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Are modern Macedonians descendants of ancient Macedonians?
Mr Donski strongly believes that the modern Macedonians are descended from the ancient Macedonians, not purely but mostly, and also that many elements of the culture of the ancient Macedonians are alive today in the culture of the modern Macedonians.
What is the DNA of Macedonians?
Y-DNA studies suggest that Macedonians along with neighboring South Slavs are distinct from other Slavic-speaking populations in Europe and a majority of their Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups are likely to be inherited from inhabitants of the Balkans that predated sixth-century Slavic migrations.
Who are the modern Macedonians?
Modern Macedonians are Slavs descended from the peoples who arrived in the Balkans in the sixth and seventh centuries. There are six ethnic groups: Miyak, Brsyak, Southern, Struma-Mesta, Macedo-Shop, and Upper Vardar. Location and Geography. Macedonia is a land-locked nation located in southeastern Europe.
Are Greeks genetically similar to the rest of Europe?
Population genetic studies using Y DNA haplogroup analysis show that Greeks do indeed share similar backgrounds as the rest of the Europeans and especially southern Europeans (Italians, and southern Balkan populations) [ 33, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 ].
What is the prevalence of the E haplotype in Greece?
Greeks (especially in northwest Greece) as well as southern Italians, and Albanians carry the E haplotype at high concentrations (20 – 25\%) [58,59,61]. Greek signature E haplogroups have been seen in Southern Italy [58,59]. The frequency of the E haplogroup is lower in Vardar Slavs (15\%) than in Greeks (24\%) [61].
What race were the Mycenaean Greeks?
All ancient skulls found in Mycenaean upper/ruling class tombs in the region of Greece suggest that the ancient inhabitants of the region were of the Mediterranean sub-type of the European Caucasian race, the same is the case with many modern Greeks.
It is not too far stretched to suggest that modern Greeks are related their ancient predecessors, as most anthropologists agree that they are related to the peoples of the region even before the Mycenaeans ( that is, the ancestors of the ancestors of the ancient Greeks).