do afghans have greek origin?

Question

lol som1 told me they do but i said they are more persian neway isit true that ppl fom afghanistan are really greeks lol

Answer 1

Alexander the great went as far as Afghanistan, so there must be some greek blood somewhere. But that was a long time ago.

Answer 2

Some probably do, in that the area now known as afghanistan was conquered by Alexander the great, and many greeks settled there, it became part of the Greek Seleucid empire after Alexanders death. However there is no such ethnic group as an "Afghan" You have Kirghiz, Tadjiks, Nuristanis, Hazara etc.....So Afghans are a mix of Indo-European, Turkic or Mongoloid peoples, depending on the ethnic group they come from. I hope this helps. Also, Semitic people went there, the Assyrians (nestorian priests) to try and spread christianity, and much later the Arabs, spreading Islam..so from these two peoples Afghans could have Semitic blood also!

Answer 3

Afghans from my observing them on TV since the days of the Mujaheddin, certainly look a mixed bag of folk.

Some certainly do have a Greek look about them also Persian and very often Celtic too even to the point of wearing plaid or tartan.

What are their origins? Well, Afghanistan is one place which was conquered by Alexander's army. No doubt this army was a mix of Greeks and also Persians and lots of others besides.

As for the Celts - yes sounds strange, but more than just a trace of Celtic words are in wide use across the region and right on down into Pakistan.

Answer 4

Alexander the Great's empire included much of what is now Afghanistan and many of his soldiers married local women, and have living descendants.

Like many other nations, there is a mixture of ancestry in the modern population. However, it would be untrue to say that the Afghans are really greeks but it would be true to say that some Afghans have greek ancestry.

Answer 5

"The Nuristani are an Indo-Iranian people, representing a third branch independent of the Iranian and Indo-Aryan groups, who live in isolated regions of northeastern Afghanistan. Better known historically as the Kafirs of what was once known as Kafiristan (now called Nuristan), they were forcibly converted to Islam during the rule of "Iron" Amir Abdur Rahman and their country was renamed "Nuristan" or "Land of Light" as in the light of Islam. Many Nuristanis believe that they are the descendants of Alexander's Greeks, but there is a lack of genetic evidence for this and they are more than likely an isolated pocket of early Aryan invaders."

"Demography of Afghanistan : Nuristani" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Afghanistan#Nuristani

"The Nuristani people are an ethnic group in the Nurestan Province of Afghanistan. They were known as the "Red or Black Kafirs", and the Nurestan province as Kafiristan, before they were forced to convert to Islam in 1895. The Nuristani, particularly the Kalash clan, are known for their Indo-European characteristics like fair skin, light eyes, and blonde hair. The physical features reflect their kinship to ancient Indo-European Tokhars who once lived in the Tarim Basin. Kalasha people claim descent from the Greeks after Alexander the Great's campaign and during the Indo-Greek Kingdom, although this has not been proven. Other people, such as the Iranian Scythians also trekked into this region during their migration from Central Asia into the Indian subcontinent some 2,200 years ago."

"Nuristani people" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuristani_people

Answer 6

im greek! yea probs some ppl get some greek blood in them but hey they are 2 seperate groups ppl

Answer 7

There are some afghans that do because of alexander the great...

Answer 8

afghans are a wide mixture of tajiks, kazaks pershian so they are asians