What are the ethnic connections between Iranians (persians) and?

Question

How much related are the average persians to:

1) Tajiks, Azeris

2)Turks

3) Arabs

4) Indians/pakistanis

5) Europeans

Well I know there are mixed opinions on these...I am just trying to strengthen my own opinions, so I would appreciate it if you bring forth sources or evidence...

Thank you very much in advance...

Answer 1

I don't know precise ethnic affiliations for some of thse, but you should realize that modern Iranians and ancient Persians do not belong to the same ethnic group.

Answer 2

My understanding is that Europeans have an Iranian ancestory (a race called Illyrians emigrated from Iran towards Europe thousands of years ago) and Iranians themselves have an Indian ancestory (Hinduism is a religion so old that there is no evidence of any other civilisation existing at a time when Hinduism was flourishing)

Answer 3

basically persians ARE iranians.  present day Iran used to be called Persia.  A similar situation would be if "Germany" changed its name to "Manny".  Although the country has a new name, the people are still the same, and they still speak the same language as before.  the only thing that's different is the country's name and leadership....