Modern population

Gagauz

Gagauz

Gagauz is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Gagauz), with 9 samples from Gagauzia, Moldova.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Pomak Rhodope Mountains, Bulgarian and Pomak Danubian Plain, and among ancient ones Bulgaria (Medieval), Mid Avar (Medieval, Hungary) and North Hungary Mountains Late Avar (Medieval, Hungary).

Period
Modern
Country
Moldova
Origin
Gagauzia, Moldova
Sampled near
Comrat 45.54, 28.38
Samples
9
Catalogue
Gagauz

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
1Pomak Rhodope MountainsPomak_Rhodope_Mountains1.53
2BulgarianBulgarian1.57
3Pomak Danubian PlainPomak_Danubian_Plain1.60
4Greek East Macedonia and ThraceGreek_East_Macedonia_and_Thrace1.70
5Pomak Almopia PlainPomak_Almopia_Plain1.93
6Pomak Tikves PlainPomak_Tikves_Plain2.09
7MacedonianMacedonian2.13
8Torbeši PologTorbeši_Polog2.20
9Turkish North MacedoniaTurkish_North_Macedonia2.30
10Greek MacedoniaGreek_Macedonia2.31
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Bulgaria (Medieval)Bulgaria_Medieval2.19
2Mid Avar (Medieval, Hungary)Hungary_MidAvar2.60
3North Hungary Mountains Late Avar (Medieval, Hungary)Hungary_NorthHungaryMountains_LAvar2.88
4Serbia (Late Bronze Age)Serbia_LBA3.11
5Erfurt2 (Medieval)MA_Erfurt23.12
6ACD Nordic (Medieval)MA_ACD_Nordic3.43
7Scythian (Iron Age, Moldova)Scythian_MDA3.50
8Transtisza Roman Sarmation (Antiquity, Hungary)Hungary_Transtisza_Roman_Sarmation3.54
9Logkas (Middle Bronze Age, Greece)Greece_Logkas_MBA3.68
10Emona Roman (Antiquity, Slovenia)Slovenia_Emona_Roman3.72

Individuals 9

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.

SampleSexSite
GAG-183FChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-187FChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-188FChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-189FChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-196FChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-215MChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-220MChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-221MChadyr-Lungsky District
GAG-226FChadyr-Lungsky District