The maternal profile of Nilotics and Saharans seem identical so it could be either; the only difference seems to be the higher incidences of the paternal E1b1b in Saharans.
I do think that you acquired your SSA component from Nilotics rather than Saharans -- judging by your height, build and cheekbones.
The maternal profile of Nilotics and Saharans seem identical so it could be either; the only difference seems to be the higher incidences of the paternal E1b1b in Saharans.
I do think that you acquired your SSA component from Nilotics rather than Saharans -- judging by your height, build and cheekbones.
While they obviously look very Bantu, I doubt they are full blood local Bantus larping as Arabs. They probably have some Arab blood.
About what you said about Darfur Arabs, not sure if that is really true. Many of those Janjaweeds in Darfur look similar to Sudanese Arabs from the Nile area or the Northeast areas who look intermediate.
But I think you are talking about the Misseriya tribe. They are one of the southern-most of the Sudanese Arabs and also the ones with the most Nilotic ancestry of all the Sudanese Arabs:
But honestly if you look close enough, especially when they stand next to a full Nilote, like in this picture below, it is obvious who is the Misseriya and who is the Dinka. They have something like 15-20% WEA, while the Dinkas in the picture probably 0%.
Some Fulanis call other West Africans "hyenas, apes, and asses" (Dupire, 1962) and intermarriage with non-Fulani West Africans is considered as "eating the fruit of the bitter black plum tree" (Stenning, 1959).
But honestly if you look close enough, especially when they stand next to a full Nilote, like in this picture below, it is obvious who is the Misseriya and who is the Dinka. They have something like 15-20% WEA, while the Dinkas in the picture probably 0%.
Some Fulanis call other West Africans "hyenas, apes, and asses" (Dupire, 1962) and intermarriage with non-Fulani West Africans is considered as "eating the fruit of the bitter black plum tree" (Stenning, 1959).
While they obviously look very Bantu, I doubt they are full blood local Bantus larping as Arabs. They probably have some Arab blood.
About what you said about Darfur Arabs, not sure if that is really true. Many of those Janjaweeds in Darfur look similar to Sudanese Arabs from the Nile area or the Northeast areas who look intermediate.
But I think you are talking about the Misseriya tribe. They are one of the southern-most of the Sudanese Arabs and also the ones with the most Nilotic ancestry of all the Sudanese Arabs:
But honestly if you look close enough, especially when they stand next to a full Nilote, like in this picture below, it is obvious who is the Misseriya and who is the Dinka. They have something like 15-20% WEA, while the Dinkas in the picture probably 0%.
The Baggara can very drastically vary in looks -- even within the same group. Most of the Baggara are indistinguishable from the Zaghawa, however, the Fur and the Masalit look more like Southerners.
Below are Zaghawa
And Rizeigat Arab
Some Rizeigat Arabs look like this
The Misseriya are comprised of two groups... the 'black' Misseriya (Zurug) and the Humr Misseriya, and it's actually the Humr that have interacted extensively with the Ngok Dinka in Abyei.
Anyway, their lands are horrible, desolate places; they need the waters and pastures of the South to survive, and my people have accommodated them -- even though they owe us a blood debt. Sudanese (North & South) have a strange love-hate relationship that even I don't understand.
Some Fulanis call other West Africans "hyenas, apes, and asses" (Dupire, 1962) and intermarriage with non-Fulani West Africans is considered as "eating the fruit of the bitter black plum tree" (Stenning, 1959).
Their arrogance is hollow and there is nothing even remotely extraordinary about them; they are less educated than the Igbo and yet they behave as though they levitate above them.
The Baggara can very drastically vary in looks -- even within the same group. Most of the Baggara are indistinguishable from the Zaghawa, however, the Fur and the Masalit look more like Southerners.
The Misseriya are comprised of two groups... the 'black' Misseriya (Zurug) and the Humr Misseriya, and it's actually the Humr that have interacted extensively with the Ngok Dinka in Abyei.
Anyway, their lands are horrible, desolate places; they need the waters and pastures of the South to survive, and my people have accommodated them -- even though they owe us a blood debt. Sudanese (North & South) have a strange love-hate relationship that even I don't understand.
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