probably explains why people often ask us if we're siblings, I guess we look a lot alike 😆
@@EatBailaTravel When I first saw you, I was confused. Gradually, I understood you were married. I wonder if your children will resemble each other strongly. Thank you for responding. I'm a genealogist, so I'm very interested.
Hehe 🤭 and babies! 👶🏽 we often joke that we will make the most melanated babies in our families because our siblings (especially mine - Jenny’s) are much fairer skinned with light brown, dark blonde hair, and blue and green eyes. Kevin’s mom also has green eyes so it will be so fascinating to see what our kids will look like someday!
My dna results were not as detailed as y’all’s and I wish they were!! I did it thru the University of Michigans research program for free which is great but now I’m wondering if I should pay for Ancestry DNA for a full breakdown. 🤔
Nevertheless, I was surprised to know I am only 28% Native America(dads family has been in Texas for over 4 generations and my moms side is from Aguas Calientes). I really thought I’d be more Mexican than that! 😂 Instead, I was surprised to know I’m 55% European. I knew we had some Spanish blood because my maternal grandpa is 2nd gen removed from Spain(his grandparents originated in Spain) and my maiden name is Hinojos which is a town in Spain. We also just confirmed my Grandpas stories were true that we are from a lineage of the King of Spain. Apparently the Kings daughter was sent on business to Mexico and was disowned and cut off from the royal family after she fell in love with the Aztec prince. So your joke about being an Aztec princess made me laugh. Now, how true that whole story is might never be known but it’s a fun possibility. 😂
The real shocker was the 16% West Asian-North African part of me. I’ve been out and about with my mom and sis when we were stopped by a random guy and asked if we were Persian. We chuckled and said no. Turns out he knew better than we did back then. 🤣
All that to say that I was raised in the Mexican culture and I take great pride in it and all that comes with it….even if my Spanish is terriblé! 😊 Thanks for sharing y’all! First vid I’ve ever seen of yours and I’m now subbed. ❤
woah!! your story is really cool. I wish I knew that much about my lineage! Now I'm curious about your west asian heritage, very cool. Thanks for sharing! And we researched a few different kinds of tests and we picked Ancestry because it was one of the only ones that actually showed regions of ethnicities. Welcome to our channel, Diana! We're glad you found us 😊
I've been curious about doing one of these tests. But then I remember comedian Bill Burr's words: "Why would you send your DNA to the Internet?"
Good morning Jenny and Kevin wow cool me and Kevin might long lost primo lol. I also have one percent Jewish, Scottish. And my ancestors come from central high and Texas also. And my indigenous side is from Sonora mexico and durango. Send u both blessings from the apache indian reservation.
Hey you never know! Lol
At one point we theorized that Kevin’s family may have had Apache ancestors.. saludos! 🤗
Im Adopted i got very into my geanology not to long ago i took a DNA test to im Mainly Norwegian And England Northwestern European and a little bit of Eastern European and Russian Basque and Danish and Swedish germanic European and French Canadain indigenous North im not 100% on my tribe but i believe its Salish i also got a viking heritage i love all different cultures of people im always curious to learn about the world around me i love to study cultures countries and languages.
very cool!
As more of your family tests, your results change. We found a half brother!!!
Wow cool! Did you know he existed? If not, that’s quite the surprise
I did my ancestry dna test in 2019 my results were 46% indigenous Americas Mexico 16% basque 16% Spain 10% Portugal 2% North Africa 2% Ireland 1% Senegal 1% Mali 1% Cameroon Congo& western Bantu peoples 1% Egypt 1% indigenous Americas Bolivia and Peru 1% Jewish 1% Eastern Europe& Russia 1% england&northwestern Europe I’ve always been told by my mom and aunts that my great grandfather and great great grandfather were white and had blue eyes and light colored hair and their family were originally from Guanajuato and my grandmothers dad was also white with blonde hair and blue eyes and both of my great grandmothers were tan and had hazel eyes and my grandmothers family also came from Guanajuato then moved to Michoacán
Take all the European, Jewish and North African and you have your Spanish heritage.
Ok
wow yours has a lot of variety and mixing! very cool, thanks for sharing!
Idk how much we can rely on Ancestry's community regions. For my indigenous Mexican the only region I get is Northwest New Mexico which I do have deep roots from my grandmas maternal side there. But my Grandpas paternal side was from Zacatecas for some generations and his Maternal from Sonora/Sinaloa. This had me a bit confused since 6/8 of the 8 great-great grandparents were from Mexico. However my sister just tested and she gets a community I don't get under Indigenous Mexico, Sonora and Southern Arizona. Still neither of us have any other specific regions listed. That might be because we only have 20% indigenous. My grandpa was first gen Mexican American. Yours might be more accurate though since you have more recent ties in Mexico and higher indigenous.
it can also get confusing since tribes and families often migrated within Mexico. these tests are tricky because I feel it assumes that our ancestors were stationary whereas humans have always been nomadic
@@EatBailaTravel Yes and there was alot of migration for work etc after the Spanish came too. I have one ancestor that is labeled as indio on a record that was living in Zacatecas but it says he was originally from San Cosme, Tlaxcala
So interesting!
I’m also a “love child” and I discovered it because I did an ancestry test. 😅
lol Kevin just learned the term "love child" after I said it in this video haha ... we love child's are a special breed I think! 😄
I see both of your parents in you and both of his parents in him. I am curious because they connect your Indigenous ancestry to a place in Mexico, but is that the name of the tribe that you are associated with? What specific tribes of Mexico are your people associated with?
Ancestry DNA doesn't seem to identify the specific tribes, but there might be other brands that do. I would love to know which tribes we're associated to, but it might be a guessing game based on the regions that showed up and researching which tribes were native to those regions
First it's called a Kilt not a skirt , did mine just to confirm some story's in my family about my great grandfather being half Jewish from my fathers side and that there is Iraqis in my mother's family turns out the answer to both is yes as well as Irish , Scottish , Welsh French and German a lot of Irish and Scots but we already knew that part both my mother's grandfathers were born there and my fathers Da three older siblings were born in Wales but ne was one of the four born in Ohio and my grandmother was born in Germany, and Kevin just needs to look at his father to know what he's going to end up looking like when he's older and Jennifer just remember this your a beautiful young woman with a heart of pure gold.
oops! Sorry about that! I forgot the term in the moment. And, cool that your results confirmed info and then some. Thanks so much for your kind comment!
I took mine a couple years ago and was really surprised. I can’t say it was completely accurate, but who knows… It said that I was 100% indigenous, then that it was actually 99% and 1% Spanish. I’m from the State of Guerrero, but according to my DNA my ancestors are all from Mexico City and Arizona in the US; Aztec and like 40% Hopi. I’m often mistaken by Asian, particularly Filipino/Vietnamese and because I’m from Guerrero I thought I’d have some Asian, but that wasn’t the case. That said, my father side are mostly white and my mom side has both cuz my grandpa was indigenous. Short story long, I started doubting that my father is actually my father, but don’t really care cuz him and I don’t get along to begin with. I just hope that if there are any secrets my mom will tell me one day…
wow your case is really interesting. These things seem to update as more people do them but I feel you, I was also surprised not to have any asian but our asian-looking features come from the indigenous dna for sure. Genetic expression is fascinating though, there could be an explanation as to why you look different from your father but who knows.. do you feel comfortable asking your mom directly?
@@EatBailaTravel Haven't mentioned anything to her, but plan to do so eventually...
Your Zacatecas DNA is prob strong because it was a key location for the indigenous people who fought back against colonization for 40+ years. Since it was populated mostly by semi-nomadic peoples it's likely whichever of the parent's family might have originated from there migrated north to SLP or Coahuila, Ect. because their survival territories were so vast north of Jalisco. With them, the Spanish had to switch up their strategy (and many of the colonizers in that region had come from the Basque regions because they were also some of the most brutal).
uuff la verdad que sí es contagioso y nos encanta! ❤️🇨🇴
Have your mom do the test so that ancestry can tie the exact genetic code you inherited from her. It would show you what’s your dads. Also if your sisters or at least one takes it you’ll know if they’re half siblings or not but that’s just for personal knowledge because at the end of the day they’re just your sisters nothing else ❤
definitely will have my mom do the test! Just waiting on the next sale with Ancestry DNA because I don't want to pay full price 😆 lol and yea I'm totally with you on that, these results won't change my relationships with my siblings 😊❤️
I can see why some might think Jenny is part Asian as you remind me of Christen Kruek but I just see Indigenous people who look similar to some folks in Asia.
Just googled her, such a pretty woman thanks for the compliment! 🤭 and yea I feel like lots of indigenous Americans, particular from Mesoamérica and below, share similar features especially in the almond shaped eyes
Kia ora (Hello) I done 2 DNA tests with two different companies which , came back with a 100% Maori/Polynesian. result from one company, and 97.7 Polynesian/Maori result with the second company.
I already knew both my grandfathers, and one of my grandmother's were from the same tribe. That equates to both my parents closely relaxed. Especially the further you go back😮😮😮
Kia ora! Maori/Polynesian, cool, that's from the south Pacific correct? Are you from New Zealand?
@@EatBailaTravel Yeah. I see both of you had over 50% indigenous results, you may find ancestors that are common to both of you from tens, hundreds & maybe thousands of years ago. I hope you both give updates.
I'm surprised about the Senegal part. I've seen some salvadorans DNA test and also have the Senegal component.
Very interesting!!
Awesome kids God bless you!
You are so kind, thank you! happy new year
Maybe by now you know that all Native Americans are from Asia. They walked across Berings Strait a long time back when there was no water. My partner has similar DNA like you guys.
Amazing, I'm Guatemalan, my parents weren't married so I don't have his last name. My mom said he was of German ancestry. My DNA says zero German. My results 55% indigenous and 45% northern Europe ( Norway Sweden Denmark England Baltic Russia) I was very surprised
interesting! why do you think no German came up? I'm always curious about the stories and people's migration patterns
@@EatBailaTravel I'm assuming people in Guatemala in the 1920's weren't familiar with Norwegian danish swedish Baltic people, which I have 8% to 5% of each, so some tall blond man must be German... Sort of not distinguishing japanese Chinese because they look similar
❤ I'm next!
Let us know how it goes!
Remember prima your dad from San luis potosi also!!! Great video!!
Hey primo yea! That's why I was surprised that region didn't light up on the map for me.🤔
Yeah that was abuelos hometown when you spoke about how tio was a love child same as my dad lol our older generation of our family has kids all over the world
@@nickgarza2240 wow that’s crazy so which last name did your dad get?
@@EatBailaTravel he was originally covarubias but then my abuelas husband at the time adopted him tio George and tio Marco giving them are last name garza that’s how I ended up a garza lol
@@EatBailaTravel in our family that’s so split up which I would love to see a family tree I believe theirs numerous last names the ones I know of are covarubius garza gandera and so many many more I had a good friend of mine for years that turned out to be my cousin some way lol through abuelos side I was always told abuelo had more children that no one knows about and I don’t believe anyone else in the family has gotten a ancestry test cuz it’s so chaotic with abuelos side
I think the DNA tests are interesting..... I took one as well.
That being said.... it is my opinion (take it for what its worth) that our national or ethnic background do not actually tell us about ourselves.
I am not proud of any of my ancestors accomplishments because I took no part in them. I am not ashamed for any of my ancestors crimes, because I took no part in them.
If someone wants to know about me......and if I want to know about myself or judge myself.....then I look only at my own actions and beliefs.
I am an individual and I am either proud or ashamed of only my own actions.
no you make an absolutely great point!
I find the "1% of this" the "5% of that" more fascinating than the larger percentages, tbh. I'm Mexican American as well. And I think it's pretty obvious that the majority of my roots are from Mexico, with a sizable portion from Spain also, as it is for a lot of people from LATAM countries. So I won't be surprised by those findings.
But the smaller percentages? That reveal connections to far away lands that I/we never considered? Now that's cool! Just more confirmation we're ALL connected. No matter the color of our skin.
Look into the history of Spain. Specifically the Moors. North Africans have a big part in spanish history
@@rachel_Cochran yup!
Those 1% are meaningless to me. What are you going to do with 1% African. It's a relative so far away
@@grod805 sure. but it's cool to me. that i'm connected to someone so far away like you mentioned
I agree with you Irving, those smaller percentages are super cool! they hint at parts of our past that we wouldn't have known about
You now know you are people of the land you are on - Colombia or Chicago is home! You are the people of the Aztecs, the Incas, the Mapuche, the Arawak, the Maya, the Cree, the Inuit. It is a great thing to know where you come from. I have to say, it was very brave of Jenny to be as frank as she was and that is a massive string to her bow.
I sorta guessed it right on your facebook page. The Welsh is interesting, British miners came to Mexico in the mid 1800's - mostly Cornwall but there were some Welsh amongst them. The Jewish ancestry, I have too - a lot of Latin Americans have that ancestry as well as the African - mine came from Angola though - again, a lot of Mestizos have African ancestry.
☺️ I love that “people of the land you’re on” it sounds lovely. Thank you, Carlos! And great points on the European and African ancestry. I’m willing to bet the North African ancestry is of the moorish that occupied Spain for 7-8 centuries
@@EatBailaTravel Yes, my mum had a fair bit of that as well as Filipina whereas I didn't - like you suggested getting your parents DNA tested because my parents had DNA groups what were missing on my printout. You get a far bigger picture because we only inherit so much from each parent so that is a great idea and would make another great video.
My mum's Spanish side came from Andalucia and Extremadura so the Moors were all around there which would explain the North African DNA.
@@billyhughes805 super cool. Definitely, already talked to my mom and she wants to do it!
Native American but your name is issachar it's a tribe of isreal
My ancestry is from Tamaulipas and Nuevo León and when I took my DNA test I was only 10% indigenous, the rest was Spanish with a little bit of North African and Jewish. It’s pretty interesting! Mexico is a very diverse country.
fascinating! It really is, though I think it's more common to see higher percentages of European ancestry in northern mexico as opposed to the southern half of Mexico
What is the northern region of mexico near the texas border? I have some ancestry that tracks to 1800s but im not sure if there where african slaves there? My mothers grandfathers side has indigenous dna did any natives move to southern US in the 1800s if you all would know?
yes, Mexico did have slaves but there were also many enslaved Africans that fled the United States to Mexico because Mexico outlawed slavery before the US did. Also, keep in mind that the southern US (Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, California) used to belong to Mexico before the US bullied them into giving it to them to pay off some debt.
@EatBailaTravel good to know thanks.
Of course! 😊