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Where does the Armenian race come from?
The Armenians are the descendants of a branch of the Indo-Europeans. The ancient Greek historians Herodotus and Eudoxus of Rhodes related the Armenians to the Phrygians—who entered Asia Minor from Thrace—and to the peoples of the ancient kingdom upon whom the Phrygians imposed their rule and language.
What is my ethnicity if I am Georgian?
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (/kʌrtˈvɛliənz/; Georgian: ქართველები, romanized: kartvelebi, pronounced [kʰɑrtʰvɛlɛbi]), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus.
Yes. But Armenians are genetically closer to Iranian Azeris than they are Azerbaijanis from the Republic of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijanis from RepOfAz are mainly Iranians and Lezgin who have been Turkified. I suspect that Iranian Azeris were Armenians who were Iranicized thousands of years ago and then, more recently, Turkified.
Where are Armenians genetically similar to other Turks?
More specifically, Armenians are close to (1) Spaniards, Italians, and Romanians from Europe; (2) Lebanese, Jews, Druze, and Cypriots from the Near East; and (3) Georgians and Abkhazians from the Caucasus (Figure 2b). The position of the Armenians within the global genetic diversity appears to mirror the geographical location of Turkey.
Is there a genome-wide genetic study of Armenians?
Previous genetic studies of Armenians are scarce and genome-wide analysis is limited to a few Armenian samples in broad surveys without any detailed analysis.
What do Armenians have in common with other populations?
Armenians were found to have genetic affinity to several other populations including the Jews, Druze, and Lebanese Christians, in addition to showing genetic continuity with the Caucasus. 5, 7, 8 In this study, we analyse newly generated genome-wide data from Armenians, as well as available data from 78 other worldwide populations.