Early Medieval Russian DNA

[JQP4545]

Interesting that the component is lower in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the concentration of I2a peaks, than it is in Serbia where there is more R1a.

[Peterski]

Sunghir6 was autosomally more Western than modern Russians (he was rather closer to modern Ukrainians than Russians, and had no Siberian or Mongoloid admixture). Suzdal and Vladimir on Klyazma were settled by Slavs in 1040-1220 AD, roughly the same period when Sunghir6 lived. But there were also Ugric and Volgaic Finnic Merya in that area (related to modern Mari). Rostov (Hrossthiolf) and Suzdal (Syrgisdalir) were originally Varangian colonies. Which is probably why Sunghir6 shows an elevated level of North Sea admixture compared to modern Russians. He was probably partially Varangian.

Edit:

Well, his K15 North Sea is actually well within the present-day Russian range.

[Leto]

Sunghir6 was autosomally more Western than modern Russians (he was rather closer to modern Ukrainians than Russians, and had no Siberian or Mongoloid admixture). Suzdal and Vladimir on Klyazma were settled by Slavs in 1040-1220 AD, roughly the same period when Sunghir6 lived. But there were also Ugric and Volgaic Finnic Merya in that area (related to modern Mari). Rostov (Hrossthiolf) and Suzdal (Syrgisdalir) were originally Varangian colonies. Which is probably why Sunghir6 shows an elevated level of North Sea admixture compared to modern Russians. He was probably partially Varangian.

Edit:

Well, his K15 North Sea is actually well within the present-day Russian range.

He does have some Siberian (minor)

MDLP World Oracle results:

Admix Results (sorted):

# Population Percent
1 North_and_East_European 49.4
2 South_and_West_European 39.11
3 Caucaus_Parsia 6.76
4 Arctic_Amerind 1.53
5 North_Asian 1.16
6 Indian 1.07
7 Middle_East 0.63
8 Melanesian 0.18
9 Sub_Saharian 0.16

Single Population Sharing:

# Population (source) Distance
1 Sorb 2.6
2 Belarusian_V 3.31
3 Ukrainian_V 3.91
4 Ukrainian-Center 4.08
5 Swedish_V 4.17
6 Ukrainian-West 4.31
7 Ukrainian 4.35
8 Polish_V 4.38
9 Russian_cossack 4.49
10 Ukrainian-East 4.84
11 Russian_South 4.91
12 Slovakian 5.04
13 German 5.96
14 Polish 6.12
15 Swedish 6.15
16 German-North 6.34
17 Czech 6.74
18 Russian_V 7.18
19 Russian_Center 7.73
20 Norwegian_V 7.89

Mixed Mode Population Sharing:

# Primary Population (source) Secondary Population (source) Distance
1 72.5% Russian_South + 27.5% CEU @ 1.58
2 73.7% Russian_South + 26.3% Orcadian @ 1.58
3 71.5% Russian_South + 28.5% Welsh @ 1.59
4 74.5% Russian_South + 25.5% British @ 1.65
5 62.6% Russian_South + 37.4% Norwegian_V @ 1.7
6 56.2% Russian_South + 43.8% Swedish @ 1.74
7 65.5% Swedish + 34.5% Mordovian @ 1.75
8 61.9% Russian_Center + 38.1% CEU @ 1.79
9 97.4% Sorb + 2.6% Chukchi @ 1.79
10 52.5% Russian_V + 47.5% Norwegian_V @ 1.79
11 57.1% Russian_South + 42.9% German-North @ 1.83
12 88.6% Russian_South + 11.4% Basque @ 1.84
13 65.1% Russian_V + 34.9% Orcadian @ 1.85
14 68.6% Russian_South + 31.4% CEU_V @ 1.85
15 97.7% Sorb + 2.3% Koryak @ 1.85
16 71.4% German-North + 28.6% Inkeri @ 1.85
17 76% Russian_cossack + 24% Orcadian @ 1.87
18 50.7% Ukrainian-Center + 49.3% Swedish_V @ 1.88
19 65.3% Russian_cossack + 34.7% Norwegian_V @ 1.88
20 50.7% German + 49.3% Polish @ 1.89

But yeah, a bit more Western

[Peterski]

But I've heard that this sample is in 10% contaminated with modern DNA.

Not sure if true. Isn't it possible to isolate/separate modern from original?

[Leto]

But I've heard that this sample is in 10% contaminated with modern DNA.

Not sure if true. Isn't it possible to isolate/separate modern from original?

Don't know. To me the quality is pretty good. People post results of much older samples. Those might be significantly contaminated. This one is less than a 1,000 years old.