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**Zhgrlpil** · 05-26-2010, 01:40 AM

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 show appear as 'African' I assume?

The Bantu Kenyans are not used in the Ancestry Painting. I believe they're used for global similarities. There are Nilo-Saharan and Bantu groups in Kenya, by the way.

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? Well, Kenyans apparently have a considerable amount of (relatively) recent West African ancestry. You could have some ancestry from Nilo-Saharan/Bantu populations without it actually being transmitted directly from those sources (e.g. from an admixed southern Somali). About Ethiopians, there are historical circumstances to take into account as well, not just the fact that some Ethiopian populations live close to Nilo-Saharans. I guess genetic tests are the only way to find out.

I don't know of a better study than the one by Tishkoff from last year, sorry. If there's a better one, I'm sure another member will help you out.

05-26-2010, 01:40 AM	#4
Zhgrlpil Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 456 Senior Member	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 show appear as 'African' I assume? The Bantu Kenyans are not used in the Ancestry Painting. I believe they're used for global similarities. There are Nilo-Saharan and Bantu groups in Kenya, by the way. 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? Well, Kenyans apparently have a considerable amount of (relatively) recent West African ancestry. You could have some ancestry from Nilo-Saharan/Bantu populations without it actually being transmitted directly from those sources (e.g. from an admixed southern Somali). About Ethiopians, there are historical circumstances to take into account as well, not just the fact that some Ethiopian populations live close to Nilo-Saharans. I guess genetic tests are the only way to find out. I don't know of a better study than the one by Tishkoff from last year, sorry. If there's a better one, I'm sure another member will help you out.
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