Original sentence: Contrary to popular belief, the Moriscos were for the most part not descendants of Arab settlers, but instead were overwhelmingly the descendants of Muladis, native Iberians who converted to Islam under Muslim rule, and were as ethnically Iberian as the Christians who expelled them
Edited sentence: Certain historians have characterized the Moriscos as overwhelmingly the descendants of Muladis, native Iberians who converted to Islam under Muslim rule.However, this is contradicted by modern studies in population genetics which have attributed significant recent North African ancestry in both modern and medieval Spaniards to Morisco heritage.The number of Moriscos which remained following the edict is subject to historical debate, although recent historical studies also agree that both that the original Morisco population and the number of them who avoided expulsion is higher than was previously thought