A focused population profile of Greeks from Rhodes, their Dodecanese island background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Greeks from Rhodes are an island Greek population from the largest island of the Dodecanese, close to the southwestern coast of Anatolia. Rhodes has a long eastern Mediterranean history involving ancient Greek city-states, Hellenistic Rhodes, Roman and Byzantine rule, the Knights Hospitaller, Ottoman rule, Italian administration, and modern Greece.
Greek is the main language, with local Dodecanese speech and island identity. Rhodes should be read as an eastern Aegean island reference, distinct from mainland Greek and Cretan profiles.
As a genetic reference, Greek Dodecanese Rhodes is useful for comparison with Kastellorizo, Symi, Karpathos, Kos, Kalymnos, Nisyros, Greek Cyprus, Turkish Cyprus, Crete, Chios, and eastern Mediterranean island references.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Greek Dodecanese Rhodes is Greek Dodecanese Kastellorizo. Other nearby references include Greek Dodecanese Symi, Greek Dodecanese Karpathos, Greek Dodecanese Kos, and Greek Cyprus. This gives the Greek Dodecanese Rhodes 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. Rhodian Greek is best interpreted as a Dodecanese island profile, close to Kastellorizo, Symi, Karpathos, Kos, Cyprus, Kalymnos, Nisyros, Crete, and Chios.
The heatmap should emphasize Rhodes, the Dodecanese, Kastellorizo, Symi, Karpathos, Kos, Kalymnos, Nisyros, Cyprus, Crete, Chios, and the eastern Aegean.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Greek Dodecanese Kastellorizo. Other nearby references include Greek Dodecanese Symi, Greek Dodecanese Karpathos, Greek Dodecanese Kos, and Greek Cyprus.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Greek Dodecanese Kastellorizo is the closest listed match to the Greek Dodecanese Rhodes average after removing Greek Dodecanese Rhodes itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Greek Dodecanese Rhodes G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
