Are Modern Afghans and Iranians Related? Genetics of the Persian People

Are modern Afghan and Iranian people related? Today we're gonna look at the genetics of the Persian people and other Iranian-speaking ethnic groups, and look at their relation to each other and other groups.

As 25% of my ancestry comes from this region of the Middle East, I have a great deal of interest in the countries of Iran, Azerbaijan, and Afghanistan. Although I still have a lot to learn on the region, I wanted to share my thoughts with you, and I hope you learned something new!

Be sure to let me know your thoughts on Iran, Afghanistan and the rest of the Middle East down in the comments below. Thanks for watching!

Also, I realize GeographyNow just released a video on Kurds and Iran, but I was already working on this video for about a week now, and finally found a time to release, so the two are unrelated.

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