Is it true that Koreans and Japanese people are genetically similar?
Yes. Despite the geographical closeness of those two countries, they are very different genetically. Japanese people are actually from the two major ethnic groups: Yayoi and Jomon. Yayoi people are from the Korean peninsula, but Jomon people are indigenous people in the Japanese archipelago.
How closely related are Han Chinese and Japanese and Korean people?
These estimations based on genomic data indicate Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean people are genetically closely-related and derived their ancestry from a common gene pool. On the other hand genome-wide variation data can largely distinguish Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean individuals without much ambiguity (see the image below).
What are the genetic origins of the modern Japanese people?
In population genetics, research has been made to study the genetic origins of the modern Japanese people in Japan . Generally, Japanese people have: skulls closer to those of Yayoi people than to those of Jōmon people. skulls closer to those of Southeast Asians than to those of Chinese and Mongolian people.
Why do the three East Asian groups have different genetic makeups?
Image taken from article. Since the population diverged, the present-day Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean populations have built their own gene pools and formed distinct genetic makeups. This means that individual ethnicity of the three East Asian groups is distinguishable in genetics if personal genome data are available.
Why can’t we collect DNA samples from North Korea?
Studies such as “Gene Flow between the Korean Peninsula and Its Neighboring Countries” (2010) were unable to collect DNA samples from North Koreans due to the ongoing political conflict between North and South Korea, but researchers hope to collect North Korean data in the future. Koreans are racially a purely Mongoloid population.
Who can join Family Tree DNA’s Korea DNA Project?
Family Tree DNA’s “Korea DNA” project administered by Neal Downing and J.S. welcomes all Koreans who have tested their Y-DNA and/or mtDNA to join. Koreans are a people of northeastern Asia. Most Koreans today live on the Korean peninsula: largely in South Korea and, to a considerably lesser extent, North Korea.
What are the best resources for learning about Korean genetics?
Korean Genetics: Abstracts and Summaries. Family Tree DNA: Genetic Testing Service. Genetic testing can reveal your relationships to other families, other Koreans, and other ethnic groups. Family Tree DNA’s “Korea DNA” project administered by Neal Downing and J.S. welcomes all Koreans who have tested their Y-DNA and/or mtDNA to join.