Sandis
06-11-2021, 10:52 PM
There are significant genetic differences between Estonian regions.
It is described in this publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-020-0699-4
Ülev was right that Western Estonia has more Germanic admixture, but differences are not so big. The biggest differences are determined by Baltic and then Finnic ancestry. South-East is the most distant. South-West is between North-West and South-East, but a little closer to North-West. North-East is close to Vepsians, Karelians, Finns, Northern Russians, but South-East is close to Latvians and Lithuanians.
I think that not only ancient migrations, but also migrations in recent centuries (13th-20th) probably had an important role.
https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41431-020-0699-4/MediaObjects/41431_2020_699_Fig1_HTML.png?as=webp
https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41431-020-0699-4/MediaObjects/41431_2020_699_Fig3_HTML.png?as=webp
It is described in this publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-020-0699-4
Ülev was right that Western Estonia has more Germanic admixture, but differences are not so big. The biggest differences are determined by Baltic and then Finnic ancestry. South-East is the most distant. South-West is between North-West and South-East, but a little closer to North-West. North-East is close to Vepsians, Karelians, Finns, Northern Russians, but South-East is close to Latvians and Lithuanians.
I think that not only ancient migrations, but also migrations in recent centuries (13th-20th) probably had an important role.
https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41431-020-0699-4/MediaObjects/41431_2020_699_Fig1_HTML.png?as=webp
https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41431-020-0699-4/MediaObjects/41431_2020_699_Fig3_HTML.png?as=webp