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- On current information to date, the present-day Sicil ian gene pool has a small, significant contribution of African (Negroid) genes, from contacts either numerically minor or for a brief time span.
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Most just paid the tribute tax. And this notion that the Saracens drastically change the DNA of Sicily, not true. A recent article https://www.nature.com/articles/ejhg2008120 indicates that the Saracen (Turnisan) and North African DNA, Haplogroup E1b1 with a subclade that clusters in Tunisia and Lebanon, as well, is estimated at 6%. Greek DNA ...
Aug 17, 2015 · If it was originally Moorish, it may still have a major spike in African and Middle Eastern DNA. It’s only very recently that significant numbers of Sicilians have started marrying people from other towns and begun seriously mixing up the gene pool.
African Haplogroup L lineages are relatively infrequent (less than 1%) throughout Italy with the exception of Latium, Volterra, Basilicata and Sicily where frequencies between 2 and 3% have been found.
May 9, 2014 · By the way, a few Sicilians have told me they had themselves tested for genetic heritage and they had as much as 20% Arab genes in them. Apparently the average is 6%, but if you look at Sicilians you can see some of them are very pale and probably descended from the Franks or the Normans and probably have zero African.
How much WANA do Sicilians actually have? Discussion I wanted to know how much middle eastern or west Asian and North African DNA is actually included in the Sicilian genome, how accurate are companies at detecting this and are they correct?
A well-researched hypothesis that all humans are descended from a "mitochondrial" Eve (a reference to the mitochondrial DNA traced to a female ancestor living in east Africa 150,000 years, or about 7,000 generations, ago) emphasizes the "commonality" of all humans and our descent from a single "race."
Could the Sicilian DNA be connected to West Africa as well or (As I believe) was there a slave ancestor who decided to pass and claim Native American heritage as a way of protecting himself/herself. I am told that this is common, but wanted other people's thoughts.
