Hi,
I did a 23andme test and it said I’m ~40% Iranian, Caucasian, or Mesopotamian, and only 36% Levantine. Since that’s such a large percentage, I would expect to be some historical record of such a large migration happening, given that other Syrians report similar results from 23andme. Also, this can’t be a few random Kurds or Assyrians moving into the big cities, because Alawites also have a lot of ICM, according to 23andme, as do people from the countryside. I conclude this must be the result of a large migration, because migrations into cities don’t affect people in the countryside as much as those in cities, so I would expect rural people to have at the very least less ICM than city dwellers, but they have similar levels.
I can’t find historical evidence for this large-scale migration (that also affected Alawites, so it can’t be recent). Can someone explain my results?
I did a 23andme test and it said I’m ~40% Iranian, Caucasian, or Mesopotamian, and only 36% Levantine. Since that’s such a large percentage, I would expect to be some historical record of such a large migration happening, given that other Syrians report similar results from 23andme. Also, this can’t be a few random Kurds or Assyrians moving into the big cities, because Alawites also have a lot of ICM, according to 23andme, as do people from the countryside. I conclude this must be the result of a large migration, because migrations into cities don’t affect people in the countryside as much as those in cities, so I would expect rural people to have at the very least less ICM than city dwellers, but they have similar levels.
I can’t find historical evidence for this large-scale migration (that also affected Alawites, so it can’t be recent). Can someone explain my results?