There is nothing racialist about that Its true that the article sounds very mediterranean and still it does Also its true that the modern Bulgarians are nothing turkic as they are white europeans Arent Bulgarians white Then what race are they Croats are our closest relatives and they are proven by scientists Also in many Bulgarian historical books it states clearly that the Bulgarians are closely related to the Hungarians and Croats as they were all part of one tribe in Eastern Europe To include middle eastern as part of the Bulgarian genetic section is horrendous as it has nothing to do with the Bulgarian people Mediterranean only partly There are other evidence that states that Bulgaria has a stronger slavic influence like the Croats and the Slovenes however there are some sources that claim they are separated from the tight slavic cluster together with the southern croats serbs macedonians and romanians Both different sources should be respected but to include a middle eastern section is beyond belief its a lie and totally ridiculous Bulgarians are a mixture of slavic alpine dinaric mediterranean nordic and pontid Pontids and the north pontids are about  of the population and they are a mix of atlanto mediterranean heritage and nordic people