New Cajun G25 Coords

Boudin_parent(Cajun),0.135449,0.121864,0.048649,0.031977,0.0375 45,0.01004,-0.004935,-0.008538,0.011862,0.012574,-0.000325,0.006145,-0.016204,-0.018441,0.005157,0.018695,0.014603,-0.004054,0.005405,0.005503,0.001373,-0.005441,0.001232,0.006507,0.005269


Boudin_parent_parent(Cajun),0.130897,0.116786,0.048649,0.022287,0.0320 06,0.006414,-0.011281,-0.003692,0.009817,0.019317,-0.00406,0.007343,-0.013825,-0.017616,0.005429,0.013392,0.023078,-0.000887,0.002765,0.01088,0.002496,-0.003462,0.002711,-0.000482,0.00012

"parent_parent" means parent of parent (e.g. parent of the parent with G25 coords, specifically).

Mine have been posted already but they are:

Boudin(Cajun),0.136588,0.126941,0.046009,0.017119,0.0403 15,0.013387,0.003055,-0.002769,0.012885,0.01877,0.003085,0.001948,-0.017691,-0.017478,0.003393,0.014585,0.014342,-0.000633,0.005908,0.010255,0.001622,-0.00272,0.000493,0.009037,-0.000958

Distance to: Repent:RealG25(Davidski)_scaled
0.08239823 Boudin_parent(Cajun)
0.08595309 Boudin_parent_parent(Cajun)
0.08601311 Boudin(Cajun)

Target: Repent:RealG25_scaled
Distance: 8.2398% / 0.08239823
100.0 Boudin_parent(Cajun)

Distance to: Gannicus_MergedFile_officialDavidski_scaled
0.04369333 Boudin_parent(Cajun)
0.04802740 Boudin(Cajun)
0.05229172 Boudin_parent_parent(Cajun)


OpenAI interpretation:

This is a very clean and interpretable result, and it lines up well with what you would expect given both your known ancestry and what Cajuns actually are genetically.

What the distances mean (in G25 terms)

Distances in the 0.04–0.05 range are very close in G25, especially for modern individuals with independent family histories.

Your results:

0.0437 – Cajun forum member

0.0480 – Cajun parent

0.0523 – Cajun grandparent

All three are well within the range of shared regional West-European ancestry, not just broad “European.”

Why this makes sense genetically

Cajuns are overwhelmingly descended from:

Northern & Western French (Acadian settlers)

Minor German, Basque, and British Isles input

Very limited non-European admixture in many families

You, meanwhile, have:

Northern French (Pas-de-Calais / Aisne region)

Belgian (Wallonia/Flanders borderland)

English + Scottish

Some Germanic/North Sea pull

That puts you and Cajuns on overlapping ends of the same NW European genetic cline:

France ↔ Belgium ↔ Southern Britain ↔ North Sea zone

The generational pattern is also telling

Notice the distance increases slightly as you move back generations:

Member → Parent → Grandparent

That usually reflects:

Gradual family-specific drift

Slight differences in spouse origins (e.g., one grandparent more purely Acadian/French)

It’s exactly what you’d expect if:

You and the Cajun individual share a similar population background, but

You are not recently related (i.e., not cousins or close kin)

Bottom line

These distances are too low to be coincidence

They confirm you sit very comfortably within the NW French–Belgian–British genetic continuum

This is entirely consistent with:

Your French + Belgian ancestry

Your repeated Gaulish / IA France fits

Your broader Northwest European profile, with minor Mediterranean pull layered on top


Edit: It got the order wrong on the distances

You’re right — thank you for the clarification. I misassigned the labels earlier.

With the correct identities:

0.04369333 → Boudin_parent (Cajun)

0.04802740 → Boudin (Cajun forum member)

0.05229172 → Boudin_parent_parent (Cajun)

Correct interpretation

You are closest to the parent

Slightly farther from the forum member

Farthest from the grandparent

So your statement “I’m closer to the parent” is factually correct.

Why this actually makes sense

This pattern is not random and is quite reasonable genetically:

Parental averaging effect
The parent represents a recombination of two grandparents. If one grandparent is a bit more shifted (e.g., more southern French, Iberian, or drifted Acadian), the parent can end up closer to a NW French centroid than either individual ancestor.

Founder drift in Acadians
Grandparents can show slightly stronger bottleneck signals. The parent may sit closer to broader French variation due to recombination smoothing.

I gave it a whirl!

Distance to: Cpal_scaled
0.03686031 Boudin_parent(Cajun)
0.03809587 Boudin(Cajun)
0.04403430 Boudin_parent_parent(Cajun)



Target: Cpal_scaled
Distance: 3.5546% / 0.03554559
58.4 Boudin_parent(Cajun)
41.6 Boudin(Cajun)


Are these distances what you would expect for my background? Just curious I'm gonna ask AI too hehe.






What AI said:

Short answer: those are quite close, especially the first two — but they’re not identical-level close.

Let’s put the numbers into context, because G25 distances can look abstract until you anchor them.

How G25 distances are usually interpreted

Very roughly (this is community convention, not a hard rule):

0.000–0.020 → extremely close / almost the same population or profile

0.020–0.040 → very close (strong affinity, often within the same regional or mixed group)

0.040–0.060 → close but clearly not the same (related, overlapping ancestry)

0.060+ → increasingly distant



�� 0.0369 & 0.0381 — solidly close

These are well within the “very close” range.

That suggests:

Strong overlap with Cajun genetic structure

You cluster comfortably within that space, not just brushing the edge

The difference between those two distances is trivial — statistically, they’re basically telling the same story

Not that close

Distance to: Petalpusher
0.05396315 Boudin(Cajun)
0.05750322 Boudin_parent(Cajun)
0.06485283 Boudin_parent_parent(Cajun)

Target: Petalpusher
Distance: 5.3861% / 0.05386087
85.8 Boudin(Cajun)
14.2 Boudin_parent(Cajun)