A focused population profile of Armenians from Shamakhi, their eastern Caucasus background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Armenians from Shamakhi are connected to an eastern Caucasus city and region in present-day Azerbaijan, historically important for trade, crafts, churches, and multiethnic Caucasus life. The community sits in the wider eastern Armenian and Caucasus Armenian world.
Armenian is the core identity language, while Azerbaijani, Russian, and other regional languages may be part of historical or diaspora contexts. The current reference has a small sample size and a distinctive eastern Caucasus comparison pattern.
As a genetic reference, Armenian Shamakhi is useful for comparison with Udi, Armenian Artsakh, Turkish Erzurum, Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Gümüşhane, Armenian Syunik, Kurdish Kurmanji Erzincan, Kurdish Zaza Bingöl, Turkish Erzurum Central, Andi Transcaucasian, and Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Kars.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Armenian Shamakhi is Udi. Other nearby references include Armenian Artsakh, Turkish Erzurum, Turkish Tunceli, and Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Gümüşhane. This gives the Armenian Shamakhi profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Armenian Shamakhi is best interpreted as an eastern Caucasus Armenian profile, close to Udi, Artsakh, Syunik, Erzurum, Andi Transcaucasian, and several Kurdish/Turkish eastern Anatolian references.
The heatmap should emphasize Shamakhi, eastern Caucasus, Udi regions, Artsakh, Syunik, Erzurum, Gumushane, Erzincan, Bingol, Kars, and the South Caucasus/eastern Anatolian corridor.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Udi. Other nearby references include Armenian Artsakh, Turkish Erzurum, Turkish Tunceli, and Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Gümüşhane.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Udi is the closest listed match to the Armenian Shamakhi average after removing Armenian Shamakhi itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Armenian Shamakhi G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
