DNA Results

 Supposedly, I'm 98.3% Western European, .7% Broadly Southern European, .8% Broadly European, and .2% West African. I have less than average Neanderthal heritage. I have 1140 DNA relatives, including 2nd and 3rd Cousins.

I have one ancestor born between 1700 and 1820 that was 100% West African.

0.2%

Expanding from Senegal to Nigeria, West Africa composes about a fifth of the African continent. West Africans have a long shared history, and were united by large empires such as the Ghana Empire, dating as far back as the eighth century AD. Other empires later succeeded, making Western Africa a region of strong common heritage.