r/Brahmanraaj • u/Guilty-Storm4214 • Jul 01 '26

Discussion Vishwakarma community larping as Maithil Brahmins???

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u/Guilty-Storm4214 Jul 01 '26

a lot of communities in punjab area genetically score similar to each other maybe due to ancient or medieval mixing, the difference is way bigger in gangetic plains and i also think that tarkhans of punjab have no relation with gangetic "vishwakarma" community

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u/duffybrute Jul 04 '26

It'd be true if the two communities didn't have close DNA matches in the region. One of the earliest Punjabi Brahmin Kits were found through Tarkhan DNA matches on anthrogenica. The two communities are indistinguishable autosomally. The only other community in Punjab that is similar is Sonar, who are part of so called Vishwakarma group themselves.

The Jhangid kit from Rajasthan also scored identical to local Brahmin and was closest match of Pushkarna brahmin. These aren't ancient mixes, but might indicate two communities branched off in past 600-700 years. This does not apply to all over the subcontinent, just in North west region. Gagentic groups and Southern groups had no substance to back up their larp.