Why do so many Bulgarians on this page consider themselves ethnically slavic?

[Florin2000]

But Bulgarians are half Slavic genetically, or at least over 1/3.

Distance to: Bulgaria_average
2.92474856 59.00% Italian_Sicily + 41.00% Polish

[Dušan]

Distance to: Bulgaria_average
2.92474856 59.00% Italian_Sicily + 41.00% Polish

They are on average almost half Slavic by autosomal genetics.

Target: Bulgarian
Distance: 0.0477% / 0.04774783

50.9 Paleo_Balkan_&_Roman
47.4 Slavic
1.5 Germanic
0.2 Turkic

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post7163652

Half Slavic by genetics + Slavic language = yes, they are Slavic

[Dušan]

double post

[Universe]

First off, people in real life don't care that much about dna. Both Austrians and Prussians were genetically a blend of Germans and Slavs (and Balts in case of Prussians), yet they were considered German people.

So nigerians and black americans are anglos because they speak english? And senegalese are french? And all the 3rd generation africans living in France are french?? Mutts are french, english too?? Ahahha. Ethnicity=Genetics, and you damn well know that my fellow balkanite

The difference is Senegalese have zero french ancestry, Bulgarians have significant slavic contribution to their gene pool. African Americans have White admixture, but they're still Blacks because they are black looking and because they don't identify with their white admixture, unlike Bulgarians who do identify with their slavic ancestors.

[TheMaestro]

They have a slavic core, slavic alphabet and language.
I know a country next to them that use Ancient Greek province identity yet, claim to be Slavic XD

[Dunai]

Bulgarians are literally closer to Greeks than Poles genetically and are also less genetically slavic than us.

Also for example, a half south italian and half north german is half med half germanic. On other hand, average Bulgarian "slav" is more med than slavic genetically.

I hope you are aware how hypocritical your question is when if applied the same genetic criteria you also shouldn't call yourself Romanian, as in a Roman person. Maybe except Modern Italians no Romance people should claim being Latin, if we strictly apply genetic criteria. Modern ethnic identities have little to do with genetics, but they are cultural and based on traditions.

[Varda]

Slavic is a linguistic affiliation.

[Jaromir]

I have quite different experience, what about being Paleo?

[Varda]

I have quite different experience, what about being Paleo?

Most of the Bulgarians consider themselves for Slavic-Thracian mix. Some of them claim only Thracian origin. I never heard from some Bulgarian that they are only Slavic.

[travv]

I have quite different experience, what about being Paleo?

Not a single drop of Slavic blood. Bulgarians are Turks.