Ancient population · Medieval
Greenland E VA (Medieval)
GreenlandE_VA
Greenland E VA (Medieval) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (GreenlandE_VA), with 6 samples from Kujalleq, Greenland, dated to c. 950–1120 CE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Early Norse (Medieval, Greenland), EM (Faroes) and Saxon (Medieval, England); the nearest living populations are Norwegian, Icelandic and Danish.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups I1a (2), I1 and R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include H1ao, H4a, J1c and K1a.
- Period
- Medieval
- Date
- c. 950–1120 CE
- Country
- Greenland
- Origin
- Kujalleq, Greenland
- Sampled near
- 64 60.98, -45.49
- Sites
- 64 (3)
029a (2)
149 - Samples
- 6
- Published in
- MargaryanWillerslevNature2020
- Catalogue
GreenlandE_VA
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early Norse (Medieval, Greenland)Greenland_EarlyNorse | 0.86 |
| 2 | EM (Faroes)Faroes_EM | 1.18 |
| 3 | Saxon (Medieval, England)England_Saxon | 1.30 |
| 4 | Early Modern (Faroes)Faroes_EarlyModern | 1.35 |
| 5 | Saxon (Early Medieval, England)England_EarlyMedieval_Saxon | 1.37 |
| 6 | Pre Christian (Iceland)Iceland_Pre_Christian | 1.41 |
| 7 | England (Early Medieval)England_EarlyMedieval | 1.47 |
| 8 | Groningen Saxon (Medieval, Netherlands)Netherlands_Groningen_Saxon_Medieval | 1.48 |
| 9 | Skara VA (Medieval)Skara_VA | 1.53 |
| 10 | Hringsdalur VA (Medieval)Hringsdalur_VA | 1.54 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 12
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.
| Sample | Sex | Date | Site | Y-DNA | mtDNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VK1 | F | 900-1100 CE | 64 | J1c3g | |
VK183 | M | 900-1200 CE | 029a | I1 I-L121 | T2b21 |
VK184 | M | 900-1200 CE | 029a | R1a1a1 R-M417 | H4a1a4b |
VK186 | M | 900-1200 CE | 64 | I1a1a4a1a1b1 I-Y79817 | H1ao |
VK187 | F | 891-1020 calCE | 64 | T2a1a | |
VK190 | M | 1035-1211 calCE | 149 | I1a5a I-FGC15549 | K1a |
VK11 outlier | F | 900-1100 CE | 64 | J1c3g | |
VK179 outlier | M | 900-1200 CE | 029a | I1a1a3a I-Y11887 | K1a3a |
VK193 outlier | F | 900-1200 CE | 029a | U3a1 | |
VK513 outlier | M | 900-1200 CE | 029a | R1a1a1a1d1a R-S2886 | J1c1b |
VK6 outlier | F | 900-1100 CE | 64 | T2a1a | |
VK9 outlier | F | 900-1100 CE | 64 | J1c3g |