A focused population profile of Yemeni Arabs, their southern Arabian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Yemeni Arabs are the Arabic-speaking population of Yemen, a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen includes highlands, coastal plains, desert regions, and historic cities such as Sana'a, Taiz, Aden, and Hadramaut.
Yemen has several Arabic varieties, including Sanaani, Ta'izzi-Adeni, Hadrami, and other regional dialects. The country's older history also includes ancient South Arabian kingdoms and long-standing Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Arabian trade connections.
Because Yemen is geographically and historically distinct from the Gulf and central Arabia, Yemeni Arab genetic results can form a southern Arabian pole within broader Arabian comparisons.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Yemeni Arab is Yemeni Arab Ibb. Other nearby references include Yemeni Arab Dhale, Yemeni Arab Dhamar, Saudi Arab Hejaz, and Yemeni Arab Hadramaut. This gives the Yemeni Arab profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestral breakdown should be read with the modern closest matches. Yemeni Arab ancestry is best interpreted as southern Arabian, with regional variation between highland, coastal, Hadrami, and other Yemeni references.
The heatmap should focus on Yemen and southern Arabia, with close zones extending toward neighboring Arabian Peninsula references.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Yemeni Arab Ibb. Other nearby references include Yemeni Arab Dhale, Yemeni Arab Dhamar, Saudi Arab Hejaz, and Yemeni Arab Hadramaut.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Yemeni Arab Ibb is the closest listed match to the Yemeni Arab average after removing Yemeni Arab itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Yemeni Arab G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
