A focused population profile of Andalusians from southern Spain, their Iberian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Andalusians are the people of Andalusia in southern Spain, a region including Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Malaga, Cadiz, Huelva, Jaen, and Almeria. Andalusia sits between the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, central Iberia, and North Africa, which gives it a distinctive place in Iberian history.
Spanish is the main language, with Andalusian Spanish varieties known for their own pronunciation and regional speech patterns. The region has been shaped by Roman, Visigothic, Islamic Andalusi, Castilian, Mediterranean, Atlantic, and local Iberian histories.
As a genetic reference, Spanish Andalusia should be read as a southern Iberian profile. It is especially useful for comparing Andalusian results with Portuguese, Murcian, Castilian, Galician, Extremaduran, Valencian, and other Iberian references.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Spanish Andalusia is closest to Portuguese, Spanish Murcia, Spanish Castilla-La Mancha, Spanish Galicia, Spanish Extremadura, Spanish Castile and Leon, Spanish Valencia Alicante, and Portuguese Azores. The result places Andalusia inside a broad western and southern Iberian cluster, with Portuguese and neighboring Spanish regional references near the top.
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The ancestry model gives deeper component proportions, while the closest-match table shows modern similarity. Andalusian DNA in this dataset is best interpreted as southern Iberian, connected to both western Iberia and other Spanish regional averages.
The heatmap should emphasize southern and western Iberia, especially Andalusia, Portugal, Murcia, Castile, Galicia, Extremadura, and nearby Iberian regions.
Yes. Portuguese is the closest non-self match to Spanish Andalusia in this World Genetics comparison.
Andalusians remain part of the Iberian cluster, but the closest matches here lean toward Portuguese, Murcian, Castilian, Galician, and Extremaduran references rather than one northern-only profile.
The page's closest modern matches are Iberian. Any deeper North African-related signal is better interpreted through the ancestry calculator rather than assuming it from the closest-match list alone.
