Modern population

Chaldean Iraq

Chaldean_Iraq

Chaldean Iraq is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Chaldean_Iraq), with 2 samples from Iraq.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Mountain Jew Dagestan, Kurdish Jew and Assyrian, and among ancient ones Southeast Byzantine (Medieval, Turkey), Turkey (Iron Age) · Turkey_IA and Dinkha Tepe BIA A (Bronze Age).

Period
Modern
Country
Iraq
Origin
Iraq
Samples
2
Catalogue
Chaldean_Iraq

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
1Mountain Jew DagestanMountain_Jew_Dagestan1.66
2Kurdish JewKurdish_Jew1.77
3AssyrianAssyrian1.85
4Georgian JewGeorgian_Jew2.03
5Iranian JewIranian_Jew2.20
6Iraqi JewIraqi_Jew2.27
7Mountain Jew AzerbaijanMountain_Jew_Azerbaijan2.32
8Nash Didan Jew UrmiaNash_Didan_Jew_Urmia2.39
9Assyrian MardinAssyrian_Mardin2.42
10Armenian UrfaArmenian_Urfa2.45
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Southeast Byzantine (Medieval, Turkey)Turkey_SoutheastByzantine2.21
2Turkey (Iron Age) · Turkey_IATurkey_IA2.27
3Dinkha Tepe BIA A (Bronze Age)DinkhaTepe_BIA_A2.35
4Mountain JewMountain_Jew2.54
5Post Medieval (Medieval, Turkey)Turkey_PostMedieval2.56
6Roman Byzantine 3 (Medieval, Turkey)Turkey_RomanByzantine_33.03
7SE Sirnak (Bronze Age)SE_Sirnak_BA3.20
8Lebanese Christian MaroniteLebanese_Christian_Maronite3.45
9Lebanese Christian Greek OrthodoxLebanese_Christian_Greek_Orthodox3.54
10Turkey (Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age)Turkey_LateC_EBA3.59

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
Chaldean01Iraq
Chaldean02Iraq