They are Somali, they just have a difference of opinion on the origins of these clans and tbh after thinking about this matter for a while I understand their perspective. The reality is that the Tuumal, Madhiban & Yibir are no different than the rest of the Somali clans in the sense that they have assimilated others. We do not know if J or E is the majority or minority haplogroup amongst these tribes without really testing a large amount of them. There are also some who claim Hawyie, some who claim Darood, and given the fact that they share some Ev32 clades with these tribes, it's not too far-fetched. It is very much possible that these clans are not authentic lineage but rather a confederation of people who came together because they faced similar struggles. Because how else would it make sense for people from different paternal lineages to claim the same heritage?I suspect that these people we think are "Gabooye" from Bale, Oromia are not even Somali to begin with, as in, they're not our Somali Semites.
They all use the same sheegad script, "My ancestors are from Bari" and when pressed for their Harti sub-clan they get angry or claim a clan they think is not present on the forums!
Oromos have a different culture to us and they don't comprehend the fact that Madhibaan, Tumaal etc, are Somali clans who have their own abtiris and allegedly, their own languages/dialects. That's why Lady"Somal", from Bale, Oromia, keeps denying that our Somali Artisans are actual clans and not organisations.
@GhostOfSomalia, are these people even Somali Semites walale? Because I am doubting that now.
It's also possible that these clans are authentic with a significant % of their population being assimilated. It's possible that they were more welcoming to foreigners and allowed them to claim their name for protection or to avoid prosecution at the hands of other Somali tribes. If this happened it would explain today why there's a variety of paternal lineage and also different trace amounts of foreign Autosomal DNA (Arab, Ethiopian, South Asian)
I do not believe that our elders were trying to deceive us, it is most likely that they perhaps didn't know better, sometimes things get lost in time, especially in a society that relies primarily on Oral History. Without a doubt, there are Tuumal, Madhiban & Yibirs who have Arabian ancestry but it would be disingenuous to deny that there aren't also some who have native Somali ancestry similar to the main clans.