Did the Vandals and generally the Germanic tribes who invaded North Africa left any genetic impact

[Lavrentis]

Yes, they did, especially in what is now Tunisia. They also left a linguistic impact on the Arabic language in respect to place-names.

Really? Can you expand on the linguistic impact and the place names?

[Smeagol]

But they settled North Africa in big numbers, right?

Not relative to North African numbers in general though. Surely they got absorbed into the general population but it's unlikely that they affected them genetically in any significant way.

[Lavrentis]

I dont think so.

Do we know the population of North Africa at the time?

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

Do we know the population of North Africa at the time?

They were garamantes and roman immigrants in north africa. Other berber groups as well. And vandal invasion of north africa.

[Sekarotuinen]

Really? Can you expand on the linguistic impact and the place names?

Just as an example, the name Andalusia. Vandal -> Vandalusia -> Andalusia -> Al-Andalus.

[Ülev]

yes, they were I2a1 M-26
from IJK y-dna branch, I was born somewhere in Iran (Persia), some I stayed in Europe some go far away, reached N. Africa

While a European point of origin has often been proposed – as I-M170 has not found outside Europe in Paleolithic remains – the modern populations with the greatest proportions of basal, undiverged I* are found in the Caucasus and Iran. These include the Darginians (Dargwa) and North Ossetians of the North Caucasus,[3] and ethnic Iranians from Tehran and Isfahan.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M170

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

[Kelmendasi]

yes, they were I2a1 M-26
from IJK y-dna branch, I was born somewhere in Iran (Persia), some I stayed in Europe some go far away, reached N. Africa



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M170



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Really? I heard that haplogroup I was born in Europe

[Africa]

300.000 or so.

80.000

[Dandelion]

They probably have. They faded in obscurity and I doubt they were all carried off as slaves or slaughtered. One century did they have their kingdom in North Africa, until the Eastern Romans reconquered the land.

Once they lost power they just assimilated into the local culture, either Greek or Berber. That's what I assume. Some might have left for Iberia, where the Visigoths were in power.

After their conquest they lost their privileged status and were easily assimilated as they were but a tiny population surrounded by a population that was 13 times larger than theirs.