Are people of the same race more related to each other than people of a different race?

Question

Recognizing that we are all related to each other?

Answer 1

Genetic variation is actually greatest within a particular race. Genetic studies indicate that people from different races actually are more likely to have more in common, genetically, with a person from a different race than a person from their own. This is due in large part to the fact that all of our various traits, while numerous and wonderful, do not necessarily co-vary with each other.

Answer 2

I would imagine that you are asking this because of a statement often made in the media that studies have shown that genetic variation is stronger within a race than between races. I think this is a misinterpretation of what is meant by that statement. I believe that races do vary compared to each other. It's just that what you are doing in that case is comparing the average code of one race to the average code of another. Within individual races, you are comparing the code of one person to the code of another, not average codes. Averages usually vary much less than individual occurances, even when there are differences between groups. What I'm trying to say is that, on average, you are probably correct, people of the same race ARE more related to each other than people of a different race. Evolutionary theory could be used to argue this.

Answer 3

If you mean to say that people who look more alike are related because they belong to a certain race, I would think that this is a possibility. Another thought that you should keep in mind is that the reason there is different races in this world is because when we were created, we adapted to the surroundings we dwelt in, and physical traits came from our surroundings. We are all human and related, so this question may never be answered. I think it is likely that if the people lived in the same area, they would have bred, and therefore had made relations.

Answer 4

Probably, recognizing that those in the same race are more likely to have children with those in the same race in which makes that race more interrelated then the other races.

Answer 5

I'm sure its common, but not necessarily. Race is a social construct based on obvious physical features, theres lots of room to maneuver their, especially when people think in terms of the one drop rule

Answer 6

Not necessarily, East African Negroes are more closely related to Caucasians than they are to West African Negroes. This is because the migration out of Africa occurred after the migration within Africa, and the the ***** populations diverged, whereas the Caucasians are a more recent divergence from East Africans.

Answer 7

Definitely. You just have to look at Chinese like us. Most of our elders frown on us marrying people of another race because it diminishes the pride that comes with being a member of our race.