Turks are closer to West Asia so it doesn't surprise me what surprise is that the North Caucasus who are part of Europe have the highest West Asian admixture. Turks also have high European admixture and every study of Turkish samples from different companies I've seen always contaminated with Mongoloid admixture. Although some parts of Turkey are much more less, like for example Instanbul has only 7% or 6.8% East Eurasian admixture but than this area used to be a Greek colony. And to make things more confusing historical records shows many greeks were assimilated, the balkans slaves and and many Kurds, Armenians were also assimilated into Turk society to avoid discrimination
Lower Mongoloid admixture is obvious in places like Instanbul and Kayseri. Mongoloid admixture is almost never higher than 16% and most are 1.5 to 13%
Higher Mongoloid admixture is obvious in places like Bolu, Aydin, AnKara Mongoloid admixture can range from 5 -19.5% and the occasional 20-25% Mongoloid.
Turkish Genetics
10 samples: 50-55% West Asian admixture + 22-29% European admixture
6 samples: 43-50% West Asian admixture + 31-35% European admixture
3 samples: 57-63% West Asian admixture + 25-30% European admixture
Non Caucasoid admixture :
Mongoloid admixture
1 Sample: 11% Mongoloid
3 Sample: 10 % Mongoloid
2 Sample: 9% Mongoloid
3 Sample: 6.8% Mongoloid
3 Sample: 5.2% Mongoloid
1 Sample: 3.5% Mongoloid
1 Sample: 2.8% Mongoloid
I truly believe the West Asian DNA is very close to European DNA.
I've check this before and it seems West Asian DNA also exists in about 10 - 25 % of Southern Europeans. It is extremely high in the Caucasus and Georgians, a lot of them has brown hair, blonde hair , blue eyes and can easily pass for any South European group even the occasional East European. Armenians also have very high amount of West Asian however they also have signficant Southwest Asian admixture like in the Arabs which perharps explains their swarthier and darker appearance.
Blonde hair and light eyes do exist in the caucus but are very rare. They are probably from European inter marriage Indo Iranian speaking tribes like sycthiens migrated in that area and their remains have majority blonde hair. Also brown hair is the most popular hair color in Europe, mid east, and north africa and no one else in the world has brown hair except it has been reported in some native Americans and east Asians. Alot of times brown hair is mistaken as being black hair. Also i have heard of studies that say blue eyes orinated in the mid east.
Because mid easterns also have the genes for blue eys of course at a lower rate than europeans. But they have a diff percentage of the ancestral version of blue eyes gene and derived version. which means they dont get it from european inter marriage and that it originated in the common ancestor of europesans and mid easterns over 40,000ybp or over 50,000-60,000ybp. depends what mid easterns ur talking about.
in all diff aust DNA tests i have looked at the one that repesnt west asia and europe are always brothers. So yes west Asians fro the caucus to turkey all the way t pakaistan are extremely related to Europeans. There is no south europea, north european, west european, east european group< I guess some aust dna test cal it that but aust dna is so complicated they might call something south european because it has more west asian admixture i dont know. South Europeans are unrelated to each because they live in south Europe Spanish- Italians can trace some similar Paleolithic and Neolithic ancestry because they live in western Europe. Same with Greeks and Polish and Ukrainians but that is because they live in eastern Europe.
All Europeans where founded by a similar ancestor group. That is part of the reason there all white skinned their related. Most aust DNA tests call the European group north euro because it is most popular in north Europe really it is actulley most popular in eastern and north east Europe.They all use diff methods but keep finding a similar group in Europeans that is unique to Europeans and distributed the same way. North euro is the Paloithic European group it would have arrived between 30,000-55,00ybp it is brother to the group that represent in west Asia in almost all aust dna tests. Since west asian is highest around the north mid east, caucus, iran to Pakistan that means Europeans ancestors most likely migrated out of the caucus mountains or Turkey.
Also what every this group all Europeans trace common ancestry too would have been where they get white skin from. So far the genes we know of that help create pale skin in Europeans also exists in other Caucasians in the mid east and north Africa but a much lower rate. So some west Asians and north Africans will have white skin it does happen and possible caucus people became dominated by pale skin like Europeans ancestors did i dont know or maybe either Europeans closest relatives.
Pakistani people have darker skin than for example Algerians or Iraqis because they have south Asian admixture from India which is not Caucasian. Well Indians are like long lost relatives of the Caucasian family. They have Caucasian skull shape, facuil features, body hair, body build, but their aust dna is like in its own family not more related to Caucasians, mongoloids, or sub sharen Africans. They probably split from Caucasians ancestors very very early when humans where leaving Africa first 100,000ybp. Which could explain why they have darker skin and no brown hair.
it is not a surprise at all Turks have high European admixture they live right next to Europe and may be where Europeans ancestors originally came from 30,000-55,000ybp. There have been Europeans in southeast Europe for over 30,000 years the inter marriage might not be in recorded history. I bet Greeks have something to do with or Bulgarians. Also Caucus people live at the border of Europe and the mid east also they are isolated in those mountains which could also explain why they have so much Y DNA G2a. I know just about everyone in the Continent Europe is white but the continent does not define ur race. What confuses me is why are caucus people so white looking if they have less european blood than Turks or Iranians. Some actulley do have alot of European like Adygei but people like Georgians do not maybe their is some european ancestry aust DNA tests are not catching or they are just really closely related to Europe i know some how they are connected they live at the border of Europe and like white that is not random.