Modern population

Brahmin West Bengal

Brahmin_West_Bengal

Brahmin West Bengal is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Brahmin_West_Bengal), with 12 samples from West Bengal, India.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Kshatriya Uttar Pradesh East, Punjabi Lahore and Brahmin Tamil Nadu Iyer, and among ancient ones Roopkund A (Medieval, India), Baniya Chettiar Kerala and Rajput Madhya Pradesh North.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup J2a; its mtDNA haplogroup is K1a.

Period
Modern
Country
India
Origin
West Bengal, India
Sampled near
West Bengal 22.57, 88.36
Samples
12
Catalogue
Brahmin_West_Bengal

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Kshatriya Uttar Pradesh EastKshatriya_Uttar_Pradesh_East1.85
2Punjabi LahorePunjabi_Lahore2.14
3Brahmin Tamil Nadu IyerBrahmin_Tamil_Nadu_Iyer2.35
4IyerIyer2.35
5Brahmin Tamil NaduBrahmin_Tamil_Nadu2.63
6Brahmin Kerala NambudiriBrahmin_Kerala_Nambudiri2.66
7Brahmin Telugu VaidikiBrahmin_Telugu_Vaidiki2.72
8NairNair2.88
9Sonar MarathiSonar_Marathi2.91
10Brahmin Tamil Nadu IyengarBrahmin_Tamil_Nadu_Iyengar2.98
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Roopkund A (Medieval, India)India_RoopkundA2.95
2Baniya Chettiar KeralaBaniya_Chettiar_Kerala3.59
3Rajput Madhya Pradesh NorthRajput_Madhya_Pradesh_North4.61
4Brahmin Himachal Pradesh WestBrahmin_Himachal_Pradesh_West4.65
5Katelai (Late Bronze Age)Katelai_LBA5.70
6Saidu Sharif (Historical, Pakistan)Pakistan_SaiduSharif_H5.80
7Barikot 2 (Medieval, Pakistan)Pakistan_Barikot_Medieval_25.83
8Aligrama (Iron Age, Pakistan)Pakistan_Aligrama_IA6.13
9Aligrama (Historical, Pakistan)Pakistan_Aligrama_H6.22
10Butkara (Historical, Pakistan)Pakistan_Butkara_H6.23

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

mtDNA

1 individual with a call

Individuals 18

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.

SampleSexDateSiteY-DNAmtDNA
BR2_1M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_10M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_11M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_12M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_15M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_16M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_19M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_2M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_3M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_4M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_6M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_7M987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_13 outlierM987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_14 outlierM987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_18 outlierM987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_20 outlierM987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_8 outlierM987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a
BR2_9 outlierM987-833 calBCELudas-Varjú-dűlőJ2a1a1a2b2a3b1a1 J-Z30682K1a1a