Topic summary
Kinh Vietnamese
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Viet people.
Genetics
Several studies show close genetic affinities between the Kinh Vietnamese and Thais or Kra–Dai peoples, especially Dai people. Like Kra–Dai groups from mainland China, the Kinh possess "genetic characteristics of the Baiyue lineage." There's also evidence that the Kinh diverged from the Hlai, who have the most enriched Baiyue ancestry among Kra–Dai groups, much earlier than the Dai diverged from Hlai.