My Great Grandmother came here in 1911 from Kozani.

Playmaker2810 there dont arrive turks

At least a sane person in this thread.

My great-grandfather went in 1892 and my grandfather in 1910.

Dont learn much about turkish/osmanic history, you become depressed. Güle, Güle Arkadas, Allah Kurusun

The Chios Massacre was the most brutal thing the Ottomans did to Greeks,more than 50.000 men women and children were massacred without mercy,it sparked retaliation from Greek generals who did the same in some cases,to innocent Turks as well

Terry Adam Santiago you should start bringing awareness of what is happening on the greek island cyprus then

A Lot of wars and no papers. All burned

Me too just a pity the Turks wanted to destroy it!!

It's sad how little grandchildren learn about their own traditions.

@@constancemiller3753 Sad but true. It is also understandable since she grew up not seeing it happen in real life.Probably did not have the curiosity to know why too. The third generation trumps,"eats" the first after all. Little red riding hood shows it..!

Daniel Morad That's....sad, really. And that's saying something coming from a Greek.

Daniel Morad: I was born and raised in Montreal, Canada (Greek-Canadian), and I am 100% Greek. Just came across this documentary. Love it! 🙏🙂 🇬🇷

@@elainakosmidis8657 oh Yasu! :) that's awesome.. Yeah lots of migration happened back in the 1900's & on.. hopefully that we can reunite and live back in home country-- in my opinion nothing is more comfortable than just your home.. I live in the unites states, lets connect... my blood Greek friend :)

Daniel Morad: I truly believe that’s where many of us would be (in Greece) if we could afford it. Meanwhile, I’m staying put in Montreal, & I look forward to future vacations. 🙂🇬🇷❤️

@@elainakosmidis8657 just a tip, don't visit greece for the next few years, most likely we will have to fight Turkey again.

costasp100 τhey had Jewish culture not greek

Whatever pleases your misery.

@@costasp100 I'd contend the hellenistic culture flourished for much more than 200 hundred years , after all the Byzantine empire was more greek than Roman

@@claudeghendrih762 You are right. The eastern Roman Empire has been completely Hellenized only when the 3 preachers injected Christianity with the values of ancient Greece. we the Christian orthodox celebrate this day as the day of the Letters which is in a few days. Christianity has been able to spread just because of this. The enrichment of Jesus teaching with the ageless never ending Hellenic civiliatiazion which I call the phylosophy of life.

makes me think of that line, "for what is in a name..." apparently, a lot. guess i need to think more about what to name a future child of mine 😊

What you have to remember is that they're using their own method of DNA testing and myancestry's own classification of DNA specific to region, not anything written in books on the topic but something they devised to be easier for users to navigate.

Would it matter so badly?, most Turks have some Greek DNA and quite a lot of Greeks have some smidgen of Turkish DNA too, you could be right she could have Georgian or Armenian DNA in that 3% but it is also possible it's Turkish. You are correct about the Turkish DNA being Asian but weirdly many Turks do not have it in their Dna which annoys many Turks.The funniest thing is seeing reactions of Turks when they have Greek DNA they look absolutely lost.

waxandwane 😀

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Beautifully expressed.

Euro-African the nazis was not germans as many thinks germans was used like soldiers German people and German country is two distinct

She is American with greek roots. She does not have a greek mind

@@art.f7973 Same with the french revolution, it was all orchestrated by the ones who control us today.

The greatest civilization in the history of the world ? Greece . Which took everything it knew from Egypt, which took everything it knew from the Kingdom of Sumer. Come on, and you call yourself a genealogist ! What a joke this man is ! Even China and India are far older, far greater and far more important in the history of the world. And how many people on the planet have greek DNA today, even just in the western world ? I mean Just Genghis Khan alone (one single man) has his DNA in 16 Million people today. That's just one man. None of the Greek rulers can claim that ! Now don't get me wring, Greece was an extremely important civilization, but first of all, this civilization is long gone and second of all it is not the greatest civilization in the history of the world. And have a black guy say that is even more hilarious since the ancient Greeks considered black people as sub-humans and i mean so sub-humans that they didn't even want to use them as slaves (and god knows Greeks had zero problem with slavery and owning other people, but they considered black people to not even be good enough to be slaves). And in the ancient greek Mythology there was one and only one god which was Black Erebus, and he was the god of Darkness so basically an evil god, and he was the son of Khaos (his father the God of chaos) and Nyx his mother the goddess of the shadowy goddess of Night. And Erebus siblings were Hypnos the God of sleep and Thanatos the God of death, so not exactly the most beloved gods in the mythology, and only Erebus was Black, not even his evil siblings or parents were, he just turned out black because he was one of the worst gods of all. And if you go to Greece even today you will quickly understand what Greeks still think of black people today. Most black people living in greece today report that they are still treated as sub-humans. And one thing is certain 99% of greek family would never accept a Black person as a son or daughter in law, especially as a son in law. So to have a black guy calling greece the greatest civilization in the world is so tragic. It is like a victim of concentration camps in Poland during world war two, calling Germany the greatest civilization in the world or a survivor from Unit 731 calling Japan the greatest civilization in the world or a survivor from Nagasaki and Hiroshima calling america the greatest civilization in the world, except none of the victims i mentioned would ever do that, but a Black person actually called greece the greatest civilization in the world. I don't know if it is Stockholm syndrome or lack of education. Either way this is rather odd coming from someone supposed to be a scholar !

@@kachi2782 Your quote : "they didn't even want to use them as slaves (and god knows Greeks had zero problem with slavery and owning other people, but they considered black people to not even be good enough to be slaves)." - Would it be better for you if they enslaved blacks and continued to abuse them instead? Slavery was in almost all countries ESPECIALLY rife in Africa and all middle east itself and judging by your logic Black people from Africa can't be proud of their own country as it would be "so tragic". You then Praise Genghis Khan for pillaging and raping many people as a great achievement that Greece can't claim.... Do you applaud rape and destruction? Did you want Greeks to rape the entire world to claim the DNA of 16 Million people today?.... That's just disgusting and Greeks don't want that disgusting title you praise and preach about like it's some great achievement.... P.S I'm black, my mothers Black and my fathers white and Greek but YOU are a racist for telling me not to be proud to be Greek and also I have been to Greece many times and nobody has treated me like what you imagined. Also my extended Greek family feed me, welcome me without a second thought AND EVEN THEY BRAG about having black cousins like it's a good thing. You talk out of your ass with zero experience and knowledge.

Charles Kerry and how hard some greek countries are still fighting to get back their freedom like north cyprus the second north korea

I know, because my family ancestry is Greek Cypriot .

Greetings from greek born in Germany

Actually I was born in Sudan Khartoum Africa ,there was a Greek community in Khartoum (My Grandfather had a Hotel and Cabaret there he was from Cyprus ),my other Grand Parents lived on the Island of Lesbos, Greece . We left in the 60's( I was 2 years old ) due to political unrest in that country that threaten our lives and ended up in United States Astoria NY .Greeks may be all over the world and become citizens of that country, but never forget there heritage,culture , family (that's part of there identity). .

Just so they could live in the US and betray us. The Yankee citizen oath makes you swear to only pledge allegiance to the US flag and NOBODY else.

and lots of greek people has turkish origin. chill

@@dkdkrkedjdkrk4773 wrong

pinz2022 I fell so bad about mikrasiates because Greeks like Athenians, would not accept them, even though they were Greek and they called them “Turks “ even though they were not

Liv L he said 1890s not 1980s. Mainland Greece revolted successfully in the 1820s, but the Greeks of Turkey were a significant part of the world Greek population and they remained under Ottoman rule until 1920 when Turkey expelled just about every Greek in the region. Greeks from Anatolia (Turkey) didn't have homes in mainland Greece and many moved strait to the US during the railroad building era when US companies were searching for workers.

Quiet a stretch most of the migration came form the peloponesos wchich was part of independent Greece since 1830! The great waves of Asia minor Greeks from nowaday Turkey are from the 1920, triggered by the foolish greek invasion of Smyrne.

Are you a fucking malakas ? what tha fuc are you talking about ? Greeks revolt in 1821 and were free since . Greeks were free, and a lot more free than any American was or will ever be! Greeks sacrificed their freedom and migrate to America due to poverty of that period ! you spread false info you dumb f

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Its My MoJo That is pathetic. Wow, that is worse than the girl who thinks she is 25% black.

Aero Snake ... Who the hell are you to say who can and cannot be proud of their heritage?

@@michaeldukes4108 the blood cell counter 😊

THANK YOU MATE

@Saitan Asker what is, japanese?

@ForMyPeople GR ur stupid or what?

There will never be harmony and togetherness if we choose to believe that we live within a struggle. Peace and love. We are all one.

Through your story I understand that you ancestors as well was important

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Yeah this story sounds like bullshit but even if it's not Turkey is facing economic collapse so I think the world's fine

Unfortunately those people in the east of Greece thinks likewise.

yes same!! i felt the need to correct him out loud every single time he said it

Chios, Χίος

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Lol, yeah I loved that comment

But Caucasus is not Turkic. Turkic is Central Asian DNA, but Turks from Turkey have now mixed DNA. Native Caucasian is Armenian, Georgian etc..

very interesting...thanks for sharing this.

gunner6084 .

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Mr patriot ... Anatolia is modern-day Turkey, so 🤷🏻‍♂️

vag sam turks comes from central asia not Anatolia

Art .f i talked about the "original" Turks that came from central Asia , from countries like the modern day Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan for examble ....

Art .f the Otttoman Turks were heavilly mixed with the local Anatolians when they conquered Minor Asia , these mixed Turks then conquered Greece too and started migrating to Greece , so they brought their middle eastern ( Anatolian ) DNA along with them ... but its not true to say that Greeks originate from these people ( the mixed Anatolian/Turks ) because Greeks had very similar DNA with the Anatolians already since thousand years ago

Art .f in other words it wasnt the fact that we were conquered by the "Turks" that made us very similar to the Anatolians , lol we already were similar to them even before the mixed "Turks" conquered us

Art .f καταλαβες τιποτα η χειροτερα τα εκανα ? Χαχα

Do you know what patriot means? It's etymology?

@@pmparda I am greek so yes sir

@@andia6865Αλήθεια? Και δε ξερεις ότι αυτό που περιεγραψες βασικά σημαίνει "πατριωτης"?

@@pmparda ne ke oxi. then prepi na agapas tin hora pou ziz jia na min thelis na sou klepsoun tin basi tis sois sou. Katalabenis pos to enoo?

And you say creek become independent there king came from Germany and many Greek generals imported from England France do you use greek nation To kick out the Muslims to Arabia like in Spain what the Christian united Crusader do to Jew and Muslim …….

@Kostas T indoeuropean is a language not a race first of all. But even that shows you that Greeks are not “white” and don’t get me wrong I’m not saying we are black lmao nor there’s anything wrong if we were. But see, Americans and British consider as Whites people of north and Central European descent, mainly Nordic, Germanic, Saxon... middle eastern is not white to them .. anything else is just a variation or other category Which is insane because race is a social construct, Greeks are literally from all over the Mediterranean including North Africa and west Asia and more recently has Slavic Arabic European and Middle eastern mixes If you take a stroll in anyofnkur cities you’ll see such diverse people still being considered as real Greeks you’ll see middle eastern looking Greeks and Slavic. Looking Greeks and European looking geeeks. To us we are just Greeks but going to US they’d get categorized and in many cases they do. My point is irrelevant to racial background though it’s about ethnic background and that is most definitely how most westerners present it to be

Bacio Global Obviously you don't know my history, do don't give opinions about my culture,

Actually, you should examine the original Greek culture with contemporary Greek culture and you can start with the language then religion. You will find vast differences. Be objective instead of thinking like a nationalist twat. Contemporary Greeks are living off of fumes. Let's face it; Greece has not contributed to western culture or society since c. 479-404 BC.

Bacio Global You are quite wrong, there are immeasurable similarities in the culture that have remained unchanged!

@@bacioglobal2200 As the great poet Elytis said, "there is only one Greek language and it is undivided since the ancient times". Greeks have always been speaking Greek. Naturally, many words have changed form and meaning threw those thousands of years. As far as the culture, most of the Christian customs originate from ancient Greek customs, such as the fasting, sacrament, koliva (the sweet boiled wheat we make at funerals), the preparation of the epitafios and the procession that follows, the roasting of the lambs on Easter. Many others unrelated to Christianity, which are till now tradition, like breaking pots in holy Saturday, the Anastenaria (dancing on burning coals), the jumping of the flames on 23rd of June , the Greek carnival, where dozens of different ancient pagan rituals take place in several towns and villages and so many other traditions. Let's face it. You no NOTHING about Greece and Greeks. And that comment of yours turned from arrogant to be plain stupid. Aristotle, Archimedes, Euclid, Caratheodory, G. Papanikolaou and many other Great Greeks who lived after 404 BC would agree.

You’re right but no one wants to hear it.

alex mkd says the gipsy from Vardarska, half of you are albanian other half Bulgarian, no history nothing so you decided in 1990 to take macedonia as name hahha, before you were called vardarska as part of Yugoslavia, no one in Balkan regognize you as a county or ethnic people, you are just gipsies

@@john13arva Depends to MyHeritage the third country with Greek dna is Vardaska www.myheritage.com/ethnicities/greek/ethnicity-worldwide-distribution

When someone massacres a whole island (considered part of their own empire btw), don't expect love.

reality and truth hurts , know your past to avoid same mistakes in the future, avoid been aggressive when you did so much wrong and harm, owning admitting of your mistakes and seeking forgiveness , you wont see this happening from them

Dear!!! I am not a Turk, so don't address it to me :) Thank you

@@saidnassr9963 you made the comment ..... dear!! also at the end i state '' them'' obviously i address them not you who defended them

I can defend whoever I want! You don't have to preach under my comment

@@saidnassr9963 and you don't have to defend, so as you chose to defend I chose to reply :) there are always 2 sides of a coin

That's actually not true, ancient Egypt interacted with Mesopotamia and later on with Greeks. We gave each other things, no one "copied" or "stole" anything, please

@@zoeapostolidou3964 No one is disagreeing there may have been some degree of cultural exchange in all directions. I'm not denying that on one level or another, at all. I'm just saying that Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia are FAR FAR older Civilizations than Ancient Greece. Here's an Example: Did you know that the Ancient Greek god Zeus is a complete copy and facsimile of the Ancient Mesopotamian God Mardok on almost every level? Mesopotamia is a Far older civilization than Ancient Greece therefore logic dictates that Greece copied Mesopotamia. The only reason Greece gets credit over Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia is because of Western Bias . I grew up in Canada and went to UofT, minored in Philosophy, took many classics courses, and aside from one Mythology course never learnt anything on the Mesopotamians and nothing on the Ancient Egyptians

@@lh2823 What you continuously fail to comprehend is that no one copied anything from anyone. All cultures that descend from Proto-Indo-European tribes (and all cultures that interacted with these tribes) share common traits. Zeus is not a copy of Marduk and it's actually a bit dumb to even make that comment - comparison (but please do give me examples how Zeus and Marduk are the same being - but please don't give me generalisations that fit every single Father God figure aka Sky Gods - Kings of the Gods). Also, the whole "this one is older than this one so of course that one copied everything from this one" doesn't stand, I'm sorry. It's a oversimplification as well as a generalisation that just does not work. The two were almost contemporaries with the first forms of Zeus being created in the Minoan and Mycenean age. Ancient Greece gets credit "over" ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia simply because ancient Greece held more influence over western societies than Egypt and Mesopotamia did. Is that hard to comprehend? Also, I'm sorry but the ancient Greeks are not to blame for your faulty educational system (also, I assume your classic studies had to do with ancient Greek and Latin writings and achievements as these are the foundations for western societies). In Greece we learn about other civilisations. But fret not, even if your educational system is bad that doesn't mean you can't educate yourself - fun fact: your lack of knowledge is not always someone else's fault, you're also to blame.

@@lh2823 Or they didn't copy them and they simply have common ancestral culture. To think that they had nothing as a community and they just decided to copy another, is idiotic! Culture, traditions, religion... all of them are born with the community, they change and adapt with them. They could have been inspired, sure. But "copy" implies they had nothing and took what was already there. That's not possible unless they just appeared one day and decided to copy another civilization instead of bothering creating their own.

Rose Sarikaya from a greek: just so you know this is not Ibrahim Pasha of 1500s, Grand Vesir of Suleyman Sultan, but Gen. Ibrahim Pasha, son of Muhammad Ali, who was governor of Egypt in 1800s , of Albanian decent.

He was the ruler of Greece and his kingdom was is in Ioannina Epirus, he was ethnic Albanian and the sultan cut his head off because he wanted to break away from the Ottoman Empire

Rose Sarikaya You are wrong. I have majored in History currently working as a teacher. What's your source?

I think you are confusing him with Ali Pasha. He was Albanian and power hungry and very cruel and tried to rebel against the Sultan and make a kingdom of his own.The Turks eventually murdered him. He was not Greek but his palace was at Ioannina, which is a city of the contemporary Greek state, then Ottoman empire. Ibrahim Pasha on the other head was a general from Egypt, which I think was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time, and was ORDERED by the Turkish Sultan to shatter the greek revolution by all means, which meant at the time mass slaughters of the civilian population so that they terrorise them and force them to stop revolution. If you knew Greek history and the history of the nations belonging to the Ottoman empire you would see how common that tactic of terrorising population by mass slaughters was for many centuries of the Ottoman occupation.