A focused population profile of Valencians, their eastern Iberian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Valencians are the people of the Valencian Community in eastern Spain, including Valencia, Alicante, Castellon, and surrounding coastal and inland regions. Valencian history includes Iberian, Roman, Islamic, Aragonese, Catalan, Castilian, Mediterranean, and modern Spanish layers.
Valencian, a variety of Catalan, and Spanish are both widely used. Regional differences matter between Valencia city, Castellon, Alicante, coastal towns, and inland areas.
As a genetic reference, Spanish Valencia Valencian is useful for comparison with Catalan, Madrid Castilian, Aragonese, Castilla-La Mancha, Valencia Alicante, Valencia Castellon, Balearic Catalan, Murcia, and other eastern Iberian references.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Spanish Valencia (Valencian) is Spanish Cantabria (Cantabrian). Other nearby references include Spanish Madrid (Castilian), Spanish Catalonia Alt Pirineu (Catalan), Spanish Catalonia Peri-Barcelona (Catalan), and Hispano-Argentine. This gives the Spanish Valencia (Valencian) profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Valencian is best interpreted as an eastern Iberian profile, with Catalan, Aragonese, Madrid/Castilian, Castilla-La Mancha, and nearby Valencian references important for context.
The heatmap should emphasize Valencia, Catalonia, Aragon, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, Cantabria, Alicante, Castellon, and the eastern Iberian coast.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Spanish Cantabria (Cantabrian). Other nearby references include Spanish Madrid (Castilian), Spanish Catalonia Alt Pirineu (Catalan), Spanish Catalonia Peri-Barcelona (Catalan), and Hispano-Argentine.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Spanish Cantabria (Cantabrian) is the closest listed match to the Spanish Valencia (Valencian) average after removing Spanish Valencia (Valencian) itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Spanish Valencia (Valencian) G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
