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If you tell me you have a test that can distinguish a Japanese person from a Finn, I'd say sure. If you told me you had one that could distinguish a French pers
by nitwit005 1y ago
If you tell me you have a test that can distinguish a Japanese person from a Finn, I'd say sure. If you told me you had one that could distinguish a French person from a German, I'd laugh.
- Jensson 1y ago> If you told me you had one that could distinguish a French person from a German, I'd laugh. They are neighbors, so there is of course some overlap if you take some French village close to Germany and a German village close to France. But French native and Polish native, you can, which is why we can track genetic ancestry like this.
- nitwit005 1y agoPeople have been moving across Europe, and further, for thousands of years. There is nothing truly genetically unique to the populations. There is an average genetic difference across the populations, but nothing that will function at the level of individuals.
- anthk 1y agoNorthern Spaniard here; in the North you woudn't be able to distinguish an Asturian from a village from the average Irish (non-redhead, altough there are tons in Galicia and Asturias). Europe isn't like that; you will find Atlantic/Mediterranean mixes everywhere, and with any gamma inbetween.