- Some time ago, I participated in an African DNA study conducted by an African studies expert named Fonte Felipe (
https://tracingafricanroots.wordpress.com ).
- In exchange for my result data to add to his research, he gave me insight on what my African results could mean for me.
- My results kinda blew him away, as they are pretty rare. Out of the 350+ African Americans that participated in his study, only 13 of them scored higher than me in the "Ivory Coast/Ghana" area.
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Bad news was: Instead of just TWO countries where the hugest chunk of my African ancestry could "possibly" come from (Ivory Coast or Ghana), he informed me that it could even come from Liberia or Sierra Leone. At this point, I damn near gave up on the hope ever knowing where in Africa I am from. Like, I was LUCKY enough to have such a high concentration in one area, but why couldn't it be an area that is less ambiguous?
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But, now the good news: A cousin on AncestryDNA reached out, a cousin that has been able to trace the family back to a city named Sint in Sierra Leone. So not only do I know the country, but I know the actual CITY in Sierra Leone where I come from.
Fonte Felipe was right. I just never thought I'd ever know which country it'd be out of the FOUR he gave me to work with.
Here are my results compared to someone from Sierra Leone. As you can see, I'm right on their tail with my high concentration of "Ivory Coast/Ghana" .
AncestryDNA has no category for "Sierra Leone", so people with Sierra Leonean ancestry pull from that category instead.
My results:
Results of a Sierra Leonean:
I don't know where ALL my African ancestry comes from, but I'll definitely take knowing where the biggest chunk of it comes from.
Either way, it'll have to do for now.
I'll have plenty more time to do this stuff when I'm much older and settled.
Simply "Black" will do for now.
Bitch I have WORK tah do!!!!
SOUTHSIDE JAMAICA QUEENS NIGGAS!