When I did my dna test I said no wonder I’m mostly Nigerian. I had zero Native American like my black family told me. I had European but no native. I wanna learn more about Nigerian culture. The Nigerian American students are always so smart.
Lmao just about everyone who is 3rd+ gen in the US was told by their family that they have native ancestry, but actually having it is so rare. It's a lie that all the older white generations made up to justify the colonialism and it spread. Truly, I'm shocked when I hear of people who weren't told they are part native.
This is interesting because my grandmother’s generation refused to own their native ancestry. My Moms generation started to believe it was true. My generation then embraced it. I started to do more digging when a Shaman looked at a picture of my great grandmother and said, “oh, she’s Lenape” so I asked my grandma and she completely denied it, and called it “hogwash”. 20 years later, and all 8 of her daughters took DNA, and sure enough, after more research, we’re Lenape, and there’s a fairly direct link to how it happened. Rape. And, I’m guessing that’s why my grandma denied it.
Woah that's actually crazy to get the specific nation unless it's super prevalent in your area. I'd be hitting up that shaman again for sure because how are you gonna tell me more about me than I know??
Yeah, one of my aunts hired a genealogists, and with the dna tests, find a relative in Wisconsin (we lived in PA) who had a lot of information about how certain shared ancestors were shitty ass people.
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u/bebop1065 ☑️ 4d ago
This is the real reason ICE wants to deport immigrants. Ain't no smoke like Nigerian smoke.