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Who are the Cypriots? Where did they come from? What are the specifics of their gene pool?
Study finds Greek and Turkish Cypriots to be close genetically
The scientists have found that Y-chromosomal analysis of Greek-Cypriots reveals a common pre-Ottoman paternal ancestry with Turkish-Cypriots. DNA, which contains every person’s genetic information, is found within chromosomes. “Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots share between them many more Y-chromosome haplotypes, both in relative and absolute terms, than with any other surrounding population” (Chrysopoulos, P. 2017, Greek and Turkish Cypriots are Close Genetically). The majority of the population come from a single paternal gene pool of local origin and have very close genetic affinity.
The Origins of The Cypriots. With Scientific Data of Archaeology and Genetics, is edited by Galeri Kültür in Lefkoşa (northern Nicosia).
