A focused population profile of Greeks from Ikaria, their North Aegean island background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Greeks from Ikaria come from a North Aegean island west of Samos and near the Dodecanese and western Anatolia. Ikaria has ancient Greek, Byzantine, Ottoman, maritime, and island mountain-community history, with a strong local identity and diaspora.
Greek is the main language. Ikaria should be read as a North Aegean island reference, related to Chios, Kalymnos, east Crete, Santorini, Astypalaia, Kos, Kythira, Heraklion, and Karpathos in the match table.
As a genetic reference, Greek North Aegean Ikaria is useful for comparison with Chios, Kalymnos, east Crete, Santorini, Astypalaia, broad Crete, Kos, Kythira, Heraklion, and Karpathos.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Greek North Aegean Ikaria is Greek North Aegean Chios. Other nearby references include Greek Dodecanese Kalymnos, Greek Crete East, Greek Cyclades Santorini, and Greek Dodecanese Astypalaia. This gives the Greek North Aegean Ikaria 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. Ikaria Greek is best interpreted as a North Aegean island profile, close to Chios, Kalymnos, east Crete, Santorini, Astypalaia, Kos, Kythira, Heraklion, and Karpathos.
The heatmap should emphasize Ikaria, Chios, Kalymnos, Crete, Santorini, Astypalaia, Kos, Kythira, Heraklion, Karpathos, and the Aegean island arc.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Greek North Aegean Chios. Other nearby references include Greek Dodecanese Kalymnos, Greek Crete East, Greek Cyclades Santorini, and Greek Dodecanese Astypalaia.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Greek North Aegean Chios is the closest listed match to the Greek North Aegean Ikaria average after removing Greek North Aegean Ikaria itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Greek North Aegean Ikaria G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
