South Syria didn't have any Druze in the 1700s when a Druze man from the Lebanese Hamdan family (most likely originating from Ain Qanyeh near Hasbaya) migrated there with his wife and started encouraging other Lebanese Druze to join him.
As opposed to what people seem to think that Leb Druze come from Syrian Druze, because the Syrian Druze now are a bigger population. Up to the 1800s, the Leb Druze were the biggest population of Druze.
And Druze genetics whether in Syria, Israel or Lebanon remains the closest to the Lebanese. Syrian Druze are strikingly different than their other Syrian counterparts from what I've seen on GedMatch. Although Syrian genetics are not that well-studied.
Also the settlement in modern-day Israel had happened around the 1600s, Fakhridine II is said to have found the Golan heights to be very tactical and full of agricultural lands Druze can take advantage of. So a recent migration as well in the course of history and a Lebanese diaspora that preserved its genetics.
As opposed to what people seem to think that Leb Druze come from Syrian Druze, because the Syrian Druze now are a bigger population. Up to the 1800s, the Leb Druze were the biggest population of Druze.
And Druze genetics whether in Syria, Israel or Lebanon remains the closest to the Lebanese. Syrian Druze are strikingly different than their other Syrian counterparts from what I've seen on GedMatch. Although Syrian genetics are not that well-studied.
Also the settlement in modern-day Israel had happened around the 1600s, Fakhridine II is said to have found the Golan heights to be very tactical and full of agricultural lands Druze can take advantage of. So a recent migration as well in the course of history and a Lebanese diaspora that preserved its genetics.