Georgians arose from the ancient Colchian civilizations and they are significant people.
 In the 4th century, the Georgians became one of the first to embrace Christianity and now the majority of Georgians are Orthodox Christians, with most following their national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, although there are small Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities as well as a significant number of irreligious Georgians
 Georgians' Y-DNA also belongs to Haplogroup J (32

