06-29-2016, 06:18 AM
quote:Hawaiian "race"? Most of the living Native Hawaiians today are Tahitians, by ancestry. There is nothing genetically distinct and different between Hawaiians and Tahitians. The Polynesians are resisting DNA studies but DNA would show the direct linkage of Native Hawaiians to Tahitians, the Tahitians to the Samoans, the Samoans to the Tongans, the Tongans to the Micronesians, the lineage all the way back to the shores of Indonesia and Taiwan. There was a time not that long ago in the human timeline, that there were no humans on these islands. The migration path to these islands is very clear and becoming more clear over time. There is a Polynesian "race" that has distinct genetic differences from the Native American "race", but even then, they both can be traced back to common Siberian Asian ancestors 25,000 years ago. The Polynesians as a race aren't in any danger of fading away. There are the Tahitian bloodlines that became Hawaiian which are at the end of the line and fading away.
Originally posted by gypsy69
Hawaiian race
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*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*