Modern population

Luo

Luo

Luo is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Luo), with 8 samples from Kisumu, Kenya.

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

Period
Modern
Country
Kenya
Origin
Kisumu, Kenya
Sampled near
Nyanza -0.10, 34.30
Samples
8
Catalogue
Luo

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
1Luhya KenyaLuhya_Kenya1.89
2Bantu KenyaBantu_Kenya2.69
3MwaniMwani5.80
4YaoYao6.36
5MadaMada6.48
6SenaSena6.58
7NyanjaNyanja6.60
8NdauNdau6.62
9MakhuwaMakhuwa6.66
10ManyikaManyika6.95
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA3.29
2Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP5.10
3Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP5.27
4Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP5.43
5Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric7.65
6Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African7.92
7Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric8.15
8South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP8.29
9Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP11.67
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA13.12

Individuals 8

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
Ayodo_412CMBondo District
Ayodo_423CMBondo District
Ayodo_430CMBondo District
Ayodo_438CMBondo District
Ayodo_458CFBondo District
Ayodo_460CFBondo District
Ayodo_502CFBondo District
Ayodo_604CFBondo District