Originally Posted by
ZephyrousMandaru
Most of it ancient, no it doesn't necessarily indicate Caucasus admixture. It takes disparate parts of each of their genomes, comprising a microcosm of alleles. Then takes those parts, examines your genotype qualitatively and searches for similarities between aspects of those genomes. Whether in part or as a whole. It shows common ancestry.
Armenians aren't 100% Caucasus, they also have Mediterranean, Southwest Asian and Gedrosian admixture. Which is what these Oracles account for. Take my Oracle Reference 3 Harappa Ancestry Project results for example.
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[1,] "75.3% Iraqi Mandaean + 24.7% kurd" "1.7331"
[2,] "89.3% Iraqi Mandaean + 10.7% urkarah" "1.934"
[3,] "80.9% Iraqi Mandaean + 19.1% chechens" "1.9985"
[4,] "16.5% lezgins + 83.5% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.0307"
[5,] "88.4% Iraqi Mandaean + 11.6% stalskoe" "2.0654"
[6,] "18.9% adygei + 81.1% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.1009"
[7,] "52.2% Iraqi Mandaean + 47.8% kurds" "2.1568"
[8,] "79.1% Iraqi Mandaean + 20.9% kumyks" "2.2159"
[9,] "42.3% Georgian + 57.7% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.2198"
[10,] "90.7% Iraqi Mandaean + 9.3% Romany" "2.2385"
[11,] "62% Iraqi Mandaean + 38% abhkasians" "2.2416"
[12,] "36% georgians + 64% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.2654"
[13,] "77.3% Iraqi Mandaean + 22.7% north-ossetians" "2.2806"
[14,] "79.8% Iraqi Mandaean + 20.2% balkars" "2.2919"
[15,] "5.8% lithuanians + 94.2% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.4203"
[16,] "6.2% russian + 93.8% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.4369"
[17,] "30% Azeri + 70% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.4427"
[18,] "16.7% bedouin + 83.3% kurds" "2.4511"
[19,] "5.3% finnish + 94.7% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.4551"
[20,] "6.2% belorussian + 93.8% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.46"
[21,] "93.6% Iraqi Mandaean + 6.4% mordovians" "2.4697"
[22,] "24.6% palestinian + 75.4% kurds" "2.4796"
[23,] "16.5% saudis + 83.5% kurds" "2.4917"
[24,] "14.3% yemen-jews + 85.7% kurds" "2.5016"
[25,] "6% paniya + 94% armenians" "2.5213"
[26,] "6% malayan + 94% armenians" "2.526"
[27,] "6.3% sahariya + 93.7% armenians" "2.5283"
[28,] "93.5% Iraqi Mandaean + 6.5% ukranians" "2.5528"
[29,] "93.7% Iraqi Mandaean + 6.3% slovenian" "2.5532"
[30,] "37.9% syrians + 62.1% kurds" "2.564"
[31,] "94% Iraqi Mandaean + 6% n-european" "2.5688"
[32,] "6.2% Dhurwa + 93.8% armenians" "2.5731"
[33,] "6.1% Nihali + 93.9% armenians" "2.5737"
[34,] "6.3% orcadian + 93.7% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.5801"
[35,] "6.3% satnami + 93.7% armenians" "2.5847"
[36,] "5.9% Pulliyar + 94.1% armenians" "2.5998"
[37,] "6.1% kurumba + 93.9% armenians" "2.5998"
[38,] "6% asur + 94% armenians" "2.6044"
[39,] "6% santhal + 94% armenians" "2.6123"
[40,] "10.2% romanians + 89.8% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.6139"
[41,] "79.6% druze + 20.4% Haryana Jatt" "2.6144"
[42,] "6.4% Gond + 93.6% armenians" "2.617"
[43,] "6.6% utahn-whites + 93.4% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.6171"
[44,] "6.4% british + 93.6% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.619"
[45,] "6.1% Bhunjia + 93.9% armenians" "2.6202"
[46,] "7.4% hungarians + 92.6% Iraqi Mandaean" "2.6269"
[47,] "6% mawasi + 94% armenians" "2.6319"
[48,] "6% Mawasi + 94% armenians" "2.6413"
[49,] "60% Iraqi Arab + 40% kurd" "2.6417"
[50,] "6% Tamil Vishwakarma + 94% armenians" "2.6556"
I'm not descended from any of these populations, but what Oracle is detecting are the patterns of my genetic substructure matching some percentage, of each of these populations. Now if I was a gullible idiot, and I genuinely thought I was 60% Iraqi Arab and 40% Kurdish. I would be wrong, since Iraqi Arabs and Kurds aren't in my Relative Finder.