Afghanistan from a Y-chromosome perspective Harlette Lacau, Tenzin Gayden, Maria Reg

[Midnight_Sun]

shadowgovernor,

I would not be so offended by the word, and look more at the details of the article, that is a lot more important.

[Midnight_Sun]

If you are atlaking about the article that came out recently in conjuction with the Genographic project, then no. That article stated that most ethnic groups in Afghanistan share similarities with their ethnic kin across borders. From what I can recall, Pashtuns and Tajiks shared more Haplotypes in common with each other.

[badmash_khel]

shadowgoverner believes in the Bani Isreal theory

That should tell you something.

Genetics have confirmed what is really common sense. We are related to our neighbouring people except for the recent mongoloid arrivals from central asia.

[Midnight_Sun]

It was a very interesting and one of a kind research article. In it also were a few oddballs; there were a few Uzbeks and Hazaras with recent African ancestry. One Tajik with British ancestry, and some Pashtuns with an ancient line that is also shared among Native Americans; and some were linked to Romani Gypsies. Some of these lineages could be linked to the slave trade during Mongol times, but also when the Hindu Kush got its name after slaves and goods were taken out of India by conquering Afghans and Turks.