Modern population

Irula

Irula

Irula is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Irula), with 20 samples from Tamil Nadu, India.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Kadar, Pulliyar and Malayan, and among ancient ones Tamils GBR, Telugu GBR and Shahr I Sokhta BA3 (Bronze Age).

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups A00, J1a and L1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include M3c, M6a and R30a.

Period
Modern
Country
India
Origin
Tamil Nadu, India
Sampled near
Tamil Nadu 12.74, 79.60
Samples
20
Catalogue
Irula

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
1KadarKadar1.58
2PulliyarPulliyar1.91
3MalayanMalayan2.28
4PaniyaPaniya3.04
5KurichiyaKurichiya3.32
6KurumbaKurumba3.44
7MalaMala4.08
8North KannadiNorth_Kannadi4.29
9HakkipikkiHakkipikki4.56
10MadigaMadiga4.64
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Tamils GBRTamils_GBR8.33
2Telugu GBRTelugu_GBR9.46
3Shahr I Sokhta BA3 (Bronze Age)Shahr_I_Sokhta_BA310.38
4Roopkund A (Medieval, India)India_RoopkundA11.90
5Shahr I Sokhta BA2 (Bronze Age)Shahr_I_Sokhta_BA215.07
6Indus P (Bronze Age)Indus_P15.19
7Baniya Chettiar KeralaBaniya_Chettiar_Kerala15.20
8Hoabinhian (Hunter-Gatherer, Laos)Laos_Hoabinhian15.74
9Great Andamanese (c. 100 BP)Great_Andamanese_100BP15.97
10Indian Great Andaman (c. 100 BP)Indian_GreatAndaman_100BP16.17

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

3 men with a call

mtDNA

3 individuals with a call

Individuals 20

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.

SampleSexDateSiteY-DNAmtDNA
IL-1Tamil Nadu, India
IL-10MIrulaA00 A00R30a
IL-12MIrulaJ1a2a1a2 J-Z643M6a1
IL-16MIrulaL1a1b2a L-Y34006M3c1b1
IL-18Tamil Nadu, India
IL-22Tamil Nadu, India
IL-24Tamil Nadu, India
IL-25Tamil Nadu, India
IL-26Tamil Nadu, India
IL-27Tamil Nadu, India
IL-29Tamil Nadu, India
IL-3250 CETamil Nadu, India
IL-30Tamil Nadu, India
IL-31Tamil Nadu, India
IL-33Tamil Nadu, India
IL-34Tamil Nadu, India
IL-35Tamil Nadu, India
IL-7172 CETamil Nadu, India
IL-8Tamil Nadu, India
IL-9Tamil Nadu, India