Darnell's African Break Down

Darnell L Williams

As I told you before, your DNA is more complicated than what advertiser and social scientist claim that they are.  My DNA Test came in from Ancestry DNA.  You notice that my DNA in this test claims 81% African, 15% European, and only 4% West Asian.  They did not find any trace of Native American at all.

This is because when picking up my DNA from my mouth, they could not pick up all DNA samples. My other test only tested my Y-DNA or my mother's side of my family's DNA. This test was a general DNA test that tested the dominant DNA at the time of the test. 

Take a look at what Ancestry DNA says about this test! Click on the link below. 

https://www.ancestry.com/dna/ethnicity/2A2BF461-16EE-4751-B918-ABE5E97879DF

My test broke down my DNA matching it to three major regions of the world.

Africa -------------------       81%

·                     Ivory Coast/Ghana  40%

·                     Cameroon/Congo    24%

·                     Nigeria                       8%

·                     Trace Regions

9%

Europe ------------------       15%

·                     Great Britain           9%

·                     Trace Regions

6%

West Asia --------------        4%

·                     Trace Regions

4%

The slave trade, how some of my relatives could have  moved from Benin to Alabama.  

Here is a man from Benin. He could be related to me.

The Children of Lucy and John Brown

John Brown

Lucy Blue Brown


John and Lucy Brown was born in the late 19th Century. They were married in 1922 in Stony Point Va.  They moved to Steelton, Pa.  At that point my mother Jean Brown Williams was born and 1 year later Alice Brown Franklin came into being. 

  William J. Williams II and Jean Julia Brown Williams

On the left, David Franklin and Alice Brown Franklin.

David and Alice Franklin first child was Yvonne Franklin.

Yvonne Franklin born in the 1940s had Sheldon in April 1988. 

 Sheldon married in the early 21st Century and they bought this house. Sheldon looks a lot like Lucy's brother and neighbor in Steelton, Roy Blue who owned a barbershop on Front St. in Steelton in the 1950s and 1960s. Their new home is in Whitefish Bay, Wi. 


Now let back up some!

I am the third child of Jean and Willie Williams.

Darnell L Williams at age 21 as a computer operator at Allegheny County.

This is X-Wife Amanda Ann Williams Whyte with Amanda Ann Williams III at daycare.

This is when Sheldon and Amanda met for the first time. They were born two weeks apart. Amanda is the older of the two. This picture was taken in July 1988. 

Yvonne just text me and told me that Sheldon and Amanda is together in California. this week. Yvonne is happy that they are together having a great time. She is happy to see that two second cousins are doing a better job of staying connected than the rest of us. 

  Sheldon and Amanda together in California on Nov. 17, 2016. Sheldon said that he had a wonderful time, spending the entire day with Amanda. 

Here are the Browns over the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries. 

Stephanie Tulloch's Geneology

Clara and Tom Porter,

Stephanie's Grand Parents on her mother's side

http://dna.ancestry.com/ethnicity/06B85215-2F90-45B2-9EE6-39B08A9D922C/share/76c21517-2d5f-4b05-bd65-5e6cb10dcbc0/c071df20-ad7a-4369-bc70-20f99676ecc3

Ethnicity Estimate for Stephanie Williams Tulloch

Stephanie Tulloch

Africa

• Ivory Coast/Ghana31%
• Nigeria26%
• Cameroon/Congo9%
• Trace Regions
  

  6%

Europe27%

• Great Britain18%
• Europe West5%
• Trace Regions
  

  4%

West Asia< 1%

• Trace Regions
  

  < 1%

Show all regions

My oldest daughter Stephanie decided to take a DNA test. She wanted to find out what nationalities she is made up of.  Remember when I told you that a DNA test is not 100% accurate? Here is my opportunity to explain.   

Stephanie's test was done by "Ancestry DNA." They tested her Y-DNA not her X-DNA. That means that this test did not include her father's DNA, me. It was all about her mother's family DNA.

According to her test, she is;

72% African

27% European

1% Asian     

Now I know for a fact that Stephanie's grandfather's ancestors in the early 1800s had its roots in Central Virginia (Spotsylvania area)  with the Manahoic Native Americans.  Most if not all of these people were killed or taken into slavery by White Virginians. So their DNA print is lost to history and could not be in the test. 

Thomas Porter I mother Amanda  Ann Porter I was one of the little Manahoic girls sold into slavery after her village was raided by White Virginians.  She was sold to a slave breeder  Noah Smith.  Noah was probably British descendant. Noah's DNA is traceable.   Mary Yeager was a White British woman, married to Thomas Porter I.  Her DNA signature is traceable. Other European traces probably came from interrelations with other people in Europe over the past 3,000 years. 

Stephanie's Grandmother, Clara, is descendant from the Shawnee people from West Virginia.  Probably, here is where her African genes is coming from. Remember West Virginia was part of  Maryland and Virginia at one time.  They were both slave states meaning Africans could have been brought into the area in the 1600, 1700, and 1800.

The British came into North America, bringing their disease with them. They even gave many natives blankets knowingly with Small Pox in them. These blankets killed many Shawnee people.  So a good sample of Shawnee genes is not available today.  

Here is why for most of her ancestor's history, we just have her grandparents testimony to go by.        

Stephanie Tulloch's Geneology

Clara and Tom Porter,

Stephanie's Grand Parents on her mother's side

http://dna.ancestry.com/ethnicity/06B85215-2F90-45B2-9EE6-39B08A9D922C/share/76c21517-2d5f-4b05-bd65-5e6cb10dcbc0/c071df20-ad7a-4369-bc70-20f99676ecc3

Ethnicity Estimate for Stephanie Williams Tulloch

Stephanie Tulloch

Africa

• Ivory Coast/Ghana31%
• Nigeria26%
• Cameroon/Congo9%
• Trace Regions
  

  6%

Europe27%

• Great Britain18%
• Europe West5%
• Trace Regions
  

  4%

West Asia< 1%

• Trace Regions
  

  < 1%

Show all regions

My oldest daughter Stephanie decided to take a DNA test. She wanted to find out what nationalities she is made up of.  Remember when I told you that a DNA test is not 100% accurate? Here is my opportunity to explain.   

Stephanie's test was done by "Ancestry DNA." They tested her Y-DNA not her X-DNA. That means that this test did not include her father's DNA, me. It was all about her mother's family DNA.

According to her test, she is;

72% African

27% European

1% Asian     

Now I know for a fact that Stephanie's grandfather's ancestors in the early 1800s had its roots in Central Virginia (Spotsylvania)  with the Manahoic Native Americans.  Most if not all of these people were killed or taken into slavery by White Virginians. So their DNA print is lost to history and could not be in the test.  Mary Yeager was a White British woman, married to Thomas Porter I.  Her DNA signature is traceable. Other European traces probably came from interrelations with other people in Europe over the past 3,000 years. 

Stephanie's Grandmother, Clara, is descendent from the Shawnee people from West Virginia.  Probably, here is where her African genes is coming from. Remember West Virginia was part of  Maryland and Virginia at one time.  They were both slave states meaning Africans could have been brought into the area in the 1600, 1700, and 1800.

The British came into North America, bringing their disease with them. They even gave many natives blankets knowingly with Small Pox in them. These blankets whipped out many Shawnee people.  So a good sample of Shawnee genes is not available today.  

Here is why for most of her ancestor's history, we just have her grandparents testimony to go by.