25 Famous African Americans who traced their African ancestry DNA

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  • 25 Famous African Americans who traced their African ancestry DNA - In recent years, more and more people have been turning to DNA testing to learn about their ancestry and connect with their cultural heritage. This has been especially true for African Americans, who have often been disconnected from their African roots due to the legacy of slavery and the resulting lack of records.
    Through DNA testing and genealogical research, these 25 famous African Americans have been able to uncover their African ancestry and learn more about their family history. From actors and musicians to politicians and athletes, these famous African American have all made significant contributions to their respective fields and have used their platforms to bring awareness to important social and cultural issues.
    In this video, we will take a closer look at each of these 25 famous African American and their journey to discovering their African roots. We will also explore the ways in which this knowledge has impacted their lives and careers. So join us as we celebrate these inspiring individuals and the rich cultural heritage that they represent.
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  • @TheNewAfricaChannel
    @TheNewAfricaChannel  Před rokem +67

    Watch also:
    Ghana President Welcomes Rapper Meek Mill home 👉 czcams.com/video/JekuBgbVI0Q/video.html

    • @PickoWebba
      @PickoWebba Před rokem +5

      Chris Tucker's ancestry is Angolan and Cameroon

    • @joyuyoke4999
      @joyuyoke4999 Před rokem +3

      Ghana is not meek mills home .neither is meek of Ghanaian ancestry. That man looks very much Igbo. And that is not a Ghanaian tribe

    • @abaholubodun6173
      @abaholubodun6173 Před rokem

      Aaaaaàaaaaaaaàaa

    • @adiladebiyase4933
      @adiladebiyase4933 Před rokem

    • @dorisisles5294
      @dorisisles5294 Před rokem

      @@joyuyoke4999 qqař4eŕ

  • @natgirrl672
    @natgirrl672 Před rokem +578

    Please keep in mind that the average American descendant of slaves will always have multiple differing African DNA. I myself can trace my heritage to 6 different African countries,. Why is this the case? When they brought our ancestors to America. they purposely separated people from the same tribes so that they would not be able to use their native languages to plot against them.

    • @cheriphaconnell8437
      @cheriphaconnell8437 Před rokem +58

      I was saying this as well. I am from the Caribbean and this is true for us.

    • @insightful_
      @insightful_ Před rokem +37

      They are going by who have the most DNA within an ethnic group

    • @indigophoenixskies1030
      @indigophoenixskies1030 Před rokem +33

      Many from different tribes also share DNA

    • @angela10491
      @angela10491 Před rokem

      Keep in mind many black Americans are mixed with white

    • @insightful_
      @insightful_ Před rokem +13

      @@angela10491 unfortunately they left their mark on them but there's also a Great amount of Africans on the continent with their DNA too

  • @andrewkundya7324
    @andrewkundya7324 Před 11 měsíci +76

    As Africans we feel so proud to see our African relatives find their roots

    • @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND
      @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND Před 11 měsíci +6

      Stop lying

    • @andrewkundya7324
      @andrewkundya7324 Před 11 měsíci +13

      @@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND are you me?....dont be mad

    • @stephensonakpotu8356
      @stephensonakpotu8356 Před 9 měsíci +6

      ​@YOUR_WORD_IS_YOUR_BOND please speak for yourself

    • @JemimaNta
      @JemimaNta Před 8 měsíci +8

      ​@@stephensonakpotu8356nope as another African, I'm sure any other African will be proud too. Don't be hating on us, remember your ancestors are African

    • @JemimaNta
      @JemimaNta Před 8 měsíci +8

      ​@@stephensonakpotu8356as Africans we're not individualistic, that's foreign and western so the person using "we" is very correct. We love to represent all of Africa

  • @kolenten
    @kolenten Před rokem +89

    Idris Elba’s don’t even need DNA testing for his ancestry. His dad is from Sierra Leone and mother from Ghana.

    • @canicejuniorjuninho8077
      @canicejuniorjuninho8077 Před rokem +2

      he needs to do bcoz he dont know about 200 years ego

    • @Daron7181
      @Daron7181 Před rokem +15

      IKR? His parents are straight from there.

    • @Browny241422
      @Browny241422 Před rokem +3

      ​@@canicejuniorjuninho8077He knew growing up. Idris speaks krio very well (broken English).

    • @Keesha
      @Keesha Před rokem +6

      Sierra Leone was developed as a point of return for African slaves repatriated from the West. Meaning multiple tribes were sent back to SL and settled there.

    • @Magdalene-Asamoah
      @Magdalene-Asamoah Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@Keesha Wrong. That’s Liberia

  • @isaactagoe7204
    @isaactagoe7204 Před rokem +125

    This is so true. Some of us can just see African Americans and know which country they may have come from. Even in Ghana, we can tell if someone is from Nigeria, Congo, Togo, just by looking at them without DNA. Serena Williams is really Nigerian. Usher and John are really Ghanaians.

    • @feathersup2155
      @feathersup2155 Před rokem +5

      Wrong !! Them are indian ppl that came from a tribe in America in it ain't a such thing as congo,Togo them are brand new name in Ethiopia

    • @bongiwe
      @bongiwe Před rokem +15

      YES, some of us can see that also. Though it's getting harder now cause people are getting more mixed across races and tribes as well.

    • @suzanibafazi8661
      @suzanibafazi8661 Před rokem

      You reckon? You clearly know those countries citizens well so you can easily see I wouldn't really tell

    • @caramel6135
      @caramel6135 Před rokem

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      @caramel6135 Před rokem

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  • @lamore4915
    @lamore4915 Před rokem +20

    I think America should give all people classifying themselves as, Black/African -Americans, a free genetic tracing of their cultural roots if they request one. No other people were forced out of their history and family sir names in the history of this country. Our people never got the 40 acres nor the mule. It's like wandering in the dark without any light to help you see the path. I'm sure that was the intent in the first place.

    • @reginasmith6276
      @reginasmith6276 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Ive been saying that for years too not everybody got $100 to pay for this. A lot of blacks are on a budget for bills and that's it!

    • @Africanchild825
      @Africanchild825 Před 19 dny +3

      The US will NEVER do that.They don't want AA and Africans uniting as one. That would be a national security issue for the Govt.🤣🤣

  • @laurettepike384
    @laurettepike384 Před rokem +39

    As Bob Marley's song goes 'stollen from Africa'. The trauma and abuse suffered by these peoples was and is still horrific. I am South Afican by birth and am also able to speak Xhosa, which is one of our indigenous languages. It is so fantastic that you are and have been able to trace your roots.

    • @charlesbranscomb8493
      @charlesbranscomb8493 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Y'all not African so why are y'all traumatized just dramatic your from the Americas your ancestors some of them come from Africa that has nothing to do with you

    • @OOoKarmaoOO
      @OOoKarmaoOO Před 11 měsíci +3

      ​@@charlesbranscomb8493 ????

    • @carolynsteele1465
      @carolynsteele1465 Před 11 měsíci +3

      ​@@charlesbranscomb8493 What language are you using?

    • @teffuniotofu6905
      @teffuniotofu6905 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@charlesbranscomb8493 You spew rubbish to be noticed. A daft and trouble maker hiding behind a screen.

    • @billspaulding8535
      @billspaulding8535 Před 6 měsíci +1

      The overwhelming majority were sold by their tribal leaders and not stolen. Save your white guilt for your fellow leftists.

  • @EB-dm9fw
    @EB-dm9fw Před 11 měsíci

    Your voice is so calming. Thank you for your patience for not rushing us to get the whole information at once.

  • @briancasa1054
    @briancasa1054 Před rokem +192

    I feel so bad for us Africans who are scattered all over the world! Our home and our people will always be our people I wish more Africans/blacks whatever would collectively go back to their descendant and build and bring value! But being comfortable is our worst enemy!

    • @corneliusharris2955
      @corneliusharris2955 Před rokem +14

      Glad you said this. It's like my soul is scared or something. Can't figure out why i just won't go and see what to expect. You know our souls could be mad at Africa for selling us off. This separation

    • @lyingasshoes9455
      @lyingasshoes9455 Před rokem

      I wish all black people would find they real religion and stop believing what slaves owners made up

    • @joyuyoke4999
      @joyuyoke4999 Před rokem +7

      This whole post is false

    • @AfricanMaverick
      @AfricanMaverick Před rokem +4

      delusional

    • @millamills8134
      @millamills8134 Před rokem

      Who told you,you were sold off,you better go back to Africa, ghana and learn about history and stop writing rubbish

  • @astabasta63
    @astabasta63 Před rokem +62

    Something to think about: The term "slave" erases the idea of humanness from the people who were enslaved. These people, were PEOPLE: men, women children, moms, dads, sons, daughters, uncles, aunts, professionals, chiefs, Queen mothers, skilled laborers, students, etc. in their country of origin. They are now our ancestors who deserve to be revered and respected. Not simply categorized as "slaves". They were NEVER slaves. So then why do we call these human beings "slaves" due to the name the actual enslavers, kidnappers, rapists, abusers, etc. decided to label them with? I refer to MY people as African men, women and children...PEOPLE. I refuse to use the term slave...any more. I'm making an effort to change the narrative around my people who had the resilience, strength, and faith to survive atrocities and create a whole new, original culture and lifestyle that is revered and replicated world wide.

    • @LitteLoneSparrow
      @LitteLoneSparrow Před rokem

      Believe me when I say, it is the black people of America who refuse to let anybody forget they are slaves. They don’t see that they have been unchained for a very long time. For some reason they want to keep themselves in bondage. We would all be very happy to never have to hear the word slave again.
      To everybody who lives their lives in history: STOP LOOKING BACK! YOU’RE NOT GOING THAT WAY.

    • @meloniefields2104
      @meloniefields2104 Před rokem +4

      Beautifully put, I will not use the term slave anymore" as well ❤

    • @FirstLadyG
      @FirstLadyG Před rokem

      The actual truth is that Africans were the last to be used as slaves. It was first white people, Irish, Scottish, Some Europeans, then they moved on to indians. The white enslavers then moved on to the black Africans, why because Africans were seen to be much stronger and 5he white people seeing our culture and civilisation because e fearful of our resources and natural wealth. Arabs were the ones who started selling our African people to the whites and others joined. They are still selling our people expecially our women via apps now. Black African women stop going to the middle east for work. Research.
      Till today it is obvious Africans and decendents are strong as we are the most persecuted in this world. America brings our people to their nation and still persecute our people. Are they still in fear of this race? Is that why most of our men are in prison? We will rise again in Africa.

    • @Gigi-fp8pd
      @Gigi-fp8pd Před 6 měsíci

      They were slaves. Slaves were human beings. It's not that deep unless you personally equate slaves=not human.

    • @astabasta63
      @astabasta63 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@Gigi-fp8pd The reason these African people were called "slaves" was to dehumanize them so that the enslavers could justify the brutality and dehumanizing conditions they put them under. Yes, it's that deep.

  • @lilacer6841
    @lilacer6841 Před rokem +33

    Samuel L Jackson was already given citizenship of Gabon based on his DNA

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos99 Před rokem +155

    I found out I have a Congolese or Angolan ancestor, somewhere between 1690-1780. I want to find some way to embrace that heritage, because I think everyone should know and be proud of who they are! This was a great video, thank you! I've really been enjoying this channel since I discovered it.

    • @briancasa1054
      @briancasa1054 Před rokem +19

      Go there and you will feel a sensation you have never felt trust me!!

    • @jean-didiertshibende1149
      @jean-didiertshibende1149 Před rokem +17

      As a Congolese myself, I welcome you back into the Family!!!!

    • @sibajenechirwa356
      @sibajenechirwa356 Před rokem +8

      One way to know if you are Congolese, are you into fashion ?Congolese people love fashion

    • @jean-didiertshibende1149
      @jean-didiertshibende1149 Před rokem +4

      @@sibajenechirwa356 Let me say it in lingala: Nabetaka forme neti liboma ndeko na ngayi...vedire deux fois tsé

    • @ashantistoca1805
      @ashantistoca1805 Před rokem +4

      Which DNA test did you use?

  • @lordmaziofficial2438
    @lordmaziofficial2438 Před rokem +93

    Once I Find my Family in Africa I will feel Complete

    • @Beautybyqueenb
      @Beautybyqueenb Před rokem +6

      You will definitely find it once you don’t give upon it.

    • @IndigenousIndianLady65
      @IndigenousIndianLady65 Před rokem +3

      Good luck! I don't have any that came from Africa...

    • @amakaokoyeomalicha5436
      @amakaokoyeomalicha5436 Před rokem +2

      You look like men from My state Anambra IBO Nigeria

    • @TruthSerum101
      @TruthSerum101 Před rokem +4

      You're already complete.

    • @feathersup2155
      @feathersup2155 Před rokem +1

      You not going to be able to find it cus Africa is not even africa.. in the Africans you see today are Ethiopian ppl. A african is a caucasian person

  • @annewachira4317
    @annewachira4317 Před rokem +4

    The Best video ! It warms my heart! ❤️

  • @tkreg8382
    @tkreg8382 Před rokem +20

    New Sub! Interesting, insightful, and impressive video.
    Was extremely surprised that there was no mention of Lavar Burton being an actor in the acclaimed movie ROOTS based upon Alex Haley’s book. Also would still like to know what specific African tribe / nation is Tina Turner ancestors from? Great job! Keep up the good work. 🎉

    • @Daron7181
      @Daron7181 Před rokem

      IKR? He played a younger version of the Mandinka warrior Kunta Kinte in Roots miniseries.

    • @elizabethjackson7262
      @elizabethjackson7262 Před 11 měsíci

      Tina Turner people on her fad side were from an Indian tribe from the new Madrid area. Tina Turner is the great aunt to my son-in-law

  • @Afrocentric85
    @Afrocentric85 Před 4 měsíci +9

    I’m 28% Nigerian and 24% Cameroonian. I’m so proud of my African roots. Thank you, god for it.

    • @user-jv5ph4ro1k
      @user-jv5ph4ro1k Před 4 měsíci +3

      At that time, there was no boundary between Nigeria and Cameroon.

    • @NeXio-fp8vm
      @NeXio-fp8vm Před 3 měsíci +3

      I’m 44% Nigerian. 91% African. I have a lot of discovering to do.

    • @arthurm.358
      @arthurm.358 Před 2 měsíci

      Only 52%...so you're biracial?? 🤔

  • @scipioafricanus9841
    @scipioafricanus9841 Před rokem +43

    Serena Williams being from the Igbo does not surprise me!

    • @frankiewilliams4063
      @frankiewilliams4063 Před rokem +12

      I could see it too
      That why she’s so tall and strong with her sister included. Nigerians are one of the strongest & tallest ppl in west Africa. West Africa has the best fit males. That’s why the Europeans choose Africans from that area….. I’m from Sierra Leone, so I know.

    • @goldman2188
      @goldman2188 Před rokem +7

      How about Sénégal and Gambia are far more taller and stronger in West Africa compared to Nigeria

    • @ayoa228
      @ayoa228 Před rokem +5

      @@goldman2188 Senegal are taller but strength wise Ghanaians and Nigerians with some western African country on that side.

    • @joyuyoke4999
      @joyuyoke4999 Před rokem +1

      @@ayoa228 not Ghana tho

    • @AfricanMaverick
      @AfricanMaverick Před rokem

      its surprise. thought she was native am. and northern euro mix

  • @isaidwithcheese8926
    @isaidwithcheese8926 Před rokem +21

    I was surprised Shannon Sharpe is 90% Nigerian, that means that his ancestors barely mixed with other African groups

  • @Adee01
    @Adee01 Před rokem +19

    Those who complain about how real the DNA test is should take one and then speak on it.

  • @lsalmon907
    @lsalmon907 Před rokem +1

    Thanks! Informative!

  • @MsArtelia
    @MsArtelia Před rokem +1

    Thank You for doing this

  • @lasvegasconventionscentral9541

    25 Famous College Students and amazing education. Very important knowledge that. As most are from a generation that was not easy to get there. Congratulations all of you. Thank you for being my heroes and Mentors for my intire life.

  • @africaisawesome4707
    @africaisawesome4707 Před rokem +20

    This is a great and very well done video… I traced my roots to the Tikar people of Cameroon and Bubi people on Bioko Island Equatorial Guinea!!! Sooo proud to officially be a Son of Alkebulan!!!

    • @afrocentricmarketplace
      @afrocentricmarketplace Před rokem +1

      Video may have been good but name pronunciation is not good

    • @shalimaar444
      @shalimaar444 Před rokem

      Usher never took a DNA test. Beyonce nop!! no test so far. nether Serena Williams . Taraji H. Henson 100% root Cameroon not Congo. Halle Berry never ever took any African American test. Whoopi Golberg DNA result is 100% in Guinne Bissau not Ghana. Tyler Perry no DNA test yet. Quincy Jones traced his root in Cameroon not Ghana. Dave Chappelle no DNA test. Angela Basset root in Cameron not Gnana. Chris Turker Angola/Cameroon not Ghana. sorry !! Morgan Freeman rooted 100% in Niger fool! Oprah Winfrey root Bamileke (Cameroon Gambia Liberia. the schooling is free of charge!! nice try any way.

    • @ngalahansel6066
      @ngalahansel6066 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Hugs from a fellow Cameroonian here

    • @jurmynicohen202
      @jurmynicohen202 Před 5 měsíci

      @@afrocentricmarketplaceokra winfrey😊

  • @camaradepatrick8389
    @camaradepatrick8389 Před rokem +18

    Serena Williams didn't have to do a test😂.
    I hope and pray some day every black American can know their roots!

    • @lewisky2002
      @lewisky2002 Před rokem +1

      She always come home she’s a bini girl n Edo state her senior sister yetunde RIP is a Yoruba name all the family , that analysts is false !

  • @deniseboothgodchickunivers1385

    This is a blessing to know ❤❤🙌🏾

  • @tangabiang5282
    @tangabiang5282 Před rokem +11

    I am African from Cameroon. How interesting this video is.

  • @twizaniza4298
    @twizaniza4298 Před rokem +10

    Wonderful. That is the way to heal the broken lives of African American s who have gone through so much pain! Lovely.

  • @janicepatterson4354
    @janicepatterson4354 Před rokem +1

    Love all of these Famous People, thank you.

  • @roxannadeshong3833
    @roxannadeshong3833 Před rokem +44

    This is a good thing being able to identify your African background! I have been wanting to do this myself. Being able to trace my background in my opinion is very important.

    • @mikejones-wn1sw
      @mikejones-wn1sw Před rokem +1

      So glad my people know they are not african this is nonsense.
      Most Native Americans, if living in Britain today, would be
      regarded as being "black," especially if their ancestry were not known.
      "Negro" was also used in a general way in the North American
      colonies. Some examples illustrate the use of "negro" and "black" as
      applied to people of American ancestry.
      In 1619 some twenty "negroes" were brought to Virginia. At least
      eleven have names of Spanish or probably Spanish character. Later
      they were joined by "negroes" and "mulattoes" with names such as
      Antonio (several) and John Pedro.
      In 1670 the population of the Virginia colony was said to be 40,000
      including 2,000 "black slaves." Evidence indicates that there could
      not have been that many Africans there and also that there were a
      great many American slaves or servants. Thus the total of "blacks"
      must have included a good many Americans.
      In 1698 three fugitive "negroes" were reported in North Carolina, of
      whom one was an American. 12 Similarly, a list of"N egroes" imported
      into Virginia, 1 710-1718, by sea includes at least sixty-nine "Indians,"
      mostly from the Carolinas. Likewise, lists of "N egroes" brought into
      New York from 1 715 to 1736 include many slaves of probable (or
      stated) American ancestry from Campeche, Jamaica, Honduras, the
      Carolinas, and Virginia.
      Young was anxious to prove that the so-called "Black" Caribs were
      not true aborigines but were in fact "N egro colonists, Free Negroes, or
      Negro usurpers." This was important to him because he wanted to
      show they had no bonafide land-rights or aboriginal title.

    • @AfricanMaverick
      @AfricanMaverick Před rokem

      not good at all
      your background will lead you to the americas

    • @cyelgreen4655
      @cyelgreen4655 Před rokem +6

      @@mikejones-wn1sw I am happy to trace my lineage to the Continent of Africa. 97% from West and Central, 1% Irish, 1% Native American

    • @lindawilliams6841
      @lindawilliams6841 Před rokem +5

      It's something I dream about. I know I'm mostly Nigerian. Don't mean to bring the mood down but it should be a free service to all African American ppl It's the least they must do

    • @feathersup2155
      @feathersup2155 Před rokem

      That can't trace nothing from a DNA test cus dna tests are only for entertainment purposes. Beyonce them are from America ! Thet came from a Indian tribe in America fam ... in a Afrikan person is a caucasian person you ppl been brainwashed

  • @eikoqdupree101
    @eikoqdupree101 Před 11 měsíci +8

    I really enjoyed this.its interesting and entertaining. I just wish you would had shared a more complete analysis of all their genetic history. Not just the Africa connection. We are a deeply diverse people. Tell us more?❣

  • @georgemayo7383
    @georgemayo7383 Před rokem +5

    Very good to discover your roots, nice.

  • @aemeromedia
    @aemeromedia Před rokem +1

    nice insight!
    💪

  • @jeanjacquesmissouwa4570
    @jeanjacquesmissouwa4570 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thank you very much for this opportunity to learn more about our brothers and sisters whose native roots come from African peaples for a so long time yet.

  • @amadousjallow1393
    @amadousjallow1393 Před rokem +8

    This African proverb says it all "If you don't know where you're heading to, go back to where you're coming from"

  • @wahalawahala5258
    @wahalawahala5258 Před rokem +70

    I'm so happy as a Sierra Leonean that I can identify those tracing their roots to Africa that I knew it almost ten years ago just by looking at them, especially Denzel for he looks just as my Mende childhood friend and not only that his mannerism as well was a given my God DNA don't lie it just Amazing

    • @crestorize1631
      @crestorize1631 Před rokem +1

      Denzil … lol … oh please 🙄

    • @wahalawahala5258
      @wahalawahala5258 Před rokem

      @@crestorize1631 what special about him?

    • @crestorize1631
      @crestorize1631 Před rokem +1

      @Wahala Wahala … it’s not a case of whose special but what is truth or fact.

  • @cosandraodame7623
    @cosandraodame7623 Před rokem +59

    I think this is amazing I trace my ancestry I have about 28% of Nigerian.

  • @nxopinxopi7540
    @nxopinxopi7540 Před rokem +58

    Proudly African - well done brothers and sisters

    • @caramel6135
      @caramel6135 Před rokem +1

      Amen❕WATCH PASTORS PERSPECTIVE FEBRUARY 23, 2021 ❕YOU WILL SMILE😅❤

    • @caramel6135
      @caramel6135 Před rokem

      ALSO❗WATCH PASTORS PERSPECTIVE JANUARY 31, 2023❕YOU WILL SMILE AGAIN😅❤💖

    • @tuffgong9697
      @tuffgong9697 Před rokem

      @@caramel6135@STF 😡

    • @Snowfox23
      @Snowfox23 Před rokem

      Subsaharian African

    • @user-mr2zq1tt1s
      @user-mr2zq1tt1s Před rokem

      I'm African I'm proud to Ben African I welcome our brother and sister🎉 back home here in African i think you guys make right move back to you root nice have you ❤

  • @Vi-gj3me
    @Vi-gj3me Před 11 měsíci +5

    Well done!
    Regarding the Akan people: It is not possible to specify a country unless a specific ethnic name is given, such as Baoulé or Ashanti. Some ethnic groups within this people are spread across two or even three countries in present-day Africa.
    The Akan people are also present in Côte d'Ivoire, where they represent 42% of the population. There are also Akans in Burkina Faso and Togo. Ghana is the center of the empire, the percentage of Akan in the Ghanaian population is approximately of 47%.

  • @melanieblue2
    @melanieblue2 Před rokem +20

    Im African American. Ive done three DNA test before doing African Ancestrory test (had to save up for that one :) But for the bigger test says I'm 18.2% Yorùbá. 16.6% Akan people. Esan 10.3%. Mende 5.1. Mandinka 4.8%. Kassena
     3.9 %. Igbo 3.1 %. Cameroon Bantu 2.1 %.Benin 2 %. (and some other stuff not related to finding out where my family came from.) So by looking at this, would my main tribe be considered Yorùbá & Akan people? Im still waiting for my African Ancestors DNA that pinpoints my maternal tribe, but Im so excited to get all the info?

    • @giftyasante6711
      @giftyasante6711 Před rokem +8

      Yes. Yuroba of Nigeria and Akan of Ghana. We all family 😊❤

    • @margaretali825
      @margaretali825 Před rokem +3

      Yes, Yoruba, Esan, and Igbo = Nigerian, then you have Akan from Ghana, both in West Africa!! and .... 👼🏽👌🏽❤🎉🎉

    • @MariaNI-yf1bz
      @MariaNI-yf1bz Před 11 měsíci +2

      Thats so cool!! Congratz

    • @ngalahansel6066
      @ngalahansel6066 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Yeah you should visit Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria as you most likely cake from one of those places

  • @NellJ04
    @NellJ04 Před 9 měsíci +3

    My ancestry I came back 40% Nigerian 19% Ivory Coast & Ghana 18% Cameroon and 6% Senegal

  • @abbysotomi2457
    @abbysotomi2457 Před rokem +46

    😮, Serena, an Igbo chick? I am shocked but not surprised. I hope she visits and finds her people, she will realize what a great industrious, imaginative, gifted, resilient, and blessed people she comes from. I can say that as a proud Yoruba woman.

    • @aturindehellen5690
      @aturindehellen5690 Před rokem +1

      But Serena on e said they hailed from Namibia 🇳🇦

    • @joyisaac223
      @joyisaac223 Před rokem +3

      Serena and her Sister has been to Nigeria on more than one occasion.I heard she has a plan to invest in Nigeria.

    • @kaza-shim
      @kaza-shim Před rokem +1

      @@aturindehellen5690 Rest

    • @okechukwulivinus3772
      @okechukwulivinus3772 Před rokem +1

      @@aturindehellen5690 that can't be possible it's on record no slaves where taken from Namibia so it's not positive

    • @Coco-kw3iv
      @Coco-kw3iv Před rokem

      @@okechukwulivinus3772 Serena is a Yuroba woman

  • @rioxdex4381
    @rioxdex4381 Před rokem +54

    Mostly Sierra Leone and Ghana. Nice. 🇸🇱Idris Elba 🇸🇱 Tyler Perry 🇸🇱 Michael Jordan 🇸🇱 Will Smith 🇸🇱 Denzel Washington 🇸🇱 And although not mentioned in this video, I know of Isaiah Washington 🇸🇱 and (RIP) Chadwick Boseman 🇸🇱 as well ❤️❤️❤️ We dae ya kain! Blessings to Sierra Leone, all Sierra Leoneans, and Africa!!! ❤

    • @joyuyoke4999
      @joyuyoke4999 Před rokem

      False denzel and late chad Nigerian ancestry

    • @rioxdex4381
      @rioxdex4381 Před rokem +6

      @@joyuyoke4999 glad you deleted YOUR false statement AFTER doing the necessary research. I said what I said 🇸🇱

    • @jaxjace8356
      @jaxjace8356 Před rokem +2

      Kain kain ❤️🇸🇱

    • @joyuyoke4999
      @joyuyoke4999 Před rokem +3

      @@jaxjace8356 this is fake very untrue

    • @joyuyoke4999
      @joyuyoke4999 Před rokem +2

      @@rioxdex4381 check well I did not delete anything. Denzel and chad are of Nigerian ancestry. Chad even confirmed it before his passing

  • @jeanjacquesmissouwa4570
    @jeanjacquesmissouwa4570 Před rokem +8

    Thank you very much for those informations on our American brothers and sisters who traced their African ancestry DNA, and glory to All Mighty GOD!

  • @958298bordeaux
    @958298bordeaux Před rokem +1

    This is fascinating.

  • @venusmusic1
    @venusmusic1 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much

  • @PRINCESOfCRISTALCHLDWELCOMEToM

    Much love to everyone am greatful to go back home GHANA mother land home sweet home wellcome brothers and sisters we love you 🇬🇭🇫🇷🌻🙏🏾💖

  • @edeluzai6735
    @edeluzai6735 Před rokem +7

    I really enjoyed this and this is true by the looks, we Africans can tell where some of our sisters and brothers are from.
    God bless 🙏 you all

  • @johnhill9445
    @johnhill9445 Před rokem +26

    One Love Motherland 🌍 ETHIOPIA

  • @treasurehunter183hunter8

    I gave you a thumbs up and I subscribe even though you chop up some of the celebrities names really bad

  • @lovemzah
    @lovemzah Před rokem +6

    Well done. This is one of the greatest gifts ever. For one to know where they belong is all we ever long for.

  • @estaesta2476
    @estaesta2476 Před rokem +23

    Am proud of all the sierra Leone people 💪👏🎆

  • @rosierose2129
    @rosierose2129 Před rokem +7

    As a Ghanaian and a fante as well,I really like John legend 💖💖

  • @queenblowe2440
    @queenblowe2440 Před rokem

    Thanks Elder/Sisters/Shalom

  • @adelaideduah6608
    @adelaideduah6608 Před rokem +44

    I’m a Ghanaian 🇬🇭 I’m so excited to know Beyoncé is from Ghana, come back home queen B ❤

    • @quinkings
      @quinkings Před rokem

      Yes Ghanians love foreigners but hate their fellow Africans living in Ghana hypocrites

    • @akakaskie
      @akakaskie Před rokem +6

      Most black American came from Angola and Congo region not Ghana.

    • @feathersup2155
      @feathersup2155 Před rokem +5

      She ain't from no damn ghana. She from america 😂 she came from a indian tribe In america in ghana is not even Ghana.the ghana you see today is Ethiopia.a african person is a caucasian person. Anybody that a african of today is a Ethiopian person ...

    • @bernicedede4633
      @bernicedede4633 Před rokem

      @@feathersup2155 hey you are just making noise,I see your stupid comment everywhere who even know Ethiopia

    • @feathersup2155
      @feathersup2155 Před rokem +2

      @@bernicedede4633 nah my comment is accurate. Tf you talking about ...

  • @mhizummy2091
    @mhizummy2091 Před rokem +19

    Chris tuck being did not surprise me because we love comedy too much 😂

    • @drewbranch7700
      @drewbranch7700 Před rokem +1

      I need to hang with my Angolan brothers and sisters then 👊🏽

    • @unchartedbrass230
      @unchartedbrass230 Před rokem

      ​@@drewbranch7700 ...and it shows it, and 🇦🇴 certainly are 😊

  • @laurasmith6266
    @laurasmith6266 Před rokem +1

    I love it how al the beautiful women are from RDC, making me so soo proud. RDC eloko ya makasi 🇨🇩

  • @mabenyapridy7851
    @mabenyapridy7851 Před rokem +29

    I am so proud of all those African Americans who decided to trace their roots . It is good to know where we actually come from to determine who we really are. When queen Elizabeth died, I was so surprise to see that even the whites have their culture. To all the blacks searching for their roots, may the Almighty God help Unite you with your ancestors .

    • @Aight7
      @Aight7 Před rokem

      ... Why wouldn't white people have our own history...

    • @OOoKarmaoOO
      @OOoKarmaoOO Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@Aight7 the ones in America seem to have forgotten theirs like if they have very ancient swedish or British ancestry per example we don't see it

  • @isiomaamma9869
    @isiomaamma9869 Před rokem +50

    In another documentary one of Chris Tucker ancestry is in Angola which he also documented and Quincy Jones has one of his ancestors in Cameroon as well

    • @danielasamoah250
      @danielasamoah250 Před rokem +3

      The higher percentage of DNA is where you are from..

    • @Justafox305
      @Justafox305 Před rokem +7

      A lot of Angola, Congo, Cameroon we’re sent to Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina & mixed (married each other ) so many African Americans whose ancestors come from
      There have that ancestry

    • @burlenmorris3701
      @burlenmorris3701 Před rokem +4

      Thank you I don't know where he got his facts Chris Tucker even went to Cameroon to the village his ancestors is from.

    • @Daron7181
      @Daron7181 Před rokem +2

      Yeah I saw that too. He went to Angola with Henry Louis Gates back to his very village. His ancestors were at war with the Portuguese and the tribes allied with them. His ancestors were among those prisoners of war that were taken, enslaved, and sent to America.

    • @beth1321
      @beth1321 Před rokem +1

      Chris went to Angola to find his roots and I specifically remember Cameroon for Quincy Jones and the fact that he came from a tribe in Cameroon known for music. This was on Finding Your Roots which I’ll believe more than this person.

  • @jewellsmith9499
    @jewellsmith9499 Před rokem +11

    Whoever did this must be from Ghana!!! I’m a melting but however I’m mostly Nigerian 🇳🇬 which I knew before test.. DNA has memory. 🧬

    • @bernicedede4633
      @bernicedede4633 Před rokem

      Explain your cos I don’t understand what does Ghana got to do with this,it’s Ghanaians who did the DNA for them or we false their dna Eiii God when will you guys leave Ghana alone witches

    • @japanvlog9233
      @japanvlog9233 Před rokem +1

      Hahaha🤣🤣🤣😟

    • @jaysonsarpong2859
      @jaysonsarpong2859 Před rokem

      And ofc u are a 419 that will always talk shit about ghana everytime💀💀

  • @ErnestBadu
    @ErnestBadu Před rokem +3

    Good job thank you brother

  • @Masechaba08
    @Masechaba08 Před rokem +7

    I am not surprised that Chris Tucker ancestry are from Nigeria, he has the Nigerian resemblance

  • @lottewied1937
    @lottewied1937 Před rokem +6

    All such wonderful people who achieved tremendous heights.

  • @cmbambafu7625
    @cmbambafu7625 Před rokem +10

    When I first seen Samuel L Jackson. I seen someone who looked and acted very similar like my father from Congo which is a neighbor with Gabon.

    • @mrleung1
      @mrleung1 Před 18 dny +1

      And cameroon too same place

  • @carlettagoodrich-mann1377

    Bring your platform ALIVE. Acknowledge your passion and your gift will make room for YOU the space is universally enlist.

  • @julianmclittle7901
    @julianmclittle7901 Před rokem +9

    I would like to visit Nigeria some day. That would be cool. Maybe I can finish my education and finish my Master's Degree in Culinary Arts.

  • @En-yah_Luv
    @En-yah_Luv Před 7 měsíci +2

    My heart goes out to Mr. Levar Burton for having been rejected by Nijeria. He is a very sweet man who genuinely cares about all people. It's one thing to be rejected by the ppl of USA due to deeply rooted forms of racism. It hits even harder when the rejection comes from the very place you derive from and long to call home.

  • @sallymcbeth2569
    @sallymcbeth2569 Před rokem +1

    I did my DNA search and was very much surprised

  • @ptrco5
    @ptrco5 Před rokem +21

    Levar Burton is a brilliant brother and very positive. He has so much to impart into Nigeria and it’s an absolute shame he wasn’t granted citizenship. I hope that decision has changed with time.

  • @YounKonDe
    @YounKonDe Před rokem +42

    We have always been and we continue to be. (Africa 🌍)

    • @thetruthhurts8618
      @thetruthhurts8618 Před rokem

      You must not be a Black American saying that! You sound like a TETHER!!

    • @YounKonDe
      @YounKonDe Před rokem +3

      @@thetruthhurts8618 Yes you right, I'm not a black American but a real African from West Africa. I understand where your comment is coming from and I promise you, I am not going down that path with you. One Love and stay bless 🙌

    • @thetruthhurts8618
      @thetruthhurts8618 Před rokem

      @@YounKonDe I knew you was a TETHER 🤣🤣. You are doing the right thing by not going down that path with me! I can get soooo disrespectful to you alien outsiders! And you saying that you are a real african isn't saying much 🤣🤣Just to let your real african dusty ass know that we are not African and we are dropping that B.S name that was forced on us in 1988! We are BLACK AMERICANS! Africa holds no weight! Send me a message back so I can really talk bad about you and your sht hole continent /country you ugly dirty,stinking TETHER!🤣🤣🤣 I WANT THE SMOKE

    • @mikejones-wn1sw
      @mikejones-wn1sw Před rokem +1

      So glad my people know they are not african this is nonsense.
      Most Native Americans, if living in Britain today, would be
      regarded as being "black," especially if their ancestry were not known.
      "Negro" was also used in a general way in the North American
      colonies. Some examples illustrate the use of "negro" and "black" as
      applied to people of American ancestry.
      In 1619 some twenty "negroes" were brought to Virginia. At least
      eleven have names of Spanish or probably Spanish character. Later
      they were joined by "negroes" and "mulattoes" with names such as
      Antonio (several) and John Pedro.
      In 1670 the population of the Virginia colony was said to be 40,000
      including 2,000 "black slaves." Evidence indicates that there could
      not have been that many Africans there and also that there were a
      great many American slaves or servants. Thus the total of "blacks"
      must have included a good many Americans.
      In 1698 three fugitive "negroes" were reported in North Carolina, of
      whom one was an American. 12 Similarly, a list of"N egroes" imported
      into Virginia, 1 710-1718, by sea includes at least sixty-nine "Indians,"
      mostly from the Carolinas. Likewise, lists of "N egroes" brought into
      New York from 1 715 to 1736 include many slaves of probable (or
      stated) American ancestry from Campeche, Jamaica, Honduras, the
      Carolinas, and Virginia.
      Young was anxious to prove that the so-called "Black" Caribs were
      not true aborigines but were in fact "N egro colonists, Free Negroes, or
      Negro usurpers." This was important to him because he wanted to
      show they had no bonafide land-rights or aboriginal title.

    • @NathaliLima1
      @NathaliLima1 Před 18 dny +1

      @@mikejones-wn1swthe dumbest thing ever

  • @jacquelinenash9086
    @jacquelinenash9086 Před rokem +3

    I will be coming Home This Year looking forward to seeing my family and my Brothers and Sisters

    • @aishabaidydiop
      @aishabaidydiop Před rokem +1

      You are welcome at your home my sister. Am your sister from Sénégal in West Africa. 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳 Mother Africa is proud of you..

  • @emekaonyekwelu8254
    @emekaonyekwelu8254 Před rokem

    Awesome 👏

  • @matondo03
    @matondo03 Před rokem +12

    Chris Tucker has Angolan Passport

  • @alexandraanderson3988
    @alexandraanderson3988 Před rokem +7

    The good think about it is that we/ us blacks are all Africans. Were just born in different parts and regions in the United States, but we still all have some African ansestry in us tbh.

  • @ebenezermandjamba7625
    @ebenezermandjamba7625 Před rokem +3

    you are wrong for 'Quincy jones" he is from Cameroon not Ghana. I saw Bamileke/Tikar (Cameroon) Traditionnal Costums in him

  • @davidwashington9928
    @davidwashington9928 Před rokem +1

    Very inspiring and motivation 🙏

  • @lisa07ization
    @lisa07ization Před 11 měsíci +1

    Keeping it locked!🇺🇸🤩🧯🚴🏻🛟🙏☮️🇰🇪

  • @burlenmorris3701
    @burlenmorris3701 Před rokem +5

    I am a Liberian born and raised from west Africa Liberia, and to my knowledge Oprah have never been to Liberia before, if it had happened I would have know, because Liberia is a very small country, I presently live in the US, but I talk to family members every week if not every day, if Oprah had gone home and visited the county she is from it would have been news all over the continent of africa.

  • @willboun8171
    @willboun8171 Před rokem +8

    Who made this video? Chris Tucker has Angolan ancestry and Quincy Jones is has Tikar (Cameroon) ancestry. Beyonce never said anything about her african lineage so stop lying.

  • @LABeautifulDesigns
    @LABeautifulDesigns Před rokem +2

    Anyone else notice that random pic of Mekhi Phifer shuffled in with Chris Tucker?

  • @nucreature2948
    @nucreature2948 Před rokem +4

    Denzel also has won two Academy Awards.

  • @epeedooh12
    @epeedooh12 Před rokem +8

    Please check for Quincy roots are known to be in Cameroon

  • @helensaucke7231
    @helensaucke7231 Před rokem +7

    I did my ancestry makeup and I had many different African Countries where my ancestry lived like Bantu, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon and more!

    • @Only1Kizz
      @Only1Kizz Před 5 měsíci

      The country that had the highest percentage is what you can claim

  • @isaacquaidoo3099
    @isaacquaidoo3099 Před rokem +4

    Elba mother from Ghana 🇬🇭 and father Sierra Leon

  • @ndubuezepromise2693
    @ndubuezepromise2693 Před rokem +3

    A shout out to you African Americans from IGBO ETHNICITY NIGERIA ❤❤

  • @eleanorsimmons4928
    @eleanorsimmons4928 Před 11 měsíci +5

    It would be good if they'd shown a full DNA breakdown of ethnicity. I found out yesterday that I'm.....Irish, Scottish, and Welsh
    34.9%
    Ireland (Donegal), Northern Ireland and Scotland (Glasgow)
    Iberian
    9.7%
    Baltic
    3.9%
    AFRICA
    Nigerian
    29.1%
    Sierra Leonean
    9.8%
    Kenyan
    7.8%
    North African
    4.8%

  • @zeubinkwame3956
    @zeubinkwame3956 Před rokem +19

    The Akan tribe is not found only in Ghana but in Ivory Coast and Togo

    • @ladylynn3168
      @ladylynn3168 Před rokem +3

      True because Ivorians are akans mainly bono,Fanti and asanti and nzema❤

    • @Beautybyqueenb
      @Beautybyqueenb Před rokem +1

      God blesses you my dear akan people originally from Aneho/Togo but in this case I realize that majority of black Africans-Americans celebrities were from Ghana 😅anyway am glad they finding their root of ancestry ✌🏿

    • @papajay6385
      @papajay6385 Před rokem +3

      Akan is Ghana and those that moved from Ghana to the neighboring countries are considered Akan too… do not mislead the masses

    • @amandankansah9807
      @amandankansah9807 Před rokem +2

      @@Beautybyqueenb that’s not true Akan people are originally from the Ivory Coast and Ghana. The bonos, the Fantis, the Ashantis and the Nzemas all tribes located in Ghana and Ivory Coast

    • @mustaffda
      @mustaffda Před rokem

      Akan people are originally frome ghana u guys most learn

  • @gloriafoglefogle6233
    @gloriafoglefogle6233 Před rokem +1

    Thank YOU for letting the life go on about US 💯💥❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🌅😗 I love 😘

  • @elizabethjackson7262
    @elizabethjackson7262 Před rokem +1

    Once you are fully aware or awake again, you will realize this power you have united. ..

  • @lisasimpson8985
    @lisasimpson8985 Před rokem +3

    21:29 is a picture of Mekhi Phifer😂😂😂❤

  • @alhassan581
    @alhassan581 Před rokem +11

    This a great educative documentary

  • @michealyeboah3036
    @michealyeboah3036 Před rokem +2

    Thanks brother

  • @heather-vs9qe
    @heather-vs9qe Před rokem +2

    This is lovely 🤩🌹

  • @KCK75
    @KCK75 Před rokem +4

    Yep Taraji does have features of Congolese

  • @zahayracoffie7550
    @zahayracoffie7550 Před rokem +6

    I did mine too , remember Ethiopia was much bagger before Colonisation

    • @xenabella7689
      @xenabella7689 Před rokem +2

      Ethiopia and Liberia never been colonized

  • @jeremyhodge6216
    @jeremyhodge6216 Před rokem

    I found this video very interesting 🤔

  • @michaelgyan7174
    @michaelgyan7174 Před rokem +1

    excellent I would love to do it how do they know so?.

  • @ezenwaperfect
    @ezenwaperfect Před rokem +9

    I have a brother who looks exactly like Chris Talker 😂 and also a Sister who is a copy of Rihanna. I am from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria.

  • @jaegosushaesyuemarshall-br8304

    Djola people thank God I kno now who my people where before being enslaved there little history about my tribe the djola people of Guinea Bissua

    • @mariaseidi4023
      @mariaseidi4023 Před rokem

      Im from Guiné Bissau,live in Germany ,if you would like more information rigth me back.

    • @AfricanMaverick
      @AfricanMaverick Před rokem

      Many Djola slaves brought to cape verde and then the americas

    • @mariaseidi4023
      @mariaseidi4023 Před rokem +1

      @@AfricanMaverick Im mandinga from Guiné Bissau

  • @inspector360
    @inspector360 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Ivory cost 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮has also their son Afro-American. Michael Jackson.Dave shapl. 50% of Forest Whitaker. It is so deep to go back and connect to mother land. May our ancestors impact our future.

  • @taritomquinn7025
    @taritomquinn7025 Před rokem

    Awesome