DISCUSSION/THE HISTORY OF ZHELEVO/THE MACEDONIAN GERKOMANI
Zhelevo in Aegea Macedonia Lerincko, the name was changed to ANTARTIKON in 1926 by the Greek authorities to hasten their policies of ethnic cleansing and assimilation.
Today's Macedonians are descendants of the Ancient Macedonians, says research results from the Swiss Genealogy Institute iGENEA. For a second time an independent research institution confirms what Oxford and Madrid University confirmed a decade ago. iGENEA is the most famous global Genealogy institute who once again frustrated the Greek government by confirming the direct connection between the Macedonians today and in Ancient times. The question came from a Greek citizen who asked iGENEA the following question: "What are the roots of today SlavMacedonians".
The Institute responded:
"Before all, they are Macedonians, not slavMacedonias as you referred to them for political reasons. The largest part of the Macedonians are direct descendants of the Ancient Macedonians. Only a minor portion have a Slavic connection". iGENEA backed up their findings with hard numbers. However, tying the today's Macedonians with the ancient Macedonians is not the only disappointing information for Greece.
The ancient Hellenic heritage has been stretched to such extremes, it has become a subject of ridicule around the World. A free society cannot continue under the shadows of ancient glory and myth, the chains of Hellenism have compromised the sense of freedom and reality. The concept of self-criticism is a remote idea from the national Greek psyche.
