A focused population profile of Bedik people, their Senegalese and Upper Guinea background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Bedik people are a minority population of Senegal, especially associated with eastern Senegal and the Upper Guinea borderlands near Guinea and Mali.
Bedik is part of the regional linguistic landscape, while French, Wolof, Mandinka, and other languages may be used in wider social life. The profile sits near Mandé and Senegambian references in the database.
As a genetic reference, Bedik is useful for comparison with Manjak Gambia, Mandinka Senegal, Malinke Mali, Mandinka Gambia, Serer Gambia, Wolof Gambia, Bambara Mali, Jola Gambia, Fulani Gambia SSA Profile, Soninke Gambia, Dogon, and Mossi.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Bedik is Manjak Gambia. Other nearby references include Mandinka Gambia, Mandinka Senegal, Malinke Mali, and Serer Gambia. This gives the Bedik 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. Bedik ancestry is best interpreted as West African and Upper Guinea/Senegambian, close to Manjak, Mandinka, Malinke, Serer, Wolof, Jola, Bambara, Soninke, and nearby regional references.
The heatmap should emphasize eastern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea borderlands, Mali, Upper Guinea, Senegambia, and Mandé/Atlantic West African reference zones.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Manjak Gambia. Other nearby references include Mandinka Gambia, Mandinka Senegal, Malinke Mali, and Serer Gambia.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Manjak Gambia is the closest listed match to the Bedik average after removing Bedik itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Bedik G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
