How Bulgar are Bulgarians?

[Böri]

The Bulgars were an early people of eastern Europe. The word "bulgar" derives from an Old Turkic term denoting a mixed background, so some historians think they may have been a Turkic group from central Asia, made up of members of several tribes.

THE EARLY BULGARS
The Bulgars were noted warriors, and they developed a reputation as fearsome horsemen.


It has been theorized that, beginning in about 370, they moved west of the Volga River along with the Huns. In the mid-400s, the Huns were led by Attila, and the Bulgars apparently joined him in his westward invasions. After Attila's death, the Huns settled in the territory north and east of the Sea of Azov, and once again the Bulgars went with them.

A few decades later, the Byzantines hired the Bulgars to fight against the Ostrogoths. This contact with the ancient, affluent empire gave the warriors a taste for wealth and prosperity, so in the 6th century they began to attack the nearby provinces of the empire along the Danube in hopes of taking some of that wealth. But in the 560s, the Bulgars themselves came under attack by the Avars. After one tribe of Bulgars was destroyed, the rest of them survived by submitting to yet another tribe from Asia, who departed after about 20 years.

In the early 7th century, a ruler known as Kurt (or Kubrat) unified the Bulgars and built a powerful nation that the Byzantines referred to as Great Bulgaria.

Upon his death in 642, Kurt's five sons split the Bulgar people into five hordes. One remained on the coast of the Sea of Azov and was assimilated into the empire of the Khazars. A second migrated to central Europe, where it merged with the Avars. And a third disappeared in Italy, where they fought for the Lombards.


The last two Bulgar hordes would have better fortune in preserving their Bulgar identities.

Indaresting... Does remain anything except name?

[Freeroostah]

It would be interesting to see 23andme/GEDmatch Bulgarian results
I coudnt find anything....

EDIT: There are many Bulgarians with evident Turanid features

[Böri]

EDIT: There are many Bulgarians with evident Turanid features

Looking Ydna not so much, I dont think much different in autosomal studies. They must have overlap with people like Chuvash, Tatarstan etc. I dont think they have too much but not seen their results tbh.