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African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Frankdoz8(op): 4:57pm On Mar 03, 2020

Meet A Black-American Soldier Who Traced His Igbo Origin through DNA
Since the inception of the Igbo Village in Virginia, USA, many African-Americans have attended events there and see the passion and doggedness of the Igbo and felt belong.
Historically, Virginia was a place where the African slaves, mostly the Igbo descents first landed during the Transatlantic Slave Trade era. They have multiplied and gave birth to children who are now African-Americans. Racism and all that made some of them wish for home and a community where they can assume full control and belong without making mockery of their skin colours.
Igbo village and festivals in Virginia had made a lot of people to find their routes. After each event, some African-Americans would test their ancestral DNA and discover their Igbo bloodline. It happens annually. Some of them have visited Igbo land in Nigeria.
Lawrence Patterson is one of them. He is a Black-American soldier from Louisiana, USA. He has traced his origin through DNA and found himself with an Igbo bloodline. He immediately adopted Akachukwu Okeke as his Igbo name to that effect. They are still many more of them I will talk about subsequently.

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by scoundrel(f): 5:02pm On Mar 03, 2020

Akachukwu Okeke

...and this seems more like a name he’ll bear if born here. It was a wise decision.

I honestly thought a lot of these African Americans originated from Nigeria. I was wrong since the majority are from Gambia. I can visually tell the Ghanaians, Cameroonians and Senegalese among them.

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by sofiscatedmoron: 7:31pm On Mar 03, 2020*

Most igbos looks so light and fresh like Black Americans

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Sunriserealtors: 7:40pm On Mar 03, 2020

Nice

Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by LZAA: 8:04pm On Mar 03, 2020

Afamed wee now say he is ipob grin

Cc immhotep GMBuharii blackking98 pythonamaka Adaibeku bastardmod

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Afamed: 8:11pm On Mar 03, 2020

LZAA:
Afamed wee now say he is ipob
Cc immhotep GMBuharii blackking98 pythonamaka Adaibeku bastardmod

Atall atall na him bad, you can console yourself with this. The wailing in Imo today ehhhhhhh

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by XANDERBOY85: 8:14pm On Mar 03, 2020*

And he looks it too! Kinda looks like a Chigozie! wink

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Nobody: 8:41pm On Mar 03, 2020

LZAA:
Afamed wee now say he is ipob
Cc immhotep GMBuharii blackking98 pythonamaka Adaibeku bastardmod

Pythonamaka will report to Buratai grin

Helinues will report to the moderators grin

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by LZAA: 8:44pm On Mar 03, 2020

immhotep:
Pythonamaka will report to Buratai
Helinues will report to the moderators

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by LZAA: 8:45pm On Mar 03, 2020

Afamed:
Atall atall na him bad, you can console yourself with this. The wailing in Imo today ehhhhhhh

Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Justice35: 8:51pm On Mar 03, 2020

Nice one truly Igbo amaka........

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by hammerU: 9:27pm On Mar 03, 2020

MAY GOD BLESS EZE ERI.

THE IGBO KING DAT WAS THERE WEN THE CHILDREN OF IGBOS STOLEN DURING THE SLAVE TRADE CAME BACK KNOCKING.

KING ERI WAS THERE TO RECEIVE THEM AND WELCOME DEM BACK HOME.

WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE IN IGBOLAND, EXCEPT EZE ERI.

EZE ERI GA CHI ANYI RUO NA NJEDEBE....

LONG LIVE EZE ERI...

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Earlystar698(m): 9:44pm On Mar 03, 2020

IgboAmaka

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Nobody: 9:51pm On Mar 03, 2020

ok. no surprise there. one out of every 4 black people is a Nigerian.

Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Anyunyu: 10:28pm On Mar 03, 2020

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Afamed:
Atall atall na him bad, you can console yourself with this. The wailing in Imo today ehhhhhhh

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Anyunyu: 10:35pm On Mar 03, 2020

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FrLukas:
ok. no surprise there. one out of every 4 black people is a Nigerian.

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Nobody: 5:29am On Mar 04, 2020*

Most African Americans are Igbo blood and look like Igbos. Lebron...You can mistake him as Igbo but can never ever mistake him as Yoruba or Hausa-Fulani...they just don't look like this. Igbo and African Americans are a different type of black people on this earth called " Hebrew Israelites." They are not the same people as Hamite Africans...Hausa, Yoruba, South Sudanese, Kenyans.

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Nobody: 7:23am On Mar 04, 2020

hammerU:
MAY GOD BLESS EZE ERI.

THE IGBO KING DAT WAS THERE WEN THE CHILDREN OF IGBOS STOLEN DURING THE SLAVE TRADE CAME BACK KNOCKING.

KING ERI WAS THERE TO RECEIVE THEM AND WELCOME DEM BACK HOME.

WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE IN IGBOLAND, EXCEPT EZE ERI.

EZE ERI GA CHI ANYI RUO NA NJEDEBE....

LONG LIVE EZE ERI...

Eri is home to all igbos....Eri is our ancestral Home

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Nobody: 8:06am On Mar 04, 2020

ezenwajosh:
Eri is home to all igbos....Eri is our ancestral Home

Many Igbo people don't even know that the word Eri is in the bible.

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Tomiwa69(m): 8:13am On Mar 04, 2020

Welcome home our long gone Brother.. Akachukwu Muhammed okeke

Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Tajbol4splend(m): 8:31am On Mar 04, 2020

Remnant of the people Ojukwu sent to Biafra war to die, the pieces now being found everywhere across the world but that guy sent his immediate family to UK and some people will be saying RIP to him, toor

Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Tajbol4splend(m): 8:35am On Mar 04, 2020

sofiscatedmoron:
Most igbos looks so light and fresh like Black Americans

Yeah you are right, they are light like 50Cent, Jose Altidore and Michael Jordan

Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Nobody: 8:40am On Mar 04, 2020

Kemz77:
Many Igbo people don't even know that the word Eri is in the bible.

Some people are hating on Nnamdi KANU for going to eri kingdom to pray

Some said he's worshiping idole

AND I SAID TO THEM IF ONLY YOU ALL KNOW WHO WE ARE...IGBOS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY BLESSED AND UNTIL WE RECOGNISE OUR FOREFATHER ERI AND THE HOLY LAND OF ERI KINGDOM WE WILL NEVER REACH OUR FULL POTENTIALS

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by sofiscatedmoron: 8:59am On Mar 04, 2020

Tajbol4splend:
Yeah you are right, they are light like 50Cent, Jose Altidore and Michael Jordan

Much like ugly black face looking Afonja race they trace their origins to kenya , togo or South sudan afonjas are the darkest and ugliest race in africa grin

Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Nobody: 9:29am On Mar 04, 2020

ezenwajosh:
Some people are hating on Nnamdi KANU for going to eri kingdom to pray

Some said he's worshiping idole

AND I SAID TO THEM IF ONLY YOU ALL KNOW WHO WE ARE...IGBOS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY BLESSED AND UNTIL WE RECOGNISE OUR FOREFATHER ERI AND THE HOLY LAND OF ERI KINGDOM WE WILL NEVER REACH OUR FULL POTENTIALS

There are even other Igbo names up there like Arodi and Areli.

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Re: African-American Soldier Trace His Ancestry To Nigerian Igbo (pic) by Tajbol4splend(m): 10:08am On Mar 04, 2020

sofiscatedmoron:
Much like ugly black face looking Afonja race they trace their origins to kenya , togo or South sudan afonjas are the darkest and ugliest race in africa

Sophisticated Mooron, ain't that an Igbo man name