I am currently trying to figure out my heritage, as I am an adoptee and don't really know anything concerning where my biological family comes from. Using the Eurogenes Admixture calculator on GEDMatch makes matters even more confusing for me, and I am currently not sure what to make of these results! It's displaying Asian populations and has me wondering if I am actually of part-Asian descent or if I should simply be using a different admixture calculator. After all, the distance is above 4. Please let me know what you think.
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Primary Population (source)
Secondary Population (source)
Distance
1
94.9%
Southwest_English
+
5.1%
Austroasiatic_Ho
@
4.04
2
94.1%
Southwest_English
+
5.9%
Bangladeshi
@
4.14
3
94.8%
Southwest_English
+
5.2%
Chenchu
@
4.16
4
94.9%
Southwest_English
+
5.1%
Dusadh
@
4.22
5
94.9%
Southwest_English
+
5.1%
Velamas
@
4.23
6
94.9%
Southwest_English
+
5.1%
Kurumba
@
4.23
7
95.2%
Southwest_English
+
4.8%
Sakilli
@
4.25
8
95.1%
Southwest_English
+
4.9%
Piramalai
@
4.26
9
94.8%
Southwest_English
+
5.2%
Uttar_Pradesh
@
4.28
10
94.9%
Southwest_English
+
5.1%
Kol
@
4.3
11
94.7%
Southwest_English
+
5.3%
Dharkar
@
4.32
12
95.2%
Southwest_English
+
4.8%
Chamar
@
4.32
13
76.4%
West_Scottish
+
23.6%
Spanish_Extremadura
@
4.33
14
94.9%
Southwest_English
+
5.1%
Kanjar
@
4.37
15
94.2%
Southwest_English
+
5.8%
Sindhi
@
4.37
16
95.1%
Southwest_English
+
4.9%
North_Kannadi
@
4.38
17
94.4%
Southwest_English
+
5.6%
Kshatriya
@
4.38
18
74.6%
West_Scottish
+
25.4%
Spanish_Galicia
@
4.39
19
94.5%
Southwest_English
+
5.5%
Gujarati
@
4.4
20
94.1%
Southwest_English
+
5.9%
Brahmin_UP
@
4.4
For comparison, here's the results of another calculator (Dodecad K12b):
1
86.9%
Orcadian (HGDP)
+
13.1%
Syrians (Behar)
@
2.43
2
87.5%
Orcadian (HGDP)
+
12.5%
Palestinian (HGDP)
@
2.44
3
87.2%
Irish (Dodecad)
+
12.8%
Syrians (Behar)
@
2.48
4
87.8%
Irish (Dodecad)
+
12.2%
Palestinian (HGDP)
@
2.51
5
87.3%
Orcadian (HGDP)
+
12.7%
Jordanians (Behar)
@
2.55
6
86.7%
Orkney (1000Genomes)
+
13.3%
Syrians (Behar)
@
2.55
7
87.2%
Orkney (1000Genomes)
+
12.8%
Palestinian (HGDP)
@
2.56
8
87.5%
Irish (Dodecad)
+
12.5%
Jordanians (Behar)
@
2.6
9
87%
Orkney (1000Genomes)
+
13%
Jordanians (Behar)
@
2.65
10
88.6%
Irish (Dodecad)
+
11.4%
Bedouin (HGDP)
@
2.69
11
88.3%
Irish (Dodecad)
+
11.7%
Yemenese (Behar)
@
2.71
12
88.6%
Argyll (1000Genomes)
+
11.4%
Palestinian (HGDP)
@
2.73
13
88.6%
Orcadian (HGDP)
+
11.4%
Samaritians (Behar)
@
2.73
14
88.4%
Orcadian (HGDP)
+
11.6%
Bedouin (HGDP)
@
2.74
15
86.9%
Orcadian (HGDP)
+
13.1%
Lebanese (Behar)
@
2.74
16
89.5%
British (Dodecad)
+
10.5%
Yemenese (Behar)
@
2.79
17
87.2%
Irish (Dodecad)
+
12.8%
Lebanese (Behar)
@
2.79
18
89.3%
Argyll (1000Genomes)
+
10.7%
Bedouin (HGDP)
@
2.8
19
88.9%
Irish (Dodecad)
+
11.1%
Samaritians (Behar)
@
2.81
20
88.2%
Orcadian (HGDP)
+
11.8%
Yemenese (Behar)
@
2.83
And here's MDLP K23b, since a lot of people have told me it's a good all-around admixture calculator:
1
86.2%
Orcadian ( )
+
13.8%
Kabardin ( )
@
2.2
2
85.6%
Orcadian ( )
+
14.4%
Kumyk ( )
@
2.23
3
84%
Orcadian ( )
+
16%
Uzbek_Tashkent ( )
@
2.24
4
86.3%
Orcadian ( )
+
13.7%
Chechen ( )
@
2.29
5
84.6%
Orcadian ( )
+
15.4%
Baku_WGA ( )
@
2.3
6
88.4%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
11.6%
Kabardin ( )
@
2.31
7
90.1%
Icelandic ( )
+
9.9%
Armenian ( )
@
2.32
8
83.5%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
16.5%
Turk_Aydin ( )
@
2.33
9
87.9%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
12.1%
Kumyk ( )
@
2.33
10
85.4%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
14.6%
Turk ( )
@
2.35
11
90.3%
Icelandic ( )
+
9.7%
Armenian_Yerevan ( )
@
2.36
12
84.4%
Orcadian ( )
+
15.6%
Uzbekistani_Jew ( )
@
2.36
13
86.7%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
13.3%
Georgian_Jew ( )
@
2.36
14
88.5%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
11.5%
Chechen ( )
@
2.37
15
91.5%
Icelandic ( )
+
8.5%
Kakheti ( )
@
2.37
16
87.8%
Norwegian_West ( )
+
12.2%
Kurd ( )
@
2.38
17
88%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
12%
Jew_Tat ( )
@
2.39
18
83.1%
Orcadian ( )
+
16.9%
Azeri ( )
@
2.39
19
89.2%
Scottish_Argyll_Bute_GBR ( )
+
10.8%
Balkar ( )
@
2.39
20
82.8%
Orcadian ( )
+
17.2%
Turk ( )
@
2.39
I could be wrong, but I think that I can reasonably conclude that I am of Northern European and Asian descent, but I don't know which Asian, as all calculators return different Asian populations. Which one is most applicable to me? Thanks!
IMHO you should have a closer look at your genetic matches first (not on Gedmatch). What company did you use for testing?
I would look for the ones without mixed heritage(usually most of non-American testees) and your common matches. Family names will be quite telling.
Look for "4th cousins-distant cousins" (10cM-->0.13-0.14% and around) first. Then move to closer or more distant ones(non-Americans) and check whether they fall in a specific geographical region.
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