What most people fail to realize is that Middle Eastern Semitic People are not originally Semites - they were Semitize ( it was part of the cycle of cultural shifts)
The oldest Midwestern Civilization is Sumer they were not Semitic, yet they are closely related to Saudis in fact almost identical .
in the end of the day Semitic is an offshoot of Afro-Asiatic (culture & language) which originated between Egypt and Sudan, by contrast the pre Semitic (culture & language) of the people of the Mideast was shaped in Asia far from Egypt & Sudan and Sumer is an example of many .
is Canaanites/Phoenicians a Paternal ancestry or a cultural phase ?
No, its not a Paternal ancestry ------ its a cultural phase of many cycle of cultural change that stooped with Arabic .
Lebanese have diverse Y-dna (Paternal Lineages) thus they simply don't have a common ancestor - they are mostly descendants of different migrant groups like New Yorkers, for example :
a Lebanese who is Y-dna J1 is closer to a Saudi Arabian Y-dna J1 or Kurdish Y-dna J1 then to other Lebanese who are not Y-dna J1
a Lebanese who is Y-dna J2 will always be closer to a Saudi Y-dna J2 or Kurdish Y-dna J2 then to other Lebanese who are not Y-dna J2
A Maronite Lebanese Who's Paternal Lineages are J2 is closer to a Sunni Saudi or Muslim Lebanese who is J2 ,,,, but a Maronite will always feel closer to a fellow Maronite (even if they realize that they don't share the same paternal Lineages ) then to a Muslim with the same paternal origins ----- because ethnic identity is shaped by mentality - that is shaped by the culture you are born in to & how your family & community raised you to identify with - in short you are born in to it , language is a form of communication not a blood - culture are costumes not blood - religion is culture spirituality you are born in to ( when you decide to change the identity you are born in to this is called cultural shift )
final note :
Autosomal DNA is associated with a certain period of history influenced by geography rather then Paternal origins , many genetic shows are based solely on it , which is very deceiving since they ignore Y-dna (Paternal Lineages) which is literally you real origin, the rest is a side show of geographic settlement history aka Autosomal DNA but not your origin
The oldest Midwestern Civilization is Sumer they were not Semitic, yet they are closely related to Saudis in fact almost identical .
in the end of the day Semitic is an offshoot of Afro-Asiatic (culture & language) which originated between Egypt and Sudan, by contrast the pre Semitic (culture & language) of the people of the Mideast was shaped in Asia far from Egypt & Sudan and Sumer is an example of many .
is Canaanites/Phoenicians a Paternal ancestry or a cultural phase ?
No, its not a Paternal ancestry ------ its a cultural phase of many cycle of cultural change that stooped with Arabic .
Lebanese have diverse Y-dna (Paternal Lineages) thus they simply don't have a common ancestor - they are mostly descendants of different migrant groups like New Yorkers, for example :
a Lebanese who is Y-dna J1 is closer to a Saudi Arabian Y-dna J1 or Kurdish Y-dna J1 then to other Lebanese who are not Y-dna J1
a Lebanese who is Y-dna J2 will always be closer to a Saudi Y-dna J2 or Kurdish Y-dna J2 then to other Lebanese who are not Y-dna J2
A Maronite Lebanese Who's Paternal Lineages are J2 is closer to a Sunni Saudi or Muslim Lebanese who is J2 ,,,, but a Maronite will always feel closer to a fellow Maronite (even if they realize that they don't share the same paternal Lineages ) then to a Muslim with the same paternal origins ----- because ethnic identity is shaped by mentality - that is shaped by the culture you are born in to & how your family & community raised you to identify with - in short you are born in to it , language is a form of communication not a blood - culture are costumes not blood - religion is culture spirituality you are born in to ( when you decide to change the identity you are born in to this is called cultural shift )
final note :
Autosomal DNA is associated with a certain period of history influenced by geography rather then Paternal origins , many genetic shows are based solely on it , which is very deceiving since they ignore Y-dna (Paternal Lineages) which is literally you real origin, the rest is a side show of geographic settlement history aka Autosomal DNA but not your origin
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