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July 2012, Peter Ralph, University of California
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page 15, 16.

Below you find the part that explains why Albanians have the most common ancestry in Europe, and the fact that Greeks and Italians have most of their ancestors related to Albanians.

The highest levels of IBD (identical by descent) sharing are found in the Albanian-speaking individuals (from Albania and Kosovo), an increase in common ancestry deriving from the last 1,500 years. This suggests that a reasonable proportion of the ancestors of modern-day Albanian speakers are drawn from a relatively small, cohesive population that has persisted for at least the last 1,500 years. These individuals share similar numbers of common ancestors with nearby populations as do individuals in other parts of Europe, implying that the Albanian speakers have not been a particularly isolated population so much as a small one. Furthermore, our Greek samples (and to a lesser degree, the Macedonians) share much higher numbers of common ancestors with Albanian speakers than with other neighbors, possibly due to smaller effects of the Slavic expansion in these populations. The Albanian language is a Indo-European language without other close relatives (Hamp, 1966) that persisted through periods when neighboring languages were strongly inuenced by Latin or Greek. The \origin” of modern-day Albanians is contentious; it is argued for instance that they are descended in large part from the Illyrians (Wilkes, 1996) who populated the eastern side of the Adriatic sea and part of modern-day Salento (Italy) during Roman times. Our results are certainly consistent with this view, including the fact that Italians share more common ancestors with Albanian speakers than with other populations (although these ancestors are estimated to be from the last 1,500 years), so this may reflect more recent migration.

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Ne nje studim te korrikut 2012 te University of California te te gjithe popullsive te Europe, del qe shqiptaret jane populli qe kane ADN me te ngjashme mes veti nder te gjithe popujt e Europes. Po ashtu Italianet dhe Greket jane dy popujt qe kane me shume paraardhes shqiptare se nga cdo etni tjeter. Ne jemi unike, shqiptare te Shqiperise dhe Kosoves dhe kemi furnizuar Italine dhe Greqine dhe asnje shtet tjeter sllav. Kjo tregon se jemi Ilire dhe antike ne keto troje.