Looking at the map is it possible that Greek colonists mixed

The Kalash in Pakistan claim to descend from Alexander's army, but genetic testing found zilch

Not really

Greeks were so xenophobic that they just brought Greek wives with them

>>2180794
What >>2180879 said. In Greek colonies, the Greek citizens and the native population were typically forbidden from mixing. This kept the Greek settlers almost completely Greek.

>>2180794

Very possible, but Greeks aren't some genetically unique race, they already share almost all their genes with other Mediterraneans.

>>2180879
>>2181045

This ignores the fact that the Greeks kept huge numbers of slaves, including female slaves.

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>>2181048
delet this

>>2180794
Southern Italy had Greek communities which were absorbed into the "Italian" nationality following unification.

>>2181051
Valid point.

>>2180794
In South Italy yes, in Sardinia they were kicked by Carthaginians from Olbia after like only 100 years so no.

>>2180879
And how does this counter the argument?
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It's not like they all left Sicily or Calabria at some point, their descendants mostly remained there so logically the modenn inhabitants descend from them too by some degree

>>2181048
No please.
You are scaring /pol/ away.

>>2181062
My father speaks Greek

>>2182047
This. Southern Italians are arguably Latinized Greeks.