Modern population
Lebanese Christian
Lebanese_Christian
Lebanese Christian is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Lebanese_Christian), with 9 samples from Beirut, Lebanon.
Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Lebanese Orthodox Christian Koura, Lebanese Maronite Christian Zgharta and Lebanese Sunni Muslim Dinniyeh, and among ancient ones Lebanese Christian Greek Orthodox, Lebanese Christian Maronite and Levant Beirut IAIII (Iron Age).
- Period
- Modern
- Country
- Lebanon
- Origin
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Sampled near
- Beirut 33.89, 35.50
- Samples
- 9
- Published in
- LazaridisReichNature2016
- Catalogue
Lebanese_Christian
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 | Lebanese Orthodox Christian KouraLebanese_Orthodox_Christian_Koura | 0.86 |
| 2 | Lebanese Maronite Christian ZghartaLebanese_Maronite_Christian_Zgharta | 1.01 |
| 3 | Lebanese Sunni Muslim DinniyehLebanese_Sunni_Muslim_Dinniyeh | 1.20 |
| 4 | Lebanese DruzeLebanese_Druze | 1.64 |
| 5 | DruzeDruze | 1.65 |
| 6 | AlawiteAlawite | 2.03 |
| 7 | Palestinian Beit SahourPalestinian_Beit_Sahour | 2.31 |
| 8 | Karaite EgyptKaraite_Egypt | 2.49 |
| 9 | Lebanese MuslimLebanese_Muslim | 2.50 |
| 10 | Lebanese Shia Muslim BeirutLebanese_Shia_Muslim_Beirut | 2.53 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese Christian Greek OrthodoxLebanese_Christian_Greek_Orthodox | 0.89 |
| 2 | Lebanese Christian MaroniteLebanese_Christian_Maronite | 0.91 |
| 3 | Levant Beirut IAIII (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAIII | 1.64 |
| 4 | Ej Jaouze Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_EjJaouze_Phoenician | 1.70 |
| 5 | Chhim Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_Chhim_Phoenician | 1.78 |
| 6 | Levant Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon)Levant_LBN_Roman | 1.84 |
| 7 | Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon)Lebanon_Roman | 2.04 |
| 8 | IA3 (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_IA3 | 2.07 |
| 9 | Levant (Medieval, Lebanon)Levant_LBN_MA | 2.14 |
| 10 | Alalakh (Middle–Late Bronze Age, Turkey)Turkey_Alalakh_MLBA | 2.28 |
Individuals 9
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 | Site |
|---|---|---|
Lebanese10AR37 | M | Beirut |
Lebanese15AR37 | M | Beirut |
Lebanese1AQ127 | M | Beirut |
Lebanese1AQ170 | F | Beirut |
Lebanese22BA23 | F | Beirut |
Lebanese4AQ115 | M | Beirut |
Lebanese6AQ115 | M | Beirut |
Lebanese6AQ170 | M | Beirut |
Lebanese8AS15 | M | Beirut |