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**Enjoymmsq** · 05-26-2010, 01:28 AM

These are language families. There are no "Nilo-Saharan" genes, or "Bantu" genes. Of course, the original speakers of these language families would have had relatively similar genetic profiles, but we don't know anything about those. The "African" on 23andme shows how similar you are to the reference group for Africans (Nigerians) in comparison to the "European" and "Asian" reference groups.

If you're asking about admixture from the neighbouring Nilo-Saharan and Bantu populations, there's not a lot of data about that. You could try the Tishkoff study. But if I had to guess, I would say that southern Somalis probably have more Bantu ancestry than the rest of the Horn of Africa (not necessarily a considerable amount), while Ethiopians probably have more Nilo-Saharan ancestry.

I thought they used Bantu Kenyans as well on 23andme, non-Cushitic speaking Kenyans look like a mixture between Nilos and Bantus to me. So if part of your genome is similar to them it would appear as 'African' I assume?

In theory, you couldn't get more ''East African'' than me (I'm from the edge of the 'Horn' lol). It wouldn't make any sense for Somalis to have Nilo/Bantu admixture unless they are from the Southern regions. While Ethiopians practically live side-by-side with Nilos. So Tishkoff is the only study out there that could slightly answer this question?

05-26-2010, 01:28 AM	#3
Enjoymmsq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 380 Senior Member	These are language families. There are no "Nilo-Saharan" genes, or "Bantu" genes. Of course, the original speakers of these language families would have had relatively similar genetic profiles, but we don't know anything about those. The "African" on 23andme shows how similar you are to the reference group for Africans (Nigerians) in comparison to the "European" and "Asian" reference groups. If you're asking about admixture from the neighbouring Nilo-Saharan and Bantu populations, there's not a lot of data about that. You could try the Tishkoff study. But if I had to guess, I would say that southern Somalis probably have more Bantu ancestry than the rest of the Horn of Africa (not necessarily a considerable amount), while Ethiopians probably have more Nilo-Saharan ancestry. I thought they used Bantu Kenyans as well on 23andme, non-Cushitic speaking Kenyans look like a mixture between Nilos and Bantus to me. So if part of your genome is similar to them it would appear as 'African' I assume? In theory, you couldn't get more ''East African'' than me (I'm from the edge of the 'Horn' lol). It wouldn't make any sense for Somalis to have Nilo/Bantu admixture unless they are from the Southern regions. While Ethiopians practically live side-by-side with Nilos. So Tishkoff is the only study out there that could slightly answer this question?
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