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Take a look at the latest study from December 2023 titled "A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations", you'll find Greeks harbour up to 40% of the Slavic genome. Mainland Greeks are genetically Albanians and Slavs, compared to those of the Greek islands. Type in "Mainland Greeks Genetically Diverged From Islanders in the Middle Ages" for the study. The Dodecanese are the ones who plot closest to "Ancient Greek" samples, other regions are just hellenized Albanians, Slavs, and Turks. Great informative video by the way!

Ancestry tells me never opened an account,..

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Α very larg nation in past. A small nation now

bla bla bla is it albanien hihihi

Im Mexican. My dna results came back with Cypriot, Spanish, native american and west African.

My parents were born in Mannissa and Yalova, Pursa. They toots are now in California 😢

The notion of Greeks being ethnically homogenous and direct descendants of the Hellenes has been a persistent narrative, often used to foster a sense of unity and historical continuity. However, a closer examination reveals the complexity and diversity within the Greek population, challenging the simplistic portrayal of ethnic homogeneity and direct lineage from the ancient Hellenes. To begin with, Greece has been a crossroads of various civilizations throughout history, including interactions with Albanians, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, and others. This rich history of cultural exchanges has inevitably left an imprint on the ethnic composition of the region. Genetic studies indicate a diversity of influences, reflecting the historical interactions and migrations that have shaped the genetic makeup of the Greek people. This diversity challenges the notion of a singular, homogeneous ethnic origin. Moreover, the concept of ethnicity itself is complex and dynamic. It is not solely determined by genetic factors but is also influenced by cultural, linguistic, and historical elements. While the Hellenes were indeed one of the ancient tribes in the region, claiming a direct ethnic lineage from them oversimplifies the intricate processes of cultural assimilation, intermixing, and acculturation that have occurred over centuries. Language, often considered a key marker of ethnic identity, also presents complexities. The modern Greeks language belongs to the Indo-European family but is distinct within this linguistic group. While it has roots in the Hellenic language, linguistic evolution and influences from Latin, Slavic, and other languages have contributed to its unique character. This linguistic complexity challenges the notion of a straightforward, unbroken linguistic continuity between ancient Hellenic and modern Greek. Historical records further complicate the narrative of ethnic homogeneity. The region has witnessed migrations, invasions, and changes in political control, all of which have contributed to the diversity within the Greek population. The medieval period, for example, saw the influx of various groups, including Slavs and Normans, leaving lasting cultural and genetic impacts. In conclusion, the idea of Greeks being ethnically homogenous and direct descendants of the Hellenes is a simplistic narrative that does not fully capture the complexity of Greece's history and the diversity within its population. Genetic, linguistic, and historical evidence points to a more nuanced and multifaceted reality, highlighting the need to approach the question of Greek identity with a recognition of the intricate processes of cultural evolution and interaction that have shaped the region over millennia.

To explane ,,greek,, ethnicity is difficult , to proves something which didnt existed or existing now , such thing is just imagine in ,,greek,, heads, invented in 19 century, giasas !

Sad the map legend 12:50. Whats that language on the eastern Blacksea?

arabs have overrun greek genetics.

Greeks wrongly believe they are direct descendants of the ancient Spartans or Athenians or even Myceneans , which is totally wrong . From the continental part of Greece , they are similar to the Balkan inhabitants . In the Islands they are closer to Anatolian populations . As a whole , their ancestry is seriously affected by countless repopulations from Asia Minor or other parts of the Eastern Roman Empire . To be mentioned that not even in Antiquity , were they genetically same people . Myceneans , Dorians were obviously Indo-Europeans which subdued older local populations with Anatolian farmers roots , called Pelasgians by some .

I'm Turkish and half of my family is from Western Anatolia, the other from Southern Anatolia.I had a test from MyHeritage and i came out almost 60 % native Anatolian, 28 % Greek/Southern Italian, i even have 5 % Irish/Scottish/Welsh. Anatolian Turks are very diverse ethnically but they're mainly native Anatolian.

Way to go Gonda and Greg!! Great job!

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I've only been to Greece once. The first contact in Athens was a breakfast place. And the shop girl was surprised when we couldn't use the language that we were a foreigner. We bought some things with a little English. The girl was still in shock. He thought we were Greeks. The young male friends in the video are people we might encounter in Turkey and would not guess would be foreigners. This genetic commonality has been going on since long before the Ottomans. This commonality is not limited to genetics. Music continues with partnerships such as Kitchen Lifestyle. While this initially continued under the leadership of the Greeks, it changed in favor of the Turks with the Turkish population movements after 1071. The fact that Turkish culture is widely Muslim and over time causes the people who use the Turkish language to become Muslims and Turkish subjects, while the opposite situation causes many Turks to become Christian and Greek under the influence of the Church. Possible natural causes cause genetic transmission of Turks and Greeks to each other. It is impossible for these people who lived in the same neighborhoods and villages before 1900 not to have biological contact.

I've just lost 36 mn of my life !!!! That's just an attempt to "Grecise" all balkan !! And by the way, Macedonia. In 1913, Neo-constructed "Greece", seized with western power "our" Aegean Macedonia, they then get a rid of Slavo-Macedonian (ethnic cleansing led by Greece...) and replace them by Greeks from turkish coast in 1922.... AH AH AH TRICKY-GREEKY !!! One day, Macedonia will be re-united....

😅what a stupied where is Turks.Greeks lived under Ottoman Empire Turk state😅😅😅Also Turks came from middle asia and also Irak and Iran has got Turk side.

Southern Italian does not exclusively translate to Greek. What an ignorant statement.

Very informative Thank you all in this clip :)

Very expensive to get one result. Some partial free information may get you more customers. US dollars equals about $18 in my currency.

Former Arvanite Republic is coping so hard and angry at the fact they are Albanian.

Albos going mad to be Greeks! So oooooooooo pathetic!!!!!!!!

Ar about 10:00 you talk about minorities which is true only about the Jews; the rest are Greek in blood and faith speaking a second language beyond Greek

Alexander the Great was a Greek of the Greek Kingdom of Makedon and he was not Illyrian and there is no evidence that today Albanians are Illyrian descendants ....it's possible , but isnt sure ...

Greqia nuk esht shtet por vetem ni koloni Britanik 😂

Just found out that I'm 96 % Aegean Islands w t f is that country 😮

Orthodox Albanian Republic of Greece

GrANALreek

Former Arvanite Republic

Albanians must be the most uneducated Europeans. They can't form a coherent sentence even if their life depends on it. Not only they comment absurdities, most of the times you can't even understand what they're talking about.

Firstly it’s no Turkish dna it’s Anatolian second Greece occupation Anatolia were old Caucasian people living even Eagan sea and huge Black Sea region sadly Caucasian dna Prut no any mix with Turkish-mongols or Greek dna

Oh sorry but your map is so not right it’s mush-mash territori nine and language tek a luck history book

I'm half Greek Cypriot.. i got 50.3% Greek on my results... I'm pretty happy with that 😄

We are greek from levant ☦️🇬🇷

We greek from the levant ☦️🇬🇷

My father is Greek and 23andMe test has been spot on when compared with the knowledge I have from where my (great) grandparents are from. For example, one of my great grandparents is Pontic greek from near Trabzon and the test shows that I am around 10% Pontic Greek.

Unless you have Central Asian/East Asian/South Asian-related haplogroups it is quite unlikely you would have 'Turkish' ancestors. More than likely it would simply mean that you and an Anatolian Turk are likely to share common native Anatolian ancestors who were Greek-speaking and before that probably also speakers of one of the native Anatolian languages.

There is similarity in the Genotype between Greeks and Albanians, but there is a big difference in the Phenotype. An Albanian is easily distinguished from a Greek.

Greek orthdox of levant im greek from levant 🇬🇷☦️

Fantastic information. Thank you Gregory

I’m not going to be pleased with a DNA report that just lumps Greek, Balkan, Turkish and Albanian heritage all together, I know this gross generality already! I want something much more specific. It sounds like MyHeritage might be the best for this. I know I’m half northwestern European and half Southeastern European, I don’t need a test to tell me that!

Thank you!

My grandmother was a Greek of Asia Minor, from the Nikomedia area, who was deported as a young woman from the new state of Turkey in 1922-23. My grandfather was a Greek (Peloponnesian) fighting with the Greek army there and met her at some point. They were reunited through the church in Alexandria and married there. I doubt she had any Turkish ancestry, the Ionian and Pontic Greeks really didn’t assimilate with the Turks as the Cappadocians did. Assimilated and converted Greeks weren’t deported, they blended into the majority population.

My father is a Greek from a family that originated in the Peloponnesos, but has an Italian-origin patronym. I can’t wait for him to get tested, and I want a haplogroup analysis so I can follow the movements in time and space of my paternal ancestor group. My mother, who had a Dutch father, was surprised to discover she was English and Norwegian. In this case, I’m not sure how well the Germanic Anglo-Saxon genes can be distinguished from the Netherlandish ones. We do have documented ancestors in the Netherlands, after all.

So many comments by Albanians spreading their ridiculous propaganda 🤣🤣🤣🤣

On LivingDNA, DNAGenics, and ADNTRO my Ashkenazi results are very similar to a Greek person’s results (Southern European and Middle Eastern). I have some eastern Sephardic Ancestry from Thessaloniki. On a PCA chart Ashkenazim, Southern Italians, and Greeks all cluster together.

I'm Albanian and my DNA came 97% Greek, because there is no Greek but alanian Greek speaking people

The people that live in southern Italy are called Greeks but they speak Albanian. Italian call them greci and they speak Albanian. People that left their land when Turks concur the area.

In 1923 the Greek fascist made a terrible genocide to Albanian native Muslim expelling almost a million Albanians to replace with Greeks christians from minor asia