Ancient population · Medieval

Zealand Saxon (Medieval, Denmark)

Denmark_Zealand_Saxon_Medieval

Zealand Saxon (Medieval, Denmark) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Denmark_Zealand_Saxon_Medieval), with 14 samples from Denmark, dated to c. 1050 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Viking (Medieval, Denmark), Skara VA (Medieval) and Langeland VA (Medieval); the nearest living populations are Danish, Dutch and German Hamburg.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups G2a and R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include H10c, H1b, H2a and H31.

Period
Medieval
Date
c. 1050 CE
Country
Denmark
Sampled near
Kopenhagen 55.68, 12.57
Samples
14
Catalogue
Denmark_Zealand_Saxon_Medieval

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.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Viking (Medieval, Denmark)Denmark_Viking0.85
2Skara VA (Medieval)Skara_VA0.92
3Langeland VA (Medieval)Langeland_VA1.02
4Langobard (Medieval, Hungary)Hungary_Langobard1.11
5Oland VA (Medieval)Oland_VA1.11
6Sealand VA (Medieval)Sealand_VA1.11
7Funen VA (Medieval)Funen_VA1.23
8Viking (Medieval, England)England_Viking1.33
9Schleswig Saxon LMedieval (Medieval, Germany)Germany_Schleswig_Saxon_LMedieval1.37
10Germany (Early Medieval)Germany_EarlyMedieval1.40
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1DanishDanish1.19
2DutchDutch1.35
3German HamburgGerman_Hamburg1.46
4NorwegianNorwegian1.48
5SwedishSwedish1.72
6IcelandicIcelandic1.79
7OrcadianOrcadian1.82
8ScottishScottish1.83
9GermanGerman1.94
10WelshWelsh1.99

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

2 men with a call

mtDNA

12 individuals with a call

Individuals 14

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. 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
KPN001.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenH3v
KPN002.A_noUDGM1000-1100 CEKopenhagenR1a1a1b1a3a1a R-CTS4179HV9a1a
KPN003.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenH31
KPN004.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenH2a1
KPN005.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagen
KPN006.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenT2b5a1
KPN007.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenH1b
KPN008.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenH3h
KPN009.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenW1
KPN011.A_noUDGM1000-1100 CEKopenhagenG2a2b2a1a1b G-Z1816H6a1a
KPN012.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenH10c1
KPN013.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenI2d
KPN014.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagenHV
KPN015.A_noUDGF1000-1100 CEKopenhagen