A focused population profile of Romaniote Jew, with modern genetic matches, ancestry modeling, and a World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Romaniote Jew is included in the World Genetics modern G25 database as a reference population. This page uses that reference average to compare Romaniote Jew 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 Romaniote Jew.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Romaniote Jew is Sephardic Jew Turkey. Other nearby references include Egyptian Jew, Italki Jew, Sephardic Jew Bulgaria, and Sephardic Jew Greece. This gives the Romaniote Jew 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 Romaniote Jew 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 Romaniote Jew profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Romaniote Jew average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Sephardic Jew Turkey. Other nearby references include Egyptian Jew, Italki Jew, Sephardic Jew Bulgaria, and Sephardic Jew Greece.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Sephardic Jew Turkey is the closest listed match to the Romaniote Jew average after removing Romaniote Jew itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Romaniote Jew G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.