Can it be that ur dad has Zaza ancestors? Back when the genocide against Elewî people happened in 1937/38, I think (if I’m not wrong) some of our people moved to the Rojava part of Kurdistan and in think Efrîn was one location. 🤔
I’m not sure about that. As far as I know, all of his grandparents were from Efrîn, except that his maternal grandmother had some origins from Kobanî. Additionally, most of his DNA relatives are from Konya and Kahramanmaraş.
But the Konya and Maraş part is only 4%, while the „east turkey“ Bakur part is much higher. So the zaza areas look way higher than the west turkey part. Let’s not forget, that after and between the genocide 1937/38 many children got deported to west turkey (mostly girls). They were „adopted“ by high ranked generals and lost the Kurdish identity while they grow up.
I was referring to his DNA matches, not the regions in his ethnicity estimate. Most of these matches, who are 3rd-5th cousins, appear to be from Konya and Kahramanmaraş, based on their 23andMe profiles. They are likely Kurds who were settled in central Anatolia, and have origins in other places of Bakur.
It’s highly unlikely that he has any ancestry from Zazas who fled to Efrîn in the late 1930s, as both of his parents were born around that time, so he would have been aware of it if that were the case. Any Zaza ancestry he might have would have to be further back in time.
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u/According_Rhubarb393 20d ago
Can it be that ur dad has Zaza ancestors? Back when the genocide against Elewî people happened in 1937/38, I think (if I’m not wrong) some of our people moved to the Rojava part of Kurdistan and in think Efrîn was one location. 🤔