Who were the ancient Berbers? Rhesusnegative.net 9 months ago Kabyle Berbers Berbers have a Eurasian origin and have lived in North Africa for 30 000 years. They carry virtually NO European Haplogroups and are indigenous to North Africa: Indigenous North African Libyans portrayed by the ancient Egyptians The Tuareg are a mix of West Africans and indigenous North Africans. The mystery of Haplogroup V (mtDNA) Haplogroup V is also found in parts of Northwest Africa. It is mainly concentrated among the Tuareg inhabiting the Gorom-Gorom area in Burkina Faso (21%), Sahrawi in the Western Sahara (17.9%), and Berbers of Matmata, Tunisia (16.3%). The rare V7a subclade occurs among Algerians in Oran (1.08%) and Reguibate Sahrawi (1.85%).