FOLYKAZE: Read through this threads

plain concept of Eledumare and Orisa with the reality behind them

Ifa and Orisa religion, our true identity

Is Ifa practice religion or spirituality

bigfrancis21:

Ok, I get the actual DNA test you're talking about. It is called Bio-geographic ancestry test. The test only points to the areas the ancestors in your history came from and gives you the result in percentages. For example, your result could come out 80% West African, 10% European, 10% Native Indian. Meaning that you have 80% African blood running in you, 10% European and 10% Native Indian bloods running in you. In other words, even though you've had majorly black ancestors, somewhere along the line in your ancestry you've had 1 or 2 European and Native Indian ancestors.

The Bio-geographic ancestry test isn't specific. It only gives you the entire range areas(West Africa, Central Africa, Europe etc) your ancestors came from but doesn't point to the specific/actual tribe or ethnicity of your first ancestors.

Apart from the bio-geographic ancestry test, there are 2 other tests used to pinpoint one's actual ancestral ethnicity. They are the Y-DNA test(which I've mentioned before) and the MtDNA test. Every body(male and female) has a MtDNA which was inherited exclusively from one's mother, who inherited it from her own mother, and on and on. So this MtDNA is tested to trace back to the tribe of very first maternal ancestor one has had. Its embedded in your DNA and I guess a sample was also collected when you submitted your DNA sample.

The Y-chromosome, which determines maleness, is passed down from grandfather, to father to son, to grandson, etc. So the Y-DNA is tested to discover the tribe one's first male ancestor came from.

In other words, the Y-chromosome test determines your paternal ancestry and the MtDNA determines your maternal ancestry.

While a man can do both the Y-DNA and MtDNA tests, a female can only do the MtDNA test.

In the absence of your father, any of his brothers would suffice. Or your paternal grandfather or grand uncles(your paternal grandfather's brothers). These males all share the same Y-chromosome.

django1: To be sincere this girl looks very Igbo, but I doubt you can be 100% or even 50% of anything anymore, since your ancestry would now be very mixed.

More so, you could as well have ancestry from the Congo, Ghana, Cameroon etc, so why do you think you're of a Nigerian decent?

bigfrancis21: Hello Glamrock,

You look so much like an Igbo-girl. I wouldn't be surprised if your test turned out Igbo. A substantial amount of slaves taken to US were Igbo, from Bight of Biafra. Slaves from this Bight(Igbo especially) dominated in the East Coast(Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Penn). Incidentally, you're from Penn State!

I must commend your efforts at trying to reconnect to your roots. Not all AAs are usually this interested.

Waiting to hear the outcome of your DNA testing result.

bigfrancis21:

I hope you're also doing the Y-Chromosome DNA test, to determine your paternal ancestral tribe? Being a female with no Y chromosome, you'll have to get your brother, father, paternal uncle to submit his Y DNA sample for testing.

Tarbabee: P.S. Some of the ingredients Africans use aren't readily available to us in the U.S. Sometimes substitution is needed or find a GOOD Africa store. I have 2 within a mile in my little suburb

Tarbabee: 4 tomatoes chopped
1 red (purple) onion chopped
1 habanero pepper chopped

cook these ingredient with any boullion cube; fish, chicken, etc. to taste. Add cooked pre-packaged or fresh bite size chopped mustard or collard greens.

After cooked down add 5 eggs OR 1 lb of shrimp OR any meat you prefer. Serve over rice or noodles.


This I've found to be the most basic & the best I can do because I'm a terrible cook

E-Engineer:
@glamrock, you sound like a sweet girl and I like the attitude you are displaying, do u hv nigerian friends? To be honest you look like a typical igbo girl and trust me cos am igbo. I hope you are succesful in your quest

Igban: No need to waste money for DNA test. I can tell you your test results right now. You are Igbo with a mix of Akan and Yoruba ancestry. You also have some European and Arab admixtures. So the money wey be wan take go do test, please send it to my account. PM me for my account details.

tonychristopher:



YOUR ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT IF YOU ARE FROM PENN. IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE EITHER FROM SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA OR SOUTH SOUTH .... THESE PLACES ARE WHERE YOU GOT SLAVES TAKEN TO THE NORTH AMERICA AND CARRIBBS WHILE SOUTH WEST AND GHANA ARE MOSTLY TO LATIN AMERICA


WELCOME HOME, MAY OUR ANCESTORS GUIDE AND BE WITH YOU. BUT IF YOU CANT TRACE IT, YOU CAN MARRY AN AFRICAN MAN FROM THESE REGIONS AND COME BACK TO YOUR CULTURE. OUR GODS WILL GUIDE AND PROTECT YOU AND THE CREATOR OF WORLD WILL DIRECT YOU ON THE RIGHT PATH.

kelvin1191: Which part of Africa are u 4rm? BITTERLEAF SOUP
INGREDIENTS=ù
>>bitterleaf (washed)
>>Banga (palm fruit)
>>Cocoa-yam or yam
>>pepper
>>salt
>>ogiri or dawa-dawa or okpehi (this one aroma na die and without it d soup is incomplete. Na local seasoning)
>>Seasoning (tell them make them give u maggi cos na it dey make sense pass)
>>fish
>>meat
>>cryfish
>>okporoko,snail, bush-meat(optional: make u tell them say u nee Anu-Nchi cos na it dey make sense pass)
I wil be back on how to prepare it if only u want to go through d stress. Note: its a special delicacy for d pple of Eastern Nigeria.

Gboliwe:
do u have any food in mind?

E-Engineer:

let me help you my sister
it means " if it was a guy that posted, insults would have been flying here and there, insults like : ' is it today u remembered that u are african right?'
' end time things'
' did u miss road?'
' ancestral tracing or culture, what a joke'

Haha!! Wow Sort of rude, we have a right to know our culture and heritage just as anyone else. It's not our fault we were put in this situation. For your help I thank you

dasparrow:

If you are truly an African, your mom who I suppose is an African woman born and bred in one of the numerous countries in Africa should be able to teach you. Alternatively, take a look at some of the threads here in the food section. They offer various recipes and you can take it from there.

philfearon:
A mixture of Pidgin English{Nigeria's official language for indwellers},English and two words from Yoruba language{one of the three major Languages in Nigeria}......
Dont worry,with time,u will learn..Happy and gudluck with your Finding anyway!!

philfearon: If to say na guy na,Na so so abuses and blah blah blah blah blah go just de fly everywhere...Abuses like:
"So na today u remember say u be African? Smh!."
..
"End time things"...
"You miss road?"..
"Ancestral trace ko,culture ni".....
...
Nairalanders sef,i doff cap 4 una!!