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Are all South East Asians related?

Are all South East Asians related?

A 2020 genetic study on Southeast Asian populations by Liu et al. 2020, found that most Southeast Asians are closely related to East Asians and carry mostly “East Asian-related” ancestry. The major exception to this in Southeast Asia are the Papuan peoples and their descendents living in what is now New Guinea.

Are Chinese and Japanese the same genetically?

These estimations based on genomic data indicate Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean people are genetically closely-related and derived their ancestry from a common gene pool.

Are Vietnamese related to southern Chinese or East Asian more than Thai?

This is the genetic research done by the Vietnamese biomedical company, Vinmac. The answer is NO, Vietnamese aren’t related to Southern Chinese or East Asian more than Thai people. Both Thai and Vietnamese are equally related to East Asian on the similar level.

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Are northern Chinese genetically similar to Vietnamese?

Northern Chinese who don’t have South Sinid gene share very little in common with Vietnamese, and are genetically more distant from Vietnamese. The genetic distance between Northern Chinese and Vietnamese is almost the same as Korean vs Vietnamese. It’s wrong presumption that Vietnamese are exactly same as Guangxi Han and Southern Han Chinese.

What is the ancestry of a Vietnamese person?

Vietnamese and other Mainland Southeast Asians have some percentage of South Sinid or “Proto-Mongoloid” ancestry originating from Southern China. There are a number of Southern Chinese with Y-DNA O1a1a1a and O2a2a2a which is Y-haplogroup of most Southeast Asians.

Is there such a thing as Chinese genetic ancestry?

There is no such thing as Chinese genetic because Chinese are not the same throughout different regions genetically, and divided into North Sinid and South Sinid. Vietnamese and other Mainland Southeast Asians have some percentage of South Sinid or “Proto-Mongoloid” ancestry originating from Southern China.