Approximately 50% of all Sunni Zaza Kurds paternally descend from various branches under J2-L25 > Z7700 > SK1381, a lineage tracing back to a man born around 2451 BCE. The closest known ancient Y-DNA to this clade comes from the Sappali Tepe culture, under J2-L25 > Z7700 > L192

How was Sasanian Iranian society structured? It is common for people to back-project early Islamic historiography onto the pre-Islamic period, especially the notion of a nomadic Iranian Kurd versus the settled Iranian “Persian”. When examined closely, this framework quickly

4 BRAND NEW historic Magyar samples matching on a Kurdish R1a-Z93 > Y3 > SK2040 branch that is also shared between a Uyghur from Wuqia County (the westernmost edge of Xinjiang bordering Kyrgyzstan and very close to Tajikistan), an Omani (unknown whether or not he is Balochi in

Made an exhaustive list of published ancient samples that closely match, and are patrilineally relevant, or interesting to modern Kurds, based on the current Y-700/FF dataset. Open the image in a new tab for a higher-resolution view. Dark green marks the ancient samples with the

A comprehensive reconstruction of Kurdish ethnogenesis, grounded in historical, linguistic, archaeological, and genetic evidence. The ethnographic flowchart here reflects the conclusions of my own research, informed by all major publications and the contributions of leading

Completed a re-analysis of the STR profiles from the paper “Population Genetic Study of 17 Y-STR Loci of the Sorani Kurds in the Province of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq” using the most robust Y-STR predictor currently available, the YFull predictor (alpha version). Many haplogroup

@sharghzadeh I made a post about this exact wiki entry. I also used to believe that Kurd derived from the word herd but it’s linguistically not feasible. https://t.co/3naXNeX8T0

🧬Kurdish Haplogroups Series #3: J-TY97675 Another Kurdish-centered paternal lineage within the broader J-Z7706 haplogroup, today found exclusively among Berazî (Afrîn) and Jaff (Kermanshah) families. Its deeper ancestry may trace back to Bronze Age eastern Iranian plateau

Full guide on the best genetic tests to purchase Ancestry(.com): If you want a cheap but reliable test to obtain your full autosomal results and a basic haplogroup breakdown, this is the best option. It typically costs around £79, but it is currently on sale for £39. It is

Genetic breakdown of Faroese Islanders. P-value : 0.119 53.2% Germanic 13.2% Continental Celtic 33.6% Insular Celtic https://t.co/mmxM5ZDmoN

Are the Bronze Age and Iron Age samples at Teppe Hasanlu (a part of the western Grey Ware tradition) ancestrally rooted to modern West Iranians such as Kurds, Lurs, and others? Short answer: no. There is only superficial admixture similarity, caused by the independent

A plausible linguistic explanation for the development of Cyrtian (Ancient Greek: Κύρτιοι, romanised: Kýrtioi) into Kurd: What must first be noted is that the ending -οι (-oi) in Κύρτιοι (Kýrtioi) represents the Greek nominative plural masculine suffix. The true lexical core

FREE YFULL UPLOAD FOR Y-700/WGS EN: For those who have taken a Y-700, WGS, or Y-500 tests and would like to upload it to the Yfull tree can contact us in private. We would pay for a few of them. NK: Ji bo kesên ku testên Y-700, WGS, an Y-500 kirine û dixwazin wê li ser dara

The Atmi (or Atman) are a Kurdish tribe numbering around 200,000 people whom paternally descend from 1 single man who lived approximately 850 years ago, between 1140 and 1175 AD, under the Y-DNA mutation G-Y164809 / G-FTA62389.

Deep clade origins of all fully sequenced Kurdish samples under haplogroup G: G1-GG362: Contains one Zaza on G-Y225867 who shares a TMRCA of around 2500 years with a sample from Russia, an adopted individual searching for his father. His matches include Iranians, Azerbaijanis,

Since I coalposted a bit on berbers using guanche, which isn't bad but is euro admixed and may produce some bias, I re did the models with the good Kerkouane (R11759) Also Moroccan.HO which is coastal, prefers spanish for euro admix.

A summary of everything we know about Kurds before the collapse of the Sassanians.

Prison Life, if you pass us in players... we gonna have beef. 😤

Subdivisions of the linguistic heritage of ~38.5 million Kurds worldwide. The ~3 million Kurds in the diaspora are assigned to their region and dialect of origin. As comprehensive demographic data remains limited, these charts will be updated as more precise figures emerge.

The Gorans are a subgroup of Kurds inhabiting certain parts of Kurdistan who have traditionally spoken a distinct north-western Iranian language separate from Kurdish, despite identifying as Kurds. Historically, they also differed socially from other Kurds, living sedentary lives