A focused population profile of Andi people with a Transcaucasian profile, their Caucasus background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Andi people are a Northeast Caucasian group from Dagestan, but this World Genetics reference is labeled Transcaucasian profile because it falls closer to Georgian, Meskhetian, Udi, Armenian, and southern Caucasus-adjacent references than the separate Andi Ciscaucasian profile.
Andi is an Andic Northeast Caucasian language, while Avar and Russian may also be used. The Transcaucasian label should be read as a genetic comparison pattern, not as a statement that Andi identity is Georgian or Armenian.
As a genetic reference, Andi Transcaucasian is useful for comparison with Georgian Kartlian, Karata Transcaucasian, Georgian Kakhetian, Turkish Meskhetian Ardahan, Turkish Meskhetian Georgia, Udi, Georgian Tushetian, Georgian Khevsurian, Turkish Erzurum, and Armenian Shamakhi.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Andi with a Transcaucasian profile is closest to Georgian Kartlian, Karata with a Transcaucasian profile, Georgian Kakhetian, Turkish Meskhetian Ardahan, Turkish Meskhetian Georgia, Udi, Georgian Tushetian, Georgian Khevsurian, Turkish Erzurum, and Armenian Shamakhi. The result places this profile in a southern Caucasus-adjacent comparison space.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Andi Transcaucasian is best interpreted as an Andi-related Caucasus profile shifted toward Georgian, Meskhetian, Udi, Erzurum, and Armenian-adjacent references.
The heatmap should emphasize Dagestan, Georgia, Kartli, Kakheti, Tusheti, Khevsureti, Meskheti, Udi regions, Erzurum, Shamakhi, and the wider Caucasus.
The label means this Andi-related reference falls closer to Georgian, Meskhetian, Udi, Erzurum, and Armenian-adjacent references than the Ciscaucasian Andi profile.
No. It is a genetic comparison label in this database, not an ethnic or language reclassification.
The Transcaucasian profile is closer to southern Caucasus references, while the Ciscaucasian profile is closer to Dagestani highland references such as Lak, Avar, and Godoberi.
