My results (im berbere algerian kabyle) Myheritage + FTDNA + 23andme + K36

[dududud]

Very interesting debate on the "Arabité" of the native Berbers .. It would be interesting to do in Algeria, land of the Berbers par excellence! Re-rooting.

[Touijer]

Thx, someone told me it's a very old blood, before roman or muslim empires. Honestly, I don't know how it's in me, in my family always thought we are 100% berbere. No stories of andalou refugies or something like that.

It’s not old blood. Autosomal goes back max 300 years, you probably had a recent Spaniard or Italian ancestor from the past 300 years but I noticed most Riffis & Moroccans & Algerians get high percentages of Iberian and Italian regardless. I only got 3% Iberian but it makes sense.

My guess would be that with the Reconquista, many Moriscos came to North Africa and stayed North or in cities like Fes & Rabat, mingling with the local population (except the ones from Fes who are endogamous but there’s a high Jewish population) and while mixing in the same area with the same people, the Spanish component stayed alive.