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- Spain was invaded in 711 CE by predominantly Berber North Africans, marking the beginning of a long conflict between Christian kingdoms and Muslim rulers that continued until the latter's expulsion around 1492 CE.
- Many Muslims expelled from Spain had Iberian ancestry and had converted to Islam, while some Christian converts to Islam returned after being expelled by 1609 CE.
- A study of present-day Alpujarrans indicates a strong presence of HLA haplotypes linked to Northern Spain and the European Atlantic region, suggesting successful repopulation and continuity of the Iberian population.
Article Abstract
Spain was invaded in 711 CE by mostly Berber North Africans carrying Muslim religion to a mostly Christian/Catholic Kingdom. A fight to expel Muslims soon started and were apparently driven out of Iberia (Spain) starting in 1492 CE. However, many of these expelled people were of Iberian old ancestry that had become Muslims at Las Alpujarras Mts. (South-East Spain). Also, Muslim North Africans converted to Christianity either remained there or came back after they more definetively were expelled by 1609 CE. Las Alpujarras region was also repopulated by northern Spaniards mostly from Galicia. Our HLA study of present day Alpujarrans shows that typical North Spain and European Atlantic façade HLA extended haplotypes are very frequent in nowadays Las Alpujarras region, i. e.: HLA-(A*29-B*44)-DRB1*07:01-DQA1*02:01-DQB1*02:01 and (A*02-B*27)-DRB1*15:01-DQA1*01:02-DQB1*06:02. It is concluded that repopulation had a noticeable success even in today Alpujarran population.
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