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I'm somewhat active on 23andme.com. My main goal has been to connect with family members the site has identified for me, and to figure out how we're related.
As far as the African connection, they seem to be a few years off from being able to convincingly determine what tribe you are. I know some tests exist, but I think they need more samples of people from Africa to compare them to.
My family is from close to Jamestown, so I claim Senegalese.