Comments on: Oprah’s DNA Test

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:24:26 +0000

Because individual conscience cannot be trusted in the human being, anyone who sends for DNA information should send it without their real name.
They should send it without a hint of who they are and no clue of their race or ethnicity.
If these scientists are so smart people seeking their DNA idenity should make them test the DNA without one clue of who the DNA is from.
Now that would be interesting.
I wonder what they would come up with then if they had no idea who the DNA was from.

By: xxx

xxx — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:42:27 +0000

i totally disagree with you all it is very possible that some west african slaves had some south african ancestors you are all stupid people moved out of south africa international commerce from prehistoric times till now the people that say it is not possible are never moves out of their tv set that is all..south african president is big and lazy that is all i have to declare…i am french..

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:30:31 +0000

FYI Accoring to PBS site and other sources Oprah’s DNA test did NOT determine she had Zulu heritage! These postings go back to 2005 so hopefully folks received corrected information.

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:09:57 +0000

Give me a break people. First of all, not all Black folks in America are descendents of slavery. Second of all, as many of you noted, most -most not all of the slaves came from West Africa. Third, I’m glad you can all read Oprah’s heart and mind and know what she wanted to “Know.” Lastly but not leastly, I agree with the comment that there are some arrogant Africans that want to deny Africans of the diaspora based on “looks” — when you skeptic and nay sayers become genetic experts let us know. And you experts out there know that so called historical evidence is flawed with some of it being simply theoretical and some of it being lies of the powerful.

By: Do Americans really not know what 'Africans' look like?? - Page 2 - The BN Village

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:46 +0000

[...] Oprah Winfrey’s ancestors belong to the Kpelle tribe in the West African nation of Liberia. Oprah’s DNA Test [...]

By: Chea.Bricks

Chea.Bricks — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:36:13 +0000

It is very unlikely that Oprah’s ancestry is South Africa. Minus DNA, West Africa is place to suspect. With DNA, West African countries from Senegal-Sierra Leone-Ivory Coast-Ghana_Benin_Togo-Nigeria_Cameron belt should be strongly looked at. The farthest being Congo. During the slave trade, the trip to South Africa from America would have been the longest trip. S. Africa I do highly doubt and very unlikely though not impossible.
There’s a book, “Mississippi in Africa” I recommend for Oprah to read.

By: Gonda Watson

Gonda Watson — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:04:40 +0000

Can u help me get dna testing done in Libria that where child and mother live. The child mother is giving me a hard time and I will liked some assistant on seeing if that child is mines. I live in North Carolina.

Thanks!

By: jaali hotep

jaali hotep — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:05:40 +0000

Whatever Oprah’s roots are she should be proud, I just don’t like the arrogance of africans why is Oprah so far from looking like Zulu, Zulus should be happy they don’t have anything else going besides Shaka Zulu and the Zulu war in the 1800’s, and Africans need not to be so arrogant because they are responsible for our slavery, todays Africans are nothing but descendants of slave holders and they have the nerve to hold their nose up in the air and as far as Iam concerned they are right there with white slave holders so slow down arrogant Africans(Zulus) African americans are the strongest and bravest of our race(African)

By: joshua

joshua — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:39:12 +0000

I believe Oprah knows the truth about where she came from, our hope is inside us not Oprah peeps, she grew out of poverty and horrible past and surely we will do the same….Oprah,watch the space!

By: Rose Beharrie

Rose Beharrie — Sun, 13 May 2007 12:54:54 +0000

I believe they did do paper work with Oprah’s DNA test because they found her trace of DNA in other African countries. The reason giving is that people marry, people move, some are not going to stay at the same place, so they supplimented her DNA test with paper work and found that the slaves who arrived at a certain port in America where they felt her family originated, came from that particuliar tribe in Liberia. Trust me the term that black American’s use sister and brother to greet each other is as I see it an exact term. Look at it like this we could be wedding our own close family and do not even know it. Who knows why so many black Americans are suffering from sickle cell anemia. We may be having children with someone who is a close relative in our blood line.