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[Varda]

No, that's false. Aromanians didn't settle in Romania in any numbers until 150 years ago.

That said, half of the ruling class in the Romanian principalities was not of Romanian origin, but Byzantine. This was true before and after the Phanariote era, although it's worth mentioning that these ruling families lost their Greek identity pretty early on.

There are many conspiracy theories about Aromanians. Like they created modern Romania, Albania (and Albanian nation), Greece, they are Jews of the Balkans, they are elite in all Balkan nations etc. It's miracle how they didn't create own national state if they were so powerful.

[ixulescu]

Hold your horses! By West Asian I meant Near Eastern (Turkish/Armenian/Caucasian and Greek to a lesser extent), as you can see in my original response. As a matter of fact I didn't include other possible ancestries (all dating back to Phanariot times):

- Greek ancestry
- Armenian ancestry
- Georgian ancestry

Which is why today Near Eastern looking Romanians (or Greek Med like ones) are almost nonexistent in Transylvania...

Aromanians are close to Northeastern Greeks. Both of these populations have little West Asian input (around 10-12%, only slightly more than Romanians).

OP guy is West Asian influenced, but this pheno is rare in both Aromanians and Romanians.