Modern population

Saami

Saami

Saami is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Saami), with 8 samples from Finnmark, Norway.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Saami Kola, Udmurt and Besermyan, and among ancient ones Levanluhta (Iron Age), Levanluhta (Medieval, Finland) and Chalmny-Varre (Russia).

Period
Modern
Country
Norway
Origin
Finnmark, Norway
Sampled near
Troms 68.59, 16.99
Samples
8
Catalogue
Saami

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
1Saami KolaSaami_Kola5.17
2UdmurtUdmurt5.23
3BesermyanBesermyan6.02
4ChuvashChuvash7.11
5Komi AKomi_A7.29
6KomiKomi7.38
7Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan8.20
8Russian LeshukonskyRussian_Leshukonsky8.56
9MariMari9.27
10Tatar MisharTatar_Mishar10.05
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Levanluhta (Iron Age)Levanluhta_IA1.76
2Levanluhta (Medieval, Finland)Finland_Levanluhta2.34
3Chalmny-Varre (Russia)RUS_Chalmny-Varre2.37
4Chalmny Varre (Russia)Russia_Chalmny_Varre2.43
5Mezhovskaya (Iron Age, Russia) · Russia_MezhovskayaRussia_Mezhovskaya7.42
6Mezhovskaya (Iron Age, Russia) · RUS_MezhovskayaRUS_Mezhovskaya7.48
7Karasuk (Bronze Age, Russia)RUS_Karasuk7.95
8Kazakstan Sargat (Iron Age)Kazakstan_Sargat_IA8.37
9Sargatka (Early Iron Age–Iron Age, Russia)Russia_EIA_Sargatka_IA8.71
10Alpamsa Alakul (Middle–Late Bronze Age)Alpamsa_MLBA_Alakul8.86

Individuals 16

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
GS000035026Finnmark, Norway
saami12Finnmark, Norway
saami13Finnmark, Norway
saami14Finnmark, Norway
saami3Finnmark, Norway
saami7Finnmark, Norway
saami8Finnmark, Norway
saami9Finnmark, Norway
GS000035025 outlierFinnmark, Norway
Saami001 outlierFinnmark, Norway
saami1 outlierFinnmark, Norway
saami11 outlierFinnmark, Norway
saami2 outlierFinnmark, Norway
saami4 outlierFinnmark, Norway
saami5 outlierFinnmark, Norway
saami6 outlierFinnmark, Norway