Filipino DNA Test Results, I

 
 

Vocabulary

DNA	recently	surprising
result	heritage	ethnicity
curious	mention	other than
culture	ancestry	Polynesian
aware	unaware	Melanesian
vast	count (3)	break down
island	wonder	find/found/found
get me	common	share (2)
free	amount	feel free

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Video

 

 
 
 
 

Transcript

Hi everyone.

I recently took the ancestry DNA test through ancestry.com, and I got my results within two weeks.

I am Filipino heritage and ethnicity. I have no Spanish or even Chinese in my family — no one ever mentioned anything other than we are Filipinos.

But I was so curious about what Filipino DNA is about because in the internet, there are a lot of people talking about the different heritage and culture that we have.

But anyhow this is the result that I got.

I am 62 percent Asia East, with 0 to 1% Asia South, and 0 to 1% Asia Central, so I don’t think that really counts.

And I am also 38% Polynesian, which is very surprising. I was unaware that I had any Polynesian in me, with a 0 to 1% Melanesian.

That Asia East doesn’t really separate the countries; it’s all one DNA. So I wish they had broken that down to Southeast Asian or North Asian part.

As far as Asia East, the countries to that is pretty vast: there are Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Palau.

And for the Pacific Islander or Polynesia, it is found in Tonga and Samoa. Also found in Fiji, New Zealand Maori, Micronesia, Philippines, Melanesia and Hawaii.

So I’m just wondering maybe the Philippines and the Polynesians share a common DNA. I’m not quite sure. I have no idea why I’m showing such a high amount of Polynesian DNA at 38%. Maybe there’s a family member that Polynesian.

Who knows?

If any of you out there also took the test, and got a large amount of Polynesia, please feel free to talk about that.

Anyhow, thank you for watching. I am not pleased with the result because it didn’t break down the Asian countries. But yeah, the Polynesian part got me.

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Questions

1. What did the woman do recently? Did she get the results back instantaneously?

2. Is she mixed Filipino, Spanish and Chinese?

3. She is the only person to share her DNA results online. Is this right or wrong?

4. What were her DNA results? What were the two largest groupings?

5. On the ancestry.com category, East Asia only consists of China, Korea and Japan. True or false?

6. Was she surprised by her results? Why was she surprised? What may have been the explanation?

7. She was completely satisfied with the results. Is this correct or incorrect? Why was she not entirely satisfied?

 
 

A. I have taken a DNA test. Yes or no? Have any of your friends taken a DNA test?

B. Would you and your friends like to take one? What kind of results do you think it would show?

C. What might the DNA testing companies think about all these people buying their kit, taking the test and uploading their results on YouTube?

D. DNA testing is (going to be) a huge, profitable industry. What do you think?

E. What will happen in the future?