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We are a bit of a Mixture as most of us have ancestors of both the "Golden Horde"(Mongols) and the "White Horde" (They may have been Mongols mixed with Arab, Macedonian and Persian) from the Mideast conquests by the Mongols.
Although my features are mainly Caucasian my relatives for the most part have Mongolian features. The only thing I inherited was the lack of facial hair, although some what strangely I grew a full beard at the age of 65
As best as I can tell my ancestors were Muslim until the "Crusades of the North" But the Grand Duchy of Poland-Lithuania was not conquered until late into the 13 Century. After which the Tatars that were not killed or exiled were forced into Catholicism
For any other Tatars that read this I have a few questions:
Do you consider yourself white or Mongol?
Were your ancestors forced to convert to Catholicism or did they go into exile?
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