A few questions about genetic distance between peoples Vol 4

[Valenman]

1-Who is closer, the English and Belarusians or the Portuguese and Greeks?

2-Are the Kurds closer to Punjabis or Bosniaks?

3-Are the Tigrayan Ethiopians closer to Mozambique or Turkey?

4-Are the Spanish closer to Venezuelans or the Dutch?

5-Who is closer, the Albanians and Latvians or the Han Chinese and Japanese?

6-Are Northern Italians closer to Greece or Austria?

[Upsilander]

1-Who is closer, the English and Belarusians or the Portuguese and Greeks?

Portugueses and Greeks are a bit closer.

Distance to: English
0.07550507 Portuguese
0.08056423 Belarusian
0.10940289 Greek

Distance to: Portuguese
0.06938144 Greek
0.07550507 English
0.12504283 Belarusian


2-Are the Kurds closer to Punjabis or Bosniaks?

Bosniaks, but Kurds are not very homogeneous i think so could go either way depending on individuals.

Distance to: Kurdish
0.17066104 Bosnian
0.18683126 Gujar_Punjab

Only if the two are close it would be worth to run more samples. For most questions it's not necessary.


3-Are the Tigrayan Ethiopians closer to Mozambique or Turkey?

I didn't find a Mozambique sample strangely but i would assume to Mozambique.


4-Are the Spanish closer to Venezuelans or the Dutch?

Even using Andalucia it's not even close, i think the average modern Venezuelan is very mixed, Native and Black, which instantly shoots up the distances very far but that's the only sample i found so could be ancient i'm not sure, seems ancient. It's never gonna be closer than 7.6 in distance anyway so the answer is Dutch in any case.

Distance to: Spanish_Andalucia
0.07659986 Dutch
0.68755972 Venezuela


5-Who is closer, the Albanians and Latvians or the Han Chinese and Japanese?

Han Chineses and Japaneses. About the same distance Spain and Dutch actually.

Distance to: Japanese
0.07087851 Han_Chinese

Distance to: Albanian
0.16651102 Latvian


6-Are Northern Italians closer to Greece or Austria?

Greece.

Distance to: Greek
0.04360348 Italian_Lombardy
0.08493987 Austrian

[Vid Flumina]

Are Northern Italians closer to Greece or Austria?

It depends as theres considerable genetic variation within these countries, especially Greece.

Averaging all G25 regional samples I get this, make of it what you will :

Distance to: Italian_Emilia
0.04272176 GREEK
0.07185029 AUSTRIAN

Distance to: Italian_Northeast
0.04370318 AUSTRIAN
0.06456166 GREEK

Distance to: Italian_Bergamo
0.05854075 GREEK
0.06494445 AUSTRIAN

Distance to: Italian_Trentino_Alto_Adige
0.05491873 AUSTRIAN
0.06475492 GREEK

Distance to: Italian_Veneto
0.05671417 AUSTRIAN
0.05910984 GREEK

Distance to: Italian_Aosta_Valley
0.04824599 AUSTRIAN
0.07575871 GREEK