“Through my uncle who took the paternal ancestry test, I found out the origins of our male ancestor. Far before the transatlantic slave trade to Suriname, South America, the Y-Chromosome haplotype E1b1a7 indicates that our ancestor came from the Bantu tribe. The Bantus came from the border area between what is now Cameroon and Nigeria. They were one of the first people to master metallurgy and spread this innovative technology over large parts of the African continent. It is very interesting to travel so far back in my family history and great to share this with my children.”