Quote from: IMAAN on March 12, 2016, 05:43:54 PM
One of her parents is Bantu because "Southeastern Bantu" is used to identify South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, etc. not Ethiopia, Eritrea or Somalia.
AncestryDNA does not have a category that says "Ethiopia" or "East Africa". That's what I'm trying to get to you lil sis.
So when you get your results, being that you have roots in East Africa, SE Bantu will definitely pop up. This does NOT mean you are Bantu.
This goes back to me saying it's all about knowing how to interpret the results. Just because it says something doesn't mean it's literal. The test is simply detecting the region where your ancestry lies.
SE Bantu is definitely separate from West African/Central African categories because it's rare that it pops up for African Americans (which have roots in West/Central), especially in amounts greater than trace amounts.
Remember, do not take the results literally. That's the biggest thing.
Here are a list of the categories that ANcestryDNA has:
