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I said so many times. Genetics will make liars of historians. Genetic testing if carried out correctly, without bias, will correct the lies. Here is one example. The Bulgarians are finally learning the truth about their past.
To tell the truth Bulgarians are of little significance compared to Italy and Iberia. But nevertheless………
Oh! The classify E-V13 as European..which it is…right?
Were they told another lie to replace the old lie. N1a and G2a are the Thracians which are not found in most modern Bulgarians. Turkish invasion was exaggerated? Typical in “history” books. Lies and exaggeration!
Conclusion quote: This is a perfect example of how new genetic methods can be used to re-evaluate traditional beliefs about the origin of current populations.
----------- A genetic analysis of the people currently inhabiting the country of Bulgaria
Subtitle: A biological perspective of the origin of the Bulgarian ethnicity author: Mariana Yaneva
Abstract Being located on the Balkan peninsula, Bulgaria has been at the crossroads of peoples migrating from the Middle East to Europe and from the steppes of Western Eurasia to the Aegean islands, as well as the expeditions of European Crusaders to Jerusalem. Recent reports on the genetic background of modern Bulgarians have revealed new clues and insights into their ancestry. Both mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y chromosomes have been analyzed by cutting-edge technologies, such as high-resolution genotyping of biallelic markers, RFLP, and DNA sequencing, as well as statistical analyses (principal component analysis or PCA, and GLOBETROTTER method) of significant numbers of female and male individuals. Autosomal DNA (SNPs) was also analyzed using more than 270,000 markers for SNPs. The results from the mtDNA analyses has clearly shown that the female population can be placed in an intermediate position between Eastern Europeans and Mediterranean populations indicating a strong presence of the DNA of the indigenous people that initially populated the Balkans, most likely the ancient Thracians. Results from the Y chromosome gene pool analyses, that also included STR variation analysis within the most informative haplogroups, revealed that modern male Bulgarians have Western Eurasian haplogroups: about 40% belonged to E-V13 and I-M423 haplogroups, and 20% to RM17. Haplogroups common in the Middle East (J and G) and in South Western Asia (R-L23*) were observed in only 19% and 5%, respectively. The only two late Bronze and Iron Age Thracian individuals (bones) analyzed thus far, belonged to N1a and G2a haplogroups typical of the early European farmers. Statistical analyses place the Bulgarians with the European population, separate from Central Asian Turkic-speaking and South Western Asian populations. Despite the presence of the Ottomans in Bulgaria for five centuries, DNA from Central Asian Turkish-speaking people was detected in only about 1.5% of the individuals. Also, the presence of Slavs on the territory of Bulgaria have only made a small contribution to the DNA of modern Bulgarians. When all published Bulgarian genotypes from the FamilyTreeDNA (National Geographic Human Migration project) were included in such analyses, the results did not change significantly. Statistical (PCA) analysis confirmed that the Bulgarians segregated mostly with the Greek, and some Southern Slavic populations but remained separate from the Slavic populations of NorthCentral and North-Eastern Europe. In a broader context, the Bulgarian haplogroup profile is located among European populations; it is separate from the Altaic and Central Asian Turkicspeaking peoples. 1 In conclusion, the DNA analyses of modern Bulgarians clearly indicate that they originated from the oldest indigenous people present in the area now classed as Bulgaria since the post glacial period and those first farmers who migrated westward to Europe from the fertile crescent during the early Neolithic era. The genetic contribution of the proto-Bulgarians who arrived later, after 5th century AD, in the area now considered as Bulgaria is very limited suggesting that common ancestry with the proto-Bulgarians was negligible. For the last few centuries, the modern Bulgarians were told that they live in the “Slavic-Bulgarian State” but the present genetic analyses show that the Slavic DNA is barely 15%, the DNA of the ancient Bulgarians is still unknown but it is not expected to be more than 10% at best, and only a few percent of Turkish DNA were found so far. The Northwestern Europeans (the Vikings) crossing this country around 10th century had also a contribution to the genetic identity of this population called Bulgarians. This is a perfect example of how new genetic methods can be used to re-evaluate traditional beliefs about the origin of current populations.
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