What are the origins of Czechs

[DudeGeorge]

ye dont know what to write here ;) along with what populations they are genetically closest to

[Figaro]

Among the West Slavs (and Slavs in general) they probably have on average the most Germanic ancestry…principally due to more ethnic Germans from different periods from the Holy Roman Empire on top of maybe a little from ancient East Germanics. Still more Balto-Slavic overall.

Celts contributed, but I’m unsure how much of that is from early eastern celts or what came mixed in with Germanic speakers.

[Peterski]

Check where Czechs plot in my Eurogenes K36-based PCA of European populations:
(this PCA is based on regions - each dot here is a regional average, not an individual)

https://i.postimg.cc/Td9ZFPSW-/Europe-PCA-New.png

https://i.postimg.cc/Td9ZFPSW-/Europe-PCA-New.png

Czechs plot here between Poles and Austrians. Or between Slovaks and Germans.

[Dušan]

Germanic and Celtic component often overlap to some degree.

Beside majority Slavic, I think they have more continental Celtic ancestry than Germanic.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Hallstatt_LaTene.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boii

[Maia Adria]

https://i.postimg.cc/Td9ZFPSW-/Europe-PCA-New.png

https://i.postimg.cc/Td9ZFPSW-/Europe-PCA-New.png

It's interesting that the Russian bubble (cyan) doesn't touch with Finland like on some other PCAs.

This aligns with certain interpretations about the Finnish genetic drift and their distinctiveness.

[NSXD60]

Banks

[DudeGeorge]

huh:confused:

[Radegast]

Magnolia taught me... the Czechs are UNIQUE

end of topic

[Angry Moose]

Good database for Czech Y dna

https://www.genebaze.cz/cgi-bin/cyd.cgi?lang=us

Czechia is nearly 40% R1a based on the database