Do you have Italian blood? (3 Viewers)
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No
however i found this
Alberto Piazza of the University of Turin linked the Etruscans to Turkey. The team compared DNA sequences with those from men in modern Turkey, northern Italy, the Greek island of Lemnos, the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia and the southern Balkans. They found that the genetic sequences of the Tuscan men varied significantly from those of men in surrounding regions in Italy, and were most closely related to those of men from Murlo and Volterra in Turkey. In Murlo in particular, one genetic variant is shared only by people from Turkey. The study was presented at the European Society of Human Genetics in Nice, France.[22]
It has been suggested that, should the link to the Turkey prove to be correct, that the Etruscans originated from the Hittite Empire. As this empire was split at the height of it's powers rather than at it's nadir, it is entirely possible that a large number of Hittites migrated to Italy and formed their own kingdom.
however i found this
Alberto Piazza of the University of Turin linked the Etruscans to Turkey. The team compared DNA sequences with those from men in modern Turkey, northern Italy, the Greek island of Lemnos, the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia and the southern Balkans. They found that the genetic sequences of the Tuscan men varied significantly from those of men in surrounding regions in Italy, and were most closely related to those of men from Murlo and Volterra in Turkey. In Murlo in particular, one genetic variant is shared only by people from Turkey. The study was presented at the European Society of Human Genetics in Nice, France.[22]
It has been suggested that, should the link to the Turkey prove to be correct, that the Etruscans originated from the Hittite Empire. As this empire was split at the height of it's powers rather than at it's nadir, it is entirely possible that a large number of Hittites migrated to Italy and formed their own kingdom.
Well, then the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Macedonians are also Turkish because their migration took place from north-east to south (from Turkey to southern Balcans).
But there is one small problem here.......there were no Turks in Asia Minor or Anatolia back in those days. Actually, the Turkish tribes started inhabitting those teritories more than 2 mileniums later when in the 10th century the Turks Seljuks started migrating to Anatolia.
When the Turks started inhabitting Anatolia, the Etruscans, and the Hittite, were long long long gone from there.
But there is one small problem here.......there were no Turks in Asia Minor or Anatolia back in those days. Actually, the Turkish tribes started inhabitting those teritories more than 2 mileniums later when in the 10th century the Turks Seljuks started migrating to Anatolia.
When the Turks started inhabitting Anatolia, the Etruscans, and the Hittite, were long long long gone from there.
