Are the German people genetically closer to the French or the Norwegians?

[Sosa]

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[Klamar]

Distance to: German
0.02120570 French_Brittany
0.02171480 French_Nord
0.02192908 French_Alsace
0.02260564 French_Seine-Maritime
0.02548898 French_Pas-de-Calais
0.02849197 Norwegian
0.02955991 French_Paris
0.03935319 French_Occitanie
0.04188970 French_Auvergne
0.04865695 French_Provence
0.06267707 French_Chalosse
0.06310778 French_South
0.06460006 French_Bigorre
0.06566285 French_Bearn
0.08867681 French_Corsica

Distance to: German_Erlangen
0.02419973 French_Alsace
0.02527541 French_Nord
0.02539493 French_Seine-Maritime
0.02793696 French_Brittany
0.03043606 French_Pas-de-Calais
0.03350965 Norwegian
0.03362042 French_Paris
0.04204909 French_Occitanie
0.04378180 French_Auvergne
0.04963161 French_Provence
0.06563199 French_Chalosse
0.06563790 French_South
0.06681707 French_Bigorre
0.06857078 French_Bearn
0.08827854 French_Corsica

Distance to: German_Hamburg
0.02296070 Norwegian
0.03033451 French_Brittany
0.03474363 French_Seine-Maritime
0.03707498 French_Nord
0.03743705 French_Alsace
0.03858813 French_Pas-de-Calais
0.04364452 French_Paris
0.05388644 French_Occitanie
0.05676661 French_Auvergne
0.06383193 French_Provence
0.07542101 French_Chalosse
0.07592584 French_South
0.07793503 French_Bigorre
0.07855889 French_Bearn
0.10379150 French_Corsica

Distance to: German_East
0.03680688 Norwegian
0.03832287 French_Seine-Maritime
0.04003288 French_Brittany
0.04083911 French_Alsace
0.04167086 French_Nord
0.04592597 French_Pas-de-Calais
0.05017435 French_Paris
0.05699876 French_Occitanie
0.05954631 French_Auvergne
0.06633247 French_Provence
0.07824221 French_Chalosse
0.07860553 French_South
0.08005422 French_Bigorre
0.08142841 French_Bearn
0.10289624 French_Corsica

Depends on the region, for Western and Southern Germans it’s the NW French and the Alsatians, for Northern and Eastern Germans it’s the Norwegians. I’ll say they are slightly closer to Northern French on average.

[Marena]

German_Baden-Württemberg,0.07,0.21,1.77,1.72,0,6.04,0,0,3.07,0,5.52,1.10,4.97,8.22,6.31,11.95,0,16.81,0.02,0.42,0.14,11.86,2.75,13.34,0,0.02,0,0,0,0.07,0.08,0,0.38,0,1.05,2.08
German_Bavaria_Lower/Middle_Franconia,0,0.12,0,0.73,0,6.70,0,0,3.42,0,7.25,4.30,6.51,4.41,9.18,14.34,0,8.01,0,0,0,12.73,3.74,17.00,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.71,0,0,0.89
German_Bavaria_Oberpfalz,0,0,0.56,1.90,0,8.37,0,0,2.14,0,8.36,0.97,6.70,9.71,4.14,11.29,0,13.08,0,0.92,0,11.97,3.02,13.79,0,0,0,0,0,0.03,0,0,0.36,0,1.13,1.56
German_Bavaria_proper,0,0.25,1.02,1.34,0,7.93,0,0,2.32,0,5.98,1.15,6.06,7.34,6.37,15.61,0,14.02,0,1.04,0.02,9.99,1.61,13.99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.42,0,2.02,1.52
German_Bavarian_Swabia,0,0,1.56,1.59,0,10.12,0,0,2.38,0,10.47,5.15,5.14,8.41,5.66,14.15,0,11.05,0,0,0,5.81,2.84,12.87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.81
German_Brandenburg_Northwest,0,0,0,2.32,0.09,5.99,0,0,5.51,0,13.18,0.03,7.88,13.78,7.07,7.12,0,4.99,0,0,0.10,9.56,0.80,19.43,0,0.09,0,0,0,0.03,1.27,0,0,0,0,0.77
German_Frisian,0,0,0,2.04,0,9.41,0,0,2.86,0,8.49,0,3.82,12.10,8.77,10.48,0,0.88,0,0,0,16.24,0,24.62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.28,0,0,0,0,0
German_Hesse_South,0.08,0,1.65,1.93,0,6.05,0,0,3.67,0,4.94,1.45,4.94,8.30,7.91,14.60,0,13.91,0.03,0.76,0.30,10.63,0.84,14.45,0,0.01,0.06,0.06,0,0,0.19,0.01,0.07,0,0.36,2.78
German_Lower_Saxony_North,0,0,0,1.90,0,8.72,0,0,1.66,0,7.45,0,5.10,13.07,7.43,6.36,0,5.08,0,0,0,16.28,1.99,23.17,0,0,0,0,0,0.05,0.79,0,0.28,0,0,0.66
German_Lower_Saxony_South,0,0,0.22,1.67,0,8.70,0.11,0,2.86,0,8.78,0,4.64,8.68,5.49,10.09,0,8.25,0,0,0,16.01,1.24,22.06,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.55,0,0.63,0,0,0.02
German_Mecklenburg_Center/East,0,0,0,1.75,0,8.32,0,0,3.37,0,11.20,0,7.14,13.81,4.97,7.55,0,1.40,0,0,0,13.94,4.30,19.98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.29
German_Mecklenburg_West,0,0,0.12,1.33,0,10.31,0,0,2.88,0,13.58,0.05,8.54,12.17,5.81,8.06,0,3.63,0,0,0,12.30,0.64,20.09,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.22,0,0.30,0
German_North_Rhine,0,0,1.17,3.50,0,5.51,0,0,1.58,0,7.75,0.54,3.32,7.71,6.18,11.59,0,15.41,0,0.52,0,10.97,2.06,18.01,0,0,0.06,0.01,0,0.08,0.76,0,0,0,0.79,2.44
German_Northwest,0.02,0.01,0.24,1.91,0,7.41,0.02,0,3.07,0,7.15,0.05,5.68,11.20,5.66,9.41,0,8.00,0,0.00,0.01,15.41,1.33,21.82,0,0.01,0,0,0,0,0.37,0,0.34,0,0.29,0.59
German_Saarland,0,0.53,0.12,1.48,0,7.28,0,0,4.14,0,4.59,1.55,4.73,5.76,5.81,13.65,0,17.56,0,0.16,0,13.23,0.52,14.72,0,0,0,0,0,0.06,0,0,0,0,0.17,3.94
German_Saxony,0,0.10,0.67,1.25,0.09,7.44,0.12,0,4.44,0,13.81,1.36,8.42,9.51,4.69,9.16,0,8.86,0,0.05,0.17,9.13,2.21,16.43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.18,0,0.02,1.87
German_Saxony-Anhalt_South,0.09,0.07,0.49,1.12,0,10.35,0,0,4.48,0,12.04,0,7.20,11.89,3.92,4.45,0,13.84,0,0.52,0,12.37,1.01,15.10,0,0.04,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.30,0,0,0.71
German_Schleswig-Holstein,0.16,0,0.17,2.30,0,5.86,0,0,3.14,0,7.79,0,4.74,13.52,7.84,7.48,0,7.31,0,0,0,15.36,0.35,22.46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.12,0,0,0,0.89,0.53
German_South,0.02,0.06,1.33,1.59,0,6.75,0,0,2.76,0,6.02,1.06,5.04,7.65,7.41,13.01,0,15.13,0.01,0.34,0.11,11.90,1.40,14.54,0,0.01,0.01,0.01,0,0.01,0.11,0.00,0.19,0,1.16,2.17
German_Rhineland-Palatinate,0.03,0.25,0.59,1.58,0,6.95,0.01,0,4.37,0,3.84,2.90,3.41,8.82,6.40,14.04,0,12.71,0,0.22,0.41,12.11,1.96,15.58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.06,0,0.17,0.07,0.39,3.13
German_Rhineland-Palatinate_East_of_Rhine,0,0.68,0,3.09,0,6.18,0,0,0,0,7.58,1.05,1.34,10.03,8.25,12.11,0,15.40,0,0,0,12.95,2.85,16.90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.97,0.63
German_Thuringia_Central,0,0.24,0.75,3.07,0,8.18,0,0,4.72,0,12.31,0.41,8.99,7.46,7.15,13.89,0,7.70,0,0,0,10.07,0.29,11.47,0,0.02,0,0,0,0.25,0.05,0,0.82,0,1.86,0.28
German_Thuringia_East,0.21,0.05,0.42,1.95,0,7.98,0,0,5.58,0,13.29,0.48,9.51,10.63,4.21,6.22,0,10.08,0,0.27,0,11.77,1.38,13.79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.17,0,0.45,0,1.28,0.27
German_Westphalia,0,0,0.31,1.93,0,8.36,0,0,2.01,0,6.74,0,4.81,11.58,5.78,8.67,0,7.94,0,0.13,0,15.25,2.80,22.07,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.10,0,0.56,0,0.18,0.79
Austrian_Burgenland,0,0.07,1.84,1.14,0,6.97,0,0,6.51,0,7.32,1.77,7.22,10.18,6.39,12.90,0,11.10,0,1.33,0,10.92,3.33,10.02,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.04,0,0.47,0,0.15,0.33
Austrian_Carinthia,0,0.01,3.07,2.60,0,9.12,0,0,6.95,0,15.33,1.20,9.62,8.05,3.82,8.35,0,10.69,0,0,0,7.51,1.33,10.78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.23,0,0.85,0.51
Austrian_Lower Austria,0,0.06,1.62,0,0,3.51,0,0,6.19,0,10.09,0,3.43,9.74,5.78,9.87,0,16.49,0,0,0,11.10,0.09,17.57,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.08,0,0,0,0,2.39
Austrian_Salzburg-Upper_Austria,0.03,0.14,1.53,1.99,0,10.95,0,0,4.30,0,8.31,0.49,3.66,9.25,8.18,6.56,0,15.02,0,0.74,0,9.94,2.55,12.61,0.25,0,0,0,0,0.04,0,0,0.39,0,0.23,2.86
Austrian_Styria,0,0,0,2.53,0,8.02,0,0,7.99,0,15.48,4.04,5.47,6.81,4.60,11.42,0,10.64,0,0.40,0,7.20,0,10.90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.45,0,0,3.09
Austrian_Tyrol,0,0.13,2.38,2.64,0,6.50,0,0,5.52,0,3.90,1.30,3.74,7.22,7.73,8.58,0,17.78,0,1.60,0.21,10.73,3.83,9.98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.46,0,1.92,3.86
Swiss_German,0.00,0.00,0.90,3.11,0.00,5.59,0.00,0.00,3.81,0.00,5.72,1.76,3.88,7.43,6.68,14.40,0.00,15.70,0.00,0.00,0.00,11.27,2.48,13.82,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.10,0.00,0.40,2.95
Dutch_Central,0.06,0.03,0.10,1.96,0.00,8.23,0.00,0.00,2.37,0.00,6.12,0.04,3.93,11.23,7.20,10.62,0.00,8.30,0.00,0.00,0.00,15.10,1.40,21.37,0.00,0.02,0.01,0.02,0.00,0.02,0.30,0.00,0.46,0.00,0.28,0.84
Dutch_North,0.05,0.03,0.04,2.07,0.00,7.61,0.01,0.00,2.16,0.00,6.68,0.00,3.33,13.03,7.88,8.50,0.00,5.93,0.00,0.00,0.00,17.68,0.70,22.82,0.00,0.03,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.02,0.31,0.00,0.29,0.02,0.26,0.52
Dutch_South,0.04,0.01,1.02,2.33,0.01,7.36,0.00,0.00,3.26,0.00,6.28,0.01,3.26,10.13,7.67,12.47,0.00,10.60,0.01,0.00,0.11,14.11,1.56,17.75,0.00,0.03,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.20,0.00,0.30,0.00,0.27,1.28
Flemish,0.02,0.06,0.11,2.10,0.00,7.28,0.00,0.00,2.44,0.00,6.01,0.21,3.52,8.95,7.08,12.24,0.00,14.09,0.00,0.00,0.13,13.71,1.86,17.44,0.00,0.06,0.01,0.03,0.00,0.08,0.34,0.00,0.15,0.00,0.36,1.72

French,0.07,0.14,0.69,5.11,0.02,5.66,0.00,0.00,2.58,0.00,4.95,1.02,2.76,6.05,7.10,19.37,0.01,12.40,0.02,0.38,0.28,11.66,1.26,13.50,0.02,0.05,0.00,0.01,0.00,0.07,0.12,0.00,0.43,0.01,0.44,3.80
Norwegian,0,0,0,1.27,0,7.40,0,0,2.22,0,7.66,0,5.29,17.52,6.26,8.22,0,4.92,0,0,0,15.16,0.85,22.17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.04,0,0.42,0,0.63,0.22

[Marena]

Red: closer to Norwegians and Danes.

Blue: closer to the French national average.

Green: closer to the French if you isolate the Slavic admixture. If you force a French-Norwegian binary, then closer to Norwegians.