Genetic Analysis

General: 

Immediate origin from Cuba and  Dominican Republic 

     Americas:. The dual mixture of Cuban and Dominican given the profiles of most testers from these regions will include native from both places, further analysis will provide detail on both. There is a high probability of Taino ancestry. 

     Africa:
Nigeria:  Nigerian component is predominant however be aware that this includes the peoples of Benin, Togo, Eastern Ghana and Cameroon. From these regions Dominicans inherited the susu society which we call “San”, used as a money-saving system. 
Angola and Congolese: This region known for Bantu speakers is quite foundational in Dominican society specially in the 1600s, bringing us words like Casimba, and place names such as river Cuanza in Monteplata and Loma Congo in Santiago. 
Senegambia: The first Africans to arrive to the Americas where of this procedence and the Santo Domingo colony (today Dominican Republic) was the first place to receive, Cuba also had a wave in the 1500s. The first slave rebellion of the Americas in 1521 was orchestrated by inhabitants of this region, in the south of modern Dominican Republic.  
Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast/Ghana: Africans from this region arrived all throughout colonial history, and in particular you have strong ties to the Duarte province in the Dominican Republic which is one of two places that eats Ackee, a fruit considered poisonous in the rest of the country.  

    Europa: Clearly predominant Iberian origin, This includes both Spaniards and Portugese, and  due to the low sampling of French individuals it may include some south-french ancestry as well. The Canarian settlers of 17th and 18th century where instrumental in Dominican and Cuban economic growth.  While for Cuba this wave of Canarians was much larger and extended a longer period of time.

Uniparental Markers:

     Paternal Line: Origin in Western Europe, i.e Spain, England, Portugal, France 

     Maternal Line: Origin in upper west Africa, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Guinea

Close Relatives:

• Dominicans and Cubans take the spotlight in your close relatives list. The Origin of the Dominicans is mostly from the Duarte and Santiago provinces while for the Cubans the province of Camaguey and Villa Clara are quite present. 

Distant Relatives: 

Africa: In the level of 4th and 5th cousins you have relatives of the Fulani, Hausa and Hausa-Fulani ethnicities. These ethnic groups where present both in the D.R and Cuba however the triangulation concludes that this connection is via your Dominican side. 

Europa:  Varied Iberian relatives ranging from Portugese to Canarian mainly, the Canarians are mostly from Tenerife. THeire arrival in the 1680-1760 period was quite felt in the D.R and Cuba, The Portugese are via your Dominican side per the triangulation while the Canarians are via your Cuban side.

Americas:  You have distant relatives from all over the Americas, Mexican relatives are quite present on your Cuban side while Afro-american, and Anglo-carribean relatives are qutie strong on your Dominican side.