Ancient population · Medieval
Sealand VA (Medieval)
Sealand_VA
Sealand VA (Medieval) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Sealand_VA), with 9 samples from Zealand, Denmark, dated to c. 880–950 CE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Viking (Medieval, Denmark), Groningen Saxon (Medieval, Netherlands) and Skara VA (Medieval); the nearest living populations are Danish, Dutch and Norwegian.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups I1 (2) and I1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include U5a (3), H1c, J1c and T1a.
- Period
- Medieval
- Date
- c. 880–950 CE
- Country
- Denmark
- Origin
- Zealand, Denmark
- Sampled near
- Bakkendrup 55.58, 11.67
- Sites
- Bakkendrup (2)
Gl Lejre (2)
Lejre (2)
Besser
Borse
and 1 more - Samples
- 9
- Published in
- MargaryanWillerslevNature2020
- Catalogue
Sealand_VA
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viking (Medieval, Denmark)Denmark_Viking | 0.82 |
| 2 | Groningen Saxon (Medieval, Netherlands)Netherlands_Groningen_Saxon_Medieval | 0.87 |
| 3 | Skara VA (Medieval)Skara_VA | 0.95 |
| 4 | Zealand Saxon (Medieval, Denmark)Denmark_Zealand_Saxon_Medieval | 1.11 |
| 5 | Funen VA (Medieval)Funen_VA | 1.12 |
| 6 | England (Early Medieval)England_EarlyMedieval | 1.14 |
| 7 | Viking (Medieval, England)England_Viking | 1.15 |
| 8 | Jutland VA (Medieval)Jutland_VA | 1.16 |
| 9 | Langeland VA (Medieval)Langeland_VA | 1.18 |
| 10 | Oxford VA (Medieval, England)England_Oxford_VA | 1.26 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 13
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.
| Sample | Sex | Date | Site | Y-DNA | mtDNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VK281 | M | 900-1000 CE | Borse | I1a1b1a1c2a I-Y5612 | T2 |
VK284 | F | 800-1100 CE | Trekroner-Grydehej | J1c5a1 | |
VK294 | F | 850-900 CE | Bakkendrup | U5a1b1h | |
VK298 | F | 800-1000 CE | Besser | U5a1a1d | |
VK315 | M | 850-900 CE | Bakkendrup | I1 I-L121 | T1a1b |
VK385 | F | 850-900 CE | Lejre | U4c1 | |
VK445 | M | 800-1100 CE | Gl Lejre | I1 I1 | U3b |
VK92 | F | 850-900 CE | Lejre | H1c3b | |
VK94 | F | 800-1100 CE | Gl Lejre | U5a1b1 | |
VK215 outlier | M | 800-900 CE | Gerdrup | R1b R-L754 | J1c2k |
VK247 outlier | F | 850-900 CE | Lejre | H10e1 | |
VK369 outlier | M | 850-900 CE | Bakkendrup | R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151 | H1a |
VK90 outlier | F | 850-900 CE | Lejre | H3 |