Sambumbia - Dominican-Caribbean Genetics and Genealogy

It is often that Dominicans come to mind when it comes to self-hate or anti-blackness. "Dominican's don't like to be called black"- is a common term. I remember back close to a decade ago I watched one of my first afro-dominican documentaries "Congo-Pa-Ti" which featured the community of Villa Mella in North-Santo Domingo and although one part featured the outstanding traditions of the people, the other almost in mockery asked residents of villa mella what they considered themselves as far as "race", some respondents said yellow, cinnamon and where quite precise with their color. The ones that said "moren@" where translated in the subtitles as "mixed black" or "light skin black". In the end it seemed to illustrate for the English speaker that Dominican's don't use the term "negro" "black" and therefore use other terms to avoid it. Growing up as a person who gets called "moreno"

As African-descendants in the new world its probably the most asked question. Where from? Whom from? The first thing to know is there is no such thing as static identity, Ethnic groups in all corners of the African continent have been moving, mixing, adapting at and endless rate. We in the new world often romanticize that we come from "a place" where "our people" live, but it will always be many peoples and many places and not just in the now but in the before as well. Case #1 My maternal grandfather: Paternal : Half his fathers family is from Tamboril Santiago and the other half Camaguey, Cuba. Maternal : San Francisco de Macoris all the way to late 1700s on every single line Most numerous ethnicity of his African relatives : 4  Fulani  Relatives Location of relatives : Most with connections to or from Fouta Djallon, Guinea , but some with parentage in Senegal, Gambia and Niger. Match Strength : This is determined by CM (Length) and SNP (Density) t