Modern population

Icelandic

Icelandic

Icelandic is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Icelandic), with 12 samples from Capital Region, Iceland.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Norwegian, Danish and Scottish, and among ancient ones Saxon (Medieval, England), Saxon (Early Medieval, England) and Groningen Saxon (Medieval, Netherlands).

Period
Modern
Country
Iceland
Origin
Capital Region, Iceland
Sampled near
Reykjavík 64.13, -21.93
Samples
12
Catalogue
Icelandic

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
1NorwegianNorwegian1.09
2DanishDanish1.13
3ScottishScottish1.57
4OrcadianOrcadian1.58
5IrishIrish1.62
6SwedishSwedish1.88
7EnglishEnglish1.91
8ShetlandicShetlandic1.97
9DutchDutch1.98
10WelshWelsh2.08
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Saxon (Medieval, England)England_Saxon0.97
2Saxon (Early Medieval, England)England_EarlyMedieval_Saxon1.13
3Groningen Saxon (Medieval, Netherlands)Netherlands_Groningen_Saxon_Medieval1.25
4EM (Faroes)Faroes_EM1.28
5Greenland E VA (Medieval)GreenlandE_VA1.28
6Early Modern (Faroes)Faroes_EarlyModern1.30
7Pre Christian (Iceland)Iceland_Pre_Christian1.47
8Viking (Medieval, Iceland)Iceland_Viking1.50
9England (Early Medieval)England_EarlyMedieval1.50
10Early Norse (Medieval, Greenland)Greenland_EarlyNorse1.53

Individuals 12

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
NA15755MIceland, modern
NA15756MIceland, modern
NA15757MIceland, modern
NA15758MIceland, modern
NA15759MIceland, modern
NA15760MIceland, modern
NA15761FIceland, modern
NA15762FIceland, modern
NA15763FIceland, modern
NA15764FIceland, modern
NA15765FIceland, modern
NA15766FIceland, modern