Azerbaijani (Terekeme) GEDmatch results

[Babak]

Terekemes are qarapapaqs. It's interesting, from which province is he from?

Urmieh or tabriz i believe

[Massagetae]

Terekemes descend from Huns, they settled in the area (~ Azerbaijan) between 300-600 AD.

[Fedora]

Terekemes descend from Huns, they settled in the area (~ Azerbaijan) between 300-600 AD.

They wouldl have spoken a different turkic language if that would be the case, wouldn't they?

[Leto]

Approaching 20% East Eurasian, that's huge for West Asia. I wonder how many Azerbaijanis would be as much EE as him.

[Pahli]

Approaching 20% East Eurasian, that's huge for West Asia. I wonder how many Azerbaijanis would be as much EE as him.

Barely any to be honest, average I would guess has lower East Eurasian than even Anatolian Turks if we count in Iranian Azeris too.

[Oghuz]

Terekemes are not real Azeris.

[Leto]

Barely any to be honest, average I would guess has lower East Eurasian than even Anatolian Turks if we count in Iranian Azeris too.

Yeah, the Azeri average is like 5-6% according to GM spreadsheets. Some may be 7-9% but 18% would be super rare.

[Pahli]

Terekemes are not real Azeris.

What are they then? According to wiki they are a part of the Azeri ethnic group

[SharpFork]

Barely any to be honest, average I would guess has lower East Eurasian than even Anatolian Turks if we count in Iranian Azeris too.

How come? Why did Western Anatolian Turks get so much East Eurasian DNA if even Western Turks and Azeris didn't?

[Pahli]

How come? Why did Western Anatolian Turks get so much East Eurasian DNA if even Western Turks and Azeris didn't?

Mixed with local non-Turkic population, linguistic assimilation, even I have EE so ...