2 Responses to Rob Kajiwara: Do Okinawans look Southeast Asian?

1. Anonymous says:

   March 20, 2024 at 2:52 pm

   Yes, in my opinion. Having lived on Okinawa and married to a Vietnamese wife, Okinawans would frequently speak to her in Japanese or Uchinaguchi. She speaks neither and we would have to say “We don’t understand.” I think there is a great similarity with SE Asians.

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2. loochoo77 says:

   March 21, 2024 at 1:33 pm

   Anonymous, I, too, have seen a strong resemblance between Southeast Asians and some Okinawans. Here’s a quote suggesting that they might share a Jomon heritage: “The genetic relationship between Jomon individuals and other East Asians suggests that the ancestral population of the Jomon people is one of the earliest wave migrants who might have taken a coastal route from Southeast Asia toward East Asia” (Gakuhari T. et al. in Watanabe & Ohashi 3 Feb. 2023). -Jim

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