Are modern Greeks really related to ancient Greeks?

[Dacul]

I think is actually alboz who are descendants of old greeks.

[Vasconcelos]

no, ancient greeks are direct descendants of modern greeks

[Pecheneg]

There must be few more options like "some of them".

[Queen B]

The poll is not correct.

You should chose between :

Yes - I am Greek
Yes - I am not Greek
No - I am Albanian,Fyromian,Turk or Bulgarian
No

[Contra Mundum]

Of course modern Greeks are descended from ancient Greeks, but they mixed in with others along the way, so they probably look different from their ancient ancestors.

[Incal]

Of course modern Greeks are descended from ancient Greeks, but they mixed in with others along the way, so they probably look different from their ancient ancestors.

I agree with that.

[Ivo Arandur]

I find questions of this kind ridiculous...how can a modern nation of the 21st century be a direct descendant of a people that lived 3,000 years ago? This doesn't go just for the Greeks but for most other nations and people on Earth, as well. The Australian Aborigines can claim to be direct descendants of the people that lived there 4-5,000 years ago because the continent was so isolated...there are some other places (mostly islands) like that - where people have lived isolated for hundreds and thousands of years...everybody else though is a mix - some more, others less...this is especially true for the Greeks - the Balkans have been a crossroad of 3 continents since ancient times - so many people of different ethnicity have past through here that I don't think anybody has an exact count - the Balkans are the exact opposite of Australia - we (cos I also live on the Balkans) are one of the most unisolated places in the world...so yeah ancient Hellenes had an important part in the ethnogenesis of the modern Greek nation but the same ancient Hellenic genes probably run in the veins of most people of the southern Balkans - and they are mixed with hundreds of other genes/ethnic traits....tbh I find this melting pot of countless ethnicities called "Balkans" pretty cool and dislike the Nazi-inspired dreams of "pure nations" that some people obviously have...

[morski]

I find questions of this kind ridiculous...how can a modern nation of the 21st century be a direct descendant of a people that lived 3,000 years ago? This doesn't go just for the Greeks but for most other nations and people on Earth, as well. The Australian Aborigines can claim to be direct descendants of the people that lived there 4-5,000 years ago because the continent was so isolated...there are some other places (mostly islands) like that - where people have lived isolated for hundreds and thousands of years...everybody else though is a mix - some more, others less...this is especially true for the Greeks - the Balkans have been a crossroad of 3 continents since ancient times - so many people of different ethnicity have past through here that I don't think anybody has an exact count - the Balkans are the exact opposite of Australia - we (cos I also live on the Balkans) are one of the most unisolated places in the world...so yeah ancient Hellenes had an important part in the ethnogenesis of the modern Greek nation but the same ancient Hellenic genes probably run in the veins of most people of the southern Balkans - and they are mixed with hundreds of other genes/ethnic traits....tbh I find this melting pot of countless ethnicities called "Balkans" pretty cool and dislike the Nazi-inspired dreams of "pure nations" that some people obviously have...

Cheers mate! Гласът на разума.

[Queen B]

Yes 12 votes
3 of them are from Greeks

No 12 votes
5 of them are Bulgarian-Fyromian-Albanian-Turkish
4 are Ex-Yugoslavs.

[jerney]

Of course modern Greeks are descended from ancient Greeks, but they mixed in with others along the way

The same can be applied to virtually every European population.

And I also noticed what dandelion noticed. Hmm..