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Maguzanci
06-20-2015, 04:06 PM
I notice that in K8 admixture spreadsheet, the Mongolian samples have just slightly less Caucasoid admixture than Altaian and Khakass samples around 12-13% Caucasoid. I also notice that the Mongolian samples have sort of similar amounts of Near East and WHG to the Altaian and Khakass. However there is also another population sampled called "Mongola". This one seem to have about 8-9% less Caucasoid (Near East-WHG) compared to the Mongolian samples. This makes me think that the Mongolian samples are actually Turkic tribes who become Mongolized. I heard somewhere that the western and parts of central Mongolia used to inhabited by many Turkic tribes before Genghis Khan comes to power while the Mongol tribes come from the Eastern part near Manchuria. I think that many of these Turks eventually got assimilated and become part of Mongol ethnic group. So it is likely that the real Mongols are actually the Mongola sample compared to the Mongolian sample who are likely to be originally Turkic tribes. What do you think about this?

aksakallicocuk
06-20-2015, 05:34 PM
I notice that in K8 admixture spreadsheet, the Mongolian samples have just slightly less Caucasoid admixture than Altaian and Khakass samples around 12-13% Caucasoid. I also notice that the Mongolian samples have sort of similar amounts of Near East and WHG to the Altaian and Khakass. However there is also another population sampled called "Mongola". This one seem to have about 8-9% less Caucasoid (Near East-WHG) compared to the Mongolian samples. This makes me think that the Mongolian samples are actually Turkic tribes who become Mongolized. I heard somewhere that the western and parts of central Mongolia used to inhabited by many Turkic tribes before Genghis Khan comes to power while the Mongol tribes come from the Eastern part near Manchuria. I think that many of these Turks eventually got assimilated and become part of Mongol ethnic group. So it is likely that the real Mongols are actually the Mongola sample compared to the Mongolian sample who are likely to be originally Turkic tribes. What do you think about this?
Turkic peoples and Mongols lived together for centuries. Thats probably result of that. Oirats( western mongols) ,tuvans, kazakhs are intermediate between mongols and turks.