A focused population profile of Sinhalese, with modern genetic matches, ancestry modeling, and a World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Sinhalese is included in the World Genetics modern G25 database as a reference population. This page uses that reference average to compare Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Sinhalese is Tamil Sri Lanka. Other nearby references include Indian South, Sri Lankan, Konkani Christian Catholic, and Telugu Yadav. This gives the Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Sinhalese average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Tamil Sri Lanka. Other nearby references include Indian South, Sri Lankan, Konkani Christian Catholic, and Telugu Yadav.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Tamil Sri Lanka is the closest listed match to the Sinhalese average after removing Sinhalese itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Sinhalese G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
