Jamaican DNA test results

[Grace O'Malley]

I thought it would be interesting to see what Jamaicans score on dna tests.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA65vp3iQmM

Results of lady above with an Ancestry dna test.

Nigerian 49%
Benin & Togo 18%
Ivory Coast & Ghana 9%
Mali 8%
Cameroon, Congo & West Bantu Peoples 7%
Norway 3%
Scotland 2%
England & Northwestern Europe 2%
Indigenous Americas - Columbia & Venezuela 1%
Ireland 1%


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqP7RqIK8Zc

https://i.imgur.com/KT0Iehk.png

4 more ethnicities are the ones in grey.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvnf4q34AV0

https://i.imgur.com/JouooKN.png

Someone in the comments section.

38% Nigeria
28%Cameroon&Congo
11%benin&Togo
8%Scotland
5%Mali
3%Sweden
2%Senegal
2%ivory coast &Ghana
2%Norway
1%Wales


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1TOpjTCPc

Also Ancestry.

Results
Nigeria 43%
Benin & Togo 31%
Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples 7%
Ivory Coast & Ghana 5%
Germanic Europe 4%
Scotland 3%
Mali 2%
Middle East 2%
Wales 1%
European Jewish 1%

[Atlantic Reptilian]

I always thought Jamaicans (and other African-Americans) felt West African. I know a guy who is Jamaican and black, with a few euro traits (probably the nose, don't remember exactly).

[Grace O'Malley]

I always thought Jamaicans (and other African-Americans) felt West African. I know a guy who is Jamaican and black, with a few euro traits (probably the nose, don't remember exactly).

I find it interesting because of the history of Jamaica and have always been curious what sort of results they get. I'll post more if I run across them.

[Atlantic Reptilian]

I find it interesting because of the history of Jamaica and have always been curious what sort of results they get. I'll post more if I run across them.
Yes, and I remember they were a British colony previously, like Canada?

I'm eager to hear more from you :D

[Grace O'Malley]

Yes, and I remember they were a British colony previously, like Canada?

I'm eager to hear more from you :D

Yes the British and before that Spanish. They have had immigration from Asian (Indian, Chinese), Middle Eastern and also Europeans such as Germans as well as people from Britain and Ireland. They most likely will have some Taino ancestry which is why some of them get that Indigenous/South American results. The ones above are overwhelmingly African with Nigerian appearing as the biggest amount.

[Atlantic Reptilian]

Yes the British and before that Spanish. They have had immigration from Asian (Indian, Chinese), Middle Eastern and also Europeans such as Germans as well as people from Britain and Ireland. They most likely will have some Taino ancestry which is why some of them get that Indigenous/South American results. The ones above are overwhelmingly African with Nigerian appearing as the biggest amount.

Fascinating!

[Dick]

Bob Marley was 50% white/ Irish. his parents


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/63/e3/4f/63e34f14bd9dba1a938356f02a1328c3.png

[Grace O'Malley]

Bob Marley was 50% white/ Irish. his parents


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/63/e3/4f/63e34f14bd9dba1a938356f02a1328c3.png

No he has no Irish ancestry. His father had English ancestry. His father was from East Sussex.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27426329

[Dick]

No he has no Irish ancestry. His father had English ancestry. His father was from East Sussex.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27426329

I thought Marley was Irish

https://www.libraryireland.com/AnglicisedSurnames/Marley.php

[Grace O'Malley]

I thought Marley was Irish

https://www.libraryireland.com/AnglicisedSurnames/Marley.php

It's not a name I'm familiar with but Bob's father is English. His father was Norval Sinclair Marley.

Some of his family tree is here.

https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/marleyn/bob-marley

Surname looks to be primarily English. Here is some info from Ancestry about the name.

https://www.ancestry.com.au/name-origin?surname=marley#:~:text=English%3A%20habitat ional%20name%20from%20any,'(pine)%20marten'.

More information about the Marley surname.

There are Marleys in Ireland that originate from Ó Mearthaile. But it is mostly English and Bob Marley's father is English and not of Irish origin.

https://forebears.io/surnames/marley#meaning

[Grace O'Malley]

A Jamaican with Irish ancestry is the boxer Dillian Whyte. His grandfather Patrick Whyte was from Dublin.

https://www.matchroomboxing.com/app/uploads/2020/06/Dillian-Whyte.jpg

[Africanwidow]

A Jamaican with Irish ancestry is the boxer Dillian Whyte. His grandfather Patrick Whyte was from Dublin.

https://www.matchroomboxing.com/app/uploads/2020/06/Dillian-Whyte.jpg

Looks like black Irish!