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Moors hardly left any DNA traces in Sicily, but the Normans who expelled them yeah.
>A genetic study published in PubMed in July 2024 analyzed burials at the site of Segesta to investigate the interactions between Muslim and Christian communities during the Middle Ages in Sicily. While individuals buried in the Christian cemetery resemble modern populations from Eastern, Southern, Southeastern and Western Europe, showing continuity with the ancient Sicilian Iron Age individuals, and carry uniparental haplotypes primarly found today in Western Europe, the individuals buried in the Muslim cemetery carry haplotypes associated with North African and the Eastern Mediterranean populations and in genome-wide analysis fall within the space represented by Europe, the Near East and North Africa, except for one male who falls within the diversity of sub-Saharan African populations. In conclusion, the biomolecular and Isotopic results suggest the Christians remained genetically distinct from the Muslim community at Segesta while following a substantially similar diet. Based on these results, the authours suggest that the two communities at Segesta followed strong endogamy rules
>Following Roman rule, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia were conquered by the Vandals, then by the Ostrogoths, and finally by the Byzantines. Sicily was later invaded by the Arabs in the 9th century and the Normans in the 11th century, leading to the formation of a unique Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture in Sicily. During the subsequent Swabian rule under the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, who spent most of his life as king of Sicily in his court in Palermo, Moors were progressively eradicated until the massive deportation of the last Muslims of Sicily. As a result of the Arab expulsion, many towns across Sicily were left depopulated