In the country where I live Macedonia, we have a lot of debates going on between Albanians, and Macedonians about Alexander. Macedonians say that Alexander is Macedonian. Where we Albanians claim that he is one of us, in our history books he is known as Leka I Madh (The great), but also some other Albanian historians say that his mother was Illyrian and his father was Greek. So Im confused and if anyone knows an answer I would appreciate it very much.
The most widely accepted answer I believe would be that Alexander the great was in fact Macedonian. His father was Philip II of Macedon and was a native Macedonian. Alexander's mother Olympia was from Epirus, which overlaps modern Albania and Greece but lies mostly within Greek territory. Alexander himself was born in Macedon and spent the majority of his early life there.