Which are genetically closest to Ancient Greeks?

**~~Petros Houhoulis~~** · 02-03-2019, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Crn Volk

I’m still waiting for Kamenos to act. Oh and Golden Prawn. When are they going to stop the letter ‘M’ being used in our name.

Those won't act. Kammenos failed to bring down the government, and Golden Dawn is currently in cahoots with SYRIZA for keeping them out of jail.

**brennus dux gallorum** · 02-06-2019, 08:53 PM

Ionian islands and Eastern Euboia (kymi)

Composing both genetics and historical facts they are the closest to ancient Greeks, with less slavic, Frankish and near Eastern admixture than anyone else

**Thanas Django** · 02-07-2019, 09:20 AM

Ask me to post any calc.

**~~lonewolfcypriot~~** · 02-07-2019, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Thanas Django

Ask me to post any calc.

Your too levantine shifted so your calculators would be unefficient.

**brennus dux gallorum** · 02-08-2019, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by lonewolfcypriot

Your too levantine shifted so your calculators would be unefficient.

it's hard to know the part of levantine admixture that pre-dates Greek arrival (and so it can be considered part of "ancient Greek" ancestry in Cyprus and some parts of Greece) and separate it from the levantine admixture that was added later, like slavic or Frankish in other cases did

**~~Papastratosels26~~** · 02-08-2019, 07:44 PM

Dodecanese and Crete

**brennus dux gallorum** · 02-08-2019, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Kaido

Dodecanese and Crete

there must be some medieval near eastern admixture in Both. Cyclades, Ionian islands and Eastern Euboia are more likely to be the chosen

**Mingle** · 02-08-2019, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by brennus dux gallorum

there must be some medieval near eastern admixture in Both. Cyclades, Ionian islands and Eastern Euboia are more likely to be the chosen

Why the Ionian Islanders? Aren't they genetically the same as the average Mainland Greek?

**brennus dux gallorum** · 02-09-2019, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Mingle

Why the Ionian Islanders? Aren't they genetically the same as the average Mainland Greek?

*almost the same, but with no slavic admixture, the same goes for cyclades and most of north aegean, and that's reflected on the gap between baltic+Eastern Euro and Atlantic+north sea (the latter two are more common in most of Greece, but the gap is even bigger in the islands)

slavic admixture is not the only reason that mainland differs from places like dodecanese or, mainly Eastern, Crete