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Are Filipinos similar to Polynesians?
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Are Filipinos similar to Polynesians?
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No, Filipinos are not Polynesian, their are a few similarities but it’s very limited as Polynesians have their own culture. Filipinos are Asian while Polynesians are not . Polynesians have extensively evolved significantly, culturally and physically, that they are no longer Asian and began mixing with Papuan/Melanesian populations when endeavouring the vast ocean of the Pacific, island hopping as far New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, Tonga, however they are considered as an Austronesian people but they are far bigger people than even the average Caucasian man in height and in weight, this applies to both men and woman, where Polynesians have a 90% obesity rate unfortunately, the largest by far in term of per capita in the world. The Filipino people are of South east asian Austronesian descent with East Asian fusions. The origin of Filipinos come from waves of migrations out from mainland Asia of the Liangzhu culture and Taiwan, as far as the Yangtze river delta of China (Southern China) and Taiwan spreading Austronesian languages and rice cultivation some 3,000 – 4,000 years ago. An analysis of the DNA recovered from human remains shows high frequencies of Haplogroup O1 in Liangzhu culture linking this culture to modern Austronesians and Tai-Kaidai populations. It is believed that the Liangzhu culture or other associated subtraditions are the ancestral homeland of Austronesian speakers. The Liangzhu Neolithic culture was extremely influential and its sphere of influence reached as far north as Shanxi and as far south as Guangdong. Further large migrations of Chinese and Japanese, as a result from trade during Pre Colonial era Philippines dating back centuries before the advent of the Sung Dynasty. During the T’ang (Thang) dynasty China (in the 7th to the 9th century AD) the two peoples of China and the Philippines already had relatively close relations and material as well as cultural exchanges. 18–19th centuries also saw large influx of Chinese settlers, resulting in further establishing gene pools hence why it is estimated 28–30% of the Philippine population have Chinese ancestery. Filipinos have 40-90% haplogroup O1a and other similar haplogroups shared with indo China south East Asians and Chinese . Genetically 80% of the various peoples of the archipelago have Chinese elements of their modern day DNA, and so far the Mongoloid Haplogroup C2-M217 was substantially expressed in the region dating as far back as 7000BCE according to analyses performed on early Proto Malay burial sites in Luzon and the Visayas so it is fair to say a modern day significant number of Filipinos have East Asian DNA. Haplogroup O3 (M122): This genetic marker is commonly found among Han Chinese (more than 50% frequency). As about 35% of today's Filipino males possess this genetic marker. haplogroup O1a-M119 is also quite 80% common in southern China. Between 20% and 30% of southern Han Chinese, Zhuang, and other Tai peoples belong to this haplogroup. Overall, the patrilineal genepool of the Filipinos appears to be most similar to that of Malaysians/Indonesians and the southern Han Chinese. Filipinos, Amis, and southern Han Chinese are next most similar to Tai-Kadai peoples, northern Han Chinese, and Koreans. Despite colonisation, the old Filipino culture was retained and is heavily based off Asian inspired customs, traditions and influences with significant Spanish/Chinese influences. The languages , customs, cuisine, indigenous beliefs/culture aside are Asian. The conservative traditionalist superstitious culture are all products of an Asian culture
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(Yes) and (No) We shared ancestors, because both groups came from Southern China/Taiwan, and from there our ancestors started to migrate out into Southeast Asia and the Pacific… but that’s where our similarities end, because modern Filipinos are mostly Austronesian, while Polynesians have major Melanesian and Papuan genetic admixture. Austronesian Migration Map Genetic Map of Asia