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 Gumushane, Armenian Syunik, Kurdish Kurmanji Erzincan, Kurdish Zaza Bingol, Turkish Erzurum Central, Andi Transcaucasian, and Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Kars.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Armenian Shamakhi is closest to Udi, Armenian Artsakh, Turkish Erzurum, Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Gumushane, Armenian Syunik, Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Erzincan, Kurdish Zaza Bingol, Turkish Erzurum Central, Andi with a Transcaucasian profile, and Kurdish Kurmanji Turkey Kars. The result places Shamakhi in an eastern Caucasus and Armenian/South Caucasus-adjacent comparison space.
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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.
Udi is an eastern Caucasus reference, and Shamakhi Armenians sit in an eastern Caucasus comparison zone.
Yes. Armenian Artsakh and Armenian Syunik are among the closest Armenian regional references.
Eastern Caucasus, South Caucasus, and eastern Anatolian populations can overlap in G25 space, especially for small regional Armenian references.
