Genetic study on Southern Italains and Sicilians

[Ulla]

So Abruzzo is Balkanian?

Or more likely Balkans are Abruzzese?

[Sikeliot]

Sicilians can be closer to south-east Meds than to Northern Italians and other Europeans but they are still Italian and European while Levantines won't ever be. As a Northern Italian myself I think that genetics doesn't change the status quo.

On global PCA plots, Levantines appear very close to Europeans; NE Europeans drift away even further due to their Asian admixture (Finns and Russians). So genetically, Levantines are more European than Finns and Russians. Sicilians being up to half ancient Levantine means they're still more European than NE Euros.

[Kamal900]

Sicilians can be closer to south-east Meds than to Northern Italians and other Europeans but they are still Italian and European while Levantines won't ever be. As a Northern Italian myself I think that genetics doesn't change the status quo.

Um, i never once claimed that Levantines are europeans or whites. This study meant to discredit people from Italicroots that all italians look and genetically no different from one another thats all. Never said anything that they aren't european or italians much like i do consider Gazans to be Palestinians even though they're different from palestinians in other regions.

[Foxy]

Or more likely Balkans are Abruzzese?

Faces are not that similar...

[Sikeliot]

Faces are not that similar...

Closer than to Iberians and West Europeans though I'd assume. After all you're facing the Balkans and not West Europe.

[Trun]

What is more worth noting is that genetically, on a GLOBAL pca plot, Levantines appear almost like an extension of Europe, whereas because of their Mongoloid admixture, Russians and Finns are more distant from most Europeans than Levantines are.. so even though Sicilians are genetically half ancient Levantine, that still places them closer to Europe than Finns and Russians.

[Trun]

So genetically, Levantines are more European than Finns and Russians. Sicilians being up to half ancient Levantine means they're still more European than NE Euros.

[Foxy]

I gave up several years ago. Unlucky madhouses are close. Vodka?

[Sikeliot]

Well I do not consider Russians and Finns to be fully European but that is just me.

[Trun]

Vodka?