Modern population

Samaritan

Samaritan

Samaritan is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Samaritan), with 2 samples from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Lebanese Orthodox Christian Koura, Lebanese Maronite Christian Zgharta and Lebanese Sunni Muslim Dinniyeh, and among ancient ones Ashkelon (Late Bronze Age, Israel), Levant Sidon (Middle Bronze Age) and Levant Ashkelon (Late Bronze Age).

Period
Modern
Country
Israel
Origin
Tel Aviv, Israel
Sampled near
West Bank 32.21, 35.29
Samples
2
Catalogue
Samaritan

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
1Lebanese Orthodox Christian KouraLebanese_Orthodox_Christian_Koura2.90
2Lebanese Maronite Christian ZghartaLebanese_Maronite_Christian_Zgharta2.91
3Lebanese Sunni Muslim DinniyehLebanese_Sunni_Muslim_Dinniyeh2.95
4Lebanese ChristianLebanese_Christian3.11
5Karaite IraqKaraite_Iraq3.44
6Palestinian Beit SahourPalestinian_Beit_Sahour3.77
7Karaite EgyptKaraite_Egypt3.80
8Lebanese DruzeLebanese_Druze3.98
9DruzeDruze3.98
10AlawiteAlawite4.27
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Ashkelon (Late Bronze Age, Israel)Israel_Ashkelon_LBA2.01
2Levant Sidon (Middle Bronze Age)Levant_Sidon_MBA2.16
3Levant Ashkelon (Late Bronze Age)Levant_Ashkelon_LBA2.29
4Lebanon (Middle Bronze Age)Lebanon_MBA2.34
5Israel (Middle–Late Bronze Age)Israel_MLBA2.36
6Jordan (Late Bronze Age–Iron Age)Jordan_LBA_IA2.38
7Ej Jaouze Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_EjJaouze_Phoenician2.50
8IA3 (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_IA32.66
9Levant Beirut IAIII (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAIII2.75
10Levant Beirut IAII (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAII2.79

Individuals 5

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

SampleOrigin
149533Tel Aviv, Israel
168723Tel Aviv, Israel
149532 outlierTel Aviv, Israel
GSM537032 outlierTel Aviv, Israel
GSM537033 outlierTel Aviv, Israel