How many of you believe Albanians migrated to neighboring countries?

Posted by Odd-Independent7679@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 36 comments

Albanians have been native to their lands for millennia. It's been proven by historians, linguists, archeologists, and lately (and undoubtedly) by archeo-genetics.

The lands where Albanians have been native are today divided between Albania, Kosovo, N. Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece.

Yet, I encounter here often people who think Albanians migrated to those lands.

There are many Albanian settlements in other counrries that were created due to Albanians migrating there, such as in Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, and even Russia.

However, Albanians did not migrate (I think this needs to be stressed!) to the six countries above. Except for Greece, Albanians or their ancestors were living in those countries way before the arrival of Slavs.