Isolation factors and kinship by isonymy in a group of parishes in northern Tuscany (Italy): influence of within-parish similarity level on between-parish similarity pattern.

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We investigate the influence of within-parish similarity level on between-parish similarity pattern in surname analysis through a study of the relative roles of various isolation factors accounting for the population structure within a municipality (21 parishes) in the hilly part of northern Tuscany. One surname per family was collected (N = 3052), and the pattern of kinship observed by isonymy was compared with...

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