Origin of Mijaks

**Varda** · 03-13-2021, 10:30 PM

**Varda** · 03-17-2021, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by Mingle

What is their origin? Some Albanian members here have said that the Mijaks of Macedonia are of Albanian origin. They claimed there used to be many Orthodox Albanians in Macedonia but they got assimilated into the ethnic Macedonian identity whereas Muslim Albanians retained their Albanian ethnic identity. Is there any truth to this? Other sources say that they have Aromanian origins.

This is what I get from their Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mijaks

The Mijak homeland is a region in western Macedonia called Mijachija and shares a border with Albania:

Does anyone have any theories on their origin?

User mijak from Krstarica who is born and live in USA say he has Mijak origin by paternal line. His great-great-grandfather Aćim moved from Selce near Galičnik to the Belgrade in 1860s. He is great guy and Serbian nationalist https://forum.krstarica.com/threads/...#post-17390322

**Varda** · 03-17-2021, 08:48 PM

In Serbia near Valjevo exist village Mijači, it's very similar as Mijaci (Mijaks) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mijači_(Valjevo)

**Varda** · 07-23-2021, 11:24 AM

**MandM** · 07-23-2021, 11:38 AM

Did they ever do dna test on these peoople, what do we know so far? Didint have the will to go through 10 pages, nettet just to ask

**Crn Volk** · 07-23-2021, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Milenko

Did they ever do dna test on these peoople, what do we know so far? Didint have the will to go through 10 pages, nettet just to ask

A related thread

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...nik-population

**Seko777** · 12-13-2023, 01:40 AM

I just saw this thread and it may be dead but idk here is my dna test and ancient breakdown (Im a mijak on my fathers side from Lazaropole) and have brsjak origins from my moms side maybe some vlach too