Since the Lemba have Semitic cultural traditions and Bantu, Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian associated paternal lineages have also been detected among them, the scientists suggest that they and the Comorians may have evolved through parallel demographic processes.
Given the Lemba's Semitic cultural traits and patrilineal associations with Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian, and Bantu populations, researchers suggest that both they and the Comorians may have evolved through analogous demographic pathways.