DNA Analysis: Only 4% of Tunisians Are Arabs

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Based on a genetic studies report conducted by National Geographic, only 4 % of tunisians are of Arab origin. This porcentage would probably be considerably less than 1 % in the south west of Tunisia where the majority of Amazigh are mainly located.

This reference population is based on people native to Tunisia, in North Africa. Tunisia’s location on the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa contributes to its broad genetic diversity. Predominantly North African, there are also clearly European and Arabian components. The Arabian component likely arrived in two waves, one with the arrival of agriculture from the Middle East beginning around 8,000 years ago, and one with the Islamic conquest of the seventh century. Tunisians also carry components from other regions of Africa, such as Western/Central Africa.

The Arab identity of Egypt also fall down the drain, According to the same source, the Egyptian native’s genetic composition is 68 percent North African, 17 percent Arabian, 4 percent Jewish diaspora, and 3 percent from Eastern Africa, Asia Minor and Southern Europe each.

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2 COMMENTS

    • That is just how people identify as, Tunisians look nothing like middle eastern, they have a Maghrebi look and so do other Maghrebis, I know you want to be an Arab so bad, but the real Arabs don’t like you, no need to be something you aren’t when you can be proud of your origins. Tunisia is a country with a long history, no need for the Arabs, the French or who ever else to overwrite who we are.

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