Sicilian people.

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 05-19-2012, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Armani

This map shows the opposite. I believe Bulgaria is around former Yugoslavia.

Those are all Italians from around Marche and Lazio area in that study (I know it - I will try to find sources).

**Kalitas** · 05-19-2012, 03:52 PM

All south balkans followed by North italians

**Ibericus** · 05-19-2012, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Armani

This map shows the opposite. I believe Bulgaria is around former Yugoslavia.

In this table of genetic distances from Nelis et al. 2009, the Bulgarians are closer to South Italy than Spain :

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 05-19-2012, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Ibericus

In this table of genetic distances from Nelis et al. 2009, the Bulgarians are closer to South Italy than Spain :

I don't know why that'd be a surprise to anyone. Bulgaria may have more Northern European and Slavic elements, but Iberia altogether lacks the Neolithic element and Bulgaria would have it.

Either way I don't perceive either group as substantially closer physically to Sicily or southern Italy than the other. Neither one is a perfect match.

**askra** · 05-19-2012, 04:32 PM

Sicilians are a very etherogeneous population, so they can overlap in many parts of southern Europe,
Sicilians belonging to gracile-med, alpine-med and atlantid subrace fit in south west europe
while dinaroid, dinaro-med and east meds sicilian fit better in south east europe (Balkans) and Turkey.

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 05-19-2012, 04:43 PM

Atlantid usually comes mixed with other things though.

**Midori** · 05-19-2012, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by sleepytigers

I still maintain Bulgarian is a reasonable place to put for this. Most of you claimed I looked like my father and then preceded to say I could pass as a Balkan Slav, no?

You can pass as a Balkan Slav because of your Slavic (Polish?) admixture

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 05-19-2012, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by LoneShadow

You can pass as a Balkan Slav because of your Slavic (Polish?) admixture

I look nothing like my grandfather though, so I don't know. What you are saying may be true however.

**SilverKnight** · 05-20-2012, 12:33 AM

mainly Greeks, Sardinians, S. Italians, some Iberians, Maltese, Berbers, and Saphari Jews.

**Incal** · 05-20-2012, 01:13 AM

South Spaniards, Greeks, Maltese, Cypriots, some Lebanese and maybe some Tunisians. That's on average. Of course you can find some Sicilianos who look Swiss, Croatian, etc here and there.