Aosta Valley more Central European than Provence?

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The French admixture in Aostans is supposed to be entirely Provençal, so why are they more northern shifted than French Provençal themselves? The only explanation that i could come up with is Walser migrations in the 12th century having a generalized impact in Aosta Valley.

[1] "distance%=1.3438"
Italian_Aosta_Valley

French_Provence,83.2
German,16.8

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Interesting, my father is 1/4 Aostan. Why Aostan appear more southern shifted than Provencals in PCA that I've seen ? Maybe bad samples?

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Interesting, my father is 1/4 Aostan. Why Aostan appear more southern shifted than Provencals in PCA that I've seen ? Maybe bad samples?

I've never seen any other Aostan sample besides those that were added to G25.

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I've never seen any other Aostan sample besides those that were added to G25.

I've seen some (like 5) in old studies but I doubt that they are representative...

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I've seen some (like 5) in old studies but I doubt that they are representative...

Anyway, what is your opinion about this weird northern shift? Aostans seems to be basically Central Euros.

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Distance to: Italian_Aosta_Valley
0.01581018 French_Provence
0.01793196 Italian_Northeast
0.01946763 Swiss_French
0.02068104 French_Auvergne
0.02167271 Italian_Trentino-Alto-Adige
0.02215091 Swiss_German
0.02341801 French_Alsace
0.02380134 Italian_Veneto
0.02382364 French_Occitanie
0.02538728 Spanish_Mallorca
0.02580515 French_Nord
0.02666308 Spanish_Penedes
0.02821902 Spanish_Girona
0.02823975 French_Paris
0.02941715 Spanish_Camp_de_Tarragona
0.02975291 Spanish_Peri-Barcelona
0.02990567 Spanish_Catalunya_Central
0.03047081 Spanish_Baleares
0.03057746 Belgian
0.03100437 Spanish_Barcelones
0.03132454 Spanish_Eivissa
0.03170843 Italian_Bergamo
0.03188880 Spanish_Lleida
0.03241980 Spanish_Terres_de_l'Ebre
0.03345870 Romanian

[Samnium]

Anyway, what is your opinion about this weird northern shift? Aostans seems to be basically Central Euros.

I haven't any idea about that, really. Aosta Valley seems to be quite isolated but these numbers would suggest a massive northern shift. I have to do some historical researchs.

Here people assume that "Aostans" are like Savoy people, they are maybe more "East in the sense that they would drift towards more Austrian/C.Euro nations than France.

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I haven't any idea about that, really. Aosta Valley seems to be quite isolated but these numbers would suggest a massive northern shift. I have to do some historical researchs.

Here people assume that "Aostans" are like Savoy people, they are maybe more "East in the sense that they would drift towards more Austrian/C.Euro nations than France.

Not trying to involve politics here, but South Tyrol and Aosta are clearly not part of Italy. They should be returned to their respective countries.

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Not trying to involve politics here, but South Tyrol and Aosta are clearly not part of Italy. They should be returned to their respective countries.

I think that Aosta is a french area yes. Definitely.