Posted on 12/17/2004 3:05:57 PM PST by quidnunc
A study by the University of Chicago found that Arab populations, including Palestinians, Jordanians, Syrians, Iraqis, and Bedouin, have at least some sub-Saharan African genes. Non-Arabs from the region, including Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Azeris, Georgians, and Jews did not have any African roots. [1] A possible explanation is the proximity of the Arabian peninsula to the Black African nations. This conclusion is favored by the fact that Yemenite Arabs have 35% Black African genes in their mtDNA (which passes through the mother), while others have less. Yemen, of course, is very close geographically to several Black African nations. Other Arabs, especially those far away from the Arabian peninsula, have as little as 10% African blood in their mtDNA. As such, it is possible that the African gene was merely diluted by the introduction of non-Arab (and non-African) genes to the pool when Arabs began to conquer other Middle East people after the rise of Islam. The "real" Arabs -- those who have Arab ancestors stretching beyond the last 1,400 years – are actually 35% Black in their mtDNA. These Arabs are from the Arabian peninsula.[2]
Other populations that are now called ‘Arabs’ became Arabized through intermarriage and adoption of the Arabic language and culture. These people are partially Arab and partially descendants of the nations that lived in their region prior to the rise of the Muslim faith. Just as their "Arab gene" was diluted by mixing with local genes, so too the 35% of the mtDNA that is Black African was diluted and reduced to around 10%.
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Not sure why my post came out blank but the original settlers mixed a lot with the Khoi-Sans.
There was a surprisingly large number of Portuguese sailors shipwrecked around the Cape. These sailors were adopted into the Hottentot tribes. Eventually these tribes became so White that they began to look as much like Europeans as Africans. I think their descendants are known as "Cape Coloreds"
Also am sure it said the Boers were pretty much pure Dutch except they mixed with French Huegenots.
Actually now it's become so "Cool" to be part American Indian that people are claiming it when it does't exist. Interesting shift over time from trying to hide that ancestry.
It's even worse for being Irish (the officially sanctioned "cool" ethnic derivation); a lot more people claim Irish ancestry than actually are Irish these days.
The other neat angle is a lot of people who consider themselves "white," particularly in the South, are a fairly substantial % black African (10% or so.)
I've already added the kw, I'll ping GGG when I get home. :')
As the web site for Harper’s Magazine reported, one study showed that Jews and Palestinians have common ancestry that is so recent that it is highly likely that at least some of the Palestinian blood actually descends from Jews. [3] Another study by New York University confirmed a remarkable similarity between Jewish and Palestinian genes. "Jews and Arabs are all really children of Abraham," said Dr. Harry Ostrer, director of the Human Genetics Program at New York University School of Medicine, who worked on the study. "And all have preserved their Middle Eastern genetic roots over 4,000 years.
Who was it said "The hatred of brothers is stronger than the hatred of strangers"?
What is kw?
Middle east is the crossroads of culture. Why is this news?
That's why they're bastards.
"I am 90% Martian."
Me 10% Martini.
They have Euro blood thanks to the Crusades, and they have Mongol blood thanks to the Horde. What blood do they not have might be a more interesting question.
Check Arafat's DNA; there's bound to be a couple of camel genes in there...
I remember an article about the topic in Scintific America stating that there is a High percentage of European blood in the black population in America.
Probally a reason some Arabs look like Europeans. The Roman Empire certinaly helped out with Genetic mixing between the populations of Europe and the Middle East and Africa.
I have two Indian ggggggrandmothers.
France is the country, French are the people living there, and their language.
Gaelic, Norman, Frankish, Basque, Flemish, and French are not a race. They are members of the Caucasian race.
No doubt.
But what's your proof? Most people couldn't prove it.
Your blood type might possibly give a hint.
My blood type is B-negative. Highest percentage of B-negative blood by ethnic type? Hungarian gypsies. My great grandmother was born in Hungary, as it turns out.
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