Update: My 0.3% Trace DNA is Indigenous American. This was so much fun. Finding out where my people have been on this planet gives me an indescribable amount of joy. Finding new relations is the bonus.

This is another example of why it makes no sense that we discriminate against people for perceived differences in “race” or national origin. Most of us are combinations of many different peoples and none of us has any control over our ancestry!

I'm from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. I took the Ancestry DNA test last year. The biggest percentage was Nigerian. We also consider ourselves mixed from Africa, Tainos and Spaniards. Interesting data yall!

What a beautiful mother, daughters, family. Love the chemistry between mother and daughters - you can tell the love there.

Love this! I think it is important to understand how this works: when it says „Nigeria“ or „Inuit“ it means that the given portion of the TESTED population in that specified area has the same genetic markers as you. This does not mean that your ancestors came from there (although there is a strong possibility). It means that you SHARE the same markers. Groups from another, very distant population could have the same marker. For example, an Irish person may share the same Celtic markers as someone from Western or Northern Spain. In some cases, the algorithm used to allocate markers to groups can mistakenly attribute the ethnicity to the wrong group. This was the case for me and the dna company has sinced updated the reference database accordingly. As the databases and algorithms get better, this will improve somewhat, but there will always be a margin of error. Asians and Native American populations share many markers due to migration across the Bering Strait. The challenge comes in indentifying which population the individual came from.

A white friend of mine was completely shocked to find out he had 3% Congo in his test. My great grandmother on my father's mother's side was half black, half white and she told everyone, "she was Indian." I did not learn this (big family secret) until I was in my forties. Just goes to show, we put to much emphasis on this. We should just respect each other as "human, and unique."

My sister just became a published author of our family history. She has been researching for the last 20yrs and at the end of it all she went back as far as the year 800 which locked our genes to the Tribe of Levi in the bible. She has traveled all over the world to each country that led to her finishing the book with so many proven documents and pictures of history. Her book will be on sale sometime in Dec 2022, this book teaches on how to research and find your ancestry. I can't wait to read the book, ancestry knowledge is so important and exciting. Thank you for sharing it was very interesting to hear your story.

Your granddaughter is so poised and such a little lady. ☺️

Don't forget to check back with DNA companies often, as their databases get more samples, the results get finer tuned.

3 generations? All the three girls look really young and the grandma is still young!! How's that possible? You definitely have amazingly strong genes.

"DNA RESULTS. WHAT ARE WE?" BEAUTIFUL. You ladies are gorgeous!!!

This is so wholesome, I just stumbled upon this video and I really enjoyed it. We're all different, but we're also the same.

I have done 3 tests. 2 autosomal tests, 23 & Me and Ancestry, and one Mitochondrial DNA test, African Ancestry. I learned something from all three of them, but the African Ancestry pinpointed my father's line to the Ewe people from Ghana and my Mother's line is from the Igbo people from Nigeria.

This family of girls has inner&outer beauty and happiness, that's the good vibe the mother sets, you can't beat that.

I absolutely loved watching your video! You four girls are so much fun. The DNA thing? Proves over and over how much more alike we are.

My fellow Diasporan African Americans! Beautiful family! I did 23andMe recently. Dam your youngest one have ALOT of Nigeria 😂 She got more than me, mines is 40.4%. Under my Nigeria it has 'Igbo' which I appreciate because i even walked away with a Tribe ✊🏾😂 I viewed comparison of my 1st cousins and theirs say Igbo as well 😉 Any day now my AncestryDNA results should be coming in. I can't wait so i can compare. You mentioned what surprised us, mines was it had a lil of Southern India Sri Lanka, i nearly fell out my chair reading that lol. Be well Big Sis! ✊🏾🙏🏾👍🏾💯

I had a Nigerian friend and your oldest daughter definitely has the facial features of the Nigerian people. And they have a very beautiful and joyful spirit too ❤

Out of curiosity I clicked on your video to learn a little about DNA test results. Infact I learned a lot. Kudos to you and your beautiful family. It will definitely open the mind of humanity to understand how interconnected human beings are and the need to respect one another. The purpose of creating human into tribes is to make it easier to identify one another, not to hate or subjugate or dominate. The big question to everyone is how human are you? We need so much loving world to thrive as humans.

What a fabulous grouping of gorgeous and intelligent ladies! I love the generations and the way you all carry yourselves with your own individuality and yet still share a strong family bond!

Hi there again Brown Angel! I enjoyed watching this episode with your daughters and granddaughter and you sharing your DNA results. I have to say that your family's DNA results read like my youngest daughter's and mine from Ancestry. A Christian sister keeps telling me that I'm Hebrew like many Africa Americans. When I was born the original birth certificate label me Colored, smile. I've often gotten asked since my teen years, "Where are you from?" I think off the top of my head, Ancestry found 17 plus ethnicities (hope I am using the correct term here), in my family tree. Thanks for sharing this heartwarming video. Ms. L.

Enjoying the DNA results from around the world. I truly enjoyed watching your interactions with your girls and grand daughter. Brought a big smile to me. They all inherited your beautiful smile. Thanks for sharing your results.

Ladies you are beautiful and what you are doing is incredible. I would recommend considering taking a Mt-DNA test as this would give you the X line daughter to mother to mother, etc. and can help focus some of your questions for additional research. Alex Haley’s book “Roots” was so impactful to me as a teenager, way back when. Love this so much.❤

Hello :) This is just speculation, but amounts of Finnish ancestry together with any of these ethnicities; Native American/Inuit, west asian, central asian, mongolian etc could be a signifier of indigenous Sami ancestry. Especially if you also have Scandinavian or Northern European ancestry. These DNA companies do not have any “tag” for people of Sami ancestry and thus give some interesting results instead. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that someone is Sami, but it’s interesting to keep in mind. Btw I am of Sami heritage, born and raised❤️💚💛💙

What a lovely family you are! I just got a DNA kit, and am looking forward to seeing all the places my ancestors hailed from. It’s a mystery.

I had my beautiful daughter at 16 and it’s hard but it’s so encouraging hearing you talk and not in a negative way... even though it’s hard to take care of a baby, it can be done and done well. God Bless you and your sweet family!

Hi! You all should take the African ancestry test to get more details about your African side. They have a matrilineal test that should show more connections between your generations using mitochondrial DNA. They say they can trace down to the tribe.

Hello from New Zealand. I love hearing about people's DNA and where we all come from around the world. Awesome video! 😊

Thanks for the video! Greatings from Norway!

Our daughter is 99% German while my husband & I are both about 85% German. She asked how that was possible. I said she just inherited all our German genes. I had always heard that an ancestor was Cherokee but DNA doesn't show that. I finally found family tree info which included a Cherokee ancestor that was so far back that it no longer shows in DNA.

Our oldest sibling, 69 did her DNA recently, and our results almost exactly like yours! Also, your family look like mine too!

The pictures at the end was such a nice bonus. Your parents are truly black. I wish we had all of our grand parents pictures. You are so blessed to have them. Thanks for sharing your beautiful girls insight as well. I am looking forward to doing my DNA test as well.

You have a beautiful family and you look so young sis! This is so interesting and thanks for sharing! I’d like to do this too. ☺️

I come from half way around the globe -- the Maldives. And even though we say that all Maldivians are Maldivians, we are a mixed bunch (look at us in a world map, consider the Indian Ocean trade routes before air travel, and factor in that we have been inhabited for at least a couple of thousand years). I loved this episode and the message it contains, which I hope that people will take home with them. Lots of love and respect!

Thank y’all for sharing your family history. I love the interaction between y’all

I love the expression of the one on the Left opposite of Grandma!! Her expression clearly let you know she was over it!! However she was very respectful and responsive!! Beautiful family!!

Super interesting & insightful, especially with 3 generations, the fathers DNA influence and how generationally things can differ. Thank you for sharing with us all, I watched and listened throughout - truly fascinating. Watching from London UK. x

Our people are very beautiful and can look many ethnicities. This was very interesting. I appreciate you sharing the experience and giving the companies. I never did this but it would be something amazing to see.

I really enjoyed your story about your DNA and family history. My late father and I have researched our DNA and Genealogy for many years. I'm mostly Swiss-German with some English and Scottish. My ancestors have been in America since before the American Revolutionary War. This is the first time I have watched one of your videos.

You should have a podcast I can listen to your voice all day it’s very patient & just calm

Fulani from Guinea here 🇬🇳 and Really Amazing Results and you explained things very well! Wonderful family 🙏🏾

Great video. One point you brought up that is often overlooked is that you will have 1% or less match for ancestry back 8 or more generations. So if something doesn't show up in your test, check an earlier generation. Some companies give an ancestral timeline, which shows you do have something from the 1700s that didn't show up as a percentage.

What a great video cousin. ❤️I was reading my 23andMe results along with yours and we are very similar. So good to see all your beautiful girls!

My father was born in 1924 and I was born in 1963 so we have the same issue with our dna results. One of my older sisters had our father do the dna test. We found out we have two other siblings than we knew about. On my mother's side there is a small percentage of Congo, Southern Bantu People and one more thing. It shows that one of our way back great grand fathers was what they called a mulato. He was a slave and his mother was as well. This is all very interesting. Thank you for sharing with us. Oh and despite my last name, we are mostly Irish.

You did a really good, comprehensive job on this video.

Your grand daughter looks more like you then your kids do... DNA is a mystery ... God Bless you and your family❤❤❤

Really enjoyed this! Fascinating stuff. Your family is beautiful 😍

My DNA was 50/50 from both sides amazingly. My mum was straight-up Irish & Scottish. My dad however was the rolling stone lol. I'm 30% Irish & 20% Scottish from my mum. From my dad it's 4% Scottish, 21% Nigerian, 11% Cameroon/Congo/Bantu, 6% English with the map showing the extension into Belgium and France, 4% Mali, 2% Welsh, 1% Native American and 1% Senegal. On ancestry DNA I am included in the Louisiana Creole section as are many of my relatives which makes sense.

Half your DNA is your mother’s heritage and half is your Father’s It’s always 50/50. Scientifically you can’t have more of your Dad’s DNA. But this was really cool to watch. You ladies are stunning.

I really enjoyed your video! You’ve got a beautiful family both inside and out…and you’ve also got a new subscriber 😊🙏🏾

Beautiful family and video! Thank you for sharing! I did mine and was shocked to find out I was part middle eastern and egyptian ❤️

Can we appreciate how beautiful Grandmother is!!👏

Excellent Post! Beautiful ladies👍🏾

😂😁 oh my goodness the what are you question. People have argued me down saying I look Philippino,Indian,Korean black,Native American,Dominican. It’s just a beautiful thing how we look so blended. We were beautifully made.

This was so fascinating. Most people are walking around here thinking there’s a simple answer to, “What are you?” or “Where are your people from?” It’s really a jam packed question. I hope I’m brave enough to seek the answers some day.

Beautiful family i love your energy and your granddaughter is a jewel i can tell yall spoil her i can tell that she is highly respectful and intelligent great job.

Great video! I did mine on Ancestry and got a lot of the different regions too, but mostly Nigerian. I am the lightest in color in my family, close to your complexion, and my brother is a deep dark complexion. You could not tell we were related. Our DNA makeup is amazing information Thanks for sharing.

You ladies are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. My mom, sister, husband and I did our DNA many years ago. The DNA results do surprise.😊

That was very interesting! I must get a DNA assessment done too!

Actually we inherit 50% of our DNA from each parent. Ancestry has some information and videos explaining this. I really enjoyed this video.

Tanya, this was so fun. I totally need to do the test.

I found this video informative and interesting. It is my first time coming across your channel. Thank you for sharing your DNA results. You, your daughters and granddaughter are all gorgeous. I am white and am trying to become more aware of the black experience in our country. I also do my own family genealogy. Your title caught my attention. Seeing your joyful family is a pleasure. May God bless all of you and bring you a wonderful 2023 with continued smiles and laughter.

Love this wholesome content❣

One thing is for sure, you’re all exquisite. Thank you for sharing!

Beautiful family and beautiful ancestors. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful family. Thanks for the video.

The Nigerian and Sierra Leone countries represent your Gullah Geechee heritage. We also come from Cameroon, Angola and a few other western and central west African countries. Your Gullah Geechee was there loud and clear! ❤️ from South Carolina

I have “met up” with some of my family online. I took the Ancestry DNA, and found out that I’m not related to any Native American tribe, like I was told… then the story came out of the closet. My Great-Great-Great Grandmother’s husband was said to have been “native”. He was actually a light skinned African man. Back then, it was taboo to marry a man of a different race. Hey, the heart wants what the heart wants! I just believe she was way before her time. So, when I saw that 3% of my DNA came from Africa, (and I’m stark white.😂) I was overjoyed! My Husband kept saying we was VERY Irish (he has red hair and is also very fair skinned. I knew this came from Scotland.), and come to find out, my feisty little self is MUCH more Irish than he is! 😂 He’s almost all Scottish, and English! Genetics are so much fun!! Be blessed!

Tanya, your daughters, and your granddaughter are all beautiful individuals! I've never had my DNA tested, but you've piqued my curiosity. I'm wondering if the results would be more uniform if you all used the same DNA testing site. It was interesting to learn that we get the majority from our father's side, even if it's only a percentage or two. It would be fascinating to see the results if I and my siblings had our DNA tested. I hope you all have a blessed week! ~Margie🤗

Absolutely beautiful family! 😁👍 Great information! Thank you!😄😁

Thanks for sharing your family DNA results. Interesting info .

Your granddaughters smile as she gave hers was contagious. This is important ❤ awesome you did everyone’s.

In Nigeria there are three main groups the Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. I was born there and grew up among the Hausa. My Ancestry is Scandinavian, German, and English. All Northern European. So I am about as light as you can get. I became a US citizen when I was 17. So when I tell people I am an immigrant from West Africa I always get quite a reaction.😂

Great statement about the dilution of ones' ancestry DNA, decades and centuries later, and its best to have your grandparents also do the DNA test so an individual will get more confirmation and clearer idea of his or her ancestry.

LoVe how connected. You are to your girls History nerd, love this video😘

Shout out to my Nigerian sisters!!! You are loved.

A real mixed up!!! Beautiful!!!🤎🤌🏻👌🏼🤜🏾🤜🏾

I'm Nigerian 🇳🇬 bread and buttered living in England 🇬🇧 but for some reason, I know I'm middle Eastern, somewhere in Israel 🇮🇱 because people from my village according to history, well over 2000 have Jewish ✡️ ancestors in Ondo city, a lot among the Igbo tribe too, yet to take my DNA, great family you have right there, God bless you all.

It's so interesting! I wish my parents and grandparents were still alive so I could have a more accurate dna search. I do know my maternal grandparents were Norwegian and Swedish. I was also told my fraternal grandparents were French Canadian and German (Prussia). Which DNA test gave you more details? Thanks for sharing! 💯

Your granddaughter has your smile and spirit. She is so beautiful love her smile......What a great video. I love it. We also did the DNA and the results were very awakening. I now know who my biological dad is. I have thousands of cousins. Plus, a new brother and sister, a host of nephews. My goodness

This is a great eye opener for your family. I find it very interesting the diversity in our DNA is amazing. Thank you for sharing, you're a great family too.

My first time seeing you & your video, let me say, your are Beautiful & have a beautiful family! Continued success & Blessings to you all!!!

This is a great video. Very well done mom.

Thank you for sharing this is wonderful

Thank you for sharing your family DNA results. I love 💘 this one. 3 generations at the table is beautiful and all of you are gorgeous 😍. DNA is fascinating to me. I did African Ancestry paternal. Large percentage from Ghana 🇬🇭. With a story behind it. Peace and one 💘. Thanks.

I just purchased the heritage DNA kit I haven't taken it still on my dresser looking at me but this is encouraging. The Most High brought me here to your channel for a reason. Todah Rabah Achoti . Shalom and Blessings to your beautiful family

Thank family for sharing this video. Such beautiful people. Shout out from.the uk 🇬🇧

I can relate to everything you said about the questions being asked regarding your ethnicity. Because I have long hair, I am often asked if I'm mixed (black/white), Latina, etc. It's exhausting.

Beautiful family 😍 You're all welcome in Nigeria, the giant of Africa 🇳🇬💪

Beautiful family! God bless you all.

My mom and one of her sisters just did this. Waiting on results. Im excited. Im going to do it as well.

I did a My Heritage test, and all my life, I thought, as my paternal grandfather was from Belgium as was all of his family, I would have either Western Europe in my results (Holland, Belgium, etc), nope not a bit! Turns out my ancestors were from Scandinavia, (Sweden, Norway). Also, on my maternal side, I had no idea I was part Italian, nor was my mother aware! We are all just a huge mixing bowl of wonderful surprises! Thanks for sharing your story.

This is so beautiful ! Which DNA test did you guys prefer (Ancestry, 23&Me, or My Heritage) . & what you said about our DNA being mostly from our father was incredible to hear because my Guinean side of the family (my mothers) always say you’re more of whatever your father is and I never knew if they were saying this based off of science or not !! Wowwww they were right

Awesomeness Tanya! You and your daughters are beautiful. You’re blessed with such a beautiful family! I have two beautiful daughters as well and we may do this someday… I know we have Native American as my grandmother 1/2 and her hair was down to her hips. I miss her dearly as she came to live with us many years… Her parents (great grandparents) had a huge farm and I remember all the animals especially the horses. 🐎

Wow, finally someone else with Maasai ancestry! My Black ancestors are originally from the eastern low country(south carolina Georgia Florida)and Tennessee and then migrated to Oklahoma, and then my grandparents settled in Seattle. And most of the people you mentioned all show up in my and my fathers and Aunty's ancestry test! For me, igbo and ibibio are the majority followed by yoruba,(Nigeria)then mende and or temne(sierra leone) Central African Congolese generally west african. Generally Kenyan, maasai, north african and then theres Polynesian, native American and then eskimo inuit. And a drop of baltic European. my father and Aunty also has akan asante, south asian, Nigerian congolese. I have a feeling that my ancestors were enslaved by indigenous tribes because both my black grandparents didn't have white admixture, but they did have indigenous admixture more than the drop of European that showed up. And most likely the indigenous people who enslaved my ancestors were probably mixed with European, and then procreated by way of rape into our bloodline. But yeah, i wonder if we must have some common history.

Beautiful Family! Thanks for sharing...

Very interesting video ❤ A Geechee/Gullah is a person of African ethnicity. You find them in abundance in the Carolinas and Georgia regions. They are original Africans with no mixed blood. Look them up. I first heard of them in a college course on African culture and read about them in a book by Ivan van Sertima. There are also pure Africans who have lived for decades in Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca and there’s another place also). Lastly, there were slave descendants living in Louisiana with a distinctly different culture than the French Creole and Cajun people. In rural areas you find tour camps and even slave descendants who will guide you through the African experience on the plantation and such. You may have heard of the controversy currently with the Seminole Natives and Blacks, which is disgraceful and more about finances than blood quantum foolery. Anyway, this was a beautiful video as you and your daughter, niece and granddaughter are all quite lovely 💖💖

I am Kenyan and our history as a tribe known as Kikuyus is Hebrew. Our practices, customs and culture is the same as in the Bible. We are a Bantu speaking group and all of us come from the Shem linage. Most slaves were taken from Bantu coasts and there is also another slave trade that was far worse than the transatlantic one called the east African slave trade. You are Hebrew if you have any Bantu blood in you. Also it's interesting that you have Maasai blood because they are a Nilotic speaking group from the lineage of Ham. All east Africans share a cushitic, Nilotic and Bantu blood in different variances especially Kenya, Uganda Tanzania, south Sudan, some parts of Ethiopia and Somali. We urge you to visit this part of the world. Asante

One word to describe all of you and the only one you need to know...GORGEOUS!

I've tested with 4 companies. I look forward to the updates every 6mos to a year by a couple of them. When enough more people get tested from different regions the companies can better narrow down the results. If you have the maps of results are put side by side you'll see similarities.

Thanks a lot for sharing. My results from Ancestry is very similar to your girls. I've been taking a deep dive in my family history and DNA on both my mother and father's sides. I will be taking an African Ancestry test very soon. This test can narrow down a tribe and people that matches with your DNA. Super excited. I've also been called Puerto Rican and Arab in grade school, and I am in fact 66% African 32% western and northern Europe and 1% Indigenous North American.