I find it very interesting that Sephardic Jews came up as your second closest result. Does anyone have any idea why that would be the case? Are Sephardic Jews more representative of ancient Levantines than modern Lebanese? I would have thought years in the Iberian peninsula would have changed their genetic make upQuote:
# Population Percent
1 Caucasus 43.01
2 Atlantic_Med 20.61
3 Southwest_Asian 18.03
4 Gedrosia 9.44
5 North_European 5.41
6 Northwest_African 2.38
7 Siberian 0.67
8 South_Asian 0.35
9 Southeast_Asian 0.08
Single Population Sharing:
# Population (source) Distance
1 Cypriots (Behar) 6.64
2 Sephardic_Jews (Behar) 8.81
3 Lebanese (Behar) 10.68
4 Druze (HGDP) 11.55
5 Ashkenazy_Jews (Behar) 12.11
6 Ashkenazi (Dodecad) 12.48
7 Turkish (Dodecad) 12.64
8 Morocco_Jews (Behar) 12.82
9 S_Italian_Sicilian (Dodecad) 13.56
10 Syrians (Behar) 14.11
11 Sicilian (Dodecad) 14.26
12 Turks (Behar) 14.47
13 Iraq_Jews (Behar) 15.75
14 Jordanians (Behar) 15.86
15 Uzbekistan_Jews (Behar) 15.89
16 Assyrian (Dodecad) 16.14
17 Georgia_Jews (Behar) 16.45
18 Azerbaijan_Jews (Behar) 16.53
19 Armenian (Dodecad) 17.09
20 Palestinian (HGDP) 17.64
Mixed Mode Population Sharing:
# Primary Population (source) Secondary Population (source) Distance
1 52.5% Sicilian (Dodecad) + 47.5% Iraq_Jews (Behar) @ 1.89
2 53.8% S_Italian_Sicilian (Dodecad) + 46.2% Iraq_Jews (Behar) @ 2.06
3 81.1% Druze (HGDP) + 18.9% Valencia (1000Genomes) @ 2.14
4 75.2% Druze (HGDP) + 24.8% North_Italian (HGDP) @ 2.14
5 70.4% Druze (HGDP) + 29.6% TSI30 (Metspalu) @ 2.16
6 80.5% Druze (HGDP) + 19.5% Spaniards (Behar) @ 2.21
7 65.7% Sephardic_Jews (Behar) + 34.3% Georgia_Jews (Behar) @ 2.24
8 78.9% Druze (HGDP) + 21.1% Baleares (1000Genomes) @ 2.24
9 65.3% Sephardic_Jews (Behar) + 34.7% Assyrian (Dodecad) @ 2.25
10 80.8% Druze (HGDP) + 19.2% Cataluna (1000Genomes) @ 2.27
11 74.7% Druze (HGDP) + 25.3% N_Italian (Dodecad) @ 2.28
12 69.3% Druze (HGDP) + 30.7% Tuscan (HGDP) @ 2.3
13 81.4% Druze (HGDP) + 18.6% Aragon (1000Genomes) @ 2.33
14 81.3% Druze (HGDP) + 18.7% Cantabria (1000Genomes) @ 2.34
15 79.6% Druze (HGDP) + 20.4% Andalucia (1000Genomes) @ 2.38
16 65.8% Druze (HGDP) + 34.2% C_Italian (Dodecad) @ 2.39
17 54.2% Druze (HGDP) + 45.8% S_Italian_Sicilian (Dodecad) @ 2.39
18 65.9% Sephardic_Jews (Behar) + 34.1% Azerbaijan_Jews (Behar) @ 2.52
19 80.9% Druze (HGDP) + 19.1% Castilla_La_Mancha (1000Genomes) @ 2.52
20 80.8% Druze (HGDP) + 19.2% Spanish (Dodecad) @ 2.55
Using 1 population approximation:
1 Cypriots_Behar @ 7.416098
2 Sephardic_Jews_Behar @ 9.593894
3 Lebanese_Behar @ 11.313731
4 Druze_HGDP @ 12.524751
5 Ashkenazy_Jews_Behar @ 13.151001
6 Turkish_Dodecad @ 13.429803
7 Ashkenazi_Dodecad @ 13.588059
8 Morocco_Jews_Behar @ 14.049273
9 S_Italian_Sicilian_Dodecad @ 14.710783
10 Syrians_Behar @ 14.927643
11 Turks_Behar @ 15.397561
12 Sicilian_Dodecad @ 15.448745
13 Jordanians_Behar @ 16.665382
14 Iraq_Jews_Behar @ 17.003290
15 Uzbekistan_Jews_Behar @ 17.174480
16 Assyrian_Dodecad @ 17.647755
17 Georgia_Jews_Behar @ 17.920862
18 Azerbaijan_Jews_Behar @ 18.059940
19 Palestinian_HGDP @ 18.558430
20 Armenian_Dodecad @ 18.806311

