Do Georgians have any actual Steppe ancestry?

[Leto]

Question.
Even though some Georgians do score over 10 percent North_European on Dodecad, the Georgian_Imereti average from G25 appears to be zero Steppe.

Davidski standard run:

Target: Georgian_Imer
Distance: 2.7658% / 0.02765826
95.0 Kura-Araxes_ARM_Kaps
2.6 TUR_Barcin_N
1.4 WHG
0.8 TUR_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
0.2 Han

[FinalFlash]

They don't based on what I've seen from their Imeretian averages. Gedmatch calculators are wrong imo.

[Dr_Maul]

GEDmatch says yes, as you pointed out in the OP many score up to 10 N E. G25 on the other hand:

GEDmatch is older, so I would guess G25 is more reliable

Target: Georgian_Imer
Distance: 2.3799% / 0.02379851
52.0 GEO_CHG
43.4 TUR_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
3.8 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N
0.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
0.2 Levant_PPNB

Target: Georgian_Laz
Distance: 2.5193% / 0.02519349
46.4 GEO_CHG
31.6 TUR_Barcin_N
14.0 Levant_PPNB
6.4 IRN_Ganj_Dareh_N
1.6 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara

[Leto]

Well, GED doesn't say Steppe, we just infer it from the North_European.
Looks like Georgians almost exclusively CHG and Anatolian-like.

[Mejgusu]

Well, GED doesn't say Steppe, we just infer it from the North_European.
Looks like Georgians almost exclusively CHG and Anatolian-like.

If NE-Europe(Dodecad) is indicating steppe-influence, then some have, some nearly none. Look at Laz people who are nearly 100% non-steppe and they are so to speak their "siblings". I have posted an ancient result from Georgia who already had some European influence.

Gedrosia: 39.87pct
NE-Europe: 9.81 Pct
South Asian: 0.59 Pct
Caucasia: 47.87 Pct
SSA: 1.87 Pct

How it can be that Laz people dont have any, but even ancient Georgia had it. This calculators maybe suck Yamnaya away because they always were steppe influenced.

[Rethel]

Of course they have, even if it isn't autosomally noticeable.

1/5 of them is M173, many have light pigmentation, lactose
persistance and lack of rh, so it is obviously logical that not
only this 20% have steppe ancestors, but the rest of them
has also some far ascendants among the ancient steppoids.

[Roy]

Which Caucasian ethnicity has the biggest amount of steppe ancestry btw.?

[FinalFlash]

Which Caucasian ethnicity has the biggest amount of steppe ancestry btw.?

Avars, if G25 is any indication.

[Mejgusu]

Which Caucasian ethnicity has the biggest amount of steppe ancestry btw.?

North Caucasians generally have generally high North Euro admixture, highest amount of it can be found among Avars, Daghestanis(like Tabassarans or Dargins) or Chechens as far i know.

[CommonSense]

This basically means that there were ancient carriers of genes for light eyes and hair other than Indo-Europeans.