Originally Posted by
Mr.G
I suspect there is quite a large autosomal variation in Austria, from West to East, so unfortunately the G25 average may not capture quite a few Austrians. I believe Noricum represents an eastern Austrian, in fact nobody would blink an eye if he claimed he was Hungarian, based on how he usually scores. We need an Austria_West and an Austria_East, imo.
Anyway, Noricum knows better about this than I do.
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My mother is a good example of this same phenomenon in Germany. Germany has substantial autosomal variation, so the average sits notably to the east of my mother, who is of mostly West/South German descent:
Distance to: Mr.G_mom_scaled
0.01718004 Belgian
0.01785431 French_Nord
0.01835402 German
0.01844219 French_Brittany
0.01943513 French_Alsace
0.01963617 Welsh
0.02059467 English_Cornwall
0.02157146 English
0.02219506 French_Seine-Maritime
0.02293698 French_Paris
0.02300687 Swiss_German
0.02377568 Afrikaner
0.02429929 Dutch
0.02470447 Scottish
0.02649325 Orcadian
0.02655482 French_Pas-de-Calais
0.02687987 Austrian
0.02781684 Shetlandic
0.02852380 Irish
0.02931138 Danish
0.03356158 French_Occitanie
0.03460814 Norwegian
0.03536319 Icelandic
0.03571231 German_East
0.03659706 French_Auvergne