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General => Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing => Topic started by: frederickay on Thursday 20 December 18 06:16 GMT (UK)
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My cousin has done their DNA and much to my surprise it has come up with unknown 1 % Congo ,Mali And 1 %Guinea with some small bits from other areas in the vicinity of these countries, as an American with recent Irish and English ancestors (1805)how many generations would this it apply to create this percentage, what are the scenarios to make this possibile, thank you for any ideas to help, Fred
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Which company did they test with and how recently did they receive their results?
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:DHi Ancestery This week, Totally unexpected but exciting result. ty, Fred
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Where in the USA - and when?
I read somewhere (and I don't remember where) that many people in the American south who identify as white have some African blood, but keep quiet about it - for obvious reasons (in the past it was important to be legally white which is defined as having no black ancestors at all).
It's certainly not noticeable after a few generations. My step-grandson is a quarter West Indian but as a child had blond hair. His mother is dark-haired but could pass for white (one of her sisters looks West Indian, the other looks vaguely Middle-Eastern).
Sir Lenny Henry was making a TV programme about the hidden history of black people in Britain (I may have missed it). It seems that back then such people were few and tended to marry into the local population, so their descendants are not noticeable nowadays.