Armenian Gedmatch result. Closer to Palestinian than Georgian!

[Haider]

He's from Armenia proper but lives in Russia and comes out similar to Western Armenians. I've always found it interesting that despite sharing borders, Armenians and Georgians don't seem to be closely related.

# Population Percent
1 East_Med 39.83
2 West_Asian 34.58
3 West_Med 14.23
4 Red_Sea 6.06
5 South_Asian 3.22
6 North_Atlantic 1.55
7 Oceanian 0.32
8 Amerindian 0.22

Single Population Sharing:

# Population (source) Distance
1 Assyrian 3.88
2 Georgian_Jewish 5.66
3 Armenian 6
4 Kurdish_Jewish 6.88
5 Iranian_Jewish 7.87
6 Lebanese_Muslim 11.54
7 Turkish 12.62
8 Kurdish 13.59
9 Azeri 13.93
10 Syrian 14.05
11 Cyprian 14.36
12 Lebanese_Druze 14.92
13 Lebanese_Christian 14.97
14 Iranian 15.15
15 Samaritan 16.89
16 Jordanian 18.38
17 Palestinian 19.61
18 Tunisian_Jewish 22.66
19 Georgian 22.68
20 Sephardic_Jewish 23.29

Mixed Mode Population Sharing:

# Primary Population (source) Secondary Population (source) Distance
1 72.7% Armenian + 27.3% Lebanese_Christian @ 2.27
2 73.4% Armenian + 26.6% Lebanese_Druze @ 2.82
3 75.9% Armenian + 24.1% Samaritan @ 2.83
4 68.6% Assyrian + 31.4% Armenian @ 3.09
5 54.6% Armenian + 45.4% Kurdish_Jewish @ 3.23
6 59.4% Armenian + 40.6% Iranian_Jewish @ 3.66
7 94.9% Assyrian + 5.1% Abhkasian @ 3.68
8 74.7% Armenian + 25.3% Cyprian @ 3.71
9 95.4% Assyrian + 4.6% Georgian @ 3.73
10 98% Assyrian + 2% Sardinian @ 3.74
11 70.2% Armenian + 29.8% Lebanese_Muslim @ 3.84
12 98.2% Assyrian + 1.8% Ossetian @ 3.85
13 93.7% Assyrian + 6.3% Georgian_Jewish @ 3.87
14 99.7% Assyrian + 0.3% French_Basque @ 3.88
15 99.2% Assyrian + 0.8% Balkar @ 3.88
16 99.4% Assyrian + 0.6% North_Ossetian @ 3.88
17 99.4% Assyrian + 0.6% Adygei @ 3.88
18 99.2% Assyrian + 0.8% Cyprian @ 3.88
19 100% Assyrian + 0% South_Italian @ 3.88
20 100% Assyrian + 0% Afghan_Pashtun @ 3.88

[Sikeliot]

Armenians are genetically distinct from Georgians because modern "Armenia" was formed to give the Armenians a place to go as consolation for the genocide they faced. The original Armenian homeland was much further south.

[oszkar07]

Armenians are genetically distinct from Georgians because modern "Armenia" was formed to give the Armenians a place to go as consolation for the genocide they faced. The original Armenian homeland was much further south.

I think modern Armenia was part of historical Armenia, there is many old Armenian churches in modern Armenia.

[Haider]

Armenians are genetically distinct from Georgians because modern "Armenia" was formed to give the Armenians a place to go as consolation for the genocide they faced. The original Armenian homeland was much further south.

Armenians have always shared borders with Georgians, even if historically the majority of the population didn't live close to them. Also, Pontic Greeks (who are in fact Hellenized Armenians) are from further north in the Black Sea region and they get similar results.

[Haider]

I think modern Armenia was part of historical Armenia, there is many old Armenian churches in modern Armenia.

True, modern Armenia is only a tiny fraction of historical Armenia, but they always lived there. Also, Cilicia was a colony, not part of their original homeland. But it's true that they originated further South, around lake Van.

[oszkar07]

True, modern Armenia is only a tiny fraction of historical Armenia, but they always lived there. Also, Cilicia was a colony, not part of their original homeland. But it's true that they originated further South, around lake Van.

The genetic clustering with Assyrians is interesting , always thought they would be closer to old historical Anatolians possibly even with some distant Greek/Phrygian .

[Haider]

The genetic clustering with Assyrians is interesting , always thought they would be closer to old historical Anatolians possibly even with some distant Greek/Phrygian .

Despite that, Assyrians and Armenians look nothing alike. Probably due to climate. The former are a desert-adapted population and the latter a mountain-adapted one.

[Haider]

The genetic clustering with Assyrians is interesting , always thought they would be closer to old historical Anatolians possibly even with some distant Greek/Phrygian .

Despite that, Assyrians and Armenians look nothing alike. Probably due to climate. The former are a desert-adapted population and the latter a mountain-adapted one.

[StonyArabia]

Despite that, Assyrians and Armenians look nothing alike. Probably due to climate. The former are a desert-adapted population and the latter a mountain-adapted one.

Northern Iraq is not a Desert lol

[Peterski]

Single Population Sharing:

# Population (source) Distance
1 Assyrian 3.88
2 Georgian_Jewish 5.66
3 Armenian 6
4 Kurdish_Jewish 6.88
5 Iranian_Jewish 7.87
6 Lebanese_Muslim 11.54
7 Turkish 12.62
8 Kurdish 13.59
(...)

But you can see that this is not a genetically typical Armenian because distance to Armenian reference is 6 and he is closer to Assyrians and Georgian Jews than to typical Armenians.

Armenians are genetically distinct from Georgians because modern "Armenia" was formed to give the Armenians a place to go as consolation for the genocide they faced. The original Armenian homeland was much further south.

Here is the data on Armenian population - by region - before WW1:

1. Russian Empire:

Erivan* - 441,000
Elisabethpol - 292,188
Tiflis - 196,189
Kars - 73,406
Batumi - 7,120

*Erivan Governorate is more or less modern Armenia (see the map below):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erivan_Governorate

2. Ottoman Empire:

Van - 185,000
Bitlis - 180,000
Erzeroum - 215,000
Diyarbokir - 105,000
Kharpert - 168,000
Sivas** - 165,000
Haleb - 86,085
Adana - 52,650

**Sebastia in the map below. Haleb & Adana are Cilician Armenians.

But this is Armenian data (Turks claim these numbers are too high):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoma...rchate_records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tr...Ottoman_Empire

Turkish data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914_p...Ottoman_Empire

I think modern Armenia was part of historical Armenia, there is many old Armenian churches in modern Armenia.

Yes, see the data I posted above. Modern Armenia was mostly in the Russian Empire before WW1. Armenians were distributed ca. 50/50 between Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire.