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    With what ancient ethnicity do you most identify, and what has DNA told you ?

    That's another reason we have to throw that weird "h" into the word when we're discussing demonyms of the Eastern Roman Empire, and a reason I can't be some kind of ethnic-hipster and call myself a proud Romanian, or else I might here "Eh, ai vorbesc limba română!?" all the time!
  2. K

    With what ancient ethnicity do you most identify, and what has DNA told you ?

    Well, thank you. I definitely will be looking into it. Medieval Greek used the word Ῥωμανία" to refer to the Empire (Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων/Imperium Romanum), so you'll see Rhomanian and Roman used to refer to denizens of the Empire. I suppose the superfluous "h" is thrown in to not confuse the...
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    With what ancient ethnicity do you most identify, and what has DNA told you ?

    Hi, everyone. I'm new here—I just registered not even a minute ago. I myself identify most with the R(h)omanians of the Eastern Roman, "Byzantine" Empire. I'm half Greek and to break it down further, I'm a quarter Euboean and a quarter Peloponnesian. Personally, I'd love to go so far as to...
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