Replies to post #14624 on DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[frogdreaming]

Ethnicity is NOT specifically a social construct. It is a concept that describes both social and genetic origins.

"of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background."

Clearly the genetic (ancestral) components of classification inherent in racial and national origins CAN be distinguished by genetic testing.

While genetics will never be able to accurately distinguish many specific ethnicities, especially those that occur within racial and national groups, it can quite clearly distinguish between those that are specifically geographical in origin.