Shouldn't the DNA results themselves provide the answer or answers?
Technically it should. But it also depends on which genetic pool it was taken from since no source was referenced. Was the DNA sample taken from the Hmong or Miao tribes from China or the Hmong tribes from the US or SE Asia outside of China?
1. In Asia, the commonly referenced Hmong or Miao tribes are from China.
2. In the US, the commonly referenced Hmong tribes are us. The ones that roam this forum, the ones with a majority that live in MN, CA, SE Asia region [Laos, Thailand, Vietnam], the ones who fought in the "Secret War", the ones with a majority on welfare in comparison with other US Asian groups. Though we are technically "Hmong", we are distinct enough that we're not the Chinese Hmong or Miao. Like them, us, and a few others we're all subgroups under "Hmong."
I agree we are related to the Chinese. But only modern Hmong are. The original "Hmong" were a different group from the Chinese. Other theory that there could be a relation, is that the original Hmong and the group that would later become the "Chinese" shared a common ancestor. Any farther back, it's approaching the after "Out of Africa" timeline.