A focused population profile of Tabriz Azeris, their East Azerbaijani and northwestern Iranian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Tabriz Azeris are Azerbaijani-speaking people from Tabriz and East Azerbaijan Province in northwestern Iran. Tabriz has long been a major urban center linking Iranian Azerbaijan, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the Iranian Plateau.
Azerbaijani Turkish and Persian are both important, while local urban family histories may also connect Ardabil, Zanjan, Tehran, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and eastern Turkey.
As a genetic reference, Azeri Iran East Azerbaijan Tabriz is useful for comparison with Azeri Iran Tehran, Khamseh Turkic, Azeri Iran Ardabil, Azeri Iran Zanjan, broad Azeri Iran, Azeri Azerbaijan Aghjabadi, Kurdish Kurmanji Azerbaijan, Azeri Turkey Kars, Azeri Turkey Ardahan, Turkish Igdir, and Azeri Turkey Igdir.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Azeri Iran East Azerbaijan Tabriz is closest to Azeri Iran Tehran, Khamseh Turkic, Azeri Iran Ardabil, Azeri Iran Zanjan, broad Azeri Iran, Azeri Azerbaijan Aghjabadi, Kurdish Kurmanji Azerbaijan, Azeri Turkey Kars, Azeri Turkey Ardahan, and Azeri Georgia. The result places Tabriz Azeris in an Iranian Azerbaijani space with links to Khamseh Turkic, Ardabil, Zanjan, Tehran, and transborder Azeri references.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Tabriz Azeri ancestry is best interpreted as Iranian Azerbaijani and northwestern Iranian, close to Tehran Azeris, Ardabil, Zanjan, Khamseh Turkic, Aghjabadi, Kars, Ardahan, and Kurdish Kurmanji Azerbaijan.
The heatmap should emphasize Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan, Tehran Azeri communities, Iranian Azerbaijan, Aghjabadi, Kars, Ardahan, Igdir, and the wider South Caucasus-Iran corridor.
Yes. Azeri Iran Tehran is the closest match in this comparison.
Khamseh Turkic and Iranian Azeri references share Turkic-speaking Iranian Plateau and northwestern Iranian ancestry layers.
Yes. Ardabil and Zanjan are both among the closest Iranian Azeri matches.
