Are Finns European?

[Shade91]

They have East Eurasian (Mongoloid) ancestry at 10 to 13% which is a very large amount and even more than the Turks carry. Since Turks are not considered European genetically (Despite having 80%+ Native Anatolian ancestry), can we really classify the Finns as being Europeans?

 

[laaltin]

If you go by pheno, many Norwegians and North Swedes wouldn’t count as “European” either. Just look at Erling Haaland. In Finland, I wouldn’t classify Karelian and their descendents as “Europeans”. Samis are another very small minority that are present in Northenmost part of Scandinavian countries.

 

[ey88]

Yes

 

[Deleted member 30959]

Very hard question

 

[ey88]

Since Turks are not considered European genetically

Turkey is 97% an Asian country, Finland is 100% European

 

[Soter]