Genetic similarities of Ukrainians to their neighbours

[Peterski]

Genetic similarities of Ukrainians from each Oblast of Ukraine to other - Non-Ukrainian - populations:
(not all Oblasts are included in the comparison, because for some Oblats I have not enough samples)

For each Oblast I'm showing five closest Non-Ukrainian populations:

East Galicia, Transcarpathia and Bukovina:

1. Lviv Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Lviv-Oblast
0.302798613 Europe_SK_Zemplin-Rusyns
0.365006849 Europe_PL_Malopolskie
0.398072858 Europe_SK_Slovakia-Presov
0.438692375 Europe_PL_Podkarpackie
0.444667291 Europe_PL_Upper-Silesia

2. Zakarpattia Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Zakarpattia-Oblast
0.381229590 Europe_SK_Zemplin-Rusyns
0.512137677 Europe_PL_Malopolskie
0.513566938 Europe_SK_Slovakia-Trnava
0.530914306 Europe_PL_Podkarpackie
0.542626944 Europe_SK_Central-Slovakia

3. Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Ivano-Frankivsk-Oblast
0.711668462 Europe_PL_Malopolskie
0.729533413 Europe_PL_Podkarpackie
0.751827108 Europe_PL_Upper-Silesia
0.798998123 Europe_SK_Slovakia-Presov
0.813016605 Europe_PL_Lubelskie

4. Chernivtsi Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Chernivtsi-Oblast
0.863544440 Europe_SK_Zemplin-Rusyns
0.891360757 Europe_HU_North-Great-Plain
0.923253486 Europe_SK_Slovakia-Trnava
0.950127360 Europe_MD_Moldova-Balti
0.991051462 Europe_SK_Slovakia-Presov

5. Ternopil Oblast - not enough samples

North-Western Ukraine:

6. Rivne Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Rivne-Oblast
0.349839963 Europe_PL_Mazowieckie
0.364716328 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.370367385 Europe_PL_Central-Poland
0.387038758 Europe_BY_Grodno-Region
0.403322452 Europe_PL_Podlaskie

7. Zhytomyr Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Zhytomyr-Oblast
0.385000000 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.400396054 Europe_PL_Mazowieckie
0.408897298 Europe_PL_Central-Poland
0.479489312 Europe_PL_Podlaskie
0.480491415 Europe_BY_Grodno-Region

8. Vinnytsia Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Vinnytsia-Oblast
0.415504513 Europe_PL_Central-Poland
0.428583714 Europe_PL_Mazowieckie
0.452249931 Europe_PL_Swietokrzyskie
0.456766899 Europe_PL_Lubelskie
0.490499745 Europe_PL_Malopolskie

9. Khmelnytskyi Oblast - not enough samples
10. Volyn Oblast - I have samples but ethnic Poles from Volhynia

Central and Northern Ukraine:

11. Kyiv Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Kiev-Oblast
0.329243071 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.418105250 Europe_BY_Grodno-Region
0.438592066 Europe_PL_Mazowieckie
0.441772566 Europe_BY_Homyel-Region
0.468018162 Europe_PL_Lubelskie

12. Sumy Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Sumy-Oblast
0.320101546 Europe_PL_Podlaskie
0.324778386 Europe_BY_Grodno-Region
0.325146121 Europe_PL_Central-Poland
0.325591769 Europe_PL_Mazowieckie
0.352017045 Europe_BY_Homyel-Region

13. Poltava Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Poltava-Oblast
0.404066826 Europe_PL_Lubelskie
0.469047972 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.474156092 Europe_PL_Central-Poland
0.475295697 Europe_BY_Homyel-Region
0.496926554 Europe_PL_Mazowieckie

14. Chernihiv Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Chernihiv-Oblast
0.410645833 Europe_BY_Homyel-Region
0.467234417 Europe_PL_Central-Poland
0.505056432 Europe_BY_Brest-Region
0.509322098 Europe_BY_Grodno-Region
0.521141056 Europe_PL_Swietokrzyskie

15. Kharkiv Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Kharkiv-Oblast
0.405272748 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.513080890 Europe_PL_Mazowieckie
0.531202410 Europe_PL_Central-Poland
0.553705698 Europe_BY_Homyel-Region
0.556495283 Europe_BY_Grodno-Region

16. Cherkasy Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Cherkasy-Oblast
0.380677028 Europe_BY_Grodno-Region
0.395656417 Europe_BY_Homyel-Region
0.525011428 Europe_PL_Podlaskie
0.533662815 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.534750409 Europe_BY_Minsk-Region

17. Kirovohrad Oblast - not enough samples

South-Eastern Ukraine:

18. Luhansk Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Luhansk-Oblast
0.454035241 Russia_RUS_Oryol
0.475280970 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.507182413 Russia_RUS_Smolensk
0.533647824 Russia_RUS_Kursk
0.548643782 Russia_RUS_Voronezh

19. Donetsk Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Donetsk-Oblast
0.434863197 Russia_RUS_Oryol
0.469047972 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.531892846 Russia_RUS_Tambov
0.534093625 Russia_RUS_Kursk
0.573138727 Russia_RUS_Voronezh

20. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:

Distance to: Europe_UA_Dnipropetrovsk-Oblast
0.284631341 Russia_RUS_Oryol
0.360031943 Russia_RUS_Kursk
0.369663360 Russia_RUS_Voronezh
0.389924352 Europe_BY_Vitebsk-Region
0.424668106 Russia_RUS_Smolensk

21. Zaporizhzhia Oblast - I have samples but Greeks from Mariupol

South-Western Ukraine:

22. Odesa Oblast - not enough samples
23. Mykolaiv Oblast - not enough samples
24. Kherson Oblast - not enough samples
25. Crimea - I have samples but Crimean Tatars and Karaites

[cass]

I believe that substantial changes could have occurred since the period of Slavic expansion, and that a significant proportion of these results may reflect later population movements rather than the initial expansion itself. Consequently, some of the observed genetic signals may be better explained by post-expansion demographic processes, including secondary migrations, admixture events, and regional population restructuring.

[TheMaestro]

I can spot a Ukrainian out in Slovakia pretty fast the east slavic gene in them is much more prominent.

[AnthrogenicaRefugee]

I can spot a Ukrainian out in Slovakia pretty fast the east slavic gene in them is much more prominent.

Phenotypes don't equal genes. Local phenotypes form because of shared ancestors, but the genes of the ancestors can become quite diluted over time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/e690s6/both_parents_are_from_belarus_i_guess_i_was/
https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/w8ju65/updatedetails_996_european_but_looking_asian_no/

[Dardanos]

Phenotypes don't equal genes. Local phenotypes form because of shared ancestors, but the genes of the ancestors can become quite diluted over time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/e690s6/both_parents_are_from_belarus_i_guess_i_was/
https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/w8ju65/updatedetails_996_european_but_looking_asian_no/

Absolutely, there are always people who look different from their genes.

I have people in my family who could pass as Northern Europeans but are genetically more southern-shifted than 90% of Europe.

[Slavic Italian]

So the ones in the West are really Poles and the ones in the east Russian.

[djipon]

Would there be any similarities of the South-western Ukranians with the Bulgarians/Gagauz, as there are plenty living there?