{"id":1150,"date":"2020-07-28T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:59:30","slug":"sad-reminder-the-genetic-impact-of-the-african-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Sad reminder &#8211; the genetic impact of the African slave trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263ec2a4ec0200c-200wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12861\" title=\"Slave treade 3\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An insightful, terribly sad reminder of the horror. Article from the BBC &amp; the study was through the consumer genetics company 23andMe. I&#8217;ve excerpted below the link; you need to hit the link for the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-53527405?utm_source=pocket-newtab\">Steven Micheletti, a population geneticist at 23andMe told AFP news agency that the aim was to compare the genetic results with the manifests of slave ships &#8220;to see how they agreed and how they disagree&#8221;. While much of their findings agreed with historical documentation about where people were taken from in Africa and where they were enslaved in the Americas, &#8220;in some cases, we see that they disagree, quite strikingly&#8221;, he added.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study found, in line with the major slave route, that most Americans of African descent have roots in territories now located in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was surprising was the over-representation of Nigerian ancestry in the US and Latin America when compared with the recorded number of enslaved people from that region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers say this can be explained by the &#8220;intercolonial trade that occurred primarily between 1619 and 1807&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e958ae7d200b-500wi.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12860\" title=\"Slave_trade_v2-3x640-nc\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e958ae7d200b-500wi.png 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6a00d834525a2f69e20263e958ae7d200b-500wi-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers said a strong bias towards African female contributions in the gene pool &#8211; even though the majority of slaves were male &#8211; could be attributed to &#8220;the rape of enslaved African women by slave owners and other sexual exploitation&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Latin America, up to 17 African women for every African man contributed to the gene pool. Researchers put this down in part to a policy of &#8220;branqueamento&#8221;, racial whitening, in a number of countries, which actively encouraged the immigration of European men &#8220;with the intention to dilute African ancestry through reproduction&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study highlighted the &#8220;practice of coercing enslaved people to having children as a means of maintaining an enslaved workforce nearing the abolition of the transatlantic trade&#8221;. In the US, women were often promised freedom in return for reproducing and racist policies opposed the mixing of different races, researchers note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An insightful, terribly sad reminder of the horror. Article from the BBC &amp; the study was through the consumer genetics company 23andMe. I&#8217;ve excerpted below the link; you need to hit the link for the rest. 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