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Originally Posted by Mynydd
Still beating at it? In this thread I was not suggesting any such thing. I was pointing to a particular reality that is called Scandinavia, which it has a particular [meta-ethnic] identity of its own.
But well, since yo insist there appears to be some ethnic connection between Finland and the Scandinavian countries, which is the so-called Finland Swedes. Unless that these Finland Swedes are just Finns who happen to speak the Swedish language. As one would logically derive from your arguments elsewhere, and as if this was the result of some accident. But others argue something different.
At the end of the day, who the North Germanic Scandinavians are related to and how, it does not affect me at all. But it is for the sake of accuracy and correctness (properness, if you prefer) that it would be ilogical to pretend that they are related to Fenno-Ugrians who --this should go without saying-- do not comprise the total of the Finnish population but only a part of it.
And, since the Northern Eurasian haplogroup subclade N3 comprises well over half of the male lineages of Finland, if there has been any meta-ethnic genesis between Uralic Fenno-Ugrians and North Germanic Scandinavians that I have missed, then I would humbly request you that you let me know about it, in as much detail as possible. 
As for the rest, ditto. |
I think you should be careful with using the term "North Germanic". Sure, officially in most encyclopedias, that is what Scandinavian countries are called. But in reality, Denmark might as well be of Celtic extraction, with minor West Slavic influence from South Jutland. While I'm pretty certain the rest of Scandinavia is North Germanic [except for Finland of course], Denmark is an exception to the rule, and much censured uncertainty is associated with it.