A focused population profile of Azeris from Aghstafa, their northwestern Azerbaijani borderland background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Azeris from Aghstafa are associated with northwestern Azerbaijan near the Georgian border, a corridor linking Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, eastern Anatolia, and the western South Caucasus.
Azerbaijani Turkish is the main language, while Russian and Georgian contact may appear in regional histories. The Aghstafa profile is useful for looking at western Azerbaijani variation close to Georgia and Qazax.
As a genetic reference, Azeri Azerbaijan Aghstafa is useful for comparison with Azeri Georgia, Azeri Azerbaijan Qazax, Azeri Turkey Kars, Turkish Gaziantep, Turkish Kirikkale, Turkish Ordu, Turkish Ankara Sereflikochisar, Turkish Kahramanmaras, Turkish Kirsehir, and broad Azeri Azerbaijan.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Azeri Azerbaijan Aghstafa is closest to Azeri Georgia, Azeri Azerbaijan Qazax, Azeri Turkey Kars, Turkish Gaziantep, Turkish Kirikkale, Turkish Ordu, Turkish Ankara Sereflikochisar, Turkish Kahramanmaras, Turkish Kirsehir, and Turkish Afyonkarahisar Northeast. The result places Aghstafa Azeris close to Georgian Azeri, Qazax Azeri, Kars Azeri, and several Anatolian Turkish references.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Aghstafa Azeri ancestry is best interpreted as western Azerbaijani and South Caucasus borderland, with overlap toward Georgian Azeris, Qazax Azeris, Kars Azeris, and Anatolian Turkish regional references.
The heatmap should emphasize northwestern Azerbaijan, Aghstafa, Qazax, Georgia, Kars, eastern Anatolia, central Anatolia, and the western South Caucasus.
Yes. Azeri Georgia is the closest match in this comparison.
Yes. Azeri Azerbaijan Qazax is the second-closest match.
Western Azerbaijani and eastern/central Anatolian Turkish references can overlap because of shared West Asian, Caucasus, and Turkic-speaking regional ancestry.
