Hello have a question. Some people say that Austrians are ethnically the same as Germans. But when i look at the Haplogroup page i see differences between Austrians and Germans.
So are Austrians their own ethnic group ?
Region/Haplogroup | I1 | I2a | I2b | R1a | R1b | G2a | J2 | J1 | E1b1b | T | Q | N1c1 |
Austria | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Croatia | 8 | 42 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
Czech Republic | 11 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
Germany | 16 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 16 | 44.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
North Germany | 18.5 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 22 | 36 | 3.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
East Germany | 16.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
West Germany | 12.5 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 9 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 |
South Germany | 10.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 9.5 | 48.5 | 8 | 5.5 | 1 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Hungary | 8 | 15 | 2.5 | 32.5 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Slovakia | 6 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
Slovenia | 9.5 | 22 | 2 | 34.5 | 23.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Switzerland | 12 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 8 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
So are Austrians their own ethnic group ?