Hi. Sorry if this isn't the right section, but I'm new here and don't know my way around. If it is wrong, you are of course welcome to move the topic directly.
Today I stumbled across an article from you about the different DNA regions in Southeast Asia. You can find this when you search by google after " South East Asia Genetically Map" and look at the pictures
My family in Vietnam is from the Quan Binh region to be more precise Quang Trach. The region therefore belongs to the green area with the Austro-Asian mountain tribeans. However, my family is descended from both sides of the Kinh. Everyone in my family is quite bright and even often mistaken for Chinese. However, the majority of the population in Quang Binh/Quang Trach are also Kinh people and mostly look typically Vietnamese, so this assignment confuses me. Does this mean that all people who come from Quan Binh/Quang Trach are really Austronesian or do they explicitly mean the Austronesian peoples? Please don't get me wrong, I wouldn't find it any worse to be Austronesian, but so far I've always thought that my family are Kinh and they are the actual Vietnamese. Hence the question: Are the Kinh people in regions not classified as Kinh areas not true Kinhs? That would shock me a bit because then we wouldn't be "real" Vietnamese in the true sense of the word. Or is it only about the minorities? I would be grateful for some answers
Today I stumbled across an article from you about the different DNA regions in Southeast Asia. You can find this when you search by google after " South East Asia Genetically Map" and look at the pictures
My family in Vietnam is from the Quan Binh region to be more precise Quang Trach. The region therefore belongs to the green area with the Austro-Asian mountain tribeans. However, my family is descended from both sides of the Kinh. Everyone in my family is quite bright and even often mistaken for Chinese. However, the majority of the population in Quang Binh/Quang Trach are also Kinh people and mostly look typically Vietnamese, so this assignment confuses me. Does this mean that all people who come from Quan Binh/Quang Trach are really Austronesian or do they explicitly mean the Austronesian peoples? Please don't get me wrong, I wouldn't find it any worse to be Austronesian, but so far I've always thought that my family are Kinh and they are the actual Vietnamese. Hence the question: Are the Kinh people in regions not classified as Kinh areas not true Kinhs? That would shock me a bit because then we wouldn't be "real" Vietnamese in the true sense of the word. Or is it only about the minorities? I would be grateful for some answers