▫ Genetic distance to classical Greeks in genetically different Mediterranean countries, the people closest to the ancient Greeks are not currently residents of Greece, but residents of the southern part of Italy! In a significant part of the territory of mainland Greece, the situation is roughly at the level of a part of Albania (in fact, the local Greeks are often closer to the Albanians. and to the Turks), except for certain points on the coast. It is not so bad on the islands and in some places in the mountainous regions, the Greeks of today are about as similar to the ancients as the current inhabitants of the Crimea and in some places on the coast of the Sea of Azov!