Dodecad k12b West & Central Asian results Vol 4.

[Sterling Archer]

Most likely he is mixed yes. Kurds are part of Azerbaijani ethnogenesis (in some regions) and Baku is a melting pot. But I doubt he is fully Kurdish.

Very true, Kurds played part in the ethnogenesis of Iranian and Karabakh Azbaijanis. Although most people when they point out similarity usually think that this apply to the whole Azerbaijan, forgetting that Western and Northern Azeris are very different.
Of course Baku is a whole different animal.

Baku is a melting pot.

You have no idea )) I wish there was a comprehensive testing of Baku's population. It is a literal melting pot.
That is why I mentioned Russians above. Azerbaijan had the biggest Russian population in the Caucasus and Azerbaijanis extensively intermarried with Russians, especially in Baku and Sumgayit.
Large scale testing will doubtless show this. Azeris just recently warming up to DNA tests, but still way behind many other nations.

[Sterling Archer]

Most of the Caucasus Kurds were deported/resettled in Kazakhstan in the 1930-40s. Around 45,000 Kurds live today in Southeastern Kazakhstan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_Kazakhstan

A lot remained in Karabakh, even though they usually chose not to identify as Kurds.

[Sterling Archer]

Yoruk from Mersin:

[Zoro]

Very true, Kurds played part in the ethnogenesis of Iranian and Karabakh Azbaijanis. Although most people when they point out similarity usually think that this apply to the whole Azerbaijan, forgetting that Western and Northern Azeris are very different.
Of course Baku is a whole different animal.

That explains why Iraqi Kurds get more E Azerbaijan matches than western or northern

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[Impaler]

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

What is the difference between Kurds from Turkey and Zazas?

[Sterling Archer]

That explains why Iraqi Kurds get more E Azerbaijan matches than western or northern

North Azeris form sort of a continuum with Dagestani people, and are very close to Lezgin, Avars, etc.
Dagestani Azeris (from Russia) are even more northern shifted. I have seen one with more than 20% NE for example.

Western Azeris tend to have the highest East Asian admixture and tend to be similar to Turks from Turkey. I have seen a result of Azerbaijani from Gadabay (in western (republic) Azerbaijan) who actually was closest to Yoruk. I think it was poseted by Kyp. Maybe he can dug it up ))
I have personal friend from Gadabay who has epithantic fold ))) This region (Gadabay) also tend to produce quite a lot of blond, blue eyed people for some reason. Go figure ))

[Leto]

Of course Baku is a whole different animal.


You have no idea )) I wish there was a comprehensive testing of Baku's population. It is a literal melting pot.
That is why I mentioned Russians above. Azerbaijan had the biggest Russian population in the Caucasus and Azerbaijanis extensively intermarried with Russians, especially in Baku and Sumgayit.
Large scale testing will doubtless show this. Azeris just recently warming up to DNA tests, but still way behind many other nations.

Excuse me, are you from the "Russian sector" yourself? A big minority of people in Baku still go to Russian-medium schools and use Russian on a daily basis.

[Zoro]

What is the difference between Kurds from Turkey and Zazas?

Zazas are a subset of Kurds of Turkey. Different tribes is what differentiates Kurds. Being that Kurds span a large area in West Asia there's regional variation.

[Zoro]

North Azeris form sort of a continuum with Dagestani people, and are very close to Lezgin, Avars, etc.
Dagestani Azeris (from Russia) are even more northern shifted. I have seen one with more than 20% NE for example.

Western Azeris tend to have the highest East Asian admixture and tend to be similar to Turks from Turkey. I have seen a result of Azerbaijani from Gadabay (in western (republic) Azerbaijan) who actually was closest to Yoruk. I think it was poseted by Kyp. Maybe he can dug it up ))
I have personal friend from Gadabay who has epithantic fold ))) This region (Gadabay) also tend to produce quite a lot of blond, blue eyed people for some reason. Go figure ))

Somethiing like this Kurd from Turkey?

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[Sterling Archer]

Excuse me, are you from the "Russian sector" yourself? A big minority of people in Baku still go to Russian-medium schools and use Russian on a daily basis.

No, but I knew Russian due to the fact that the language was spoken around me growing up, and I did my bachelors degree in Saint Petersburg. So I am fluent in Russian without having been in "Russian sector" ))