Originally Posted by
Sterling Archer
The first one fits so perfectly well with Azerbaijanis though, so I wonder if it is a matter of a very recent ancestor.
Probably assimilation has been going for ages, and now is the final result.
Don't know how realiable, but Wiki says this about the Alborz's capital Karaj:
The majority of the residents of Karaj are Persian-speaking people, with Azerbaijanis making up the second major ethno-linguistic group of the city
Ethnic groups of Karaj (Pars advanced research scholars)
Ethnic groups Percent
Persians 53%
Azerbaijanis 30%
Kurds 7.2%
Gilak and Tabari 5%
Lurs 4.1%
So, probably assimilation is in full force.