🇮🇶 Iraqi Arab (Mesopotamian Arab Profile) genetics
A focused population profile of Iraqi Arabs with a Mesopotamian Arab profile, including closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
📍 Region
Iraq, Mesopotamia
🗣️ Language
Iraqi Arabic / Mesopotamian Arabic
🧬 Closest match
Iraqi Arab Dhi Qar (Mesopotamian Arab Profile)
Who are Iraqi Arabs?
Iraqi Arabs are the Arabic-speaking majority population of Iraq, a country centered on ancient Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Iraqi Arab communities include major regional profiles from Baghdad, the south, the Euphrates, the Tigris, marshland areas, and northern Iraq.
Iraqi Arabic, also called Mesopotamian Arabic, is the main spoken Arabic variety, while Modern Standard Arabic is used formally. Iraq also includes Kurdish, Turkmen, Assyrian, Armenian, Mandaean, Yazidi, and other communities.
This reference is labeled as a Mesopotamian Arab profile, so it should be read as an Iraqi Arab profile centered on Mesopotamia rather than on Levantine or Arabian-mixed Iraqi subprofiles.
What is Iraqi Arab (Mesopotamian Arab Profile) DNA closest to?
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Iraqi Arab (Mesopotamian Arab Profile) is Iraqi Arab Dhi Qar (Mesopotamian Arab Profile). Other nearby references include Iraqi Arab Najaf (Mesopotamian Arab Profile), Iraqi Arab Dhi Qar (Mesopotamian Arab Profile) Marsh Arab, Iraqi Arab Wasit (Mesopotamian Arab Profile), and Iraqi Arab Maysan (Mesopotamian Arab Profile). This gives the Iraqi Arab (Mesopotamian Arab Profile) profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
What does Iraqi Arab ancestry look like?
The ancestry model gives deep component proportions, while closest matches show that this Iraqi Arab profile is primarily Mesopotamian within the database. Other Iraqi Arab references can shift toward Levantine, Arabian-mixed, marshland, or regional southern Iraqi patterns.
Where is Iraqi Arab DNA closest on the map?
The heatmap should emphasize Iraq, especially central and southern Mesopotamian Arab reference regions along the Tigris and Euphrates.
