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Peterski
03-23-2026, 11:38 PM
I uploaded few Greenlanders to GEDmatch, enjoy checking their results and matches:

Kit Number: GG6477639
Name: *East Greenland A

Kit Number: NH7091372
Name: *East Greenland B

Kit Number: WQ9622212
Name: *East Greenland C

Kit Number: QG8395227
Name: *East Greenland D

Kit Number: ZA4301399
Name: *East Greenland E

Kit Number: RS1062164
Name: *East Greenland F

I chose East Greenlanders because Western Greenlanders have European admixture.

ScandinavianCelt
03-24-2026, 01:53 PM
I match A, C, D, E, and F, when using my merged file on Gedmatch. Each kit I match is sharing DNA with me on different chromosomes.

East Greenlanders, I believe, are only about half Inuit. The West Greenlanders are mostly Inuit.

This is how the West Greenlander piece looks:

Target: Greenlander_West:GSM558765
Distance: 3.4174% / 0.03417357 | ADC: 0.25x RC
51.4 Tlingit
26.4 Eskimo
22.2 Spanish_Asturias


Target: Greenlander_West:GSM558765
Distance: 4.9748% / 0.04974825 | ADC: 0.5x RC
96.0 Tlingit
4.0 Eskimo

Exploreyourdna shows the top 30 matches for this sample as such:

Top 30 Closest Populations
# Population Distance
1 Greenlander East (European-Mixed) 0.0349
2 Tlingit 0.0510
3 Tatar Siberian 0.1345
4 Bashkir Baimaksky 0.1359
5 Bashkir Kugarchinsky 0.1362
6 Bashkir Miyakinsky 0.1565
7 Nogai Dobruja 0.1569
8 Kazakh Kazakhstan West 0.1632
9 Cree 0.1659
10 Tajik Khujand 0.1666
11 Tubalar 0.1676
12 Karakalpak 0.1687
13 Mansi 0.1695
14 Saami Sweden 0.1702
15 Saami 0.1706
16 Uzbek 0.1711
17 Udmurt 0.1722
18 Uzbek Tashkent 0.1748
19 Shor Khakassia 0.1758
20 Hazara Afghanistan 0.1759
21 Uyghur 0.1795
22 Uygur 0.1797
23 Khanty 0.1803
24 Shor 0.1809
25 Hazara Pakistan 0.1822
26 Hazara 0.1835
27 Saami Finland 0.1837
28 Mari 0.1867
29 Kazakh 0.1872
30 Turkmen Uzbekistan 0.1893

I also frequently get this sample: Greenlander_East:GSM558767,0.08992,-0.109677,0.092395,0.053941,-0.038776,-0.005857,-0.060398,-0.069228,0.005522,-0.005832,0.008119,-0.002398,-0.001041,-0.02202,-0.008007,-0.002652,0.000782,0.014949,0.022626,0.015507,0.025 58,-0.019413,0.009983,0.022774,0.024549


It breaks down in the Similarity Map tool like this:

Top 30 Closest Populations
# Population Distance
1 Greenlander East (European-Mixed) 0.0465
2 Tlingit 0.0547
3 Bashkir Baimaksky 0.1320
4 Tatar Siberian 0.1325
5 Bashkir Kugarchinsky 0.1330
6 Bashkir Miyakinsky 0.1453
7 Nogai Dobruja 0.1542
8 Saami Sweden 0.1566
9 Saami 0.1572
10 Udmurt 0.1610
11 Tajik Khujand 0.1611
12 Uzbek 0.1643
13 Kazakh Kazakhstan West 0.1645
14 Uzbek Tashkent 0.1671
15 Karakalpak 0.1698
16 Saami Finland 0.1712
17 Mansi 0.1718
18 Tubalar 0.1728
19 Hazara Afghanistan 0.1734
20 Cree 0.1757
21 Uyghur 0.1761
22 Uygur 0.1764
23 Turkmen Uzbekistan 0.1797
24 Turkmen 0.1805
25 Hazara Pakistan 0.1813
26 Tatar 0.1815
27 Mari 0.1815
28 Tatar Kazan 0.1823
29 Shor Khakassia 0.1827
30 Tajik 0.1827

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In a mini-calc of Europe with various Amerindian-Inuit individuals:


Target: SC_Ave_IllustrativeDNA
Distance: 2.3232% / 0.02323249 | ADC: 0.25x RC
61.8 Northern.v3
34.8 Western.v3
3.4 Greenlander_East:GSM558768

Peterski
03-24-2026, 05:53 PM
East Greenlanders, the ones I uploaded, are 100% Inuit.

West Greenlanders are the ones mixed with Europeans.