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Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 2:57pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^Answer:

I’m sure, Igbo are descendants of the Jews
http://news.bnw.biz/archive/2004/mar/28/0400.html

Igbo's are descendants of Sudanese and igala that mixed up with white Jews
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-226540.0.html

igbo's and the jewish connection
http://ojesweet..com/2008/01/igbos-and-jewish-connection.html

^^^^^^read  igbogyel comments:
"I'm really upset at the people saying igbos bleach . uu prolly bleach your skin which is why you're being so defensive . anyways , for the rest of uu guys =) . well nigeria used to be colonized by europeans . a large amount of british people settled in igboland as missionaries . along the way they must have mixed with indigens and caused the whole lightskinned thing . by the way . I'm lightskinned . like very light . and my mother is even lighter . my father is dark though . && when ii ask her she says it has to do w. the whites that settled in the land a long time ago .
btw ,  the albino gene has nothing to do with it . having the gene doesnt make uu lighter . either you're the color uu were meant to inherit (&& uu are a carrier ,  meaning uu carry the gene buh its not dominant), or uu are simply albino (as in no color , and blonde hair) . loll and another thing ,  albinos are really pretty in my opinion .

there's so much bullshit going on here . bleep the bullsh&t . pay attention to the damn question that was asked . for all uu ignorant people who are living in a fantasy world , igbo people are the tribe in nigeria that is known for having many lightskinned people . does this make uu mad ? dont blame us , cus we have nothing to do with how are genes work . unless uu believe in selective breeding , get the bleep outta here w. all that sh&t . many igbos are lightskinned && have certain features . as is with any tribe in nigera . so please stop being so ignorant and closeminded ."

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-70480.0.html


"A former Presidential aspirant on the platform of defunct Social Democratic Party, Mrs. Jibril (an Hausa woman) in an interview noted as follows:
�The Igbo have the Jewish blood. Some of us here respect that. They are the most intelligent people in this country. They are rich individually� (Tell Magazine, June 15, 2001. "

http://www.unesco.org/most/crossroadsonu.htm


Where did the igbo's come from
http://www.ndigboswitzerland.org/Docs/ArticlebyMaziNwekeonoriginoftheIgbos.htm

Are Igbos The Lost Descendents Of The Jews?
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-83609.0.html

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by MisterG: 6:27pm On Oct 04, 2011
I don't think so, due to the fact the other tribes in the local area and even central african as well have this variations among their population. In other words this phemomena is not a isolated case, and since igbo people live not so far from these people, hence it is natural to their area. Here is what i found over the net written by European Anthropologist. Igbos live in south eastern nigeria, eventhough not bantus, they are near the bantu cluster of peoples. Also you see this variation among Ethiopians, Sudanese, Rwandans, Ugandans, and many others throughout the continent.

http://books.google.com/books?id=D3N0AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA539&lpg=PA539&dq=yellow+men+in+central+africa&source=bl&ots=Sd82Gzzcpe&sig=4ShKbyCb2r8MwdEY-6482s6Rc4g&hl=en&ei=ZD6LTqLrGdSEsgKEroTFBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=yellow%20men%20in%20central%20africa&f=false

The Yellow Men of Central Africa

Rwandans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZQ3DvagAXE&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLEB8917995EE0EDDD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cW468Nww50&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLD510278C98B5A961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAx4X5CmudU&feature=related

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by PAGAN9JA(m): 6:49pm On Oct 04, 2011
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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 7:20pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^many igbo's claim jewish blood and other white blood so some of them must be mixed, which makes sense due to the way they way the light skinned ones look, plus I don't see these other central african tribes claiming jewish blood & many ethiopians and sudanese people are mixed race with arabs. it explains why they have people with light skin and european features in the igbo tribe, why they claim these people are pure igbo is what I find funny.

Also I am not talking about black people as you call yellow man or people like monolisa chinda with Negroid features. I am talking about ones that look like alicia keys or have a mixed race grand parent like Alicia keys are considered pure igbo.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Nnenna1(f): 7:46pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^many igbo's claim jewish blood and other white blood so some of them must be mixed, which makes sense due to the way they way the light skinned ones look, plus I don't see these other central african tribes claiming jewish blood & many ethiopians and sudanese people are mixed race with arabs. it explains why they have people with light skin and european features in the igbo tribe, why they claim these people are pure igbo is what I find funny.

Also I am not talking about black people as you call yellow man or people like monolisa chinda with negorid features. I am talking about ones that look like alicia keys or have a mixed grand parent like alicia keys are considered pure igbo.


Why are you focusing so much on this topic of Igbos being mixed? The VAST majority of Igbos do not claim jews. I wonder why no one is harping on Yorubas for their claims of Middle-Eastern Origins (Mecca) Or Hausas speaking an Afro-Asiatic Language.

Why aren't Edos hounded for having people who look like Modupe Ozolua (who by the way, is the most mixed looking full Nigerian I've ever seen)?

Seriously the double-standard with Igbos in this forum is enough to make someone burst a nerve.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by morpheus24: 8:18pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^many igbo's claim jewish blood and other white blood so some of them must be mixed, which makes sense due to the way they way the light skinned ones look, plus I don't see these other central african tribes claiming jewish blood & many ethiopians and sudanese people are mixed race with arabs. it explains why they have people with light skin and european features in the igbo tribe, why they claim these people are pure igbo is what I find funny.

Also I am not talking about black people as you call yellow man or people like monolisa chinda with negorid features. I am talking about ones that look like alicia keys or have a mixed grand parent like alicia keys are considered pure igbo.

You are a a dunce. Go back to school!!. Light skin has been existent with people of subsaharandescent for millenia. It is pronounced in certain ethnic groups that express it either as a status symbol or a sign of beauty
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by MisterG: 8:21pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^many igbo's claim jewish blood and other white blood so some of them must be mixed, which makes sense due to the way they way the light skinned ones look, plus I don't see these other central african tribes claiming jewish blood & many ethiopians and sudanese people are mixed race with arabs. it explains why they have people with light skin and european features in the igbo tribe, why they claim these people are pure igbo is what I find funny.

Also I am not talking about black people as you call yellow man or people like monolisa chinda with negorid features. I am talking about ones that look like alicia keys or have a mixed grand parent like alicia keys are considered pure igbo.

If you basing your observation on facial features, whether someone is mix or not, i hope you realize many Africans with darkskinn have so called European facial characteristics as well. Here are a couple of examples.

Notice both of these men are indeed African, the first man is yoruba and the second man is a rwandan tutsi, for the uneducated individuals some may attribute their features to mixing, but the reality it is only natural variation within the population, and you can find these phenomena throughout Africa. From dark skin to fair skin, to wide features, to straight features, it is only the natural variation of the population. Thats it, end of discussion!

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by PAGAN9JA(m): 8:30pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^^


True. also climate and other factors afect the overall features of certain members of a tribe/ethnic group. it has nothing to do with mixing.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by ChinenyeN(m): 8:34pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^many igbo's claim jewish blood and other white blood so some of them must be mixed, which makes sense due to the way they way the light skinned ones look, plus I don't see these other central african tribes claiming jewish blood & many ethiopians and sudanese people are mixed race with arabs. it explains why they have people with light skin and european features in the igbo tribe, why they claim these people are pure igbo is what I find funny.

Also I am not talking about black people as you call yellow man or people like monolisa chinda with negorid features. I am talking about ones that look like alicia keys or have a mixed grand parent like alicia keys are considered pure igbo.

Wait, who are these "many Igbo" that claim jewish or other white blood?

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by nolongTing: 8:38pm On Oct 04, 2011
ChinenyeN:

Wait, who are these "many Igbo" that claim jewish or other white blood?


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3TlsMUoCCU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0[/flash]
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Nobody: 8:41pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^ That video is very hilarious to me, no offense grin
Was that the first time a white man came to that region, just asking.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Nnenna1(f): 8:42pm On Oct 04, 2011
nolongTing:


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3TlsMUoCCU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0[/flash]

So wait a very tiny group of jewish converts means that many Igbos claim to have jewish Blood?

Why not post videos of Yoruba Muslims and put two and two together after taking into account their claims of origins from Mecca?

Seriously this is BS.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 8:53pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^^^^^^@Morpheus, the sources I posted speak for themselves
^^^^^^^^^^^@Nnenna1, there is no double standard, when you guys call Yoruba's and other tribes ugly but when you guys see they are beautiful ones you guys claim they have igbo or other blood in them as a explanation when 99% of the time its a lie, non of you guys say anything, so I don't want to hear it.
^^^^^^^^^^^@nolongthing, thanks for the video oo, keep posting them
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Nnenna1(f): 9:05pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^^^^^^@Morpheus, the sources I posted speak for themselves
^^^^^^^^^^^@Nnenna1, there is no double standard, when you guys call Yoruba's and other tribes ugly but when you guys see they are beautiful ones you guys claim they have igbo or other blood in them as a explanation when 99% of the time its a lie, non of you guys say anything, so I don't want to hear it
^^^^^^^^^^^@nolongthing, thanks for the video oo, keep posting them


Abegi! I've seen instances here (and in other forums) where people bash Igbo girls, calling them manly, hairy with okoro faces. It goes both ways. What about the likes of SJeezy and co who call them monkeys? What is biting you about Igbo people? Pls shut it.

I don't see you jumping into our defense when a disproportionate amount of threads about crimes committed by Igbo people are opened in this forum.  Or threads insulting them. I've seen MUCH worse doled out to us and you don't step in.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 9:11pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^^I heard many things against Yoruba's by igbo's, and they know who they are. I have never heard any bad word against igbo women lol, its the reverse as far as I am concerned. what goes around comes around, It is even to me
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Nnenna1(f): 9:19pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^^I heard many things against Yoruba's by igbo's, and they know who they are. what goes around comes around, maybe if they stop talking trash about Yoruba's you will stop hearing us talk about you guys. It is even to me

I've been a member of this forum since 2005. Igbos have been bashed in this forum tey tey. Many of the Igbo trolls you see here are people reacting to those bashing Igbos. 

See examples:

2006:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-15219.0.html
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-30876.0.html
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-18481.0.html

So if they're attacked, they won't react, abi?

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by morpheus24: 9:30pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^^^^^^@Morpheus, the sources I posted speak for themselves

Those sources have no evidence to back them up at all. All that european settlers in Igbo land is heresay my dear.

1. There is a massive amount of  DNA data base for Igbo people straight from nigeria with institutions that do DNA ancestry matches for AA European DNA accounts for less than .2 % of the entire population. An insignificant %

2. THe Igala/ sudanese ancestry is again not backed up by DNA evidence so that rules that heresay out.

3. Light skinned Africans have been present all through the history of movement of peoples within the continent pre European incursions and are adaptations/mutations already prevalent in people of African descent as a consequence of melanin deficiencies which cause the hair, the eyes and the skin color to loose pigmentation( this is not albinism by the way which is an extrem form of this mutation). This has been attributed to possible diet patterns or breeding patterns.

I dare anyone to show evidence of any collection of Igbo DNA (especially those who llight skinned )to trace any euorpean or Sudanese ancestry for that matter.

BS that goes on on nairaland

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 9:31pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^^well I guess we are even now with this thread after all this Yoruba are dirty and woo woo threads because they have done alot of bashing against Yoruba's more, why not other tribes in Nigerian like Hausa.

^^^^^^@morpheus, light skinned with European features are pure black african, oh please because I see some igbo's claim those ones as well as pure igbos
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Crayola1: 9:36pm On Oct 04, 2011
What? cheesy
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Nnenna1(f): 9:38pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^^well I guess we are even now with this thread after all this Yoruba are dirty and woo woo threads because they have done alot of bashing against Yoruba's more, why not other tribes in Nigerian like Hausa.

So you woke up this morning and getting even with Igbos was on your mind? ROFL!

Sane people will NEVER open a thread to bash anyone out of spite because it is silly and childish.

Enjoy your so-called revenge. This is last time I'm responding to or entertaining this obvious rubbish.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 9:45pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^^^whateva, this thread is about igbo's with white blood in them, mostly Jewish blood. It is igbo and jewish people who wrote these sources, go fight with them
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by morpheus24: 9:47pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^^well I guess we are even now with this thread after all this Yoruba are dirty and woo woo threads because they have done alot of bashing against Yoruba's more, why not other tribes in Nigerian like Hausa.

^^^^^^@morpheus, light skinned with European features are pure black african, oh please because I see some igbo's claim those ones as well as pure igbos

Don't know what you mean by even. I am not even Igbo. if you wan follow people put hand for fire all of una go get burnt at the same time.
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 9:53pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^well that's why they say to treat your neighbor like your treat yourself, so if you treat your neighbor like trash the neighbor will treat that person like trash back
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by morpheus24: 9:54pm On Oct 04, 2011
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by nolongTing: 9:59pm On Oct 04, 2011
Nnenna1:

So wait a very tiny group of jewish converts means that many Igbos claim to have jewish Blood?

Why not post videos of Yoruba Muslims and put two and two together after taking into account their claims of origins from Mecca?

Seriously this is BS.

@Nnenna1 I was unaware that this thread was about bashing Igbos, If I knew i would have nothing to do with it.  I actually thought Ybutterfly was igbo lol! I have heard many Igbo people themselves say they have Jewish Origins so I posted a Youtube video which is one of many thats all


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-cBOjP1kow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDo4U3Ln_k&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoOdBxuiTRQ&feature=related

As a Yoruba person I have seen many ethnocentric threads of Igbo against Yoruba and vice versa - don't take it personal.
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by nolongTing: 10:10pm On Oct 04, 2011
This one is quite interesting:  Igbofriendsofisrael.com

http://www.igboisrael.com/
http://www.nathanielturner.com/igboslosttribeofisrael.htm
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by aljharem3: 10:11pm On Oct 04, 2011
Nnenna1:

So you woke up this morning and getting even with Igbos was on your mind? ROFL!

Sane people will NEVER open a thread to bash anyone out of spite because it is silly and childish.

Enjoy your so-called revenge. This is last time I'm responding to or entertaining this obvious rubbish.

Nnenna, you get too worked up about all this threads. really is it worth it ?

This thread is not bashing Igbos at all.
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by pleep(m): 10:44pm On Oct 04, 2011
Poster your a f[i]uckin[/i]g dumbass. Igbo is not mixed, light skin does not mean mixed, get that through your skulls. There are khoisans in Southern Africa that all have a caramel tone and slanted eyes, and they were the purest Africans on the continent.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by OneNaira6: 10:48pm On Oct 04, 2011
Ybutterfly:

^^^^^^well I guess we are even now with this thread after all this Yoruba are dirty and woo woo threads because they have done alot of bashing against Yoruba's more, why not other tribes in Nigerian like Hausa.


I'm not a huge member of this forum and I know what you are saying is one-sided thinking. I've been a member for highest 3 weeks, going through both new and old threads and yet I’ve lost count the amount of Igbo bashing coming from Yoruba’s in both old and new threads.  There seem to be more of it than vice-versa dating back to the beginning of this forum.  All you have to do is just type it in the search button or click any old thread even thread praising Igbo women. Based on observation, The Igbo bashing Yoruba seem to have resulted as retaliation to Yoruba bashing Igbo. Based on more observation many Igbo people that used to be members of this forum left this forum because of the Yoruba bashing Igbo.  Even if you leave nairaland and go to YouTube, it's the same occurrence. You are the first to open a thread as retaliation. You are very pathetic!!!!!!. You're actually the worst of all.

Ybutterfly:

^^^^^^^whateva, this thread is about igbo's with white blood in them, mostly Jewish blood. It is igbo and jewish people who wrote these sources, go fight with them

If you are going to use a source then read the source first before using that said source.  

The first source was  comparing culture and customs and has nothing to do with mixture
The second source was an igbo girl disagreeing with what her teacher said.  She disagreed with mixing.
The last source was just a random girl ranting.  
These are source to you?  I wonder what school you attend.


Nnenna1:

So you woke up this morning and getting even with Igbos was on your mind? ROFL!

Sane people will NEVER open a thread to bash anyone out of spite because it is silly and childish.

Enjoy your so-called revenge. This is last time I'm responding to or entertaining this obvious rubbish.

Hapu ya biko.

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Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by Ybutterfly: 11:05pm On Oct 04, 2011
^^^^^there are more Yoruba bashing then igbo bashing threads, especially on the women

"If you are going to use a source then read the source first before using that said source. 
The first source was  comparing culture and customs and has nothing to do with mixture
The second source was an igbo girl disagreeing with what her teacher said.  She disagreed with mixing.
The last source was just a random girl ranting. 
These are source to you?  I wonder what school you attend."


^^^^^^^^I did read the sources mr. know it all
The first source mentioned how igbo's are decendants of jews, go back and read the first paragraph or sentence
the second source is about what the teacher said not what she felt was right or not agreeing with him because I agree with the teacher
the last source is also igbo and random like you are, so you are no better then what she has to say

^^^^^^^^^so I wonder what school you went to, after reading what the third sources said: "As for the Igbos, they are orphans! They have nobody except, may-be, God in heaven and again may be their Jewish blood!"
Re: Do Igbo's Have Mixed Ancestry by ChinenyeN(m): 11:27pm On Oct 04, 2011
So that is your example of the "many Igbo" who claim Jewish or any other white blood? Please. I'll have you know that there are no traditions of Jewish or white blooded origins among my people. So enough with all this "mixed ancestry" nonsense.

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