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The ancestors of Italians are mostly Indo-European speakers (e.g. Italic peoples such as Latins, Umbrians, Samnites, Oscans, Sicels and Adriatic Veneti, as well as Celts, Iapygians and Greeks) and pre-Indo-European speakers (Etruscans, Rhaetians and Camunni in mainland Italy, Sicani and Elymians in Sicily and the …
Are the Turks genetically closer to the Italians or the Serbs?
Actually, the Turks are much closer genetically to the Italians than the Serbs. According to Jovica Krtinić, one of the initiators of this project, the research has been carried out systematically, is very reliable and is based on testing Y DNA chromosomes, which, unchanged, are transferred from fathers to sons.
What race do Albanians share most common ancestry with?
Studies in genetic anthropology show that the Albanians share similar ancestry to many other Europeans, and especially other peoples of the Balkans. The Albanians are also one of Europe’s populations that has most common ancestors within their own ethnic group even though they share ancestors with other ethnic groups.
What is the genetic basis of Albanian language frequency in Southeast Europe?
In Southeast Europe, its frequency peaks at the southeastern edge of the region and its variance peaks in the region’s southwest. Although its frequency is very high in Kosovar Albanians (46\%) and Macedonian Romani (30\%), this phenomenon is of a focal rather than a clinal nature, most likely being a consequence of genetic drift.
Are Serbians genetically different from other Slavic populations?
The 2020 study of 226 samples mitochondrial genome data of Serbian population “supported more pronounced genetic differentiation among Serbians and two Slavic populations (Russians and Poles) as well as expansion of the Serbian population after the Last Glacial Maximum and during the Migration period (fourth to ninth century A.D.)”.