Power77
Junior Member
- Messages
- 87
- Reaction score
- 5
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Da Great White North
- Ethnic group
- 1/4 Sephardic 3/4 Ashkenazi
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- E1a1
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H1
It could even be a possibility that the men of the Japanese Imperial family carry haplogroup R1a!
Interestingly Coon noted an Europid/Caucasoid influence amongst Japanese upper-classes.
He called their phenotype the "Aristocratic type" as opposed to the "Peasant type".
In fact Japan may be quite similar to India in that regard.
This is why more studies should be done on that country.
They should first test the aDNA to evaluate the genetic composition and evolution of Japan from the Jomon period to (at least) the early Shogunates(Middle Ages).
Then they should compare the genetic make-up(Y-DNA,autosomal,mtDNA) of modern Japanese with noble surnames with those with non-noble surnames.
Of course not mentioning the potential of discovering higher recent(post-1500's) European and South Asian admixture in the general population(especially in coastal cities known to have had such foreign influences like Kobe or Nagasaki).
Interestingly Coon noted an Europid/Caucasoid influence amongst Japanese upper-classes.
He called their phenotype the "Aristocratic type" as opposed to the "Peasant type".
In fact Japan may be quite similar to India in that regard.
This is why more studies should be done on that country.
They should first test the aDNA to evaluate the genetic composition and evolution of Japan from the Jomon period to (at least) the early Shogunates(Middle Ages).
Then they should compare the genetic make-up(Y-DNA,autosomal,mtDNA) of modern Japanese with noble surnames with those with non-noble surnames.
Of course not mentioning the potential of discovering higher recent(post-1500's) European and South Asian admixture in the general population(especially in coastal cities known to have had such foreign influences like Kobe or Nagasaki).