A focused population profile of Greeks from Corfu, their Ionian island background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Greeks from Corfu come from the northern Ionian Islands, close to Epirus, Albania, and the Adriatic. Corfu has ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, French, British, and modern Greek historical layers, with a distinctive Ionian identity.
Greek is the main language, with local Ionian speech and strong Venetian cultural influence in the island's history. Corfu should be read as an Ionian island profile, connected to Epirus, western Greece, Euboea, Messenia, Laconia, and Phocis in the closest-match table.
As a genetic reference, Greek Heptanese Corfu is useful for comparison with Euboea Psachna, Euboea South, Messenia, Euboea Chalcis South, Outer Mani, Laconia, Phocis, Laconia Vardounia/East Taygetos, Aetolia-Acarnania, and Epirus.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Greek Heptanese Corfu is Greek Western Greece Aetolia-Acarnania. Other nearby references include Greek Euboea Psachna, Greek Euboea South, Greek Peloponnese Messenia Exo-Mani, and Greek Peloponnese Messenia. This gives the Greek Heptanese Corfu 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. Corfu Greek is best interpreted as an Ionian island profile, close to Euboea, Messenia, Laconia, Phocis, Aetolia-Acarnania, and Epirus.
The heatmap should emphasize Corfu, the Ionian Islands, Epirus, western Greece, Euboea, Phocis, Messenia, Laconia, and the western Greek mainland.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Greek Western Greece Aetolia-Acarnania. Other nearby references include Greek Euboea Psachna, Greek Euboea South, Greek Peloponnese Messenia Exo-Mani, and Greek Peloponnese Messenia.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Greek Western Greece Aetolia-Acarnania is the closest listed match to the Greek Heptanese Corfu average after removing Greek Heptanese Corfu itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Greek Heptanese Corfu G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
