Hello everyone! I have had my DNA tested to see where I'm from but I will not have my results until next month. I wanted to know if any of you think I look Nigerian, and more specifically do I look Igbo? lol Thanks in advanced.

Oh forgot to mention, my ex boyfriend and my good friend said I look Igbo, I don't know but I will know next month lol.

are you African American dear? You look like alot of things.

you are a shade of many things but you look a bit nigerian/ivorien

You look like Igbo and Igbos look like Congolese and other Bantus. So you look African but definitely not the darker Sudan Africans.

I would say you look Trinidadian.

MtuMsuper:
are you African American dear? You look like alot of things.

Yes I am African American, however I dropped American some time ago and just say I am African. Hopefully when I get my results back I can connect to my African relatives.

Abagworo:
You look like Igbo and Igbos look like Congolese and other Bantus. So you look African but definitely not the darker Sudan Africans.

Thank you, that makes me very happy!
If I am not Igbo on my moms side, I think I will definitely be on my fathers side. He resembled Olu Jacobs and one other Nollywood actor, I just cant think of his name at the moment.

You look Nigerian, despite your fake straightened hair.

QueenAfrica36:


Yes I am African American, however I dropped American some time ago and just say I am African. Hopefully when I get my results back I can connect to my African relatives.

high cheek bones, slim build, I'd say you're over 6ft tall. You look like a Fulani. Fulaman198 would agree.
African is culture. And we all different from East to west to South to North.

Well difficult.
You do look typically African, you can walk the streets in Lagos without being seen as different, but it's hard to place you. Some African Americans have thoroughly mixed heritage from various parts of Africa even European and native American peoples.
You'd need to wait for the DNA results.

QueenAfrica36:


Yes I am African American, however I dropped American some time ago and just say I am African. Hopefully when I get my results back I can connect to my African relatives.

Why would you want anything to do with such a cursed continent?!

QueenAfrica36:
Hello everyone! I have had my DNA tested to see where I'm from but I will not have my results until next month. I wanted to know if any of you think I look Nigerian, and more specifically do I look Igbo? lol Thanks in advanced.

Oh forgot to mention, my ex boyfriend and my good friend said I look Igbo, I don't know but I will know next month lol.

You look like an Igbo-Fulani mix. I've seen some 100% Igbos who look just like you but at first glance I'd say you look like an Igbo-Fulani mix.

bigfrancis21:


You look like an Igbo-Fulani mix. I've seen some 100% Igbos who look just like you but at first glance I'd say you look like an Igbo-Fulani mix.

Igbo and Fulani in the same sentence?

Hiaaan!

Ishilove:

Igbo and Fulani in the same sentence?

Hiaaan!

Aww ok I'm sorry . Over to you...what's your take?

bigfrancis21:


Aww ok I'm sorry . Over to you...what's your take?

None. You're the bookworm here

Bigfrancis21, she looks Edo

Ishilove:

None. You're the bookworm here

Lmaao. I'm not even up to half of you. You write excellent stories and story books.

bigfrancis21:


Lmaao. I'm not even up to half of you. You write excellent stories and story books.

Ta! You that constantly intimidate us with your plenty plenty big English and sound historical knowledge

Hian. Igbo-Fulani kwa? Gini?

How many more of these 'Do I look Nigerian?' threads do we need?

You look like a typical Nigerian/West African to me. I'd say more Igbo than Yoruba but that's all I can tell.

Lol thank you, but I am 5'5 with a more full build. My dads people are all, dark and slim. My mom's side are more short, lighter and a little round (because of my great grandmother being half white I'm sure). My grandfather on my moms side however was average height, very dark, slim build.
He has no living male children and he died before I was born, so I cant test his lineage I don't believe, but I am most interested in Maternal and Paternal. If I am Nigerian I am going to attend a naming ceremony and change my name, which will be chosen by elders... Dream come true to me.

MtuMsuper:

high cheek bones, slim build, I'd say you're over 6ft tall. You look like a Fulani. Fulaman198 would agree.
African is culture. And we all different from East to west to South to North.

Rosskii:
You look Nigerian, despite your fake straightened hair.

Underneath my wig, my hair is natural and I wear it natural about 98% of the time.

I'm not sure how many posts there are, but all the same thanks for your input.

Probz:
Hian. Igbo-Fulani kwa? Gini?

How many more of these 'Do I look Nigerian?' threads do we need?

You look like a typical Nigerian/West African to me. I'd say more Igbo than Yoruba but that's all I can tell.

You're not bad looking at all, by the way. You're what we call omalicha in Igbo.

She looks too igbotic

QueenAfrica36:
Lol thank you, but I am 5'5 with a more full build. My dads people are all, dark and slim. My mom's side are more short, lighter and a little round (because of my great grandmother being half white I'm sure). My grandfather on my moms side however was average height, very dark, slim build.
He has no living male children and he died before I was born, so I cant test his lineage I don't believe, but I am most interested in Maternal and Paternal. If I am Nigerian I am going to attend a naming ceremony and change my name, which will be chosen by elders... Dream come true to me.

Aww that's cool. I really wish your test comes out Nigerian Igbo. African Americans of Igbo ancestry have recently been taking on Igbo names and reclaiming their roots and history wrongfully taken from them. Below are some videos of Igbo naming ceremonies for our Igbo african american siblings. Even if it turns out you're not Igbo, you're still welcome to our family. Some good Igbo names would be Nkechi (God's own, Chi means God in Igbo and features a lot in Igbo names), Oluchi (God's work/creation), Chidimma (God is good), Adaora (daughter of the people, Ada means daughter and ora means the people), etc. Beautiful names I tell ya.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE03wwZLVv0

Did you know that the third world's largest movie industry is the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood, controlled and populated primarily by the Igbo tribe?

It's sad to hear that your maternal grandad is late and has no living male children. Does he have any brothers or related uncles (same father) alive? The Y-DNA is the same for any male directly related to him paternally.

QueenAfrica36:
Lol thank you, but I am 5'5 with a more full build. My dads people are all, dark and slim. My mom's side are more short, lighter and a little round (because of my great grandmother being half white I'm sure). My grandfather on my moms side however was average height, very dark, slim build.
He has no living male children and he died before I was born, so I cant test his lineage I don't believe, but I am most interested in Maternal and Paternal. If I am Nigerian I am going to attend a naming ceremony and change my name, which will be chosen by elders... Dream come true to me.

Aframs have interesting ancestry. I suggest you go to the website http://www.forumbiodiversity.com/index.php and go to the section dealing with Human variation, DNA ancestry incl DNA companies . Visit the cultural anthropology section too, because your cultural self identification is also part of your identity.
Take bigfrancis advice about naming, but remember, your ancestors came from a wide coastal sweep from Senagambia to Angola/Namibia and 500 miles or more inland, not forgetting SE Africa. You can take any name from any tribe there.
Good luck with your search and would you like to share the results with us?

Honestly, you look like Any African with some white ancestry, like you mentioned yourself.
I am guessing you are 75-83% African , and the rest being European/Other.

What I have learnt from these tests is that one shouldn't be too overly enthusiastic about any particular tribes or regions before taking them just because someone said something like "Oh you look like this and that" , as the results might turn out to be a shocker, and many testers experience some form of withdrawal symptoms after finding out their true ancestries, because they have invested too much emotionally in certain things.

For all we know, majority of your ancestors might be Ghanaian +Congolese and some Nigerian

You could be Yoruba, Igbo, Igala, Ibibio, etc. Or even non Nigerian.

However, you resemble an Igbo girl I use to know.

OP ur an american ?

You look exactly like igbo girl,they have this beauty, people notice easily....(lighter and choco skin colour) You are beautiful..... West africa are the most beautiful people in africa (black race)




mind you! West africans are not that black.

bigfrancis21:


Aww that's cool. I really wish your test comes out Nigerian Igbo. African Americans of Igbo ancestry have recently been taking on Igbo names and reclaiming their roots and history wrongfully taken from them. Below are some videos of Igbo naming ceremonies for our Igbo african american siblings. Even if it turns out you're not Igbo, you're still welcome to our family. Some good Igbo names would be Nkechi (God's own, Chi means God in Igbo and features a lot in Igbo names), Oluchi (God's work/creation), Chidimma (God is good), Adaora (daughter of the people, Ada means daughter and ora means the people), etc. Beautiful names I tell ya.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE03wwZLVv0

Did you know that the third world's largest movie industry is the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood, controlled and populated primarily by the Igbo tribe?

It's sad to hear that your maternal grandad is late and has no living male children. Does he have any brothers or related uncles (same father) alive? The Y-DNA is the same for any male directly related to him paternally.

Second and not third,

Majority of African Americans are from Benin/Togo

You kinda look a bit ghanaian, but if you are a Nigerian descendant then you're most likely igbo. And ignore the guy who insulted you by saying you look fulani.