Where did the Periannath come from?

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Re: Hobbits

While I haven't read the Letters, JRRT notes in the Foreward to FOTR, that &quot;It is plain that despite of later estrangement Hobbits our relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves or even Dwarves....But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.&quot;

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