and finally get the total average of distances of every country and make a new top 10.
I think this would be fairer, isnīt it?
It's not our fault. One or two references would be more than enough for Catalonia. They should make an average among all the samples from Catalonia region and condense into one reference, or make one for Catalonia and one for Andorra which has no reference whatsoever.
The problem is not of only of under-represented countries, is also in presenting data as Voskos did, this way of setting the data out leads to misunderstanding, as for example that Spaniards or Italians having more matches than own Frenchs in france doesnīt imply absolutely that France population average has more genetic closeness with Spain than with Italy, or Germans, or that Frenchs are Basically Spanish.
Thatīs was what I was trying to say with my first post here when I said:But anyone opined but you, and you think with good judgment.Quote:
Should we draw any conclusion?
I was expecting more reactions...:wink
They will almost always be closer to themselves than to the bordering countries, except for SW French which is heavily basque influenced. Despite that, some France regions will have more genetic, phenotypical, linguistic and cultural affinity to different countries or areas.
For instance:
Aquitaine (except Basque) and Occitanie: Spain (specially Catalonia)
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes & Provence: Northern Italy
Alsace/Bourgogne: Bavaria
Corsica: Tuscany
Nord-Pas-de-Calais: Belgium
Bretagne: Britain