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Pashtuns & Pathans
Our Ancestral Connections
Pashtuns and Pathans are the same people. They are just called different names in Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to all DNA reports, our connection to Pashtuns & Pathans goes back at least five generations in genetic distance, The genes are running through our family. Genealogy organisations state that one generation is calculated at 25 years on average, so that would make five generations about 125 years. Approximately bringing us to around 1875 CE.
The Pashtuns/Pathans, according to latest research by genealogy companies, academics from around the world, and even Israeli researchers now suggest through evidence, that the Pashtun/Pathans of Afghanistan and Pakistan are one of the lost tribes of Israel. Namely, the tribe of Benjamin.
Image: The Pathan man of Pakistan, Arshad Khan caught the world's attention with his striking Eurasian look. The world didn't envision a Pakistani to look like Arshad Khan. The admixture of the Pathan gene is noticeable in him. Read more about the Pathans and the 12 Ethnicities of Pakistan here: 12 Ethnicities Pakistan
Maps of the Pashtun/Pathan Tribal Areas.
Image: Map showing the Pashtun/Pathan people's current day tribal areas.
Image: Map showing the areas where the Major Ethnic Groups of Pakistan are situated. Pashtun's area is shown in green.
Image: map of possible migration from South Levant to Afghanistan and Pakistan by the Pashtuns.
Notable People of Pashtun/Pathan Descent
Image: Pashtun Girl of Afghanistan, Sharbat Gula.
This image captured the world's attention a few decades back. Most of the world didn't envision Afghan people to look like Sharbat Gula. Majority of the Pashtun (including) Pathan people carry the gene for green and blue eyes. The chromosomes 15 and 19 carry these. Carrying those is most likely due to their Near East ancestry of South Levant, Greec
Image: Imran Khan, former cricketer and Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Imran Khan is known around the world as a cricketer and former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is of Pathan descent.
You can clearly see he is of Pathan descent, and not of Dravidian or even Sindh descent. The phenotype in chromosome 4 is distinctive.
Image: Shahrukh Khan, Bollywood film star of India.
Shahrukh khan is a Pathan. Sharukh's family originated from Afghanistan, and his father has strong inks to Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan.
Sharukh khan was born in New Delhi, 1965. The Pathans are also in India, however, most Pathans and Pashtuns are congregated around NWFP of Pakistan, along the Afghan and Pakistani border, and Afghanistan.
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