As an African-American it's crazy to see someone of mostly European heritage be so proud to be African, most people would want to hide it and I'm glad you found pride in it! (Edit: Some of y'all in the comments are misunderstanding my statement. While he *is* South African in nationality, being proud of having "African" (Black African) ancestry is not the same thing. The country had forced racial segregation until the 1990s, there are plenty of people who could be proudly South African, but not proud to have Black ancestry. Because being South African is a nationality not a race. Thank you for coming to my TED talk)

@sinqobilenhlangulela9812

5 жыл бұрын

As an black South African it's surprising for me too.

@MichaelDavis-cv6rr

5 жыл бұрын

@Lucifer smoking crack again?

@justint4892

5 жыл бұрын

Lucifer exactly why your birth rates are dropping

@padredemishijos12

5 жыл бұрын

I discovered my "pure'' white mother is 1% Senegalese. I love it.

@hurricane19740

5 жыл бұрын

@@padredemishijos12 Dad, myself and my niece discovered we also have 1% Senegalese, 1 % Benin & Togo, & 1 % Senegalese respectively. Our background is mainly Polynesian, Scandinavian. I'm just as proud of that as of everything else.

I am so moved by your results. A lot of people want to pass off small percentages as "noise" when there could be some validity to it. I'm glad you have came full circle with your heritage.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly :) thank you so much, I am extremely proud of my heritage.

@0m3gaph03nix

5 жыл бұрын

@@juizyvruit5861 Yeah, dumb fuck! It's a part of the genetic make up that makes him 100% who he is. It's a part of his family's history. Why would he ignore and erase people involved in his creation? People always look for the dumbest excuses to talk shit about people for no reason.

@janco333

5 жыл бұрын

For him to have 2% of the DNA of a person means that, that ancestor is between 5 and 6 generations ago, so it is fairly significant.

@MatthewBode

5 жыл бұрын

@@Erdath91 - I can understand why you are so quick to dismiss people's claims, but in my case the African DNA is most definitely valid, and (relatively) recent. My maternal aunt is almost 10% African, my maternal grandfather would likely have been over 10%. My great-great-grandparents were classified as "mixed". I met their daughter, my great-grandmother. My 4th great-grandmother was baptised in a Native Wesleyan Mission - see my follow up video for clarification: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c3it1KOLf9q5nc4.html

@andrethegiant3451

3 жыл бұрын

how do you know he's telling the truth? what about neanderthal dna, how come he does'nt mention it and ALL whites have it?

Matthew, you also come across as such a polite, mature, intelligent, logical, well rounded, well read & well adjusted young man!! Once again, such lovely results for you & your family.

@MatthewBode

5 жыл бұрын

Dear Katia, thank you so much for your kind and insightful comments, which made my day! Your hair colour observations are very enlightening, will take everything you've said on board. 😊Yes, it's a pity about all the thumbs downs, which may also have something to do with the use of the word "coloured" in my video. In hindsight, I wish I'd edited this word out, or clarified its meaning in a South African context earlier. We live and learn! Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day 😊.

most south african white people actually have African descents , thats why two Afrikaans people were able to give birth to a coloured child (watch the movie skin) or google Sandra Laing

I don't think I've ever heard anyone having documented the various ethnicities to that degree. Well done!

@lillipad3503

6 жыл бұрын

Hi i just left mine today. tks Matthew. So, I have 13 and my daughters 11.

@abbad707

4 жыл бұрын

@@lillipad3503 nice

@abbad707

4 жыл бұрын

@@lillipad3503 what did u get?

@lillipad3503

4 жыл бұрын

@@abbad707 Skandinavian, Balkan, Iberian, Jewish, Kenyan, Masai, Sierra-Leon, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asian , East Asian. Middle East, Middle America, Oceania.

I am 31% Spanish, 34% Morrocan, 8% Camaroon/Congo and 37% african south eastern bantu.

@thepsalms2806

4 жыл бұрын

That's crazy where are you from?

@carlitobrigante8429

3 жыл бұрын

Made up results, you look 95% black

@warrenaubry8415

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlitobrigante8429💀

@lindelwanothandongcobo8863

Жыл бұрын

Family I’m Zulu ❤

@simonmakgoba2466

10 ай бұрын

who are u then ? 😂😂🧐

Sad most South Africans don't realise or won't admit that they have mixed ancestry to some degree, various ethnicities have been in our country for 100's of years so it's not uncommon to find a black south african person with European or a white person with bantu ancestry

This was very interesting. I'm also from South Africa, born and raised. Moved to America when I was 22. I did my DNA testing last month and discovered I'm 88% European (broken down below)57% West European15% Irish11% Great Britain 2% Scandinavian 2% Finland/Northwest Russia1% East European (Czech Republic, Macedonia, Poland, Romania) 1% Pacific Islander (Polynesia) 4% South and Central Asia (India, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Iran, Pakistan) 3% Turkish/Iraq/Georgia 2% Nigerian Less than 1% Eastern Bantu Less than 1% African Hunters and Gatherers. I love how diverse my heritage is! So cool! ❤

@lynnlemonwknits255

7 жыл бұрын

Hello There! 😊 I completely agree with you. That was just the way the results were given to me from AncestryDNA.

@steveboy7302

6 жыл бұрын

+L Knits how would a south african get polynesian there is no polynesians in africa

@reneerobinson3559

6 жыл бұрын

+steve boy Malaysians and Madagascans come up as Polynesian. SA hads loads of them.

@steveboy7302

6 жыл бұрын

+Nicole Robinson malaysians snd Madagascans aren't polynesian they are austronesians not polynesians hawaii,new zealand ,tahiti are in polynesia

@sebastiankoopman1856

6 жыл бұрын

@@steveboy7302 hi I a south african that moved to New Zealand, it also has the biggest population of pacific islanders( Polynesians) in the south pacific Polynesia , due to migration. During the boer war the Australian and New Zealand army( large number of Polynesians in the army over here) fought along side the British army during this period. This history is not spoken of in south africa, but written in the history books in nz

Wow! It's amazing to see such a full tree. I only hope one day be able to fill in my blank spaces. Great video!

I think that's amazing, and you actually have knowledge of how to track this and so forth so that makes it even greater. I'm happy that your proud.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much :)

Love that you’re so aware of South African history.

Great Results:) People are so ignorant if they look at someone and think they are 100% .No one is 100% anything .Humans have been around for a long time of course there are going to be mixed.Im exited to get my results back.

Fascinating! Thank you for explaining the research you did on your family. This made your family roots much more interesting.

@SM-jv5ev

2 жыл бұрын

Slavery is interesting for u?

Very informative and interesting video, Matthew. I am a black South African, Zulu to be specific. I'm doing the Ancestry DNA test, out of curiosity. I'm pretty sure I'm 100% African, however I'm not sure if all 100% is from the Southern parts of Africa, my mom's family has a lot of uncertain history.

@mohamuude9019

6 жыл бұрын

www beautiful which company did you took DNA test South Africa

@warpriest79

6 жыл бұрын

Girl u ain't no zulu

@mamadeebuildsahouse

6 жыл бұрын

Did you ever get your results? I'm Xhosa BTW>

@Nunawariyaku

6 жыл бұрын

Is that you in your photo? you look asian.. o_O maybe you are not 100% african

@Lisciousm

6 жыл бұрын

Which company did you use to do your DNA test?

That's why I say everything isn't what it seems. People can mixed with so much and you can never really tell just by looking at them. Thank you for sharing.

Very interesting & nicely said.

I agree with you, I wish more Africans especially southern Africans would do this test. Am from Botswana, south Africa and Zimbabwe and I wish I could do this test to see which other african nations might pop up

@gracegrace9555

6 жыл бұрын

Kris Christy All I know about my ancestry is that I am from Zimbabwe

@ronaldmadziro5679

4 жыл бұрын

I am a Zimbabwean living in Australia, so I was able to do this test in Australia. My results came 100% African,so my Ancestry was split into Cameroon-Congo,Kenyan,Nigerian and Mali. Even though both my parents are Zimbabwean.I feel the Kenyan side is from my father and Nigerian side comes from my mother's lineage.

@Biobele

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldmadziro5679 I'm Nigerian born and raised, I did the test in Nigeria, I am 91.4% Nigerian, 4.7% Kenyan, 1.9% Maasai and 2% Finland.

This is truly inspirational. You give me hope in the next generation my dear child. God bless you Matthew, sending much love your way

Thank you. It's good to have South African results. I hope more people will post. Great!

These results should inspire more people to look at their DNA make up

I’m African- American from southern Virginia area on my moms side. Before the most recent update I am 77% African (28% Nigerian, 21% Ivory Coast/Ghana, 13% African Southeastern Bantu, 7% Cameroon/ Congo, 4% Senegal, 3% Benin/ Togo,

"Blood connection to continent I was born on." That resonated with me. Very interesting results and so cool!

@onyx081

5 жыл бұрын

A "blood connection" as a result of rape and colonization. There's nothing cool about that

@KeepinItOneHunnnid

4 жыл бұрын

He worded that perfectly.

@KeepinItOneHunnnid

4 жыл бұрын

@@onyx081, marriage between African women and colonial white men was more common in South Africa than America. There is a world outside of the United States you know stop projecting our history onto other countries.

@KeepinItOneHunnnid

4 жыл бұрын

@@pqt112, women will always desire to be with the highest status men in any given society. White men had higher status in colonial South Africa than black men, so no doubt many of those black women will have voluntarily married those white men to increase their status. It wasn't always rape, in either South Africa or the United States, where do you think terms like 'bendwench' came from.

@KeepinItOneHunnnid

4 жыл бұрын

@@pqt112, 'your kind'!?!?...I'm black American you clown.

Thank you for sharing. I am also South African, living in US now. My DNA test from 23andme confirmed very similar ancestry to yours. In fact - there are only 4 out of the 31 tested populations that I am not! And I love how you explained the African results as a verified connection to the land, even though it's something most of us feel anyway.

What a lovely story. Well done for being so proud and positive. I love the way your are so thorough and matter of fact with your information. Many white skinned Australians also share a similar kind of background to your family.

@steveboy7302

6 жыл бұрын

australians dont share african dna

@juanmanuelmoramontes3883

4 жыл бұрын

Some Australians have a few of Pacific islander, but almost never any African ancestry.

@SM-jv5ev

2 жыл бұрын

U do realize this happened during slavery? His folks likely twisted the story cause elsie was a slave, probably forced to lay with the white man

Very interesting results and so cool.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙌

@namisara6859

7 жыл бұрын

goov47 yaaaay..awesome.

@gabotepapote1178

6 жыл бұрын

Asian sound like the invasion of the Huns, to European countries.

Such a great postive attitude especially in regards to Africa. A great video.

Truly enjoyed the way you presented your test results. Like how you combined it with genealogical documents that traced your African ancestry. One of the better readings of genetic genealogy that I have seen.

wow your DNA test was very informative and to the point ,I hate it when people keep on blabbering about unnecessary things.

I've seen your link pop up but failed to click on it. I finally did and could say I'm very proud of you. Have positive outlook on life and trust me, it will take you far.

Very interesting results man!

It takes a lot of character, maturity, and personality for a South African white young man to declare loudly, proudly, and clear he has African ancestrality. Even being a visible Black man, I have West and East African, Iberian, Italian, West European, South Asian, Scandinavian, Native American, Polynesian, and Ashkenazi Jewish blood in my veins. I pretty much have a piece of all samples of the human race ethnicities, and nobody can take this pride from me. I feel privileged for having the world in me. :-)

People forget that in the start of the half way stop at Cape town. There where no European women. So many men married slaves from Batavia and there were some slaves from West Africa but not much. So most Afrikaans people will have African and Asian DNA in their heritage. Some slaves where also from Madagaskar.

Thank you for your respectful video and for doing your research and paying homage to your ancestors

@SM-jv5ev

2 жыл бұрын

Shame he should pray for Elsie tho. I highly doubt a black woman of those days was going to love and marry a white man. We need to b honest about our history, the receiving end of these ancestors need healing.

The Asian can come from Asian Indians who were taken to South Africa as indentured labourers. Also, many Indians were taken to Fiji as indentured labourers as well and then some were shipped to other places which can explain the Melanesian as well. I am half Indo Fijian. My ancestors were taken from India, Nepal, and Burma to South Africa, then Trinidad, and then Fiji. I have some Native Fijian ancestry and I am proud of my DNA test results.

@missmasoodah8832

6 жыл бұрын

I think the Melanisian could also come from the Malay people of Cape Town, they were also brought to South Africa as slaves, worker's and indentured labourers infact they were brought to South Africa before The Indians..

Your 71% Europe West I bet is Dutch and/or German....

@jb894

5 жыл бұрын

Prob Dutch

@hyenalaughingmatter8103

4 жыл бұрын

@@jb894 dutch are saxons. saxons live in north west germany and east germany

@NormanF62

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, makes him Afrikaner. The results aren’t surprising and as for the family name, not everyone’s name reveals their true affiliation and expected with South African whites whose ancestry isn’t predominantly British. 60% of the white population are Afrikaan.

@lienbijs1205

3 жыл бұрын

His last name Bode is a Dutch last name.

Afrikaners have a mix heritage and have roots from Asia and native African, there’s no pure Afrikaner. I was actually found that out looking up South African history.

@MatthewBode

2 жыл бұрын

True. I'm only 1/8 Afrikaner, though.

Sooo cool, love that you had the whole family done ! So happy you had that little African in there being a South African 😊

So interesting. I love how proud you are to find out you have a connection with Africans.

The Broederbond, the secret society with roots in the Afrikaaner folk, which has been even more secret since South African independence, have moved to prevent these tests being available in South Africa. The reason? I can only speculate. :/

I'm Australian and I also had some surprise DNA. I discovered through Ancestry and 23andme that my great-great grandmother was Anglo-Indian. Never knew anything about Indian ancestry before that. I wasn't expecting it, but I wasn't surprised either as my grandfather didn't look fully European. It's sad that people back in those days had to hide their non-European roots. I think we are more mixed than we realise. I have a few Australian cousins on Ancestry who even have small amounts of African ancestry from the Caribbean.

What might an education do you is common knowledge to those of mixed race (coloured) because many of their families "passed" for white during the time of the pencil test was used to determine racial classification. So, genes don't disappear even though they are swept under the carpet for political reasons.

I'm part South African too.

Cool, Matthew! Everybody should take the test. Amazing discoveries you've made!

This is by far the most interesting dna results and family history I heard as of yet, Thank you for sharing.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

+Daj2009 Thanks for watching!

I’m lily white with blue eyes, and I found out I have a little Africa DNA. Wish I knew what grandparents I inherited it from. I don’t know why people are surprised he is proud of his Heritage. It proves we had good people in our lines that weren’t hung up on color of skin.

@SM-jv5ev

2 жыл бұрын

Omg lolllllll 🤣 The women u got the non European dna from was likely r@ped. Lolllllllll wow

@SM-jv5ev

2 жыл бұрын

Europeans have gone out of their way to lie about the past. Unfortunately for your ancestors, you are here to corporate the tale of suffering. Your dna proves the horror we speak about from the other side.

Matthew, that was very interesting. Thanks.

Very nice video. Nice to see South African represented. Intersting to see the mix you found. Part of history.

Awesome that u could trace ur african lineage.. Congratulations

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😆

@matdaniels2498

6 жыл бұрын

why?

@fromrussiawithlove9665

6 жыл бұрын

Now he can say, see I'm not completely racist not all of my ancestors raped, stole, and pillaged land from you. Some of you use to be me! This land belongs to me just as much as you!

I do know that I'm mostly African, also considering that my maternal great-great-grandmother was British, I would like to do the test just to really find out my genealogy.

i'm from the yoruba tribe (nigerian) berber (amazigh) and spanish. and i was born and raised in america. 🌍

@carlosgaztelucabral8061

4 жыл бұрын

I am .4% yoruba Cuban mother, so it must have come in that way. Portuguese father, which explains the 2.4 % berber or north African. Rest is 1.4 native american from the Cuban and 92.3% European

Very interesting, it’s heart warming how you embrace all of your results 👑

This is the best DNA result presentation I have seen so far. I loved the documentary research that went into it, not just relying on the DNA.

People don't realize how diverse Africa is. I have a friend who lives in the US she is a white South African. Mostly British and some Dutch ancestry. Both sides of her family have been in Africa almost 200 yrs! Before she moved to the US, Capetown was all she knew. Regardless of where life takes you, always be proud. You are African! You are South African!

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

+Yolanda Grant I agree 100%! Thank you for your comment

@KingofgraceSARA

6 жыл бұрын

Bedwench alert lol

@nubianqueenyada

6 жыл бұрын

The White people that are African genetically arent African so it's not really diversity that you see but mixing with Europeans and Middle Easterns. They aren't African genetically, genetically they are European!!! They are from South Africa. Just like im from America, but my real ancestors are Nigerian!

@EbonyJoneskuye

6 жыл бұрын

Yolanda Grant 200 years of dictatorship ... Nothing to brag about!

@grethi8110

6 жыл бұрын

bullshit lmaoooooooo

You did a wonderful job!!! Your heritage is awesome and I love your desire to know more.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I find this stuff fascinating so am forever on a quest to find more :)

Thanks for sharing. I'm also South African, I took the family tree family finder test: - 61% Western Europe - mother and one great grandfather are Swiss. - 17% Scandinavia - 13% Southern Europe! No idea where that comes from... My matches show a lot of people with common South African names and a few times Ferreira came up... How could I research if I have any Portuguese ancestors, any ideas? - 6% Finland and northern Siberia - 2% African!!!! I'm blonde with green eyes... :D

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

Those are fascinating results! I only have very distant Portugese ancestry, so unfortunately I won't be of much help in that department... :(

I am a Kiwi but my dad is from SA - so I knew my results would be different! My Mums family are all of British ancestry. But my results were 55% British, 11% Asian East, 7% Iberian Peninsula 7% African, 7% West Asia and then a whole lot of trace regions like Europe East 5% etc. Researching the South African side of my family the hard part. Some stuff is now getting online but it is slow. It is amazing how little some people know of their grandparents.

@MatthewBode

7 жыл бұрын

Feel free to email me at matthewmarkbode@gmail.com for any help on your South African side - I've become somewhat of a whiz lately!

Thanks for sharing your results and also for shedding a light on the European people in/from Africa.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

It's an absolute pleasure! Thanks for your comment 😄

Nice! My DNA test was about 65% African 17%European 7%Native American & 2% Asian Thanks for sharing...

have to say, why are ppl so surprised that they have African ancestors? Majority of ppl do. But love the fact he actually got names of his ancestors ! Out of all presenters on here, I like him the most!

Germans have dark hair as well. Not all have blonde hair and blue eyes.

You said 71% "Europe" in your 95% European and I think you forgot a word to say "West Europe" lol West Europe is considered a French and German DNA group. There are other countries included in: Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg but these are "sub-countries" because the nucleus of their DNA is genetically considered French and German.

@jubrilliant4835

2 жыл бұрын

He said this mistake if you continue watching the video

You really did your research on this stuff. So thorough.

Holy sheet, this might be my favourite DNA Test results

It's cool that all four of you in your immediate family had this done. I knew that certain traits are passed differently depending on one's sex, but this put a different light on it for me. Thanks for sharing.

I think your African heritage is probably from the indigenous people of southern Africa, the Khoisan people, as the coloured people in SA are of largely of Khoisan descent, as well as Asian, black, European.

@elninojr1036

6 жыл бұрын

no actually most people from southern africa are not descended from the khoisan the khoisan are native too the Kalahari Desert most people native too southern africa are bantu people the bantu people are the biggest ethnic group in africa

@cbucicocimama9517

5 жыл бұрын

Coloureds r 32% bantu 35% khoisan that has been proven what do you mean they khoisan descents

Wow, you have an interesting story... I would be the first to do the test if they shipped to SA!!! Thank you for still being proud of where you are coming from :)

Matt. This is actually cool since not most South Africans do this. Anyway 2 percent is a lot though adds a little spice in your life.

This is awesome! Very interesting. We are all connected in some way. I’m Africa American and can’t wait to visit South Africa!

Hey, another fellow south african here and I got my results earlier this week. I am......36% Great Britain, 31% Scandinavian, 10% Iberian, 8% Western Europe, 6% Various european (many small percentages) , 4% African , 3% Asia south, 2% Middle East

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

That is flippen awesome! I wonder if we match? Do you have any Afrikaans lineage?

@albarosa109

8 жыл бұрын

Well I thought my lineage was mainly Afrikaans before taking this test but it looks like I have a lot more brit genes than expected lol. I wonder if we match as well , might be one of my 232 4th cousins or closer that Ancestry DNA reckons I have.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

What is your ancestry username? I want to see if we're a match! :D Here is a link to my profile, if you are logged in it should say if we share DNA. I'm so please at how many South Africans are getting onboard and doing this test! connect.ancestry.com.au/Profile/0175eced-0002-0000-0000-000000000000

I really enjoyed listening to your dna results! I also have a love for genealogical research and have done some genetic dna testing. I'm African-American, so the bulk of my ancestors came to the USA via the Atlantic Slave Trade. What was great about my ancestry dna testing experiences, I had some intuitive haunches about what the results might be before receiving them, and it really moved me knowing that. My direct maternal lineage was Yoruba of Nigeria, and my direct paternal is Akan(Ashanti) of Ghana. I have yet to do the admixture test. I'm guessing I'm between 77 to 80 per cent African, and the rest is a mixture between European and Native American. The highest African is probably Ghana/Ivory Coast, and European is definitely Western Europe(Germany, France) and Great Britain. I have a South African friend who's Malay, and just as an avid patron about history as I am. I have to get him to watch your video.

@MatthewBode

7 жыл бұрын

Fascinating +OrientalKings, so glad I'm not alone with this passion! Thanks for stopping by and watching :)

Thanks so much! Gave me the courage to add mine. It's so interesting!!! SA ancestry is just really fascinating. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@MatthewBode

7 жыл бұрын

So glad Ruth! Thank you for watching

That's so cool, to be honest I wasn't expecting you to have mixed ancestry, that's seriously cool

This is one of the best Ancestry DNA videos I've seen, very professional and thorough! I watched many from America and Britain, but was specifically looking for a South African video by a European descendant to see if you traced any African ancestry. And here I found it! I wish more African-born people will be able to do the test. I was born in South Africa, and I still live in SA, but have French, Dutch and German ancestors. I also want to be able to say I am truly African, as I am culturally not European at all, I'm an African, even though I'm white. I would be thrilled if my DNA comes up with at least a bit of African, maybe Khoisan. [By the way, my maiden name is Botha (ancestors from Germany), and I wonder if Bode is just another spelling of the same surname way back.] Well done!

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Delana, thanks for stopping by! It is really fantastic to see just how many South Africans are jumping on the bandwagon and getting their DNA tested. Us European-South Africans are a small gene pool and many are related multiple times ever (especially those with Afrikaans lineage), also many of us have African (either West African slave or indigenous Khoisan) lineage, sadly swept under the rug due to an unfortunate political situation from 1948-1993. If you are tracing your family tree I cannot recommend the Facebook group South African Genealogy enough (facebook.com/groups/7627302901/), they have been an invaluable resource in my many quests and there are hundreds of people more than willing to assist where they can! Thanks again for watching, and hope you have a great day. :)

@AnalediAfrika

8 жыл бұрын

Dankie, Matthew! This is really fascinating. Again, well done to you!

@anitaneal3082

5 жыл бұрын

Some more stolen land

@kaseywatson7281

3 жыл бұрын

@@AnalediAfrika your not African your a white European born in South africa.

@francoisdaureville323

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaseywatson7281 then all blacks and asians in britain are not british then,they are just inmigrants from africa and India who come here for opprotunity,

Melanesians actually look African but are genetically Asians. Finnish also have traces of East Asian.

@marihayward3234

6 жыл бұрын

xxaleenazxx yes they do

@isaacdiakite1720

6 жыл бұрын

xxaleenazxx They really do.

@steveboy7302

6 жыл бұрын

+Mari Hayward no they dont

@anonymousnativeamerican7755

6 жыл бұрын

And native American traces too

@somethingforyou345

6 жыл бұрын

they dont look african they just black

I love you came out straight out with your results, some people talk to long that makes no sense to me before reading the results, love the video

Your background was fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

I enjoyed this a lot- great video

thank you for your eloquent presentation. especially for explaining the term "colored", many americans may be offended by the term w/o explanation. i too have a benin/togo percentage...lots of Irish and no Great Britain...it is a very interesting test to have, fascinating...again thank you

Hi Matthew, nice to read you. Sad how people always fight when not called for. So I will leave my results breakdown. I am South African Coloured, born and bred right down to my great-great-grandfather: Skandinavian, Balkan, Iberian, Jewish, Kenyan, Masai, Sierra-Leon, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asian , East Asian. Middle East, Middle America, Oceania.

Very interesting. Do you do genealogy as a hobby or as a career to help other people discover their roots

@MatthewBode

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Kumarie, mostly as a hobby but I'm considering starting a genealogy consultancy with a friend going forward 😊.

Just wanted to say I enjoyed your video and that accent lol I live in the bayou, Louisiana. I'm not sure how I ended here. You seems so elated. Take care sha!

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

+Enimsaj Htby You are so kind! Thanks for watching

@jflor9

8 жыл бұрын

Lol kind is my middle name and no boo, thank you for sharing!

wow he is a cutie!

The Greek, Italian, Central Asian, Hungarian, and east-European part of his ancestry could be related to aristocratic ancestry that most British and Irish people have..

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

That would be nice! :)

South Africa just joined the chat with these ancestry tests.

Black hair is also very common among the Irish.

@carlosgaztelucabral8061

5 жыл бұрын

Elise Kuby and all over Europe. As is blond hair. blond hair is not uncommon in the iberian peninsula. neither are light eyes. especially in the North. of course darker hair is more common there, but blond isn't rare either

@janco333

5 жыл бұрын

The black hair that some Irish have is from the Spanish that landed there.

@luciano671

5 жыл бұрын

@@janco333 there are blonde Spaniards though

@carlosgaztelucabral8061

4 жыл бұрын

And there are also portuguese and Spaniards with blond hair and blue eyes.

Amazing!

Yes, haters cannot tell you you don't belong in Africa.

what lovely video! a white south African dna test is definitely unusual. so nice to hear you are mixed. i hope i get to do one soon. I know I'm white but hope to find out I'm at least some native American because my great grandfather was a very dark Mexican, an maybe middle east or north Africa since my grandmother is Italian. nice!

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

+esa mart Not 100% of something = mixed

@samanthabeaman272

6 жыл бұрын

Ax Martel he’s not 100% European, which means he’s mixed. Just because his skin isn’t dark, or the percentage isn’t “high” enough for you means he’s “white”? Sounds racist to me.

Very interesting!

love your video, you have beautiful hands.

by "African" do mean you Afrikaans or Tswana,Zulu,Xhosa,Pedi,Tsonga,Ndebele,Venda, and sotho? Kudos on the test and your bravery. As a black South African...we always get intrigued when we meet white people with mixed features hence the rise in mixed babies ...lol though i must say in the nineties you'd probably be tracked down by the AWB as what you did is rather taboo in this country.Good job my guy

Learning about the unexpected African and Asian roots on my white mom's South African side has been such an adventure. I realize I hadn't learned about the history on the country at all, and how slavery from countries around the Indian Ocean was so fundamental to that.

My bru you are one of us.🇿🇦

FOR THE RECORD, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF WHITES IN SA HAS SOME COLOURED ANCESTRY, THANKS TO APARTHEID THE FAMILIES WAS FORCED TO SPLIT! TALKING AS A FELLOW SOUTH AFRICAN RESIDING ABROAD

Nice! I'm African American and on my AncestryDNA test I got 84% African, 12% European, 3% Asian and 1% Native American. African= Benin/Togo 49%, Cameroon/Congo 16%, Nigeria 10%, Ivory Coast/Ghana 4%, Africa Southeastern Bantu 1%, Africa South-Central Hunter-Gatherers 1% ,Senegal 1% and Africa North < 1%. European= Europe West 8%, Europe East 2%, Scandinavia 2% and Great Britain < 1%. Asia= Asia Central 2%, Asia East 1%. And Native American= 1%. I also took a 23andMe DNA test and uploaded my raw DNA data to GedMatch and DNA.Land and I got similar results. Africa is the most diverse continent and all humans come from Africa, since the first humans were African and migrated out. I'm so proud to be African!

I'm a Phedi/Tswana south african, I've always wanted to take the test cuase on my father's side my grandmother is coloured and also long ago there were white people in the family wich makes me wonder what the coloured DNA, White DNA and the african DNA would show.

@MatthewBode

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you manage to get hold of a test one of these days. I think 23andMe and ftDNA ship to South Africa (if that's where you live).

I'm from Spain and I just took a DNA test and I have 0,50% South African ancestry. That's really cool! By the way, good video

@kaseywatson7281

3 жыл бұрын

Whats south African Ancestry? If your from spain then your obviously white aka European. White south Africans are European they are not of African decent at all.

You should definitely look into the African as the only slaves to arrive from the Benin, Togo area was from a shipment of 228 slaves who arrived in the Cape on 6 May 1658 on board the Hasselt. They were obtained from the Kingdom of Dahomey in what is now Benin. These slaves were usually referred to as "van Guinea" and a handful of them married Europeans or had children or grandchildren who did. My 10X great grandmother was one of these slaves, she was Maria van Guinea. Also not with regards to the Melanesian that many slaves that were brought to the Cape came from Madagascar. Many of the people of Madagascar descended from people who settled the islands after travelling across the Indian ocean from the Melanesian islands, so it is possible that that could also be a contributing factor if you find any of them in your research.

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

Coincidentally I do have a slave ancestor from Benin, my 10*great-grandmother Koddo van Guinea. :) She too arrived on the Hasselt. Crazy to think that an ancestor of yours and an ancestor of mine were on the same ship, probably spoke to each other in their mother tongue... Incredible.

@duncanbennie1585

8 жыл бұрын

Ah, Koddo van Guinea is a very recognisable name, she has appeared quite a few times during my research.

very interesting results! you also have a very soothing voice (random)

@MatthewBode

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Your DNA results are the first ones I found from South Africa,that is awesome! I am coloured and I would love to find out what mine will be. I tried to search on some history but I don't even know where to start with this. All of my grandparents died when I was young, so I have no one to ask to get the ball rolling. :(

@MatthewBode

8 жыл бұрын

+Michelle D That is sad :( are you a coloured South African? I suggest you join the group "South African Genealogy" (facebook.com/groups/7627302901) on Facebook and ask for help there, they are seriously fantastic and have helped me so much. :)

@mrsmichelledaniels

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Bode yes I am. maybe someone there can maybe help me thanx for that! I am definitely going to try the DNA test though.