THE GENETIC ORIGINS OF THE SYRIANS

[@Thefewtheproudtheemotional7]

I am Syrian and it's really a pleasure to watch .... makes me remember how special we are

[@fadi185]

Not that special

[@GX92.]

Don't cry. ​@@fadi185

[@MM-cq7yu]

All humans think they are special...

[@MB_0101]

@@fadi185 I am Syrian and i agree, I will change it to not special at all too ..... i prefer this one

[@fadi185]

@@MB_0101 أنا كمان سوري

[@salahal-saleh3076]

As a Syrian from Damascus I sincerely thank you for making this video. Subscribed 😄

[@habazlambazazathe6th989]

I have decoded your genetic sequence..it is souri dandabouri

[@moeserafini5001]

@@habazlambazazathe6th989 😂😂

[@Sameh1656]

I am Damascene too. I have been living in the UK for the past 40 years.😊

[@TheSleepyOne725]

I'm from Aleppo. We have Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Turks... We range from the palest skin with blond hair and blue eyes to very brown skin with black hair and the darkest shade of brown eyes I know it might sound normal but the difference in accents between cities is interesting; for example, people from Damascus have an accent that's very close to the Lebanese, but the people of Deir-ezzor have a unique accent in which harsh letters are emphasized, similar to the Iraqis. We, in Aleppo, also have so many words of Turkish origin spoken here because of the constant trades and/or migration. I just hope the situation here gets better soon.

[@jonam7589]

turkish was due to ottoman in the country.

[@franknada8235]

Thanks for that info

[@Georgiy_Sergeevich]

Peace to your land from an Armenian from Russia

[@JoseLuis-x6z]

Don't forget us, the Greeks🇬🇷!! We love Syrians and our Armenian Syrians brothers 🇦🇲🇸🇾!

[@Georgiy_Sergeevich]

​@@JoseLuis-x6zArmenians have never forgotten that the Greeks are our brotherly people

[@christineyan6008]

So grateful for this video. I am Armenian from Syria, I love both countries. God bless my Syrian brothers and sisters. 🇸🇾❤🇦🇲

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Do Armenians in Syria pick up any local dna ever or are you guys purely Caucasian in stock?

[@Georgiy_Sergeevich]

Аерен асканум ес?

[@ranro7371]

Umayyad DNA? this is a joke chart. Don't take any of this seriously.

[@markleon9506]

I am also Syrian from Damascus and my father always tells me Armenians are one of the nicest people in Damascus. peace to you 💛

[@Georgiy_Sergeevich]

@@markleon9506 Thank you for your kind words about my people. Peace to you

[@asdasd-s2k6y]

i am syrian from latakia and i am so proud to be syrian love this kind of videos please make more videos about syria

[@asdasd-s2k6y]

Alawite . but why are you asking what about you? @mariabop

[@remionthemoon]

@@asdasd-s2k6ymy grandpas from Latakia, I hope to visit Syria again one day

[@asdasd-s2k6y]

where do you live right know@@remionthemoon

[@uncleuncle3196]

Do u like bashar al assad?

[@muhammedalfatah]

U r not one of us يا علوي يا شبيح

[@اسامةعمارنه-ر7ب]

Peace for syria and Palestine

[@eee9034]

Blame that desert cult whose founder like$ to f# #k 9 yo girls Sahih al bukhari 5134

[@augustuscaesar8287]

Palæstina delenda est.

[@juanway]

Inshallah

[@el_chico1313]

u mean southern syria as an arab i do not accept the word palestine its not arab name

[@hanialallaf1245]

Its silly to say this. I tell you this as a Syrian as well, but Syria is not an Arabic name but is the Latinized version of the Greek term to describe Assyrians & Aramaeans (whom they couldnt differentiate) and referred to as Syrioi (Greek) from the Assyrian terms "Ashur"@@el_chico1313

[@شاهينشاهين-ص2ق]

Peace for Syria Land of beauty, Rich aincent Civilization & most delicious food

[@jessehumphrey4273]

My grandfather came to the US from Damascus, last name Shaheen, but I know nothing about my Syrian history. Great video

[@Criminal1channel]

I'm from old Damascus and I had many friends with last name Shaheen

[@hazaki7057]

Your family name is deeply rooted in Syria. Do your research and connect with your roots!

[@_saleh1]

Shaheen is a very famous name

[@housestark4174]

Reach out, I can help you to find your extended family relatives in Damascus. I am from Damascus myself

[@jessehumphrey4273]

@@housestark4174 That is a truly amazing offer my friend. I feel this would be so difficult, but thank you so much for your comment. My mother gave me the only family photo that still exists, I believe from a wedding, all black and white, and three of the people in the picture never came to the US. I know my grandfather was a child when he came to the US and later served in WW11. His name is Louis Shaheen (1/1/1920 -10/13/1990). There are some extended family members here in another part of the US, but my mother (1/2 Syrian) lost contact with them a long time ago. None of the family on my mothers side ever cared to know anything about their Syrian roots, something hard for me to believe. I do wish I knew more, and maybe this will inspire me to look further. Since the war, I was under the impression that it would be impossible to ever learn anything more. May you be blessed friend

[@hazar6524]

Thank you very much ... Actually I'm Syrian from damascus, but originally half Turkish and half chechen and it really melts my heart to watch and learn anything about this amazing country and people.

[@MISTAREDD]

My family migrated from Syria in the early 1900s to the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. I have no articles and info on my ancestors 😢 but tonight they brought me here to learn 📕 🙏🏾💪🏾. Thank you for sharing this info

[@laanaa26]

You should visit your ancestors land!

[@DiamondsRexpensive]

Wow that's quite the distance!

[@MISTAREDD]

@@laanaa26 i tried but the Us government wont allow me to unless i have direct family that can vouch for me or I'm part of the media / press because of safety concerns

[@laanaa26]

@MISTAREDD How come many Western youtubers even Americans visited Syria?! 🙄, Syria is getting better now.

[@maherkhaled6805]

@@MISTAREDD Unfortunately, Syria is not safe at the present time because of the Syrian regime. Most KZbinrs are invited by the Assad regime’s intelligence services to beautify the country’s image...but in reality, our Syria is not safe for us until this criminal regime falls.

[@HurairaHerbals]

As a Syrian I have been waiting for this video. It’s pretty much the same as I thought it would be. Looking forward to doing a personal dna test someday bc I know it will be a bit different

[@impydev]

It called Palestine not Israel 3:05

[@ZviJ1]

< LMAO > Poor baby.... not everyone is cooperating with his unwillingness to see on a map any name that somehow confirms Jewish history with regards to the land where the Jewish perople originated.

[@impydev]

@@ZviJ1 average close-mind jew:

[@ZviJ1]

@@impydev LOL..... a fart excuse for comment that makes no rational sense whatsoever, from a bigoted bloke who can't stand to see a country's real, pre-altered name on the map. . And you somehow know me from somewhere?

[@noelandresgarciadiaz2061]

Los colonos e invasores judíos indoeuropeos del actual Estado de Israel ni siquiera son lingüística y étnicamente por mayoría descendientes directos de los antiguos judíos expulsados e israelitas desaparecidos. 👌

[@ThePowerofNow8]

Keep crying about it! It's Israel, the ancestral land of the Jews.

[@rachazarif]

When i did my ancestory it came back at 96% western levant. I am Christian (assyrian orthodox) Syrian.

[@Dani-wc9cu]

Then you're Syriac/Aramean.

[@lunardozamzam6001]

Interesting, most of us shows Greek or Anatolia genetic plus some levant

[@rachazarif]

@@lunardozamzam6001 i dont have any greek

[@jerryjames1131]

Y-DNA?

[@rachazarif]

@@jerryjames1131 ancestry

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Aramaeans and the Aramaic language. Syria is the cradle of these.

[@soheildian371]

both anatolian and zagros mountain are indo europian

[@slabman2599]

Arameans were assyrianized way before Christ buddy it was just a modern political plot for division , assyrians are the only people left in the region linked to ancient Mesopotamia, all throughout history Syrians were considered Assyrians, however within 1000 years invaders have been slowly replacing the idigienous

[@mryonan5865]

They’re Assyrians. They started calling themselves Aramean to separate themselves from the Assyrian church to the Syriac Orthodox Church a few decades ago. There are still many that call themselves Assyrians.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

@@mryonan5865 miscegenation exists. I'm sure everyone's a little mix of every ethnicity that Inhabited bronze and iron age Iraq. Afterall we have Arab Islamic records from the 700s-900s AD referring variously people Assyrian or Aramaean. But this is the middle east. No one there wants to claim to be mix race in the modern day.

[@TheAssyrianGuy]

Their Assyrians Who are part of Syriac church, I told you this in Quora, as well you thinking harran isn’t Assyrian. The real Abraham originates from harran btw.

[@Sunaina_devi22]

Syrians are really beautiful people

[@esatdemirci2119]

The are not

[@hala_sy_1999]

Thank you 😊

[@r.a.8503]

Agree ..the most beautiful people in and out ...

[@MounaEsper]

❤❤

[@sukursukur3617]

Ahahahahahaha definitely no. They have been in türkiye for 15 years. Neither guys or girls are beatiful to look at again

[@fsvider8954]

Best content on ancestry on KZbin. Keep up the great work

[@WalterWhite-go2lh]

As a Syrian myself, specifically from southern Syria, I'm grateful for this video thank you🙏🙏

[@beyeseparateswe3425]

where in syria d0es the descendants 0f jacob live? Every syrian is different,

[@freepagan]

@@beyeseparateswe3425 Don't go by the bible, because that stuff will just get you lost. In reality, Syrians are a Caucasian group. That's the gist of it, because all of the genetic populations mentioned in this vid (besides Arabs) are Caucasian, including Canaanite. In Lebanon, which is where I'm from, it's Canaanite also, but we descend from the seafaring Canaanites called Phoenicians. Who mixed our dna with Europeans. This is actually a fact about the Lebanese dna. So what does this have to do with Jacob? Who knows! Nobody knows his exact dna. But if he lived in the Levant, then he'd probably have looked similar to Syrian or Lebanese people today (the lighter skinned ones--not the Arab ones).

[@supp0rteveryone-g3w]

​@@freepaganI've been to lebanon and y'all look brown

[@freepagan]

@@supp0rteveryone-g3w The brown ones you've seen are mostly Syrians coming from the east. Shameful people.

[@freepagan]

@@supp0rteveryone-g3w 25% of the people in Lebanon are refugees. We ourselves are a Caucasian (Canaanite) group with European admixture. And most of us are white or tan, with light hair and eyes.

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

I had a Syrian girlfriend way back. she had blue eyes and amazing skin. most beautiful humans on earth

[@Ramy_Ramz]

The smooth flawless olive skin. I know exactly what you mean.

[@chinthanaillukwatte]

😮​@@Ramy_Ramz

[@sirius4518]

yes indeed, I was astonished a while ago to discover that there are people in Syria have such traits, like blue eyes. Until then I was in the mindset that they're semitic to the core, like any other 'middle easterners'

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

Astragufullah

[@Cherryc0ke.]

@@GreaterAfghanistanMovementshe probably wasn’t Muslim

[@VolleyChickism]

Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese, Jordanians we are all one.. much love to my levantine people♥️

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Doesn't the Sinai peninsula count as Levant or no?

[@hijazlander]

​@@noahtylerpritchett2682 Nope, that's part of Egypt.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

@@hijazlander i know what country it's in but i was referring to geography

[@lindayo49]

love you too ❤ 🇯🇴🇵🇸

[@hanialallaf1245]

No it isn't considered Levantine - historically the inhabitants of that region are totally unrelated to those in the Levant. @@noahtylerpritchett2682

[@moali7158]

Syrians are a beautiful people.

[@kazu_0]

❤

[@maeda7778]

Yes soooo much 😂😂😂

[@RobinHood-tw4se]

DNA, history, and facial reconstructions, all very nice! One of the best channels out there for ancestry!

[@freepagan]

Actually it was pretty bad. Many Syrians are also white, blonde hair and all. He didn't depict that.

[@I.I.I.A2]

​@@freepaganThis "many amount" only makes up a small percentage. That mostly comes from the Caucasus, Anatolia and southern Europe. I don't understand why people pretend that the Levant is as light as Scandinavia. They are darker than Southern Europeans and the Caucasus, and these populations are already considered "dark" in Europe.

[@freepagan]

​@@I.I.I.A2 First of all, the vast majority of *real Lebanese people* are light to tan skin. Obviously you're not from there, and have never been there. If you go to Lebanon you'll see that. I never said we're as light as Scandinavians. There are plenty of tan white people in Europe and elsewhere. But we're still white because of DNA. Our DNA is Canaanite, which is a partially Caucasian population in and of itself. And the rest is from the places you mentioned, but it is significant. And it's redundant in the Lebanese genepool. Meaning, that has been our dna for millennia. It's specific to Lebanese people. Not all Levantine people are the same. We're the lightest ones, and again, genetically unique. That's why in every Lebanese town you'll see some Lebanese with blonde hair or blue eyes. I'm fully Lebanese and my mother and grandmother have blonde hair and blue eyes. My father has brown hair and hazel eyes. Both tan skin, consistent with the Mediterranean look. Greeks and Italians know this. They know we look alike (specifically about Lebanese people and Western Syrians who have a similar DNA--not about all Levantines or all Middle Easterners). In many cases, we're even whiter than they are. This is basic fact, there's nothing to argue.

[@freepagan]

@@I.I.I.A2 (continued)...and it's not just southern, but northern European admixture we have also. This would be from the Byzantine Era and the Crusades. But again, we were a white Mediterranean population even before those admixtures, given our long history and the fact we descend from Phoenician Canaanites.

[@juliepashko7458]

​@@freepaganthe Ottomans transported many Circassians to the Syrian Province as the local Syrians were against Turkish rule. Circassians are fair, from north of Black Sea, converted to Islam. A lot were taken as slaves by Ottomans as they were fair and pretty, placed in harems. Russians also pushed them out of their homeland towards Ottoman empire.

[@narienzawity862]

Wow, this was actually very detailed. Great video. I like all your DNA video’s.

[@l2ztmemes372]

In fact, my family, “Naji,” is one of the Syrian Islamic families from Damascus, but 90% of my family moved to the United States, specifically California, since 1920. We live there, and my family enjoys quite a reputation in Syria and in the United States in some states such as Chicago and California, and I can consider myself Syrian-American, and this is an honor for me.😊 My grandfather told me a story about one of his visits to Syria, that he is in one of the cities of Damascus, but they do not call it a city, rather they call it a “neighborhood,” which our origins go back to. It is called the Al-Midan neighbourhood. One of our relatives, She was the first person who practised the medical profession in this "neighborhood." It was and is still one of the most civilized areas in Damascus and in all of Syria. I am proud of this

[@96_13.]

you are not Syrians

[@someguy1914]

i cant believe you were about to quit, now you’ve got a team : D im really glad i love learning about human history

[@Louis1990Louis]

Amazing video and very impressive information, thanks for your efforts..Greetings from the oldest capital in the world Damascus🥂

[@wuzub]

I am Syrian/American . Great video ...Thank you bro... LOVE

[@Law116]

Wow thank you for this Video Please make more about Syria

[@immortalsongs5131]

As a Syrian from Aleppo (which is the oldest city in the world) I thank you for this video, and according to my information, the Syrians are originally the sons of the Syriac civilization

[@jonam7589]

That answered my question for the last several years! I see so many Syrian refugees who look so white and blue eyes in Europe, if they only removed their islamic dress I wouldn't be able to tell if they were not European. I always thought that they don't look like the Saudis, then how could they be arabs! Thanks!

[@hanialallaf1245]

Glad it answered your doubts! “Whiteness” is not limited to the constructed borders of modern day Europe. Syria is the northernmost Middle Eastern country, separated from Europe by one country - Eastern Mediterranean people.

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

There is genetic continuity between the Levant and Europe. The main component of the Europeans are the Anatolians and the main component of the Arabs are the Natufians. However, there is too much DNA, shared. For example, the populations of Southern Europe share up to 50% of their DNA with Farmers from the Levant or the Middle East, it can be stated that Southern Europeans are an intermediate point between the populations of Northern Europe and the populations of the Middle East. We can also affirm that the Mediterranean Levant is an intermediate point between southern Europeans and southern Arabs such as the Yemenis.

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

@@hanialallaf1245 In reality the White populations descend from the Middle East. Gravettians (Cro-Magnon) are ancestors of all Western Eurasians, the Middle East, Europe and North Africa. The best proof is the clear genetic continuity that exists from the Middle East to northern Europe.

[@maroufali7925]

Because most Syrians aren't ethnic Arabs, they just speak Arabic as a native language.

[@snake4617]

​@@maroufali7925Nope, most Syrian Muslims and christians identify as ethnic Arabs. Being Arab is not not limited by skin color or ancestry; it is defined by a shared language and culture.

[@zrperro]

Ancestral DNA analysis is a topic that I'm very interested in, please keep posting videos.

[@ranro7371]

Why? Most of this is nonsense. Only useful bit was Yemen being the most Ancient. which matches the oral history.

[@رغدابراهيم-ث8ش]

Thank you from Homs, Syria for the very interesting information

[@jimjim7008]

European Jews nead to leave the middle east and leave us live in peace like it used to be before 1948. Long live middle eastern Muslims, Jews and Christians and other minor religions.

[@Procopius464]

Jews are not Europeans, and you people are not peaceful.

[@tariizm1500]

stfu European Jews didnt go to Europe with their own desire they were exiled they have every right to their original homeland you are hypocrite bcz you would want Rohingyas to be able to return their homeland but you dont want exact thing for Jews

[@mohammedhoussani1899]

+

[@mickeymouse1697]

Jews are Not European . You mean Caucasus / Turkic KHAZARS / ASHKENAZI Jews

[@mickeymouse1697]

And Arab Muslim Invaders need to leave the LEVANT so the indigenous people can live in peace again

[@ToninoBSalvetti]

Hello. I love the way you explain the breakdowns of the different groups! You’re really good. I look forward to more. Blessings

[@JS-bEll]

Thank you from Syria 👍✝️

[@halsamman]

Thanks!

[@kinanhawri6906]

as a syrian , loved your content keep going ❤

[@TheRanaro]

Excellent work and very educational for the layman.

[@nanasyrian3616]

Proud levantine here❤ Long live syria and Palestine 🇵🇸

[@nanasyrian3616]

​@mariabop🇱🇧🇯🇴🇵🇸🇸🇾❤

[@lilypad999-i9v]

Your so called Palestine is Ancient Levant, aka JEWISH INDIGENOUS HOMELAND ONLY. it is not Arab, therefore you do not come from the levant if you are an Arab. we were here long long before you, but if you are Syrian, you're unlikely to be ancient levantine OR Arab because most of you are Iranian/ Iraqi mix.

[@GuardianKnightoftheRealm]

Glad your back!

[@IllyricvmPhilosophy]

Respect, from Albania!

[@mk-pv1yb]

There is a endogamous christian group in the southern state of india, kerala, that trace their ancestory to syrian christian merchants that arrived between 300-400 AD. I was wondering if you have heard of it and what you make of it. Great video.

[@supp0rteveryone-g3w]

Hi, I'm Syrian this so interesting. Is there a youtube video about them I can watch?

[@maddatheist7254]

People of the Levant: Syrians, Palestinians, Lebanese, and Jordanians. We must one day establish our independent political, cultural, and social entity, and expel the invaders and dictators from our land.

[@mimirotatito786]

You are fools, fighting for tribalism sect or a foreign country = self destruction

[@maddatheist7254]

​@@mimirotatito786who fight for Tribalism? The current Syrian map doesn't represent the historical Syria. A huge part of mesopotamia was included in the borders by french- British invaders, as you know many tribes lived and still living in mesopotamia but we in the west part of Syria don't have tribes but normal families

[@عبداللهمصطفى-ت6ب]

كانو أرض واحدة وشعب واحد قسمت الأرض ولاكن بقي الشعب واحد.... يوما ما سنكون.

[@عبداللهمصطفى-ت6ب]

كانو أرض واحدة وشعب واحدْ ، قسمت الأرض ولاكن بقي الشعب واحد.... يوما ما سنكون.

[@sulimanhindawi]

لبنانيية طلعو فينيقيين 😂😂

[@MaximusAugustusOrthodox]

God bless my Syrians Brother and Sisters in Christ ❤️☦️

[@Mounis.9]

I'm Syrian and i have been living here since i was born , I just want to thank you for sheding light on our beloved Country i can't be more proud And we all syrian appreciate your effort , Considring it is an very ancient land and its roots goes a long way back in the history of Humanity I am gonna share this this with the family and friends for sure

[@Hodadade]

عشو عم تشكره على الكذب ممنوع فحص الدنا كدراسة بسورية 😂😂😂😂😂

[@وردالشامياسمينالشاموردالشامياس]

​@@Hodadadeانتم كالبنانيين شو مشكلتكن معنا.. 🇸🇾

[@hazarshaban851]

thanks for these thoughtful infos I am a proud Syrian levant

[@girlyartsy8673]

Proud to be an Armenian from Syria, I miss my home country including our Armenian community

[@Minposu123]

how can you be both? are you etcnicly armenian or ?

[@osopenowsstudio9175]

​@@Minposu123probably his parents is Armenian and Syrian

[@omar107o]

@@Minposu123 Syria had big armenian community, many armenian found shelter in syria when turks started the genocide.

[@Minposu123]

@@omar107o you lost me when you said "armenians found shelter in syria" I dont think so

[@omar107o]

​@@Minposu123 lol I said they found shelter in syria , I didn't say syrians helped them. You know why ? Because I knew a fool gonna say what you said. Something else in our culture is not braging about good deeds, we say they found shelter, we don't say we saved their life. No Syrian ever told me '' we helped armenian'' , but I had like 5 or 6 armenian friends trough my life ( outside syria) , 3 of them told me '' we like syrian, you helped us when we got genocided '' without me asking them anything about this. You are just a fool hitting on people that war destroyed their lands, it's easy to humiliate a man on the ground saying ( syrians helped others ????? ) like saying syrians are not humans ? That's like the most disgusting form of racial speech you can speak. Anyway, syrians are now used to fools and humiliation, you can speak what you want

[@mevebarr713]

Ohh yeah Syrians are beautiful human beings. One of the most peacefull and lovely on earth

[@hai.1820]

Love from Turkey guys, I hope you pull it together soon and live a peaceful, prosperious life. Well, I know we're not much liked in the region, for obvious reasons 😂... but still, peace!

[@maddatheist7254]

Marhaba brother from ancient Damascus ✌️ good and bad people live everywhere

[@reefjosey1947]

turks are anatolian origin in their genes. syrians most of them same. if to be smart, there is no reason to hate. all is politic.

[@supp0rteveryone-g3w]

​@@reefjosey1947No it's not all politics. U have no idea what Syrians in Turkey have to go through

[@reefjosey1947]

@@supp0rteveryone-g3w يجب أن تغضبوا من النظام العالمي الذي يصنف السوريين الذين ليسوا عرباً وراثياً على أنهم عرب لأنهم يتحدثون العربية.

[@supp0rteveryone-g3w]

@@reefjosey1947 ليس النظام الدولي هو الذي يصنفنا كعرب. نحن من نصنف أنفسنا هكذا، ولماذا نريد أن ننزعج من هذا الشيء؟ نحن سعداء كوننا عرب. هل تعتقد أننا نكره عرب شبه الجزيرة؟ مُطْلَقاً. حضرتك انت من وين؟

[@Quepromm390]

TYSM FOR THE VIDEO I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AGES ☠️☠️☠️

[@georgecherian6520]

Thank you for posting this interesting video. It describes the whole history of the area too.

[@winxclubstellamusa]

Thank you so much for yet another awesome video! Can you please do Jordan next?

[@JadHammoud-q4s]

Long live Syria An independent issue, one society, for the interest of Syria, which is above every interest.

[@testify777able]

This vantage of history is crucial, and absolutely fascinating, thank you for your work!

[@freepagan]

But it's also misleading. He mentioned the Natufians live in S. Arabia as though they were Arabs. LOL. Natufians are Levantine, not Arabs. The fact that they spread to other places doesn't make them a different race. Also, there are plenty of white Syrians, which he didn't really depict. Good thing this vid wasn't about Lebanon where I'm from. Because I'd be pissed. Anybody who tries to connect us with Arabs is mistaken. We're a Caucasian population mixed with ancient European DNA. Some Syrians are too, but for some reason, he didn't use images that represent that.

[@Criminal1channel]

I think it's much more complected than that I mean the history can't provide us with complete story about our DNA or related groups. I'm from old Damascus (mother originally from Baalbek ) and I did DNA test the results are confusing: G2: haplogroup 45% Levant mainly Damascus Sidon Beirut 21% Italian 12 Greek 10% north Anatolia 3% Egypt 3% Arab South Related historian groups: Natufis Amoritis Ageans Romans - Roman British 😳 Byzantinians ​@@freepagan

[@freepagan]

@@Criminal1channel I got similar results from the my true ancestry websit e. But what you should know is that ALL of those things are Levantine. Even the Roman one, because that was over a millennium ago, it's very much a fixed part of Levantine blood. Northern Levantines are generally very similar. It's only different for the Syrians that border Iraq.

[@freepagan]

@@Criminal1channel ...Well, all except Egyptian and southern Arabian. Those aren't natively Levantine, and that's why you got only a small number.

[@tariqalsaadi1398]

very nice and informative video thank you! as a Syrian Druze the video about Lebanese DNA was more informative for me personally cause you took the Druze specifically and my grands immigrated from the Lebanese mountains to Syria during the last century, as the most of Syrian Druze.

[@walaa-34]

Thank you for such a nice informative video. As a Syrian (Homsi one :)) I find it amazing how Syria's position as a crossroads of civilizations contributes to our culture and traditions. These varied traditions are reflected in our architecture, cuisine, music, clothing, and festivals, creating a vibrant cultural mosaic that is both deeply rooted and dynamic. With a lot of hope put in the new Syria after the fall of the dictatorship, I believe that Syria will become one of the most visited countries in the Middle East once it heals its wounds and rebuilds itself after years of darkness under the Assad regime

[@realitytube6290]

Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinians are not Arabs by ethnicity but they tend to speak Arabic as national language including Iraq.

[@hotsauce153]

Who are you to say this? Are you Syrian? If you aren't, you are just spreading ignorance. Syrians, Palestinians, etc... are Arabs.

[@محمدالصالح-ه9م]

No we are arab by ethnicity saudi and syria almost have same genetic

[@realitytube6290]

@@محمدالصالح-ه9م Not Arab by ethnicity by arabisation through language. Saudi is a modern day state if you go back to the time of the prophet Ebraheem they were arabised by the tribe of Yemen which is the Al Jurhum the original of the Arabs.

[@hotsauce153]

@realitytube6290 this is nothing but mythology, pal.

[@freeeee2111]

Well you don't speak for all of us, i am syrian and consider myself arab , thank you !

[@The-i-Shakk]

Thank you so much for showing details on Modern Assyrians and clarifying with some factual evidence that we are who we say we are. We come from the land of the Assyrians and speak the last language the Assyrians used. Awesome video overall!

[@شاهينشاهين-ص2ق]

@Ziggyscomputers He acts like you don't exist! I just drop a comment telling him that the Assyrians still exist & they are part of the magnificent rich Syrian, community

[@juliepashko7458]

I understand Assyrian language very similar sound to Hebrew, is that right?

[@palsyr4307]

Not enough attention is paid to the Amorites. They greatly shaped the ancient near east. Hammurabi of Babylon and Shamshi-Adad of Assyria were related Amorite rulers founding large kingdoms. They had city-states in the Levant including Canaan (Syrian Coast, Lebanon and Palestine.)

[@silasbishop3055]

Amurru

[@palsyr4307]

@robertolang9684 I think the Amorites emerged out of the Anatolian + Naftufian mixed peoples. The Hurrites/Hurians (proto-Armenian) mixed with them and others like the Assyrians. Possibly the most famous Hurrite/Hurian was queen Nefertiti who married into an Egyptian royal family.

[@palsyr4307]

@robertolang9684 I am your cousin from ancient times my friend, Assyrian/Aramean and half my genes are from the Caucuses

[@artukludevleti589]

@@palsyr4307 proto ermeni 🤣 bu iddianı neyle delillendireceksin?

[@palsyr4307]

@@artukludevleti589what?

[@thefrogqueeen]

Fascinating! My husband did his Ancestry and it is quite similar to what you are showing. Looking forward to the Chechen video

[@trulyloveEgypt]

Great work!

[@ThePonderingPiper]

The Syrians are one of the oldest people we're talking about (the Nodites). They all hail from Mesopotamia. To learn more, I recommend The Urantia Book.

[@Hachikii]

🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇨🇦 Thank you for this video!!

[@taasmr4203]

*Please make a video about DNA and ancestry of each ethnicity of Pakistan: Urdu Speakers/Mohajir, Memon, Kathyawari, Gujrati, Parsi, Bohri, Siraiki, Sindhi, Baloch, Punjabi, Hazari, Pashtun, Kalashi, Darri, and Kashmiri, etc.*

[@mohdzainlone]

ethnic kashmiri don't live in pakistan

[@hijazlander]

@@mohdzainlone A lot of ethnic kashmiris live in mainland Pakistan

[@freepagan]

Pakistanis are Indians genetically. Pashtuns, etc. came from the outside, that's why they have different genes.

[@padhlekyakarrhahaituyahanp1011]

​@@freepaganpakistani muslim from up bihar share similar genes and punjabi pakistani also

[@RoRoAlKhani]

Being Syrian makes me feel so proud. Syria is one of the most ancient countries in the world. So i think that what makes us unique

[@rzneibi8265]

Unique information with great effort, what a great history we do have❤

[@gamalnassertv]

First! Yes, nice to see you are also including uniparentals in these breakdowns! Keep it up man, really educational! Looking forward to the genomic history of Lebanese, the descendants of Phoenicians!

[@freepagan]

Thanks, those are my peeps. From the research I've done, the Phoenicians were Canaanites. And the Canaanites were part indigenous, part Caucasian (from the Caucuses). In addition, Lebanese became mixed with European in ancient times. Not recently. That's why our dna is very similar to other Mediterranean peoples. Yet it's still unique. The best way to describe it is to say "Phoenician" or simply ethnically "Lebanese."

[@Ponto-zv9vf]

They are partly descended from the Phoenicians who were Canaanites, but they have ancestry from Anatolia, Iran, Natufians and some European.

[@nourllah833]

i was wondering why all my Syrian people have different skin that video explaining my question i am from Golan Syria and we have different skin colors thank you so much for ur work all love to my people long life and may god bless u all ♥

[@TasnUser]

وساكن بالجولان؟

[@Khanitothedon]

Fantastic stuff

[@user-gw5zo3qh6w]

hi, I haven't been online. Just saw tis video and grateful as always and looking forward to the next ones too. 🙏🏼

[@AgonieBMQc]

Funny that you have put the soundtrack of Age Of Mythology! Awesome and interesting video btw!

[@GokuBlackkkkkk]

I am Assyrian, thank you for this video and breakdown so that people can understand the differences!

[@musadiqmahmood7459]

What is the difference between Assyrian and Syrian ? My forefathers came from Syria when Muhammad bin Qasim attack the Indian province of Sindh and conquered the Multan . They were part of that army ……….. I am from pakistan but line in USA for last 36 years ……. I have lot of Syrian brothers In our Musjid .

[@GokuBlackkkkkk]

@@musadiqmahmood7459 Assyrians are the indigenous people of Mesopotamia (parts of modern day Iraq, Syria Turkey and Iran). We are often called the cradle of civilization. We speak a dialect of Aramaic. We Assyrians are one of the first christians in the world. When someone speaks about Babylon and the Assyrian empire they speak about our history.

[@arvelyt2188]

@@GokuBlackkkkkkAhh as a Syrian I was always confused I thought Syria was the modern day Assyria and just changed names. Thank you for this knowledge

[@Criminal1channel]

​@@GokuBlackkkkkk Wrong, the name of the church which now call the Assyrian church was invented in the 18th century there are no connections between the ancient Assyrians and this church. You how many Arabic tribes were Christians like gassanides and manazers they all belong to day to Syriac and Assyrians churches. The original people of Mesopotamia and the Levant are same people of today from all religions and ethnicities

[@GokuBlackkkkkk]

@@Criminal1channel Hmm, I wonder how the catholic Assyrians of today (also known as Chaldeans) split from the Assyrian church during the 1500s? 🤔🤔 So how was the church invented during the 1800s if it already existed before? By DNA the Assyrians/Syriacs of today are connected to the ancient Assyrians.

[@bibluteque]

I’m not Syrian but I had many Syrian friends and they don’t look anything like Arabs. So, the fact that most Syrians are from Anatoly, Iran and Greece then why the government chose to call the country “the Syrian Arab Republic”?

[@salut1810]

You’ve just asked a question with a very messy very complicated answer haha

[@Quepromm390]

Because arab is a general term that describes people who speak arabic and share the same culture. The image of arab you have in mind is gulf arab or someone from saudi arabia which I agree is very different from someone who is syrian, even the culture is slightly different but in general its related.

[@salut1810]

@@Quepromm390 I think the only relation is language and some specific tribes in the Syrian desert , culturally there’s not much relation between levant and Arabian peninsula, like not the food and not the dialect and not the general traditions (minus regions with Arab tribes). The reason why I said the answer is complicated is because the answer is political. Syria wasn’t called the Arab republic until the Baath Party took power, and that is because it’s an Arab nationalist party that believed in the unity of all Arabic speaking countries, and that Arab as an identity should rise above all other identities, leaving many linguistic and ethnic minorities in the region left out (like the Kurds)

[@ZeroHero00001]

It's about ethnicity more than about actual DNA just like there are white, black, and asian jews

[@hanialallaf1245]

Because the Arab identity outside of the Arabian Peninsula is a political construct used to unite people on the basis of language - aided by the fact that they are united by Islam (dominantly). Ancestors of Syrians were primarily introduced to Arabic in the mid 600s however it was only political. It was only until around 1000-1100 AD that Arabic began taking a foothold in the public sphere. The term Syrian Arab Republic was only constructed after the Arab Nationalists took power in 1958. However it was referred to as the Syrian Republic solely post independence from the Ottomans. There is some shared culture and aspects with other Arabs, and some Syrians are Arabs, but generally they are culturally distinct.

[@jonathancummings6400]

Very interesting. Very well done!

[@ket4verse]

Heavily appreciated! Big thanks coming from a latakian syrian🙏🏼

[@mudaralchaar5855]

thank u for putting these informations out there

[@shushannanazarian9972]

I knew that Armenians and Assyrians were genetically close. Didn't know Armenians are related to ancient Assyrians. Would love to see a video about Armenian DNA

[@juliepashko7458]

I think that could be awkward, as so many Turks have Armenian ancestry.

[@shushannanazarian9972]

@@juliepashko7458 What do Turks have to do with what I wrote?

[@Criminal1channel]

Today's Assyrians aren't necessary related the ancient ones because the name of the church ( the Assyrian church) was invented in the 18th century. Many people from different origins belonged to this church including people off Armenians and Georgians or Arabic Origins and now they call themselves Assyrians. It's just a church like the Syriac one and it has nothing to do with DNA or haplogroups

[@Ponto-zv9vf]

No. Assyrians are alike Armenians because of intermarriage, sex and children. Armenians are more from the Caucasus, and Assyrians from Mesopotamia.

[@ahuram]

@@shushannanazarian9972 From Iran, I wish health and success to our dear Armenian cousin

[@DarthVadent2]

I am going to be honest, as a layperson who's been in the Anthropology and Archaeogenetics spaces for many years, I would be very cautious with respect to interpreting the results yielded by G25. It utilizes a methodology known as Principal Component Analysis or PCA for short. PCAs only examine one dimension or principal component of your overall genetic ancestry and therefore, isn't necessarily characterizing it in its totality. So for instance, Global25 uses 25 dimensions to represent your genetic affinities to populations via a coordinates system, PC1 and PC2 look at two dimensions, PC3 and PC4 look at another two, etc. The accuracy of a PCA based coordinates system such as the one employed by Illustrative DNA or Global25 depends on a number of factors such as what references populations you're using, how many test subjects you're using to signify each population, what the genetic substructures of each population being used as references and test subjects are and so forth. They are susceptible to sample sizes, allele frequencies, imputation methods, and whatever array was used for genotyping. All of the aforementioned can have an impact on how the datasets are visualized on a PCA. Most geneticists prefer formal methods such a qpAdm, qpAdm provides a one to one comparison with a P-Value generated to indicate the plausibility of a model and how parsimonious it is given the data. There is no such standard when you use a PCA or even an ADMIXTURE calculator, which produce wildly different results when one or more variables are altered. Here's a paper published two years ago outlining the genomic history of the Middle East, it assays modern Middle Eastern populations using ancient samples via qpAdm. These are far more robust and reliable than anything Global25 can show you. Syrians, like many other Middle Eastern ethnic groups are descended from a number of prehistoric Near Easterners. In this case, the study reveals how much ancestry Neolithic Iranians, Levantines and Natufians contributed to them. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8445022/ I would avoid drawing conclusions from PCAs, they aren't designed to infer ancestry only to illustrate how populations or individuals cluster.

[@Biblical_DNA]

Absolutely, I agree with this breakdown. I would be interested in discussing this matter with you, if you would be interested.

[@Cute-boy169]

a Syrian here i did a DNA test from 23 and me and my results were: Iranian,Mesopotamian,Caucasian - 48.2% Broadly Northern west asian - 0.5% Peninsular Arab (Saudi Arabian) - 21.6% Egyptian - 7.3% Levantine (Damascus Syria) - 6.4% Broadly Arab, Egyptian and Levantine - 11.5% Broadly Western Asia and North Africa - 1.5% Southern European - 1.2% Broadly European - 0.7% Unassigned - 0.6% my ancient ancestry admixture from mytrueancestry: Canaanite / Semite (5.582) Amorite (7.318) Cilician (9.937) Cilician + Hurrian (10.64) Byzantine (10.84) Cilician + Canaanite / Semite (11.39) Canaanite / Semite + Amorite (11.57) Byzantine + Canaanite / Semite (11.68) Hurrian (12.0) Byzantine + Hurrian (12.16)

[@Sunaina_devi22]

What's unassigned??

[@Cute-boy169]

it means they were unable to specify a region@@Sunaina_devi22

[@Sunaina_devi22]

@@Cute-boy169 I see

[@thejmenahistorian5584]

Which city are u from?

[@hanialallaf1245]

Interesting, haven’t come across other Syrians yet with Peninsular Arab ancestries that are over 10-15%, where are you from?

[@sulimlitaev1059]

Excited about the upcoming video about Chechens 🔥

[@purdiantoro7846]

❤Ancestalbrew, you did an awesome job👏👍

[@noblemottythomas7664]

Our forefathers migrated from Syria to Kerala 1000-- 1200 years back as Islam was gaining power in the region

[@information-gp6pj]

Where is kerala

[@EdwardOkinawa-wd2ip]

Then they became black and ugly lol.

[@lanaofficiel4042]

Syrians are the most beautiful people in the Middle East. Men and women are equally gorgeous ❤❤❤.

[@Ponto-zv9vf]

You're not bigoted are you. Personally I find them ugly.

[@Adam83murad]

​@@Ponto-zv9vf Bu Beautiful or ugly.......doesn't matter ......they are human beings

[@ameeraalhakim7215]

Thank you!

[@lanaofficiel4042]

​@@Adam83muradI agree with you that they are human beings; but I'm just saying that it's my opinion that the Syrian people are exceptionally attractive. Their men are very handsome and their women are exceptionally beautiful, especially when compared with other Middle Eastern people. Syrians have an unique physical appearance compared with their neighbors.

[@rebeccatromel4763]

I was searching the internet for just this sort of info, just like you said, no one is offering it! Very glad you and team are doing this. However, as a ordinary person, I do find myself wishing that you would slow down some of the information and also offer some vocabulary explanations. For instance, what are the Rashidun Caliphate? What does the Coele term mean and why was it dropped?

[@hanialallaf1245]

The Rashidun Caliphate or “The Caliphate of the Rightly Guided”, is the first Islamic expansion and caliphate established by the prophet’s companions. It was the predecessor to the Umayyad Empire. Coele-Syria is simply the name of the the region of the Levant, Composing primarily of modern day Syria, under Greek rule from 323 - 64 BC. That was the name of this Greek ruled province.

[@JafarAlmansur]

Thanks for making this video❤

[@BoKnowsThat]

Phenomenal work bro! 🙏🏼🤟🏼

[@hanialallaf1245]

A very Damascene Syrian here, of Muslim families however along 2 branches of all great grandparents, conversion to Islam can be traced on average. All of us are indigenous typically and largely share the same influences, the only difference is some of us from the same city can be more or less of an influence of one or two particular ancestries. Some are more “purely” one thing. For example some Syrians just north of the Jordan border, Syrians in the Mesopotamia region (east of the Euphrates), some Arab villages/tribes, and some particular families from the cities may have more Arab ancestry. However most Syrians are primarily a mixture of or purely Levantine (Amorite/Aramaean/Canaanite), Anatolian, Caucasus - with some having Arab, Iranian, North African, or more European influences. My makeup was: 55% Caucasus & Eastern Turkish 33.6% Levantine 7% Anatolian 2.4% Egyptian 0.9% Eastern Europe 0.5% North African 0.5% Peninsular Arab 0.1% Ashkenazi Jewish

[@dnaguy4769]

Eastern Turkish is zangro

[@user_18789]

eastern turkey is caucasus and iran in 23andme

[@hanialallaf1245]

@@user_18789 yes they classify Eastern Turkey, Mesopotamia, and the Caucasus under one label but often specify which parts of these regions when there is a sizeable amount of data to compare with. Mine specifically mentioned Eastern Turkish provinces and Georgia.

[@Tabish_Nooristani]

Is that you on your pfp?

[@dnaguy4769]

@@hanialallaf1245 ur a kurd

[@JoseLuis-x6z]

Make a Video on the Cretan Greeks, the, extinct illyrians, the Mainland Greeks!

[@احمدالمطلق-ع7خ]

good job. Thank you very much

[@lesujetdujour2877]

Thank you for this video ❤

[@rimontoma2270]

I've always wondered what my DNA origins were One day one i leave Syria ill do a DNA test Amazing video btw

[@TheJawswithaD]

Amazing video ! Do Algeria next time please 🩷🩷🩷

[@FPS.Lancer]

This is why i open YT. Great video! to my Syrian people: we're fuckin amazing, despite all the madness we've been through. Stay strong y'all.

[@syriaisdying]

I guess we are all cursing this country everyday because of what is happening, it's like a dead end It can't be fixed

[@אדירנצח]

It seems that the Palestinian DNA is the same to the Syrian DNA. As if they are the same people divided only by politics...

[@marcdigiambattista751]

Not as fun as the 40% genetic correlation between Jews and Palestinains though, after all that talk in the Torah and Koran about one house under God and definitely not killing your cousins even if they might have adopted a few weird foreign customs, when you got split up and were scattered across the world after having your arse handed to you by the Romans.

[@Tabish_Nooristani]

Shalom rabbi how's the usury going?

[@thehalalreviewer]

Yeah that was also true back when they spoke Hebrew and Aramaic.

[@thehalalreviewer]

@mariabop It’s ok I actually learned Levantine Arabic myself. It’s still related to ancient Semitic languages of the region and its the best dialect of Arabic to my ears lol.

[@freepagan]

@mariabop You're right about being Arabized, it's sad because most people have forgotten their history. But not all of us. I'm Lebanese, and I know who my ancestors were. We were Phoenician Canaanites, mixed to a lesser extent with European. This is what the genetic studies demonstrate. Lebanon is unique in this regard btw. Because even though the Levantine countries are related, they're not exactly the same. Lebanese have a much higher percentage of Canaanite dna than anyone else in the world. And we have a higher percentage of European and Caucasian than other Levantine people. Yet our genepool is still unique overall. Cool stuff.

[@Sameh1656]

I would like to thank you for your efforts and research about our origin. I am Syrian Damascene but left my country over 40 years ago. Mind you still very Syrian despite this😊

[@nydzar]

Love your videos.. Appreciate your awesome spirit. Keep up the good work.. Hope it promotes peace and understanding ❤

[@mekdesab]

I’m learning so much from these videos. Thank you. Do you plan to do a video on the genetic origins of northern Horn of Africa people groups in 🇪🇹/🇪🇷?

[@محمدالجعلي-م2ت]

Are you hebesha?

[@mekdesab]

@@محمدالجعلي-م2ت Yes.

[@esmasabry5612]

When you stop using old southern Arabian handwriting "Musnad" which you call it Ge'ez and stop using multiple of Arabic words and to stop looking half Arabs that time he will do okay 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@esmasabry5612]

But I can tell you for sure you're habashi 😂😂😂😂

[@محمدالجعلي-م2ت]

@@esmasabry5612 اجدادي ادخلوك الاسلام وعلموك العربية 🥰

[@Georgiy_Sergeevich]

Maybe the Syrians are related to the Arameans, and not to the Amorites? It is not surprising that the ancient Assyrians are closer to modern Assyrians than to the Syrians. The Armenians are related to the Assyrians because the Assyrians assimilated the Hurrians, and the Armenians are very close to the Urartians, relatives of the Hurrians.

[@salmasalute]

Right it's strange he didn't mention Aramaic since it was Jesus's ethnicity and language. A language stil spoken in maaloula Syria btw

[@hanialallaf1245]

I was saddened by his lack of mention of the significance of the Aramaeans, however essentially, the Aramaeans and Canaanites are essentially the residue of the Amorites. So Amorite ancestry is pre Aramaean and indigenous to Levant. The modern day Assyrians are the literal descendants of the non Arab Mesopotamian Semites, but who have adopted Christianity. They consistently and conservatively only married into their own ethnoreligious group. So all Assyrians who became Christians at one point, simply stuck together. The Christians who live in north east Syria, are influenced by them as are they by the Anatolians, which is why they share something with Levantine Syrians (Muslims & Christians), but also share something that Assyrian Mesopotamians (and modern day Iraq) have. Syrians west of the Euphrates are descendants of Amorites/Aramaeans/Canaanites & to an extent Arabs

[@Man_663]

⁠​⁠@@salmasaluteJesus wasn’t an aramean, he was a Hebrew. But he was an Aramaic speaker though.

[@aliklc1970]

And kurds

[@Georgiy_Sergeevich]

@@aliklc1970 The Kurds are genetically close to the Maneans, we do not know what language they spoke, but the Maneans are also related to the Urartians. So yes, the Kurds can also be descendants of the Hurrito-Urartian people, the Maneans. This also applies to Yazidis.

[@kingarcadian]

Im Christian syrian 🇸🇾 and i didn't know this! Thanks sir

[@Oromoyo-Suryoyo]

Are you from Syriac Orthodox Church?

[@kingarcadian]

@@Oromoyo-Suryoyo no im catholic y?

[@Oromoyo-Suryoyo]

@@kingarcadian I am Syriac Orthodox. But are you from the Syriac catholic church?

[@kingarcadian]

@@Oromoyo-Suryoyo im from syria 🇸🇾 not syriac

[@Oromoyo-Suryoyo]

@@kingarcadian Yes I know. I am also from there. Syriac is just another Word for Syrian. We use it to distinguisch between Muslims and Aramean Christians. I am Suryani Arami.

[@mohammedalasadi]

Hello, DNA is very interesting, it's so fascinating. Thanks for an awesome channel.

[@Judy...42]

As a Damascene girl, i liked this vid sm ❤❤❤❤❤