WHO WERE THE MOORS? DNA ANALYSIS

In this video we discuss the genetic profile and legacy of the Moors, the Muslim Inhabitants of Iberia.

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* DEEP ANCESTRY ANALYSIS *
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[aripg]

Wow! My brother did his DNA, along with our parents. We have middle Easter blood, along with some Jewish, Spanish, Portuguese, and norther African blood. We are from Mexico.

[pepepena]

In Cuba one of the most famous rice is "Moros y Cristianos" which is Black Beans and Rice

[hydnars]

In Spanish you would spell the name of the city Córdoba, where the ó with the accent mark tells you it's the emphasized vowel. So you would pronounce it "CORdoba" with the emphasis on the first o

[oliviapetrinidimonforte]

I am Paraguayan of Spanish ancestry, the product of endogamy among the descendants of the first conquistadors of the Rio de la Plata. These were 16th century Spaniards, from the time the Moors were still in Spain. However, I have no North African or Middle Eastern ancestry: not on paper and not on DNA results.

[paullim]

if you go further back in time there was even more mixing. Carthage was also in all of southern spain. before them were the greeks. after them, the romans. after the romans, the visigoths. so that huge mix resulted in the gorgeous spaniards we see today, pale to olive skin, dark hair, and often light eyed. strikingly beautiful. most gorgeous in europe i think.

[arturoarche]

I want to congratulate you on this video. I am of Spanish ancestry and certainly must have a cocktail of ethnicities. This is due to the fact that not only my ancestors came from various parts of Mother Spain but that the Iberian Peninsula has always been a melting pot a crossroads of different empires, peoples and cultures. This makes my ancestral homeland one of the most interesting, unique and marvelous countries not only in Europe but in the world. I really enjoyed your video. Hope that the future ones are as informative and interesting as this one. Greetings from Puerto Rico.

[sidobaak]

I 'M from Morocco and recently I did a test DNA .The result was 75, 7% north African and 18, 5 Iberian

[maths]

I don't understand how black people can claim moor's history when the moor's family names, history, architecture and musical styles are still present amongst Northern African only...

[RJavierYepesDeV]

Great video. Thank you.

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[AlbertoRodriguez.-]

Some inhabitants were indistinguishable from current Spaniards because a large part were Hispanic converts to Islam, not because they necessarily had North African blood. It is more than proven that in Spain there was hardly any genetic trace left, only in specific areas and the percentage is minimal. That is really what is surprising and that we have not lost our cultural identity, the one left by Rome makes sense because of everything that happened during and after (expulsions, etc.), he need and constant effort to highlight something like this begins to seem quite strange, obsessive not to say absurd, which also only serves to create confusion in historical issues, especially taking into account that Spain was not the only place in Europe occupied by Muslims.. By the way, those words stuck 800 can be found in English, French, Italian... that is because the Arabs were dedicated to commerce and those words were acquired in common use by the population

[CooperMonterrey]

Good job, Ali. I am currently researching 16th century Spain. I learned a thing or two from your video. I subscribed and am looking forward to your next one.

[carmenfreixas]

Spain is very diverse, all people came and conquered. I was born in Barcelona and
they called my( avi ) pop the Viking, he was tall, blue eyed and very fair, his 3 daughters
too, my mum was the youngest, the 4 grand kids, we are the same, and 2 of my
adult children too... so, who knows where people come from, we are all mixed.

[twalrus]

You have to admit that Muslim Architecture is great. They were centuries ahead of the barbarian Goths that lived in houses with dirt floors.
One more thing about this period of time:
The Jews in Spain that didn't convert had to leave all their property and valuables when they left Spain. Two things came of this: One) Columbus had a hard time finding ships because most were being used by Jews leaving Spain. Two) the "family jewels" Queen Isabella sold to pay for Columbus' trip were actually Jewish jewels that had been taken from Jews escaping from Spain. So, Columbus' trip to the New World was actually financed by the Jews.

[emiliayonekokumata]

I'm Brazilian with no connection with Moors since I have Japanese background, but what is interesting is that many words in Portuguese we speak in Brazil has Arabic roots, very similar to Spanish, which shows a great influence of that culture, linguistically speaking, in the Iberic peninsula. Also, I always wondered why the typical dish here is rice and beans, especially rice. I suppose it has the Moor influence as well.

[Blanca-qz]

Thank you for this video. I am an American and I’m learning about my mother’s family’s history in Malaga, Spain and this makes a lot of sense to me. My son looks very much like you and whenever he meets people from North Africa, they always ask him where his family is from originally.

[mainstreampropaganda]

I fell in love with a north African ancestral Portuguese girl when i was traveling in Évora Monte, Portugal in my early 20's so many years ago, and she was so wonderful and fantastic! I serenaded her from her bedroom window that night we kissed under the ancient roman pillars over looking the region from the peak of town, and enjoyed coffee in the medina on that night of magic together-whispering words of fascination and admiration for one another. But my ignorance and nativity won and I left on my continued travels only to one day realize what I lost and suited the failure in love to come, but I will never forget her! Bless her soul and may she be happy and content today with her life as it followed!!!

[chucklira]

My family and I visited the Cathedral, formerly the Mosque of Cordoba and were amazed at the architecture and history. We loved the experience. Preserved within the structure you will see pillars and portions of the Visigothic Church that was there before the Mosque. To think Spain was part of the Roman Empire before the Visigothic and Moorish invasions is incredible. Parts of Southern Spain (Andalusia) were colonized by the Phoenicians and the Greeks. Bottom line is, every country has been invaded and left their mark. The Spanish people retook their Country from an invading force. While some Muslim Caliphates were tolerant of other faiths, in the 12th and 13th centuries a new more fundamentalist sect took over. The Christians faced with this fundamentalist had to make a choice and they chose to fight. I’m glad they did and I’m glad they preserved Christianity in the Iberian peninsula.

[TheRealGhebs]

Although what said is true, North African DNA in Iberia is there in the same amount as today (or even more) since the Roman times, like you can see in the monte da nora samples of Portugal.

[flaviopitanga]

Great video. Awesome. My family is from Portugal and Spain

[danielmasters]

A great post, Ali! Boy, you’re brave. In one post, you managed to burst the bubbles of most Arabs, the Amazigh nationalists, the Afrocentric crowd, and the Spanish themselves. DNA doesn’t lie and whilst the culture was Islamic and Arabic, the population was by and large Iberian.