premise: Lithuania is where Lithuanians come from.
hypothesis: Lithuania . Lithuanians are a Baltic people . Lithuanians '' ' ( lietuviai , singular lietuvis/lietuv ė '' ) are a Baltic ethnic group , native to Lithuania , where they number around 2,561,300 people . Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora , largely found in countries such as the United States , Argentina , Brazil , Canada , Colombia , Russia , United Kingdom and Ireland . According to the census conducted in 2001 , 83.45 % of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians , 6.74 % as Poles , 6.31 % as Russians , 1.23 % as Belarusians , and 2.27 % as members of other ethnic groups . Most Lithuanians belong to the Roman Catholic Church , while the Lietuvininkai who lived in the northern part of East Prussia prior to World War II , were mostly Evangelical Lutherans .