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New African genetic groups coming soon on 23andme

Araabi

Awdalite
I asked a close family member who did the 23andme to check theirs but they said there seems like no update since 2021. Is it only a feature for some and not for all?
 

NidarNidar

♚Awdal♚
VIP
CIA and Mossad can now pinpoint the exact clan/region you hail from. Good luck guys.

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they alreayd have your PH account and enough bm material from you. :lolbron: You freaking degenerate.
 

Garaad Awal

Former African
My Mota is slightly elevated so my Ethio likely came via Oromo groups that became Somali like the Akisho who are present in Western SL & Fafaan and from Somali groups who have high Oromo admixture like the Gurgure who also exist in Western SL & Fafaan. Most likely female mediated.
 

caano_shaah

Male/Pan-Somalist
I aint trusting my genetic data to an American private company who will then sell it to third parties like big pharma. And once they have that data, they can do with it whatever they want. Your genetic code is the most private and sensitive data you have.
 

NidarNidar

♚Awdal♚
VIP
I talked to @The alchemist about this and he nicely broke it down, let me regurgitate what he said to me.

Some people show a tiny amount of DNA related to Southern African and Central African ancient hunter-gatherers. This small signal can artificially make it look like they have Ethiopian (Mota-related) ancestry, even when they actually don’t.

Long ago, small groups with Southern-African-like ancestry may have moved into areas of northern Kenya and the Somali Peninsula, leaving behind a very small “ghost” genetic trace in some Somalis today. This ancestry is ancient, very minor, and not connected to modern Central Africans.

Once this “ghost” ancestry is removed from genetic models, the supposed Ethiopian/Mota ancestry in Somalis often disappears. This explains why some genetic results appear to show Oromo or Ethiopian mixture even when there isn’t any real recent connection.

Some groups in Kenya and Somali, like the Aweer/Boni show this older Southern-African-like hunter-gatherer ancestry as well.

So for me the algorithim tries to overcorrect it, since I don't have enough of this ghost dna(1.4%) and my grandmother has about 3.4% which now shows up as Khoisan etc...

Akisho are 100% Somali, the Jaarso are the more mixed bag, but still majority of their ancestry would be Somali stilll, depending on subclans.

Seems like you have slightly more then me and it shows up as Khoisan southern east African, these dna markers are also present within them since they absorbed these San like populations.
 
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I talked to @The alchemist about this and he nicely broke it down, let me regurgitate what he said to me.

Some people show a tiny amount of DNA related to Southern African and Central African ancient hunter-gatherers. This small signal can artificially make it look like they have Ethiopian (Mota-related) ancestry, even when they actually don’t.

Long ago, small groups with Southern-African-like ancestry may have moved into areas of northern Kenya and the Somali Peninsula, leaving behind a very small “ghost” genetic trace in some Somalis today. This ancestry is ancient, very minor, and not connected to modern Central Africans.

Once this “ghost” ancestry is removed from genetic models, the supposed Ethiopian/Mota ancestry in Somalis often disappears. This explains why some genetic results appear to show Oromo or Ethiopian mixture even when there isn’t any real recent connection.

Some groups in Kenya and Somali, like the Aweer/Boni show this older Southern-African-like hunter-gatherer ancestry as well.

So for me the algorithim tries to overcorrect it, since I don't have enough of this ghost dna(1.4%) and my grandmother has about 3.4% which now shows up as Khoisan etc...

Akisho are 100% Somali, the Jaarso are the more mixed bag, but still majority of their ancestry would be Somali stilll, depending on subclans.

Seems like you have slightly more then me and it shows up as Khoisan southern east African, these dna markers are also present within them since they absorbed these San like populations.

Thanks, it makes sense since I always knew Akisho are full Somali. Also I found the Ethiopian/Eritrean T-l208 20% somali region he matches.

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I talked to @The alchemist about this and he nicely broke it down, let me regurgitate what he said to me.

Some people show a tiny amount of DNA related to Southern African and Central African ancient hunter-gatherers. This small signal can artificially make it look like they have Ethiopian (Mota-related) ancestry, even when they actually don’t.

Long ago, small groups with Southern-African-like ancestry may have moved into areas of northern Kenya and the Somali Peninsula, leaving behind a very small “ghost” genetic trace in some Somalis today. This ancestry is ancient, very minor, and not connected to modern Central Africans.

Once this “ghost” ancestry is removed from genetic models, the supposed Ethiopian/Mota ancestry in Somalis often disappears. This explains why some genetic results appear to show Oromo or Ethiopian mixture even when there isn’t any real recent connection.

Some groups in Kenya and Somali, like the Aweer/Boni show this older Southern-African-like hunter-gatherer ancestry as well.

So for me the algorithim tries to overcorrect it, since I don't have enough of this ghost dna(1.4%) and my grandmother has about 3.4% which now shows up as Khoisan etc...

Akisho are 100% Somali, the Jaarso are the more mixed bag, but still majority of their ancestry would be Somali stilll, depending on subclans.

Seems like you have slightly more then me and it shows up as Khoisan southern east African, these dna markers are also present within them since they absorbed these San like populations.

The Khoisan one is Angolan and Congolese, its high at 2.1% for an average somali, probably from the Arabian side that's why I have higher than expected, but as you mentioned i did see some get the Angolan and Congolese especially the somali regions you mentioned also alot from Northern regions as well.

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NidarNidar

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The Khoisan one is Angolan and Congolese, its high at 2.1% for an average somali, probably from the Arabian side that's why I have higher than expected, but as you mentioned i did see some get the Angolan and Congolese especially the somali regions you mentioned also alot from Northern regions as well.

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I got Nigerian xD and some Hindi, anything under 1% is just noise, though the endemic ghost population we have is being mistaken for these other groups, if you're from the north, especially, it's mostly found with those with ancestry in the SR.

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I got Nigerian xD and some Hindi, anything under 1% is just noise, though the endemic ghost population we have is being mistaken for these other groups, if you're from the north, especially, it's mostly found with those with ancestry in the SR.

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Surprisingly you, @The alchemist and others in this forum were ahead in time only for 23andme to confirm your theories later were spot on, its all making sense now, the pieces are adding up.
 

NidarNidar

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Surprisingly you, @The alchemist and others in this forum were ahead in time only for 23andme to confirm your theories later were spot on, its all making sense now, the pieces are adding up.
The guys know their stuff, I'm still learning.

That potent SA related ancestry shows up phenotypically across the NEA, probably explains some features amongst us, the unifying King of Egypt looked very san like aswell.
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