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Originally Posted by Mynydd
Have a look at genetic studies before speaking of Arabic blood in Spain.
I should also remind you that the Holy Office (the Inquisition) had to deal with the converse (which is what you propose) as they posed a danger to the stability of the nation. Hundreds of years of spilling blood in countless battles followed by some more hundred of years of Inquisition.
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Not only that, but the invaders never brought with them any Arabs, the foreign genetic/racial influence in Al-Andalus probably did not make up more than a 5% of the total population, and consisted in Berbers, Syrians and Yemenis, no Arabs.