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The Baltic Finnic peoples, often simply referred to as the Finnic peoples, are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern and Eastern Europe who speak Finnic languages. They include the Finns, Estonians (including Võros and Setos), Karelians (including Ludes and Livvi), Veps, Izhorians, Votes, and Livonians.
Finnic peoples, descendants of a collection of tribal peoples speaking closely related languages of the Finno-Ugric family who migrated to the area of the eastern Baltic, Finland, and Karelia before ad 400—probably between 100 bc and ad 100, though some authorities place the migration many.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first map presents only one group and at each subsequent step one of the groups splits into two subgroups. The interpretation is that, on each map, the individuals in one group are on average more genetically similar with each other than with the individuals from the other groups.
Nov 27, 2018 · Researchers found the earliest evidence of Siberian ancestry in Fennoscandia in a population inhabiting the Kola Peninsula, in Northwestern Russia, dating to around 4,000 years ago. This...
Finns are traditionally assumed to originate from two different populations speaking different dialects of Proto-Finnic (kantasuomi). Thus, a division into Western Finnish and Eastern Finnish is made. Further, there are subgroups, traditionally called heimo, according to dialects and local culture.
The combination of population bottlenecks and isolation, especially in eastern Finland, set the stage for what has come to be known as the Finnish Disease Heritage (FDH) — more than 35 recessive genetic disorders prevalent in Finland but rare elsewhere.
Jul 31, 2019 · A new study harnessed the unique genetic history of the people of Finland to identify variations in DNA that might predispose certain individuals to disease, whether or not they are Finnish themselves.
