₦airaland Forum

I've been trying to figure out what the Itsekiri are because they speak a Yoruba type language but there's some people who say they have no association with the Yorubas.

Now, there are groups in genetic ancestry databases for "Urhobo", "Central Esan and Urhobo", "Urhobo and Itsekiri", and "Itsekiri" now: https://admixr.com/23gg

This post and replies are interesting as an outsider. Some African Americans, like me, are starting to see the specific "Urhobo and Itsekiri" tribe for the first time now in our results and trying to get the history down because these companies will report we have significant Nigerian ancestry, 30-50% on avg with specific tribes now. I've talked to a guy from Ondo state who's met many Itsekiri and said he can understand the Itsekiri because of his own dialect.

Does anyone know of the Olukumi people in Delta? If they may be connected to the indigenous Itsekiri before Ginuwa?