«A study by Hassan et al. (2008) on the Fulani in 
Sudan observed a significantly higher occurrence of the West Eurasian haplogroup R-M173 (53.8%). The remainder belonged to various Afro-Asiatic associated 
haplogroup E1b1bsubclades, including 34.62% 
E-M78and 27.2% 
E-V22.
Bučková et al. (2013) similarly observed significant frequencies of the haplogroups R1b and E1b1b in their pastoralist Fulani groups from 
Niger. E1b1b attained its highest frequencies among the local Fulani Ader (60%) and R1b among the Fulani Zinder (~31%). This was in sharp contrast to most of the other Fulani pastoralist groups elsewhere, including those from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, 
Mali and 
Chad. All of these latter Fulani communities instead bore over 75% West African paternal haplogroups.»
Fulanis from Sahel got more Western Eurasian geneflow compared to their counterparts from South of Sahara. All this can be explained by the Afro-asiatic urheimat. They aren’t our cousins. They are related to Sahelians who infact have alot of common with Southern Tamazighs. Fulanis from Sahel has tattos in their faces with symbols that LOOK SO ALIKE the Berber sub-language Tamazigh.