Vanessa Williams - DNA

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:I wonder how most Indians would fare up. One of these days I am doing this DNA thing.

"My DNA breaks down as follows: I’m 23% from Ghana, 17% from the British Isles, 15% from Cameroon, 12% Finnish, 11% Southern European, 7% Togo, 6% Benin, 5% Senegal and 4% Portuguese."

http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2013/05/14/actress-vanessa-williams-explains-how-dna-powers-her-family-tree/?o_xid=55843&o_lid=55843&o_sch=Content+Marketing

Kris wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:I wonder how most Indians would fare up. One of these days I am doing this DNA thing.

"My DNA breaks down as follows: I’m 23% from Ghana, 17% from the British Isles, 15% from Cameroon, 12% Finnish, 11% Southern European, 7% Togo, 6% Benin, 5% Senegal and 4% Portuguese."

http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2013/05/14/actress-vanessa-williams-explains-how-dna-powers-her-family-tree/?o_xid=55843&o_lid=55843&o_sch=Content+Marketing

>>>A couple of people I know had it checked out. It came back with a high degree of central Asian dna.

nevada wrote:I have had a DNA test kit at home since 2 months now. All I need to do is spit into a small container and mail it to the testing center. One of these days I am going to overcome my laziness and actually do it.
I will post the results here - or maybe not

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:

nevada wrote:I have had a DNA test kit at home since 2 months now. All I need to do is spit into a small container and mail it to the testing center. One of these days I am going to overcome my laziness and actually do it.
I will post the results here - or maybe not

cool, how much is it? I r'ber seeing a link to get it for 100-150 or so, and I decided that I wasn't that curious to know.

nevada wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:

nevada wrote:I have had a DNA test kit at home since 2 months now. All I need to do is spit into a small container and mail it to the testing center. One of these days I am going to overcome my laziness and actually do it.
I will post the results here - or maybe not

cool, how much is it? I r'ber seeing a link to get it for 100-150 or so, and I decided that I wasn't that curious to know.

$99. I want to see if it will show a combination of nationalities or just say "you are 100% asian".

nevada wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:

nevada wrote:I have had a DNA test kit at home since 2 months now. All I need to do is spit into a small container and mail it to the testing center. One of these days I am going to overcome my laziness and actually do it.
I will post the results here - or maybe not

cool, how much is it? I r'ber seeing a link to get it for 100-150 or so, and I decided that I wasn't that curious to know.

$99. I want to see if it will show a combination of nationalities or just say "you are 100% asian".

Kinnera wrote:i am curious to know, though I am not sure if I am ready to spend $79 now to quench that curiosity :-). Google says that several controversies exist regarding the origin of my supposed ancestors, their native home and their language. The earliest inscription of the clan is from 7th century, it says.

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:

Kinnera wrote:i am curious to know, though I am not sure if I am ready to spend $79 now to quench that curiosity :-). Google says that several controversies exist regarding the origin of my supposed ancestors, their native home and their language. The earliest inscription of the clan is from 7th century, it says.

As per family tales, our subcastam originated in Bengal but been in UP for the longest time. Going back to grand parents I am 50% UP, 25% Rajasthan, and 25% Haryana. Parents would be Rajasthan-MP.

Older tells her friends she is half marathi half rajasthani. She can't fathom UP, and Haryana even less. And she hates saying MP, which is technically most correct for her, but no one knows MP lol. I tell her to just mention MP, and if not that, then New Delhi region, and you will have all grandparents covered on my side.  

Her classmates think I wore this outfit and danced like this when I lived in india.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aqiYAm7Vc

Her classmates' imaginations are not too far from swapna aunty's I think.

oh, and their imagination for women on XH's family is this lol:

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

Kinnera wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:

Kinnera wrote:i am curious to know, though I am not sure if I am ready to spend $79 now to quench that curiosity :-). Google says that several controversies exist regarding the origin of my supposed ancestors, their native home and their language. The earliest inscription of the clan is from 7th century, it says.

As per family tales, our subcastam originated in Bengal but been in UP for the longest time. Going back to grand parents I am 50% UP, 25% Rajasthan, and 25% Haryana. Parents would be Rajasthan-MP.

Older tells her friends she is half marathi half rajasthani. She can't fathom UP, and Haryana even less. And she hates saying MP, which is technically most correct for her, but no one knows MP lol. I tell her to just mention MP, and if not that, then New Delhi region, and you will have all grandparents covered on my side.  

Her classmates think I wore this outfit and danced like this when I lived in india.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aqiYAm7Vc

Her classmates' imaginations are not too far from swapna aunty's I think.

oh, and their imagination for women on XH's family is this lol:

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

Or D could just say, half north indian and half maharashtrian. LOL@ her friends' imagination. Let me know what your results show. I too will get it done sometime. I am sure it's going to give some interesting results.

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:
the only part i am worried about is my afro hair that were golden brown when I was born.  

Kinnera wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:
the only part i am worried about is my afro hair that were golden brown when I was born.  

Maybe you have some dravidian dna (which i r'ber vaguely is close to afro dna) in you .

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:
the only part i am worried about is my afro hair that were golden brown when I was born.  

Maybe you have some dravidian dna (which i r'ber vaguely is close to afro dna) in you .

i have seldom seen a dravidian person with seriously curly hair like people from africa or like african americans. thick lips and dark skin though are another matter.

Kinnera wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:
the only part i am worried about is my afro hair that were golden brown when I was born.  

Maybe you have some dravidian dna (which i r'ber vaguely is close to afro dna) in you .

i have seldom seen a dravidian person with seriously curly hair like people from africa or like african americans. thick lips and dark skin though are another matter.

It may not be as curly like afro hair, but pure dravidian-looking ppl rarely have soft, silky and straight hair.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:
the only part i am worried about is my afro hair that were golden brown when I was born.  

Maybe you have some dravidian dna (which i r'ber vaguely is close to afro dna) in you .

i have seldom seen a dravidian person with seriously curly hair like people from africa or like african americans. thick lips and dark skin though are another matter.

It may not be as curly like afro hair, but pure dravidian-looking ppl rarely have soft, silky and straight hair.

many of us have coarse and straight hair.

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:

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Older tells her friends she is half marathi half rajasthani. ..*.  

Her classmates think I wore this outfit and danced like this when I lived in india.**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aqiYAm7Vc

Her classmates' imaginations are not too far from swapna aunty's I think.

Kinnera wrote:i am curious to know, though I am not sure if I am ready to spend $79 now to quench that curiosity :-). Google says that several controversies exist regarding the origin of my supposed ancestors, their native home and their language. The earliest inscription of the clan is from 7th century, it says.