Modern population

Igbo

Igbo

Igbo is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Igbo), with 2 samples from Abia, Nigeria.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Esan Nigeria, Yoruba and Mende Sierra Leone, and among ancient ones Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo), Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo) and Colonial African (Mexico).

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup E1b.

Period
Modern
Country
Nigeria
Origin
Abia, Nigeria
Sampled near
Rivers State 4.63, 7.23
Samples
2
Catalogue
Igbo

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
1Esan NigeriaEsan_Nigeria1.92
2YorubaYoruba2.03
3Mende Sierra LeoneMende_Sierra_Leone2.22
4Cameroon AghemCameroon_Aghem2.72
5Cameroon BafutCameroon_Bafut2.84
6Senegal BedikSenegal_Bedik2.86
7Cameroon MboCameroon_Mbo2.89
8LemandeLemande3.17
9Cameroon BakokoCameroon_Bakoko3.34
10Tikar SouthTikar_South3.52
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric5.22
2Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric5.68
3Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African5.73
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP7.42
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP7.72
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP8.74
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP8.89
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP9.19
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA12.56
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA15.49

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

Individuals 2

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.

SampleSexSiteY-DNA
S_Igbo-1MKwamba SulejaE1b1a1a1a1c1a1a3c2b E-Z5968
S_Igbo-2FKwamba Suleja