Hier Lupo..kannst du über einen gebürtigen Franzosen muslimischen Glauben lesen ..eigentlich ein Syrer ..sagte sein Vater ..doch sein Grossvater ...dessen er gestorben ist und nur von Fotos kennt ..sieht das er garnicht so aussiht wie ein gewöhnlicher Araber ..eher europäisch , ja er meint er war blond , helles Haut und helle Augen
Denn er war kein Syrer ..er war Albaner ..so hat er weiter seine Wurzeln herausgefunden
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I am posting this message because my situation is really a mess.
First of all, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I was born in 1984 and raised in France. However, since my birth I've been a Muslim, because my father and my grand father were muslims too. Originally, my father told me that we are from Syria, but himself didn't believe in it too. He told me that they were settlers from Syria only. My grand father (the father of my father) was deceased in 1960 and all his life was a mistery. Cause my father lost his father when he was 8 years old (my father was born in 1952) so he didn't know that much about his father. However, my family is very different in physical appearance than Arab people (we have very fair skin, light hair, light eyes etc..). And my father also told me once that his father (my grand-father) was serving in the French Army, between 1925-1937 during the French Mendat over Syria, because my grand-father who no family and no body. And this is where the mistery begins ! Cause in by family line, it starts from the grand-father of my father, (aliased "WAHID", and meaning alone): this is how the local syrian people named him, cause when he came to Syria, he was with no body and alone, and then he died in an early age, and left my grand father orphaned while he was 5 years old ! so my grand father knew nothing about his family ! and even syrian people used to tell him that you aren't Syrian and that your ancestry came from Albanian and somewhere in the Balkan ! this is true cause I have a picture of my grand father when he was in his 40-50s and i saw the black eagle on his blouse) !! my father died this year (in october 2004), however, before he died, he revealed to me some oustanding secrets: that my family originated from Albania, and that they had no family in Syria, and they came to Syria cause they were being persecuted and followed I think by Serbs or whatever... and that I should save the blood line of my family ! oh my god ! what a mess for me ! I'm really now confused to where I belong ? Am I FRENCH (as my nationality is FRENCH) ! or am I Syrian ? or Albanian ?!?
Here is the brief blood line of my family :
1- the person labeled "WAHID", he was probably born in the 1850 to 1860, he fought in the FIRST WORLD WAR and died in strange circumstances somewhat in the 1903-1908.
2- Muhamed-Ali, my grand-father, born in 1898-1900 and died in 1960. My grand-mother, still alive and is now 90 years old told me that her husband (my grand-father) was very European looking and has no family in syria and that he was famous as the "stranger" in the city of Aleppo (north of Syria where they were living). Unfortunatly, my grand-mother now lost a big part of her memory and doesn't remember that much about my grand-father.
3- Adnan (my father): Born in 1952 somewhere between Turkey and Syria and he died in 2004. He was of French nationality, and I remember once when I was 10 years old and asked him how we are French he told me that all he remembers is that his grand-father was serving in the French Army and that my grand-father had French nationality issued from FRANCE ! and that we obtained the French nationality as the continuousity of blood ! (grand-father-->father---> son !)
4- Muhamed-Ali (myself), I'm born in 1984 and lived most of my life in France ! and now it's causing to me much confusion ! I'm really lost identity ! I don't know what country I belong too ! all my family is shattered around the world (even though my family is very very small) my uncles are in France (they are Muslims, but not ARABS ! , they are muslim european). we also have some relatives in USA, and Australia (and now some of my family considers themselves: Americans, Australian or French) ! But really me, I would like to know truly who were my ancestors ! I feel there's something that's linking me to Albanian and to Illyrian people !
It's very strange ! cause I lived between the year 2002-2003 in Syria, I speak fluent Arabic, and all syrian people were considering my strange ! not a SYrian ! and even in France: I was commonly taken for a Bosniak or Bulgarian ! all people tell me that I look like as those from Balkan ! and my brother (who's 19 years old) and now I know some Kosovar friends, they always tell him that he looks like one of their best friends who's in Kosova !
I really feel that I'm linked to this land ! but please I'd like anybody to help me !
Cause in my family: It starts from the grand-father of my father ! and then ? where's his parents and his family? there must be something up ! not only going on down ! so his family must be from some european muslim nations? it's not Turkey coz my mother is of turkish descent and my father had no relation with turkish or something...
SO it must be then Albanian !
Please anybody help me plz ! I'd like to know my ancestry !
I'm travelling for the first time of my life to Kosova and Albania this summer, I would like to explore this land! this unforgotten land !
