🇮🇸 Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir genetics

Explore the ancient reference Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir, its closest modern genetic matches, ancestry models, and genetic distance heatmap.

📍 Region Iceland
🧬 Closest modern match Scottish Orkney (Orcadian)
⏳ Time period Early–High medieval period · c. AD 870–1050

About Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir

Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir is a reference in the World Genetics ancient G25 dataset. This page compares its coordinates with modern and ancient references. Labels may identify a sampled group, archaeological context, individual, or simulation; they do not necessarily describe an entire ancient population.

The map shows similarity to present-day reference populations, not the historical territory of this ancient group. Genetic similarity alone does not establish direct descent.

What is Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir DNA closest to?

In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir is Scottish Orkney (Orcadian). Other nearby references include Faroese, Dutch North Holland, Norwegian, and Frisian Netherlands. This gives the Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.

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What does Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir ancestry look like?

The ancestral breakdown below loads the best-fitting World Genetics calculator for the Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir average. It should be read as a model of deep ancestry components, while the closest-match table is the better guide to which modern populations are most similar in G25 space.

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Where is Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir DNA closest on the map?

The heatmap gives the Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.

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Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir Genetics FAQ

What populations are genetically closest to Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir?

The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Scottish Orkney (Orcadian). Other nearby references include Faroese, Dutch North Holland, Norwegian, and Frisian Netherlands.

Is Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir DNA closest to Scottish Orkney (Orcadian)?

In the current modern G25 reference set, Scottish Orkney (Orcadian) is the closest listed match to the Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir average after removing Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir itself from the table.

What does the Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir heatmap show?

The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Iceland Early-High Medieval Viking Age Hofstadir G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.

Sources and further reading

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