A focused population profile of Mende Sierra Leone, with modern genetic matches, ancestry modeling, and a World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Mende Sierra Leone is included in the World Genetics modern G25 database as a reference population. This page uses that reference average to compare Mende Sierra Leone with other modern populations in the database.
The label should be read as a population reference name rather than a complete description of every individual, family, language, region, or community history connected with Mende Sierra Leone.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Mende Sierra Leone is Jola Gambia. Other nearby references include Akan Ghana, Manjak Gambia, Cameroonian Semi-Bantu, and Afro-Vincentian. This gives the Mende Sierra Leone profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestral breakdown below loads the best-fitting World Genetics calculator for the Mende Sierra Leone average. It should be read as a model of deep ancestry components, while the closest-match table is the better guide to which modern populations are most similar in G25 space.
The heatmap gives the Mende Sierra Leone profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Mende Sierra Leone average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Jola Gambia. Other nearby references include Akan Ghana, Manjak Gambia, Cameroonian Semi-Bantu, and Afro-Vincentian.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Jola Gambia is the closest listed match to the Mende Sierra Leone average after removing Mende Sierra Leone itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Mende Sierra Leone G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
