Genetic Legacy of Muslim Rule
A number of studies have tried to find out the genetic impact of non-European Muslim populations on the modern Spanish and Portuguese populations, through comparison of genetic markers in Spain and Portugal with North Africa and the Near East. The most recent and thorough study about Moorish influence in the Iberian Peninsula by Capelli et al. 2009 reported that North African male haplogroups, especially E1b1b1b (E-M81), E1b1b1a-b (M78 derived chromosomes showing the rare DYS439 allele 10, or E-V65) and a subset of J1 (M267 derived), represented, on average, 7-8% of the current Iberian male lineages.
- Historically introduced NW African types in Iberia (Capelli et al. (2009))
| Sample | N | E1b1b1b (M81) | E1b1b1a-b (V65) | J1 (subset) | Total % |
| Spain | 717 | 5.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| Portugal | 659 | 5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
| Iberia | 1376 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 7.4 |
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