A focused population profile of Armenians from Sebastia, their central Anatolian Armenian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Armenians from Sebastia, modern Sivas, are connected to a major historic Armenian region of central Anatolia. Sebastia linked Cappadocia, northern Anatolia, eastern Anatolia, and western Armenian diaspora histories.
Western Armenian was historically important, while Turkish and diaspora languages may also appear in family histories. The current reference is small and should be read alongside Aintab, Kessab, Urfa, Mush, Alashkert, and Lebanese Armenian pages.
As a genetic reference, Armenian Sebastia is useful for comparison with Armenian Lebanon, Armenian Urfa, Armenian Mush, Armenian Aintab, Armenian Kessab, Armenian Alashkert, Armenian Ararat, Armenian Yerevan, Assyrian Tur Abdin, and Armenian Gesaria.
In the World Genetics modern G25 table, Armenian Sebastia is closest to Armenian Lebanon, Armenian Urfa, Armenian Mush, Armenian Aintab, Armenian Kessab, Armenian Alashkert, Armenian Ararat, Armenian Yerevan, Assyrian Syriac Orthodox Turkey Tur Abdin, and Armenian Gesaria. The result places Sebastia in a central Anatolian and western Armenian diaspora comparison space.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Armenian Sebastia is best interpreted as a central Anatolian Armenian profile, close to Urfa, Mush, Aintab, Kessab, Alashkert, Ararat, Yerevan, Gesaria, Lebanese Armenian, and Assyrian Tur Abdin references.
The heatmap should emphasize Sebastia/Sivas, central Anatolia, Urfa, Mush, Aintab, Kessab, Alashkert, Ararat, Yerevan, Gesaria/Kayseri, Lebanon, and Tur Abdin.
Yes. Armenian Lebanon is the closest match in this comparison.
These are western Armenian and Ottoman Armenian regional references that overlap in diaspora and Anatolian ancestry.
Yes. The current sample size is small, so it should be read alongside other western Armenian regional pages.
