Modern population

Luhya Kenya

Luhya_Kenya

Luhya Kenya is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Luhya_Kenya), with 4 samples from Trans-Nzoia, Kenya.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Bantu Kenya, Luo and Mwani, and among ancient ones Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya), Munsa (c. 500 BP) and Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP).

Period
Modern
Country
Kenya
Origin
Trans-Nzoia, Kenya
Sampled near
Nairobi -1.30, 36.80
Samples
4
Catalogue
Luhya_Kenya

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
1Bantu KenyaBantu_Kenya1.71
2LuoLuo1.89
3MwaniMwani5.89
4YaoYao6.36
5SenaSena6.47
6NdauNdau6.52
7NyanjaNyanja6.53
8MakhuwaMakhuwa6.77
9ManyikaManyika6.81
10ChanganaChangana6.99
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA2.65
2Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP5.19
3Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP5.28
4Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP5.31
5Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric7.95
6Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African8.14
7Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric8.35
8South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP8.40
9Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP12.03
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA13.65

Individuals 7

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.

SampleSexSite
NA19019FWebuye
NA19020MWebuye
NA19024FWebuye
NA19026MWebuye
NA19017 outlierFWebuye
NA19023 outlierFWebuye
NA19027 outlierMWebuye