A focused population profile of Yoruba people from Nigeria, their West African background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Yoruba people are a major West African population centered in southwestern Nigeria, with communities also in Benin, Togo, and diaspora populations across the Atlantic world. Important Yoruba-speaking regions include Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, and surrounding areas.
Yoruba is a Niger-Congo language with a major literary, religious, and cultural tradition. Yoruba diaspora influence is also visible in the Caribbean, Brazil, Cuba, and other parts of the Americas through Atlantic history.
As a genetic reference, Yoruba Nigeria should be read as a West African profile. It is useful for comparison with Esan, Igbo, Akan Ghana, Kassena Ghana, Frafra Nankam, Mossi, Bambara, Dogon, and other West African references.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Yoruba Nigeria is Esan. Other nearby references include Kassena Ghana, Frafra Nankam, Akan Ghana, and Mossi. This gives the Yoruba Nigeria profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestry breakdown models deeper components, while closest matches show modern similarity. Yoruba Nigeria results are best interpreted as West African, with strongest links to nearby Nigerian and Ghanaian references in the current dataset.
The heatmap should emphasize southwestern Nigeria, southern Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, and neighboring West African reference zones.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Esan. Other nearby references include Kassena Ghana, Frafra Nankam, Akan Ghana, and Mossi.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Esan is the closest listed match to the Yoruba Nigeria average after removing Yoruba Nigeria itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Yoruba Nigeria G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
