A focused population profile of Greeks from Aetolia-Acarnania, their western mainland Greek background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Greeks from Aetolia-Acarnania come from western mainland Greece, between Epirus, the Ionian Sea, the Gulf of Corinth, and central Greece. The region includes Agrinio, Messolonghi, Nafpaktos, mountain villages, coastal towns, and historic western Greek communities.
Greek is the main language. Aetolia-Acarnania should be read as a western mainland Greek profile, linked to Boeotia, Epirus, Euboea, Corfu, Central Macedonia, Aromanian Greek, Phocis, Western Macedonia, and Greek Macedonia.
As a genetic reference, Greek Western Greece Aetolia-Acarnania is useful for comparison with Boeotia, Epirus, Euboea South, Euboea Psachna, Corfu, Central Macedonia, Vlach/Aromanian Greece, Phocis, Western Macedonia, and Greek Macedonia.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Greek Western Greece Aetolia-Acarnania is closest to Greek Central Greece Boeotia, Greek Epirus, Greek Euboea South, Greek Euboea Psachna, Greek Heptanese Corfu, Greek Central Macedonia, Vlach Aromanian Greece, Greek Central Greece Phocis, Greek Western Macedonia, and Greek Macedonia. The result places Aetolia-Acarnania in a western and central mainland Greek cluster.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Aetolia-Acarnania Greek is best interpreted as a western mainland Greek profile, close to Boeotia, Epirus, Euboea, Corfu, Central Macedonia, Aromanian Greek, Phocis, and Western Macedonia.
The heatmap should emphasize Aetolia-Acarnania, western Greece, Boeotia, Epirus, Euboea, Corfu, Phocis, Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia, and the Ionian-facing mainland.
Yes. The closest matches include Boeotia, Epirus, Euboea, Corfu, Phocis, and western/central Greek references.
Yes. Greek Epirus is one of the closest matches in this table.
Vlach Aromanian Greece appears close because some western Greek and Balkan mountain-region profiles overlap in G25 space.
