They do operate in the same manner, creating parallel societies in the countries that they have invaded and have extremely strong in-group preference. That being said they are, as far as I can research, poos. This is either a fact or just more yiddish deflection, who can tell in today's day and age. https://dnaconsultants.com/gypsy-migrations/#:~:text=Gypsy%20DNA%20can%20sometimes%20be%20conflated%20or%20confused,Turkey%20and%20eventually%20crossed%20the%20Bosporus%20into%20Europe.