Sicilian subforum

[Slycooper]

French Basques are also Spaniards?

No. But as Basque county is a region of spain. They are Spanish. Nationality wise.

[Sikeliot]

I don't agree with nationality as the sole basis for identity.. are Pontic Greeks "Turkish"? Are Hungarian Jews "Hungarian"?

[Comte Arnau]

No. But as Basque county is a region of spain. They are Spanish. Nationality wise.

Sure. But ethnicity and identity are not based on such an artificial changing thing as citizenship for most people.

[alfieb]

The closest (in terms of classification) I've gotten to anything "Northern European" was a few people on ABF saying I looked like I had Alpinid influence. Which isn't that far off. I'm probably pred Med mixed with either that or Berid.

Alpo-Dinaro med would be my best guess, but I'm terrible at judging myself.

[Sikeliot]

The closest (in terms of classification) I've gotten to anything "Northern European" was a few people on ABF saying I looked like I had Alpinid influence. Which isn't that far off. I'm probably pred Med mixed with either that or Berid.

Alpo-Dinaro med would be my best guess, but I'm terrible at judging myself.

I don't know that you have a lot of Dinarid influence. I'd have to see a picture from the side.

[wvwvw]

I don't agree with nationality as the sole basis for identity.. are Pontic Greeks "Turkish"? Are Hungarian Jews "Hungarian"?

There is no Pontic minority or any kind of Greek minority left in Turkey:

After years of persecution (e.g. the Varlık Vergisi and the Istanbul Pogrom), emigration of ethnic Greeks from the Istanbul region greatly accelerated, reducing the 119.822-strong Greek minority before the attack to about 7,000 by 1978. The 2008 figures released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry places the current number of Turkish citizens of Greek descent at the 3,000–4,000 mark. However according to the Human Rights Watch the Greek population in Turkey is estimated at 2,500 in 2006. The Greek population in Turkey is collapsing as the community is now far too small to sustain itself demographically, due to emigration, much higher death rates than birth rates and continuing discrimination

Source: Wiki

Pontic Genocide

[alfieb]

There is no Pontic minority or any kind of Greek minority left in Turkey:

I don't think he means Hungarian Jews in Hungary or Greeks in Turkey, but rather diasporans?