Cameroon, Congo, and Southern Bantu Peoples
Primarily located in: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Rwanda, Burundi
Also found in: Botswana, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Chad, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea
Extending through the heart of Africa, our Cameroon, Congo, and Southern Bantu Peoples region winds through tropical rainforest, humid savanna, and semi-arid desert. Starting about 3,000 years ago, Bantu-speaking peoples spread from an area around the border of modern-day Cameroon and Nigeria through much of sub-Saharan Africa in one of the greatest migrations in human history. Today the region is home to unrivaled ethnic and linguistic diversity.
Early History
Central Africa’s Congo Basin and Cameroon have been home to human populations for at least 30,000 years, and more than 250 different ethnic groups can be found in the area today. Many are considered Bantu peoples. Bantu (meaning “people”) refers to a group of Niger-Congo languages that trace their origin back to the western border of modern Cameroon and Nigeria. The Bantu language group is among the world’s most diverse, with more than 500 languages. More than 310 million people speak a Bantu language.
My Bantu GaDangme Yoruba Hausa Russian Scottish maternal side below
Gedmatch.Com
Dodecad K12b 4-Ancestors Oracle
This program is based on 4-Ancestors Oracle Version 0.96 by Alexandr Burnashev.
The GEDmatch version of Oracle may give slightly different results from Dienekes version. The GEDmatch version uses FST weighting in its calculations.
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Admix Results (sorted):
# | Population | Percent |
1 | Sub_Saharan | 87.06 |
2 | East_African | 7.14 |
3 | North_European | 4.04 |
4 | Northwest_African | 1.40 |
Finished reading population data. 223 populations found.
12 components mode.
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Least-squares method.
Using 1 population approximation:
1 Bantu_S.E._S.Sotho_HGDP @ 5.941215
2 Bantu_S.E._Zulu_HGDP @ 5.989156
3 Bantu_S.W._Herero_HGDP @ 6.191617
4 Bantu_S.E._Pedi_HGDP @ 6.740980
5 Bantu_S.E._Tswana_HGDP @ 6.879447
6 Bantu_S.W._Ovambo_HGDP @ 7.860303
7 ASW30_HapMap3 @ 8.954385
8 Mandenka_HGDP @ 13.194644
9 Yoruba_HGDP @ 15.393278
10 YRI30_HGDP @ 15.393278
11 Bantu_N.E._HGDP @ 18.725086
12 LWK30_Behar @ 21.019032
13 MKK30_Dodecad @ 82.090340
14 Sandawe_He_Henn @ 84.022049
15 Algerian_Dodecad @ 91.012428
16 Yemenese_Behar @ 91.091537
17 Moroccans_Behar @ 93.398926
18 Egyptans_Behar @ 93.721519
19 Uzbeks_Behar @ 95.749939
20 Uygur_HGDP @ 96.872185
Using 2 populations approximation:
1 50% ASW30_HapMap3 +50% Bantu_S.E._Zulu_HGDP @ 3.317516
Using 3 populations approximation:
1 50% ASW30_HapMap3 +25% Bantu_S.E._Pedi_HGDP +25% Bantu_S.E._S.Sotho_HGDP @ 3.302686
Using 4 populations approximation:
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1 ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_N.E._HGDP + Bantu_S.W._Ovambo_HGDP + Mandenka_HGDP @ 3.048530
2 ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_S.W._Ovambo_HGDP + LWK30_Behar + Mandenka_HGDP @ 3.051240
3 ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_N.E._HGDP + Bantu_S.W._Herero_HGDP + Mandenka_HGDP @ 3.086563
4 ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_N.E._HGDP + Bantu_S.E._S.Sotho_HGDP + Mandenka_HGDP @ 3.213704
5 ASW30_HapMap3 + LWK30_Behar + Mandenka_HGDP + Mandenka_HGDP @ 3.215178
6 ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_S.W._Herero_HGDP + LWK30_Behar + Mandenka_HGDP @ 3.249026
7 ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_N.E._HGDP + Bantu_S.E._Zulu_HGDP + Mandenka_HGDP @ 3.261099
8 ASW30_HapMap3 + ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_S.E._Pedi_HGDP + Bantu_S.E._S.Sotho_HGDP @ 3.302686
9 ASW30_HapMap3 + ASW30_HapMap3 + Bantu_N.E._HGDP + Yoruba_HGDP
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Admix Results (sorted):
# | Population | Percent |
1 | Sub_Saharan | 93.13 |
2 | West_European_Hunter_Gartherer | 2.39 |
3 | Natufian | 1.95 |
4 | Ancestral_North_Eurasian | 1.76 |
5 | Ancestral_South_Eurasian | 0.76 |
Single Population Sharing:
# | Population (source) | Distance |
1 | Gambian | 4.77 |
2 | Esan | 8.16 |
3 | Yoruba | 8.16 |
4 | Mota | 12.59 |
5 | Hadza | 14.06 |
6 | Masai | 27.1 |
7 | Somali | 49.08 |
8 | Moroccan | 84.37 |
9 | Saharawi | 85.73 |
10 | Algerian | 87.94 |
11 | Yemeni | 94.4 |
12 | Libyan | 94.75 |
13 | Egyptian | 97.91 |
14 | GoyetQ116 | 101.79 |
15 | BedouinA | 103.97 |
16 | Jordanian | 106.72 |
17 | Syrian | 107.67 |
18 | Palestinian | 107.97 |
19 | Steppe_IA | 109.71 |
20 | Turkmen | 109.76 |
Mixed Mode Population Sharing:
# | Primary Population (source) | Secondary Population (source) | Distance | |||||
1 | 96% | Gambian | + | 4% | Steppe_Eneolithic | @ | 0.67 | |
2 | 96% | Gambian | + | 4% | Steppe_EMBA | @ | 0.71 | |
3 | 93.2% | Yoruba | + | 6.8% | Steppe_MLBA | @ | 0.8 | |
4 | 93.2% | Esan | + | 6.8% | Steppe_MLBA | @ | 0.8 | |
5 | 96% | Gambian | + | 4% | Steppe_MLBA | @ | 0.89 | |
6 | 93.3% | Yoruba | + | 6.7% | Ukrainian | @ | 1.07 | |
7 | 93.3% | Esan | + | 6.7% | Ukrainian | @ | 1.07 | |
8 | 95.9% | Gambian | + | 4.1% | Steppe_IA | @ | 1.07 | |
9 | 93.3% | Esan | + | 6.7% | Russian | @ | 1.11 | |
10 | 93.3% | Yoruba | + | 6.7% | Russian | @ | 1.11 | |
11 | 93.4% | Yoruba | + | 6.6% | Norwegian | @ | 1.11 | |
12 | 93.4% | Esan | + | 6.6% | Norwegian | @ | 1.11 | |
13 | 96% | Gambian | + | 4% | Russian | @ | 1.12 | |
14 | 96.1% | Gambian | + | 3.9% | Estonian | @ | 1.13 | |
15 | 96% | Gambian | + | 4% | Finnish | @ | 1.13 | |
16 | 96.1% | Gambian | + | 3.9% | Lithuanian | @ | 1.13 | |
17 | 93.4% | Yoruba | + | 6.6% | Hungarian | @ | 1.14 | |
18 | 93.4% | Esan | + | 6.6% | Hungarian | @ | 1.14 | |
19 | 93.4% | Yoruba | + | 6.6% | Scottish | @ | 1.14 | |
20 | 93.4% | Esan | + | 6.6% | Scottish | @ | 1.14 |
Tracing Sephardic Spainish Jewish ancestry
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Admix Results (sorted):
# | Population | Percent |
1 | W_African | 82.21 |
2 | Wht_Nile_River | 8.08 |
3 | NE_European | 3.62 |
4 | S_African | 2.6 |
5 | Horn_Of_Africa | 2.37 |
6 | Mediterranean | 0.62 |
7 | Oceanian | 0.27 |
8 | Omo_River | 0.25 |
Single Population Sharing:
# | Population (source) | Distance |
1 | Bamoun | 5.52 |
2 | Hausa | 5.74 |
3 | Igbo | 6.6 |
4 | Bambaran | 7.35 |
5 | African_American | 9.46 |
6 | Brong | 10.45 |
7 | Mandinka | 12.86 |
8 | NE_Bantu | 15.64 |
9 | Yoruban | 16.32 |
10 | Luhya | 21.39 |
11 | SA_Bantu | 26.18 |
12 | Xhosa | 36.52 |
13 | Pygmy | 44.12 |
14 | Sandawe | 59.09 |
15 | Dominican | 60.54 |
16 | Puerto_Rican | 69.75 |
17 | Somali_Benadiri | 74.77 |
18 | Moroccan | 77.67 |
19 | Maasai | 77.89 |
20 | Mozabite_Berber | 80.7 |
Mixed Mode Population Sharing:
# | Primary Population (source) | Secondary Population (source) | Distance | |||||
1 | 64.5% | Hausa | + | 35.5% | African_American | @ | 2.89 | |
2 | 95.5% | Hausa | + | 4.5% | Lithuanian | @ | 3.09 | |
3 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Belarusian | @ | 3.1 | |
4 | 60.6% | Igbo | + | 39.4% | African_American | @ | 3.12 | |
5 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Karelian | @ | 3.12 | |
6 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Finnish | @ | 3.12 | |
7 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Russian | @ | 3.13 | |
8 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Mordovian | @ | 3.14 | |
9 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Polish | @ | 3.17 | |
10 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Swedish | @ | 3.21 | |
11 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Norwegian | @ | 3.24 | |
12 | 57.4% | Bambaran | + | 42.6% | African_American | @ | 3.25 | |
13 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | North_German | @ | 3.25 | |
14 | 95.5% | Hausa | + | 4.5% | Scottish | @ | 3.28 | |
15 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Slovenian | @ | 3.29 | |
16 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Orcadian | @ | 3.29 | |
17 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Austrian | @ | 3.3 | |
18 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Irish | @ | 3.3 | |
19 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | English | @ | 3.3 | |
20 | 95.4% | Hausa | + | 4.6% | Hungarian | @ |
South Sudanese Bantu -My DNA connections
Admix Results (sorted):
# | Population | Percent |
1 | W_Benue_Congo | 58.89 |
2 | E_Benue_Congo | 25.56 |
3 | Western_Semitic | 5.12 |
4 | Omotic | 2.47 |
5 | Southern_HG | 2.39 |
6 | Eastern_HG | 2.17 |
7 | Ubangian_Congo | 1.93 |
8 | Nilo_Saharan | 1.47 |
Single Population Sharing:
# | Population (source) | Distance |
1 | Nigeria_Hausa | 5.73 |
2 | Mali_Mandinka | 5.89 |
3 | Nigeria_Igbo | 8.73 |
4 | Cameroon_Bamoun | 11.82 |
5 | DRC_Kongo | 11.93 |
6 | Nigeria_Yoruba | 13.14 |
7 | Chad_Kaba | 13.76 |
8 | Ghana_Brong | 15.17 |
9 | Cameroon_Fang | 17.89 |
10 | Mali_Bambaran | 18.03 |
11 | SA_Nguni | 23.74 |
12 | SA_Pedi | 24.95 |
13 | Cameroon_Mada | 25.74 |
14 | Kenyan_Bantu | 27.03 |
15 | SA_Bantu | 30.57 |
16 | SA_Sotho/Tswana | 31.32 |
17 | Mali_Dogon | 33.95 |
18 | SA_Xhosa | 35.58 |
19 | Nigeria_Fulani | 36.38 |
20 | Kenyan_Luhya | 42.86 |
Mixed Mode Population Sharing:
# | Primary Population (source) | Secondary Population (source) | Distance | |||||
1 | 87.4% | Nigeria_Igbo | + | 12.6% | Tanzania_Sandawe | @ | 2.48 | |
2 | 81.9% | Nigeria_Yoruba | + | 18.1% | Tanzania_Sandawe | @ | 2.86 | |
3 | 88.3% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 11.7% | Nigeria_Fulani | @ | 3.14 | |
4 | 94.7% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 5.3% | S_Moroccan | @ | 3.28 | |
5 | 95.3% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.7% | Mozabite | @ | 3.46 | |
6 | 95.8% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.2% | Egyptian | @ | 3.47 | |
7 | 95.6% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.4% | N_Moroccan | @ | 3.5 | |
8 | 95.6% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.4% | Tunisian | @ | 3.5 | |
9 | 95.5% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.5% | Libyan | @ | 3.51 | |
10 | 95.5% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.5% | Algerian | @ | 3.61 | |
11 | 76.5% | Ghana_Brong | + | 23.5% | DRC_Hema | @ | 3.89 | |
12 | 51.3% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 48.7% | Mali_Mandinka | @ | 4 | |
13 | 95.1% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.9% | Ethiopian_Tygray | @ | 4.16 | |
14 | 86.1% | Nigeria_Igbo | + | 13.9% | DRC_Hema | @ | 4.18 | |
15 | 73.1% | Mali_Mandinka | + | 26.9% | DRC_Kongo | @ | 4.21 | |
16 | 81% | Mali_Mandinka | + | 19% | Cameroon_Fang | @ | 4.26 | |
17 | 95.2% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.8% | Ethiopian_Amhara | @ | 4.27 | |
18 | 95.3% | Nigeria_Hausa | + | 4.7% | Ethiopian_Afar | @ | 4.34 | |
19 | 76.5% | Nigeria_Igbo | + | 23.5% | SA_Pedi | @ | 4.35 | |
20 | 75.6% | Nigeria_Igbo | + | 24.4% | SA_Nguni | @ | 4.43 |