Ancient population · Medieval

Schortens Saxon EMedieval (Medieval, Germany)

Name: Schortens Saxon EMedieval (Medieval, Germany) (Germany_Schortens_Saxon_EMedieval)
Creator: Genoplot

Germany_Schortens_Saxon_EMedieval

Schortens Saxon EMedieval (Medieval, Germany) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Germany_Schortens_Saxon_EMedieval), with 3 samples from Germany, dated to c. 800 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Dunum Saxon (Medieval, Germany), Drantum Saxon (Medieval, Germany) and Dorset VA (Medieval, England); the nearest living populations are Norwegian, Dutch and Danish.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1b (2) and R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include H6a and T1a.

Period: Medieval
Date: c. 800 CE
Country: Germany
Sampled near: Schortens 53.54, 7.94
Samples: 3
Published in: GretzingerSchiffelsNature2022
Catalogue: Germany_Schortens_Saxon_EMedieval

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
#	Population	Distance
1	Dunum Saxon (Medieval, Germany)`Germany_Dunum_Saxon_Medieval`	1.55
2	Drantum Saxon (Medieval, Germany)`Germany_Drantum_Saxon_Medieval`	1.58
3	Dorset VA (Medieval, England)`England_Dorset_VA`	1.72
4	Pre Christian (Iceland)`Iceland_Pre_Christian`	1.89
5	Oxford VA (Medieval, England)`England_Oxford_VA`	1.97
6	Viking (Medieval, England)`England_Viking`	1.99
7	Kilteasheen Anglo Saxon EMedieval Norman (Medieval, Ireland)`Ireland_Kilteasheen_AngloSaxon_EMedieval_Norman`	2.08
8	Groningen Saxon (Medieval, Netherlands)`Netherlands_Groningen_Saxon_Medieval`	2.13
9	Hofstadir VA (Medieval)`Hofstadir_VA`	2.14
10	EMedieval Alemanic (Medieval, Germany)`Germany_EMedieval_Alemanic`	2.16

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Norwegian`Norwegian`	2.26
2	Dutch`Dutch`	2.28
3	Danish`Danish`	2.38
4	Scottish`Scottish`	2.39
5	Icelandic`Icelandic`	2.46
6	Irish`Irish`	2.49
7	Orcadian`Orcadian`	2.49
8	Shetlandic`Shetlandic`	2.59
9	English`English`	2.63
10	English Cornwall`English_Cornwall`	2.65

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

3 men with a call

mtDNA

2 individuals with a call

Individuals 3

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.

Sample	Sex	Date	Site	Y-DNA	mtDNA
`SRS001.A_noUDG`	M	700-900 CE	Schortens	R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a1b1b1a5
`SRS003.A_noUDG`	M	700-900 CE	Schortens	R1a1a1	T1a1a1
`SRS004.A_noUDG`	M	700-900 CE	Schortens	R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2b1a1a1e1	H6a1a2b1