What determines kinship to you, similar genetics or a similar language?

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

Not really. I feel myself closest to budapesters, after that germans and after that hungarians.

how far down this list is Old Mopi Cat ?

[tropicalslavic]

Yes, perhaps I did make it a bit too simplistic. But would you say you feel closer relations to a Slav from deep Polesie, or someone from far Eastern Germany?

Polesia 100%. I knew one guy from there and he was exactly like all of the men in my family to a degree that I found it creepy.

[nittionia]

I feel close to people from cultures that eat pickled herring

[MrCuriosity]

I don't really care about that . I like my Balkan blood ( Palo balkan plus slavic) more then language anyways

I meant culturally too. I read years ago an article/interview with a Romanian cultural anthropologist who said there is much similarity in folk dances, music, national dress(peasant dress) and customs between Romanians and Balkan Slavs(mainly Bulgarians and Serbians). He even said many Russian colleagues were amazed and disappointed at how different Balkans Slav peasants are from Russian and East Slavic peasants in terms of folk customs and traditions. We even have 'martisor' tradition in common with Bulgarians. And what about Orthodox Christianity? We have a lot in common with them and only language origin with other Latins. I guess Romanians are understood best as a mix or an intermediate culturally and ethnically between Balkan Slavs and Western Latins.

[#Oda#]

Nope. I know my ancestors, and i dont care my dna.

Okay, thanks. I also know mine, but was interested nevertheless.

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

I feel close to people from cultures that eat pickled herring

and cats too ?

we eat herring alot

[Italicus]

and cats too ?

we eat herring alot

It's Mopi, the pervy Tomcat that likes his women curvy

[Creoda]

Kinship is fairly clear cut, it is your family and extended family (tribe/nation/race). The question is whether cultural ties override that or not, which would be case by case. Many people don't even care about their immediate family, let alone blood ties beyond that.