A focused population profile of Sioux Lakota, with modern genetic matches, ancestry modeling, and a World Genetics G25 heatmap.
📍 ReferenceSioux Lakota
🧬 Closest matchMandan-Arikara-Hidatsa
🗺️ HeatmapModern genetic distance
Who are Sioux Lakota?
Sioux Lakota is included in the World Genetics modern G25 database as a reference population. This page uses that reference average to compare Sioux Lakota 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 Sioux Lakota.
What is Sioux Lakota DNA closest to?
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Sioux Lakota is Mandan-Arikara-Hidatsa. Other nearby references include Hopi, Navajo, Crow, and Kiowa-Arapaho. This gives the Sioux Lakota profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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What does Sioux Lakota ancestry look like?
The ancestral breakdown below loads the best-fitting World Genetics calculator for the Sioux Lakota 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.
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Where is Sioux Lakota DNA closest on the map?
The heatmap gives the Sioux Lakota profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Sioux Lakota average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
Sioux Lakota Genetic Distance HeatmapWarmer areas show closer modern population averages.
What populations are genetically closest to Sioux Lakota?
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Mandan-Arikara-Hidatsa. Other nearby references include Hopi, Navajo, Crow, and Kiowa-Arapaho.
Is Sioux Lakota DNA closest to Mandan-Arikara-Hidatsa?
In the current modern G25 reference set, Mandan-Arikara-Hidatsa is the closest listed match to the Sioux Lakota average after removing Sioux Lakota itself from the table.
What does the Sioux Lakota heatmap show?
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Sioux Lakota G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.