Georgewalley
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I guess I'm not the first one noticing it but on all calculators not even a single region of the Iberian Peninsula exceeds 10% North African "Mozabite" admixture. It seems there was very low genetic exchange between them aka Iberians and the Moors, but on the other hand there's significant Iberian like admixture in places like Northern Morocco where it can be as high as 30% based on Ancestrydna data. (aside Canary Islanders who are like ~20% Native Canarian genetically)
In generally Iberians are closest to South-western French and Basques, the difference is that few percent extra North African admixture and the more considerable Mediterranean shift which either came via Greeks, Romans, Phoenicians or by the combination of these groups.
Even based on the Y-dna we see a very weak to non existent North African contribution. Comparing even Andalusia to Northern Morocco is two words apart, even tough the latter have significant Iberian peninsula like heritage.
There's no clear North-South genetic cline in Iberia. Andalusians are genetically similar to inland and Northern Spainards, and Western Spain and Portugal which begs to differ in greater extent.
On autosomal maps Spain and Portugal both appear as unquestionably European with no shift towards either Western Asia, nor the Maghreb-Arabia direction.
In generally Iberians are closest to South-western French and Basques, the difference is that few percent extra North African admixture and the more considerable Mediterranean shift which either came via Greeks, Romans, Phoenicians or by the combination of these groups.
Even based on the Y-dna we see a very weak to non existent North African contribution. Comparing even Andalusia to Northern Morocco is two words apart, even tough the latter have significant Iberian peninsula like heritage.
There's no clear North-South genetic cline in Iberia. Andalusians are genetically similar to inland and Northern Spainards, and Western Spain and Portugal which begs to differ in greater extent.
On autosomal maps Spain and Portugal both appear as unquestionably European with no shift towards either Western Asia, nor the Maghreb-Arabia direction.