Modern population

Ossetian

Ossetian

Ossetian is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Ossetian), with 6 samples from North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Adygei, North Ossetian and Balkar, and among ancient ones Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan), North Ossetian (Russia) and Himera 480BCE 5 (Iron Age, Sicily).

Period
Modern
Country
Russia
Origin
North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
Sampled near
Kabardino-Balkaria 43.12, 43.55
Samples
6
Catalogue
Ossetian

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
1AdygeiAdygei2.01
2North OssetianNorth_Ossetian2.03
3BalkarBalkar2.47
4IngushianIngushian2.53
5CircassianCircassian2.84
6KarachayKarachay2.87
7AbkhasianAbkhasian2.92
8Georgian SvanetiGeorgian_Svaneti3.12
9CherkesCherkes3.29
10Georgian TushGeorgian_Tush3.41
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan)Uzbekistan_Dzharkutan_BA_22.07
2North Ossetian (Russia)Russia_NorthOssetian3.14
3Himera 480BCE 5 (Iron Age, Sicily)Sicily_Himera_480BCE_54.00
4Caucasus (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Medieval4.16
5Anapa (Medieval)Anapa_MA4.23
6Armenia (Iron Age)Armenia_IA4.27
7Alan (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Alan4.33
8Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_LateMaikop4.35
9Alan (Medieval)Alan_MA4.36
10North Caucasus (Middle Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_North_Caucasus_MBA4.54

Individuals 6

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
OCE-058MNorth Ossetia Republic
OCE-155MNorth Ossetia Republic
OCE-160MNorth Ossetia Republic
OCE-161MNorth Ossetia Republic
OCE-195MNorth Ossetia Republic
OCE-224MNorth Ossetia Republic