Dear cecil,
I read somewhere that Japanese are considered to be the descendent of Chinese people. I was
wondering if it is proven scientifically eg
genetic testing if in fact this is true. Thanks.

Dear Anon,
1. I also have read somewhere, quite sometime ago of the Japanese decended from the Chinese.
2. Sometime back when I took some classes on Japanese language, I was amazed to find that the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 have similar sounds to the Chinese Hokkien dialect.
Exact pronounciation.
3. If you were to ask a Japanese, they would most probably `kill' us for saying so as the Japanese is a `proud' race and in my opinion, some of them think themselves as higher class than Chinese or even other races.
4. For those who are interested, I have attached an extract from the Reader's Digest.
Please wait for this 100k file to load:-

Basically, this article tells of the " Mongoloids " who live in central Asia and northern China. Plus the American Indians and Eskimos are their decendants.
In the world map, you can see that the Japanese, Thailand and especially Asia is populated by the Mongoloids.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 5/10/00 12:11:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
I read somewhere that Japanese
are considered to be the
descendent of Chinese people.
I was
wondering if it is proven
scientifically eg
genetic testing if in fact
this is true. Thanks.