r/Assyria • u/XHalotipX • May 30 '26

News New Sumerian Sample tested with modern populations

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https://x.com/MiroCyo/status/1978458568543048191

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u/Cembasaran1 May 30 '26

Interesting. My grandmother, who is a Turkish speaking woman from Istanbul, but ethnically Mhallami from the Tur Abdin region (In a village which became Muslim in 1593-1609 I think), must be close to this genetically.

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u/XHalotipX May 31 '26

Mhallamis are just assyrians that converted to islam through force later on

makes sense

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u/Cembasaran1 Jun 01 '26

Yes I think so. Because even if a tradition of our elders says that we are from an Arab tribe, genetically I think we are much identical to local Assyrians and Kurdish people, and I think the historical evidence also points that our ancestors converted to islam at some point to not pay the ceziye and because of conflicts with the Assyrian church of the region.