A focused population profile of Shia Muslims from Beirut, with closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Lebanese Shia Muslims are one of Lebanon's major Muslim communities, with strong historical presence in southern Lebanon, the Beqaa Valley, and Beirut. The Beirut Shia reference represents an urban Lebanese Shia profile.
Lebanese Arabic is the everyday language, while Modern Standard Arabic is used formally. As in the rest of Lebanon, multilingualism with French and English is common in many settings.
A Lebanese Shia Beirut genetic reference should be interpreted in a Levantine Muslim context, with comparison to Lebanese Sunni, broader Lebanese Muslim, Syrian Arab, and southern Lebanese Shia references.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Lebanese Arab Muslim Shia Beirut is Syrian Arab (Levantine Profile). Other nearby references include Lebanese Arab Muslim, Syrian Arab Idlib (Levantine Profile), Lebanese Arab Muslim Sunni Dinniyeh, and Lebanese Arab Muslim Shia. This gives the Lebanese Arab Muslim Shia Beirut profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestry breakdown models deep components, while closest matches show modern similarity. Lebanese Shia Beirut is best read with other Lebanese Muslim and Syrian Levantine references rather than with Christian-specific Lebanese clusters.
The heatmap should emphasize Lebanon, western Syria, and neighboring Levantine Muslim reference regions.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Syrian Arab (Levantine Profile). Other nearby references include Lebanese Arab Muslim, Syrian Arab Idlib (Levantine Profile), Lebanese Arab Muslim Sunni Dinniyeh, and Lebanese Arab Muslim Shia.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Syrian Arab (Levantine Profile) is the closest listed match to the Lebanese Arab Muslim Shia Beirut average after removing Lebanese Arab Muslim Shia Beirut itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Lebanese Arab Muslim Shia Beirut G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
