A focused population profile of Faroese, with modern genetic matches, ancestry modeling, and a World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Faroese is included in the World Genetics modern G25 database as a reference population. This page uses that reference average to compare Faroese with other modern populations in the database.
The label should be read as a population reference name rather than a complete description of every individual, family, language, region, or community history connected with Faroese.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Faroese is Frisian Netherlands. Other nearby references include Dutch North Holland, Scottish Orkney (Orcadian), German Lower Saxony, and Dutch North+Central. This gives the Faroese profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestral breakdown below loads the best-fitting World Genetics calculator for the Faroese average. It should be read as a model of deep ancestry components, while the closest-match table is the better guide to which modern populations are most similar in G25 space.
The heatmap gives the Faroese profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Faroese average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Frisian Netherlands. Other nearby references include Dutch North Holland, Scottish Orkney (Orcadian), German Lower Saxony, and Dutch North+Central.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Frisian Netherlands is the closest listed match to the Faroese average after removing Faroese itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Faroese G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.