A focused population profile of Lower Navarre Basques, their inland French Basque background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Lower Navarre Basques are associated with the inland French Basque province of Lower Navarre, between Labourd, Soule, Navarre, and the western Pyrenees.
Basque is the heritage language and French is widely used today. Lower Navarre sits near the border between the French and Spanish Basque Country, which is visible in the closest-match pattern.
As a genetic reference, Basque France Lower Navarre is useful for comparison with broad Basque Spain, Basque Spain Gipuzkoa Tolosa, Basque Spain Navarre Northwest, Basque Spain Navarre Roncal, Basque Spain Biscay, Basque Spain Gipuzkoa Southwest, Basque France Soule, Basque Spain Gipuzkoa Central, Basque France Labourd, broad Basque France, and Basque Spain Navarre Central-West.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Basque France Lower Navarre is closest to broad Basque Spain, Basque Spain Gipuzkoa Tolosa, Basque Spain Navarre Northwest, Basque Spain Navarre Roncal, Basque Spain Biscay, Basque Spain Gipuzkoa Southwest, Basque France Soule, Basque Spain Gipuzkoa Central, Basque France Labourd, and broad Basque France. The result places Lower Navarre at the center of the French-Spanish Basque genetic cluster.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Lower Navarre Basque ancestry is best interpreted as inland western Pyrenean Basque, close to both French Basque and Spanish Basque regional references.
The heatmap should emphasize Lower Navarre, Labourd, Soule, Navarre, Gipuzkoa, Biscay, the western Pyrenees, and the French-Spanish Basque borderlands.
They are close to both, with broad Basque Spain and several Spanish Basque regional references at the top of the list.
Yes. Soule and Labourd are close French Basque matches.
Yes. The closest matches are almost entirely Basque regional references.
