Are the Ainu and Okinawan people in Japan having relatives?

According to a recent scientific discovery in Japan, Ainu minorities in Hokkaido and Okinawa have similar genetic characteristics through DNA analysis of these two communities.

Historically, historians have agreed with the theory that the chaotic process took place between the two groups of indigenous cultural Jomon and Yayoi from the continent on the two main islands of Honshu and Kyushu but are clearly characteristic. Genetics of Jomon group is still quite bold between two geographically isolated areas between North and South Japan.

Ainu people

The results of this study are genetic evidence showing the blood mixing process between the two groups of Jomon and Yayoi people forming the current Japanese strain.

The Center for Genetics and Research at Tokyo University has based the mutated characteristics of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) points in one location in the DNA chromosome pair to determine differences between ethnic groups. and geographic area.

The Japanese team compared about 900,000 SNP points between 243 Japanese in Honshu, 36 Ainu, 35 Okinawan people with Chinese (Han ethnicity in Beijing) in this study.

The Ainu DNA is taken from a cell sample preserved 30 years ago. As a result, the team found similarities between the Ainu and the Okinawans.