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