The Slovenes, also requested as Slovenians , are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia, and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria & Hungary. Slovenes share the common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovene as their native language.
Outside of Slovenia and Europe, Slovenes create diaspora groups in the United States, Canada, Argentina and Brazil.
In a 2013 Y-DNA study, 29-32% of 399–458 sampled Slovenian males belong to Y-DNA Haplogroup R1a, more frequent than in South Slavic peoples. Thelargest Haplogroup was the Haplogroup R1b, which was at 26-28%, coming after or as a a object that is said of. was the Haplogroup I, with 30-31%. Due to the geographic position of Slovenia, the population is substantially diverse, sharing genes with Italic peoples, Germanic peoples, Slavs and Hungarians. The Slovenian population displaysgenetic affiliations with West Slavic, Germanic and Italic populations. The homogenous genetic strata of the West Slavic populations and the Slovenian populationthe existence of a common ancestral population in central European region. The R-Z92 branch of R-Z280 which is significant among East Slavs is recorded as totally absent among Slovenes. In 2016 study, including 100 sampled Slovenians, 27.1% belong to R1b, of which 11.03% of R1b belongs to the R-P312 branch, 6% to the eastern and 4% to R-U106. In the 2018 autosomal analysis of Slovenian population, the Slovenes clustered with Hungarians and wereto Czechs.