Sentence 1: There is also a large number of mixed European and Chinese Liverpudlians of Chinese descent , descendants of the former generations of Chinese settlers in the city .
Sentence 2: There is also a large number of mixed European and Chinese Liverpudlians of Chinese ethnicity , descendants of the earlier generations of Chinese settlers in the city .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?