There is in Iceland. As Vikings used to be active slavers a lot of women from northern France and the British isles ended up there. Partially due to the fact that Vikings, the raiders from Scandinavia and not all Scandinavians, were male dominated. Up to this day women in Iceland have a large degree of DNA from tjose regions, while men are as close to pure blood Vikings as you can probably be.
One of the things discovered in the grnomr sequencing project that was conductef in Iceland.
> The label "Turkish" does not refer to Turkey; at the time it was a general term for all Muslims in the Mediterranean region since the majority were a part of the Ottoman Empire. During the 17th century, the majority of those called "Turks" in Algeria, were disowned Christians that had converted to Islam. They were mostly Spanish, Italians, and provençaux (French).
In my experience, most "Western" understanding of European history evolved in the last millennium is completely bereft of the recognition that it was influenced by a heavyweight to their East.
Why did Columbus sail west? Why were the Portuguese going around the horn of Africa to get to Asia?
That seems a little weird to me as a non-specialist. I had the impression that people take DNA in roughly equal mix from both parents, irrespective of sex.
that text doesn't appear on that page. and that's a very generalised statement covering a long period of time and wide area.
My understanding was that adults were rarely castrated, rather boys from certain regions were targeted (I believe boys from modern Sudan were preferred by the Ottomans)
Yes, certainly, they raided European coastal villages. But AFAIK the majority of captives would have come from captured merchant ships, which were exclusively men. The pirates weren't so into keeping accurate records.
Jan Janszoon a Dutch born man who was captured by the Barbary pirates and then became one has a fairly well documented life, and at least 2 of his children moved to New Amsterdam. Cornelius Vanderbilt is a descendent. This is one of his son's wikis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Janszoon_van_Salee
Wildly speculating, I'd suppose european concubines were very much sought after by slavers and their 'customers'. And even more so blonds and redheads for their 'exotism'.
Now some Algerians look very european. You can even see redheads, though I remember redheadness appeared independantly in Europe and the Levant I think.
The indigenous people of North Africa are Berbers, and many Berbers have lighter complexion and hair.
The same was true about the Guanche, who used to inhabit the Canary Islands before their Spanish conquest. They were "whiter" than the Spanish who conquered them.
