Jamaican mother and Trinidadian father

3rd/4th gen Argentinian (depending on which side of my family I’m counting). Northern Buenos Aires Province (the province, not the city).

These results helped me learn about my Italian ancestry, since I was mostly unaware of it. I wasn’t close to my Italian relatives, and my Italian grandmother had basically blended completely into her husband’s (my grandfather’s) Irish culture. Now I know they were from the Marche region.

I have a question for DNA connoisseurs: I got only 0.8% French and 0% Belgian. I’m wondering whether some of it could have been misread as English, since my maternal grandfather was half Belgian. His dad was from Wallonia, as far as I know, and so is my mom’s last name.

I’m not interested in discussing the Indigenous peoples of Argentina or anything related to colonialism or the Falklands.

Results across different platforms. My paternal grandfather is 100% Lebanese

How are we feeing about this update?

Not surprised, lines up with what I’ve been told. I have one Irish grandfather, one Indian grandfather, one grandmother who claimed a mix of English, German, and French ancestry, and one grandmother who was from East Germany. Do I “look like” any of my ethnicities? I don’t think I do but curious what others might say!

Based on the latest Ancestry update, results from MyHeritage, plus uploads to LivingDNA, Sequencing, and ADNTRO. All of them pretty much agreed, so here’s the average.

Genetic ancestry test results of an Afro-Brazilian. The DNA test revealed something surprising: a man born in Barra do Piraí, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, is 100% African. His most recent known ancestors are Brazilian. Even so, his DNA revealed no admixture in the most recent generations of his family.

This impressive genetic heritage is not an isolated case in the region. In 2022, former footballer Ramires (formerly of Chelsea and the Brazilian national team), who was also born in Barra do Piraí, took an ancestry test that showed 99% African DNA, with just 1% European ancestry.

These findings suggest that many more results like these may exist in Barra do Piraí and its surrounding areas, revealing a true stronghold of genetic preservation. The state of Rio de Janeiro is the state where the most similar results have been reported: people of African descent with no admixture from other ethnic groups.

Both of his haplogroups are of African origin. His maternal haplogroup is L2, and his paternal haplogroup is E1b1a-U290.

Genetics sure are an interesting thing!

Here is a heat map for Filipinos from Luzon. I make similar heat maps for modern and ancient populations based on G25 coordinates or raw data via simulation (raw data never leaves your device) at https://kinplot.com

Do the results match? I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

I’ll post my ethnic group later!