{"id":12344,"date":"2022-02-19T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T10:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=12344"},"modified":"2022-02-19T10:14:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T10:14:06","slug":"who-are-the-copts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-are-the-copts\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the Copts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who are the Copts?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/main-qimg-9346241f036de9a76cead952a3048fe1-c.jpg?fit=640%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/main-qimg-9346241f036de9a76cead952a3048fe1-c.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/main-qimg-9346241f036de9a76cead952a3048fe1-c.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/main-qimg-9346241f036de9a76cead952a3048fe1-c.jpg?resize=768%2C492&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption> The Copts are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt and Sudan since antiquity. Most ethnic Copts are Coptic Orthodox Christians. Coptic Orthodox Christians are the largest Christian denomination in Egypt and in the Middle East. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Y-DNA analysis by Hassan et al. (2008), around 45% of Copts in Sudan carry the\u00a0haplogroup J. The remainder mainly belong to the\u00a0E1b1b\u00a0clade (21%). Both paternal lineages are common among other local\u00a0Afroasiatic-speaking populations (Beja, Ethiopians, Sudanese Arabs), as well as many Nubians.\u00a0E1b1b\/E3b reaches its highest frequencies among North Africans, Levantine Middle Easterners, and Ethiopid East Africans.\u00a0The next most common haplogroups borne by Copts are the European-linked\u00a0R1b\u00a0clade (15%), as well as the archaic African\u00a0B\u00a0lineage (15%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maternally, Hassan (2009) found that Copts in Sudan exclusively carry various descendants of the\u00a0macrohaplogroup N. This mtDNA clade is likewise closely associated with local Afroasiatic-speaking populations, including Berbers and Ethiopid peoples. Of the N derivatives borne by Copts,\u00a0U6\u00a0is most frequent (28%), followed by the\u00a0haplogroup T\u00a0(17%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 2015 study by Dobon et al. identified an ancestral autosomal component of West Eurasian origin that is common to many modern Afroasiatic-speaking populations in\u00a0Northeast Africa. Known as the\u00a0<em>Coptic<\/em>\u00a0component, it peaks among Egyptian Copts who settled in Sudan over the past two centuries. Copts also formed a separated group in\u00a0PCA, a close outlier to other Egyptians, Afro-Asiatic-speaking Northeast Africans and Middle East populations. The scientists suggest that this points to a common origin for the general population of Egypt or middle eastern and North African populations. The study says \u201cCopts share the same main ancestral component than North African and Middle East populations (dark blue), supporting a common origin with Egypt (or other North African\/Middle Eastern populations). They are known to be the most ancient population of Egypt and at k = 4 (Fig.3), they show their own component (dark green) different from the current Egyptian population which is closer to the Arabic population of Qatar.\u201d This supports that Copts have common origin with Egypt or other North African\/Middle Eastern populations. This supports that Copts originate from same ancestors as North African and Middle Eastern or Egypt.\u00a0They also associate the Coptic component with Ancient Egyptian ancestry, without the later Arabian influence that is present among other Egyptians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hollfelder et al. (2017) analysed various populations in Sudan and observed that\u00a0Egyptians\u00a0and Copts showed low levels of genetic differentiation and lower levels of genetic diversity compared to northeast African groups. Copts and Egyptians displayed similar levels of European or Middle Eastern ancestry (Copts were estimated to be of 69.54% \u00b1 2.57 European ancestry and the Egyptians of 70.65% \u00b1 2.47 European ancestry). The authors concluded that the Copts and the Egyptians have a common history linked to smaller population sizes, and that Sudanese Copts have remained relatively isolated since their arrival to Sudan with only low levels of admixture with local northeastern Sudanese groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An allele frequency comparative study across 9 nine between the two main Egyptian ethnic groups, Muslims and Christians, supported the conclusion that Egyptian Muslims and Egyptian Christians genetically originate from the same ancestors.\u00a0This is consistent with the Dobon 2015 study which says \u201cCopts share the same main ancestral component than North African and Middle East populations (dark blue), supporting a common origin with Egypt (or other North African\/Middle Eastern populations). They are known to be the most ancient population of Egypt and at k = 4 (Fig.3), they show their own component (dark green) different from the current Egyptian population which is closer to the Arabic population of Qatar.\u201d This supports that Copts have common origin with Egypt or other North African\/Middle Eastern populations. This supports that Copts originate from same ancestors as North African and Middle Eastern or Egypt.\u00a0Copts originate from the same ancestors as Egyptians or North African\/Middle Eastern populations and thus have an ancestral overlap with these populations. At the same time K = 4 to K = 5 ( Fig. 3) shows the Coptic component (Dark Green) makes up most of Copts distribution and peaks highest among Copts while the Middle Eastern\/North African component(Dark blue) makes up most of Egypt and Qatar distribution at K = 4 to K = 5. K = 2 to K = 5 also shows that the Egypt distribution resembles Qatar more than it does Copts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gVobHPsDdn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/how-frequent-was-rh-negative-blood-in-ancient-egypt\/\">How frequent was Rh negative blood in ancient Egypt?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How frequent was Rh negative blood in ancient Egypt?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/how-frequent-was-rh-negative-blood-in-ancient-egypt\/embed\/#?secret=omQxiFhi3Z#?secret=gVobHPsDdn\" data-secret=\"gVobHPsDdn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who are the Copts?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who are the Copts?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>According to Y-DNA analysis by Hassan et al. (2008), around 45% of Copts in Sudan carry the\u00a0haplogroup J. The remainder mainly belong to the\u00a0E1b1b\u00a0clade (21%). Both paternal lineages are common among other local\u00a0Afroasiatic-speaking populations (Beja, Ethiopians, Sudanese Arabs), as well as many Nubians.\u00a0E1b1b\/E3b reaches its highest frequencies among North Africans, Levantine Middle Easterners, and Ethiopid East Africans.\u00a0The next most common haplogroups borne by Copts are the European-linked\u00a0R1b\u00a0clade (15%), as well as the archaic African\u00a0B\u00a0lineage (15%). Maternally, Hassan (2009) found that Copts in Sudan exclusively carry various descendants of the\u00a0macrohaplogroup N. This mtDNA clade is likewise closely associated with local Afroasiatic-speaking populations, including Berbers and Ethiopid peoples. Of the N derivatives borne by Copts,\u00a0U6\u00a0is most frequent (28%), followed by the\u00a0haplogroup T\u00a0(17%). <div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who are the Copts?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"amp_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/main-qimg-9346241f036de9a76cead952a3048fe1-c.jpg?fit=1024%2C656&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5DV68-3d6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12348,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12344\/revisions\/12348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}