Which indigenous European ethnic group is the closest genetically to Sub-Saharan Africans? (people, Russian)

[gwillyfromphilly]

Out of all the ethnic groups that exist in Europe, which one is the closest genetically to Sub-Saharan Africans?

[viribusunitis]

Russians obviously

[Ruth4Truth]

SUB-saharan Africans? Is this a trick question?



Do you mean which European region did the out-of-Africa migration hit first?

[viribusunitis]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

SUB-saharan Africans? Is this a trick question?



Do you mean which European region did the out-of-Africa migration hit first?

I guess it's more about Southern Europeans being darker than Anglos.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by viribusunitis

I guess it's more about Southern Europeans being darker than Anglos.

That doesn't have anything to do with Africa, though.


If people have a hidden agenda, I wish they'd just lay it on the table. The question makes no sense.

[gwillyfromphilly]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

SUB-saharan Africans? Is this a trick question?



Do you mean which European region did the out-of-Africa migration hit first?

Just by genetics. Which European ethnic group is the closest to African people? I'm factoring both the "out of Africa" migration and racial mixing between African and Europeans that occurred more recently in human history.

[gwillyfromphilly]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

That doesn't have anything to do with Africa, though.


If people have a hidden agenda, I wish they'd just lay it on the table. The question makes no sense.

Why would you suggest I have a hidden agenda?

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by gwillyfromphilly

Just by genetics. Which European ethnic group is the closest to African people? I'm factoring both the "out of Africa" migration and racial mixing between African and Europeans that occurred more recently in human history.

Oh, thanks. That helps a lot.

Originally Posted by gwillyfromphilly;

Why would you suggest I have hidden agenda?

Just the nature of this forum. You don't want to know. C-D gets a fair number of a certain type of crank.

[pacific2]

I don't know, but I had to search just a bit and found this :

"While the researchers detected no African genetic signatures in Northern European populations, they found a distinct presence of African ancestry in Southern European, Middle Eastern and Jewish populations. Modern southern European groups can attribute about 1 to 3 percent of their genetic signature to African ancestry, with the intermingling of populations dating back 55 generations, on average -- that is, to roughly 1,600 years ago. Middle Eastern groups have inherited about 4 to 15 percent, with the mixing of populations dating back roughly 32 generations. A diverse array of Jewish populations can date their Sub-Saharan African ancestry back roughly 72 generations, on average, accounting for 3 to 5 percent of their genetic makeup today."

Population genetics reveals shared ancestries: DNA links modern Europeans, Middle Easterners to Sub-Saharan Africans -- ScienceDaily

What's the answer?

I'm going off on a tangent here, but it looks like a number of Jewish people have about the same amount of African ancestry as do Mexicans. I never knew that, but I guess you learn something new everyday.

[Miserere]