Comments on: The Misconceived Rwanda: Who are the Hutu and Tutsi?

By: Landeric

Landeric — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:54:24 +0000

I think Tutsis originate from Hamits just as Somali, Ethiopians or Halima. The reason why they are so related to Hutus it’s because there have been intermarriages between them.
For the ones who said that if Tutsis originate from Somali and Ethiopian, they should speak the same language, do you think Halima speak Amaristic?????

By: kjotham2001

kjotham2001 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:11:16 +0000

RISE ABOVE SMALL THINGS!Bob marley says;’emancipate your self from mental slavery’-looking like the ‘whites’doesnot make you any better or worse.you are wasting too much time in identifying your self from your fellow human being in the same coutry,at the end, what is it going to help?will the difference between Hutu,Tutsi and Twa bring food on your plate,or construct roads?you are just 3 ethinic groups speaking the same language,why dont you take advantage of this and build your nation?dont be shallow minded,think of a united future Rwanda.we people outside Rwanda are concerned that if sanity among insane people like BETHANY is not restored,Rwandans will not be happy in their country.

By: Del

Del — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:28:09 +0000

This Blog is so incredibly sad. As a black person living in America of Caribbean decent , I now fully understand why Africa as a continent is so far behind. Yes it stems from racism, but it also stems from discord and ignorance of many of its natives. Many Africans regardless of region share more genetic similarities than differences regardless of phenotypical expressions. Some Ethiopians and other East Africans think they are better than West Africans vice versus. Imagine if these fools were united and refused to deny there brother, how much progress the continent could make. The Tutsi and Hutus allowed the wicked Belgium to divide and conquer brothers. Bethany is a classic example of stupidity. Tribal primitive science trumps what is modern( ancestral DNA).

Who says a flat nose and short stature is ugly? Who says? Did God say? or did did the Belgium say? Were you dumb enough to believe them?

By: Farah

Farah — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:49:04 +0000

,Rwandan genocide reminds us how cruel we human beings can be towards other fellow human beings. No sane human being,would ever want that kind of fate to befall even those one might consider as one enemies. Kagame and his fellow Rwandans have a great task ahead of them and I am sure they are up to the task, as time has shown this to be the case,Titiana should rest assured that Somalis, like other people, wish Rwandans good luck in their endeavours to build up a nation state that can stand, the vicitude of time. It is however wrong for Titiana to imagine that Somalis wish Rwandans ill by throwing the spanner in the works. Hope your dream of growing up in Rwanda will be granted by God. My advice: Dont hate. Hate leads to blindness

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:53:19 +0000

For those of you who ask how the genocide was caried with such presiceness it’s because the Belgians made everyone carry race cards that stated wheather a person was Hutu or Tutsi, duh! Any ways I am not surprised by the DNA test that proved how gentically close the Hutu and Tutsi are, if us Tutsi were migrants how could we forget our language and culture? And I am calling Bethany out right now as not being a real Tutsi, yeah we have fine features but we have really nappy hair, even if it grows long, I have never heard of any migrational stories though my dad taught me other myths (the bat and the sun )etc. Perhaps my dad forgot them, I can’t ask my grandparents since i lost the ones on my dad’s side guring the genocide about a year before I was born and my other set live in Burundi. I would be really upset to fond out that you are lieing, I hate when Somali are ethioypians go online and pretend to be us to cause divison for there own selfish reasons. Especially when so many people back in Rwanda are trying to patch things up living in reconcilation camps. Like president Kegame said “I am not Tutsi and
I am not Hutu I am Rwandan” I wanna go live their when I grow up so bad!:(

By: geele

geele — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:19:51 +0000

I dont pleave dna solving this matter deffintlly tutsi are Oroma Gaala wich other somali,s fought 7 centry they scaped war like we do now

By: Liban

Liban — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:11:38 +0000

The tutsi are most related to Hutus. They have the E3a dna not E3b. They are not related to us but only look like us East African.

By: JBR

JBR — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:17:47 +0000

I see all people say whether Tutsi or Hutu as nothing! The whole issue is what have you done yourself that differentiate you from another? What have you done for your family and your country in as far as development is concerned? What does it benefit you from being a Hutu or Tutsi. Wake up guys we are in dot.com generation. If u sleep, nobody will wake you up. Stand-up, go work and have a wonderful life. What else, differences? Nothing, what matters is what you are not who you are. Nice time. Lets go work for our betterness. Thank you.

By: joseph manzi

joseph manzi — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:38:25 +0000

The genetic stuff does not make much sense given that we have had several migrations. Dna cannot solve population studies and if you want to prove this look at the genetic map of the world and you will get devastatingly confused.dna can apply very well on immediate links like paternal check ups,otherwise beyond that you get into trouble.Those who argue against the tutsi somali link are mainly those who have not interacted with the tutsi closely to appreciate the glaring differences.It is crystal clear that they are different from Hutu and Bantu.Wheather they are Bantu or not is what we want to know. otherwise how was the genocide carried out with pinpoint accuracy if the two groups are the same. I saw bands of hutus come from far away places and to identify the tutsi was and is always easy. How was this possible if they are the same or even slightly related? The kikuyus are slightly related to kissis but take it that you cannot accurately distinguish the two. The genocide in Rwanda was possible at such a great magnitude because the tutsi are very very different. Those who are busy opposing this are doing it for reasons difficult to fathom that is if they are not mocking a situation that should be well reserched and help us the tutsi get to the bottom of this and move on knowledgeably.Identifying the tutsi in Rwanda is like looking for indians amongst whites.The two are different but with some similarities.

By: moyo mambo

moyo mambo — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:13:03 +0000

Tutsi are 100 % of African origin, (80% E1b1a) related to Hutu’s and other Bantu people, (4% E3, 1% E1b1b), which is less than 5% related to Oromo/Somali , and 15% B which is indigenous pastoral Great Lakes people.

In other words Tutsi have more in common genetically with Hutu and Zulu than they do with Oromo and Somali. Their phenotype differences is a matter of the slight 15 percent indigenous pastoral peoples genes (the original people of Western Rift valley), and their dietary habits of more than 1000 years (milk consumption)and mate selection.

Another example of how two people can share the same genes and look completely different is the difference between Tigrinya people and Oromo/Somali people. Where as they both are both East Africans genetic relatives E1b1b, Tigrinya tend to be shorters and more stout and overall lighter skinned, while Oromo/Somali tend to be taller and darker skin.

The same way some Tutsi want to claim that they are more related to Oromo/Somali, when in fact their closest relatives are Hutu and the rest of Bantu Africans is the same way that some Tigrinya’s want to claim they are more related to Arabs, when in fact their closet relatives are firstly Oromo-Somali, than Berber/Tuareg and than Bantu-Africans/West Africans, before even a hint of Arab relation

By: jozeph manzi

jozeph manzi — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:54:54 +0000

This debate about Tutsi and Hutu origin takes different directions as people get emotional and hence lose the point.It is important that dna analysts do a thorough blood analysis of the Tutsi especially.The Tutsi certainly look and behave very differently from the Hutu.The genocides have been easy to carryout simply because the two groups recognise each other instantly!!This should wake up the doubting Thomases that there is definately fundamental difference between the two groups.We who are from Rwanda can even tell differences from dental features,skin type,eye looks,hair, fingers,lips,etc The Tutsi certainly look like Somalis.How do you explain the extra height of the two grops,the dental similarity ie protruding teeth in many cases,the curly hair, the extra soft skin,the sharp noses,and the small bones of the arms? I dont need to be an artist to see this.Look at the high tendency of the tutsi population taking to smoking both Men and women,something the Hutu people cant tolerate.The Tutsi habit of spitting that I find alot in Ethiopia and Somalia and is hated by the Hutu.The tendency of the Tutsi to be more reserved and quite unlike the very loud Hutu.I am very frank on this,the two groups are and have never been the same.Even if the Tutsi may not be related to the Ethiopians or Somali they are certainly very similar.The tutsi followed the River Nile in serch of water and pastuer.This seems more likely.Thats why the Bahima of Uganda have never ben deceived that they are one with the idegenous banyankole population.How come in Rwanda this lie is being pedalled?It is because in Rwanda it has become political.Yet it is true that the Tutsi and Hima are one and the same.Hutu and Tutsi are as different as black is to white,choose to hate the fact but we have to live with it and respect each group for who they are.Choosing to ignore the fact is like hating the rain simply because you once slid and fell in it.Tutsis be proud of who you are and Hutus be proud of who you are,but dont pretend to be the same.I am tired of going to Addis and they speak to me in Amaharic,We need to know who we are.

By: Captain Wonderful

Captain Wonderful — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:23:56 +0000

What does any of this have to do with the horrible genocide they are perpetrating upon one another?

What is the reason for all of the death. I can understand hatred and racism. How do you end it?

Can the Tutsi Hutu, and Twa live in peace in Rwanda?

Because the genocide is ugly and offensive, it cheapens life entirely. Each one of the dead had the capacity to love, and resist the evil of death, I don’t care who they were. Please somebody tell my why they are killing each other?

Thank you

By: nate

nate — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:54:38 +0000

Bethany, no offense but your attitude is the exact reason why the Rwanda genocide existed. To feel so much hatred to be compared to another group of people is crazy. If you are living in the same country you are the same race as your neighbor. You might have long hair and a small nose but who cares? A person with flat noses and dark skinned could be your brother…you are all from the beautiful country Rwanda and that should be important..and oh by the way I’m not even a hutu or tutsi…I’m American with my ancestors from Cuba and Haiti.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:30:57 +0000

I am tutsi and while i was reading this article all i could think was that this is a bunch of bs that tutsi’s are the same as hutu and we are the same people? please cut the crap i am light skinned, have thin lips, a small long nose similar to thoose of a white person, and have naturally wavy hair that is up to my lower back and you try to tell me that i am exactly the same as the hutus that have big noses nappy hair and are dark and short please. tutsi’s are from ethiopia or maybe somalia and are a part of the oromo tribe if you look at tutsi’s and the oromos you honestly cant tell the difference. if you dont belive me ask my grandma who even tells me stories of her ansestors moving from ethiopia.. so just cut the crap hutus and tutsis are NOTHING alike oh and by the way it offends me when people say stupid shit like that.

By: IMBWA

IMBWA — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:38:09 +0000

Tutsi origin to the horn of africa is normal since the origin of man is in the horn of africa.Infact mankind’s origin is here as evidence from achaelogy shows.It is possible all human beings originated from eastern africa but took different directions.Some reconnected up in America,Australia,South Africa,Rwanda etc etc….WHAT IS WRONG OR RIGHT WITH THIS?

By: Epa

Epa — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:32:37 +0000

Interesting article!! Being from Rwanda, I would be interested in knowing the origin of Hutu then. It looks like this article is focusing more on the origin of Tutsi and I am very supprised by this article especially the lactose!! . Some people talk about Hutu being from somewhere in Central Africa or Cameroun but I frankly see a big difference in posture of people from this region. I can see how the Hima, Somalia and Ethiopia might be related to Tutsi but still wonder about the skin color. Could it be that Hutu came from some mixte marriage of two ethinic groups? How would explain the one in three whose body digest the milk product? I don’t buy into the idea of colonizers creating the problem between the two group. The history tells us that this problem existed way before the arrival of Beligians but they made things worse.