I realised that many people did not have a clear view of the percentage of European ancestry outside Europe. Goga wrongly believed that Armenians had much higher European ancestry than Indian Brahmins, when in fact Brahmins have about three times more European admixture (15% against 5%) if we exclude shared Near Eastern Neolithic ancestry. Even Mongols scored twice higher (10%) than Armenians. I wanted to make a map of European admixture in Asia, but that will prove difficult because of the huge variations between ethnic groups occupying a same territory in many regions, but especially in India due to the caste system. So instead I will list ethnicities by frequency.
I will try two ways of calculating the percentage of European autosomal ancestry:
1) by combining the North European and Atlantic Med components from the Dodecad K12b results. This specifically excludes the Gedrosian, Caucasian and Southwest Asian ancestry that entered the European gene pool from the Middle East from the Copper Age to the Middle Ages, but it includes the DNA of Mesolithic Europeans, Neolithic farmers and Indo-Europeans.
2) by combining the East European and West European components from the Dodecad K12. This admixture is essentially Mesolithic Europeans + Indo-Europeans and excludes Near Eastern Neolithic farmers as well as the Gedrosian part of the Indo-Europeans.
Neither is perfect but they give a pretty good estimation. I have listed a few European populations as references for comparison. I rounded up the percentages to the closest unit as these are approximates anyway.
Obviously modern Europeans are not just the descendants of Mesolithic European, but can have a very sizeable share of Near Eastern ancestry. Aside from Neolithic farmers, that includes the Gedrosian part of Proto- Indo-Europeans, but also the Bronze and Iron Age expansions from the Caucasus (Kura-Araxes and descendants) Anatolia and the Levant to Greece, the Balkans, Italy and Iberia that brought considerable levels of West Asia or Caucasian admixture. The frequencies below look at what is left of the European gene pool from the Mesolithic and Neolithic only, and how much of it was brought outside Europe (mostly by the Indo-European migrations).
1) Dodecad K12b (North European and Atlantic Med) => Mesolithic+Neolithic Europe
- Scandinavians, French Basques, Spanish Basques : 90%
- Lithuanians : 89%
- Finns, Irish : 88%
- British : 87%
- Poles, Dutch : 84%
- Belgians, French, Germans : 81%
- Russians, Ukrainians : 78%
- North/Central Spaniards : 76%
- Hungarians : 75%
- Portuguese, South Spaniards (Andalusia, Extremadura, Murcia) : 70%
- North Italians : 66%
- Romanians : 61%
- Bulgarians : 59%
- Central Italians : 55%
- Greeks : 48%
- Sicilians : 42%
- Ashkenazi Jews : 39%
- Sephardic Jews : 32.5%
- Nogais : 26%
- Cypriots : 25%
- Lezgins : 24%
- Algerians, Chechens, Tajiks : 23%
- Adygei, Moroccans : 22%
- Turks : 21%
- Balkars : 20%
- North Ossetians, Uzebeks : 19%
- Lebanese : 15.5%
- Uttar Pradesh Brahmins, Turkmens, Uyghurs : 15%
- Syrians : 14.5%
- Altaians, Armenians, Pathans : 14%
- Kurds, Jordanians, Burusho (Pakistan), Hazaras : 12%
- Iranians, Assyrians, Kshatriya Indians : 11%
- Mongols : 10%
- Egyptians, Georgians, Hazaras, Iraq Jews : 9%
- Bedouins, Sindhi (Pakistan) : 8.5%
- Tuva (C. Siberia) : 7%
- Indians (non-Brahmin), Balochi (Pakistan) : 6%
- Bengali, Tharus (Nepal) : 5.5%
- Brahui (Pakistan), Yemeni : 5%
- Buryats : 4.5%
- Makrani : 4%
- Saudi : 3.5%
- Yakuts : 1%
- Cambodians : 0.5%
- Ethiopians : 0%
1) Dodecad K12 (East Europe and West Europe) => Mesolithic Europe
- Lithuanians : 93%
- Finns : 87%
- Belorussians : 83%
- Russians : 80%
- Poles : 79%
- Scandinavians : 78%
- Ukrainians : 71%
- Irish, Germans, Mordovians : 70%
- British 68%
- Dutch : 66%
- Hungarians : 65%
- Belgians : 60%
- French : 56%
- French Basque : 53%
- Romanians, Bulgarians : 45%
- Spaniards : 43%
- Portuguese : 41%
- North Italians : 39%
- Tuscans : 33%
- Adygei : 32%
- Morocco Jews : 31.5%
- Sardinians : 30%
- Lezgins : 28%
- Chechens : 27%
- Nogays : 26%
- Tajiks : 25%
- Ashkenazi Jews, Central Italians, Greeks : 24%
- Balkars : 23%
- Kumyks : 22.5%
- Uzbeks : 21%
- Sicilians : 18%
- Altaians : 17%
- Kalash (Pakistan) : 16%
- Turkmens : 15.5%
- South Italians, Hazaras : 15%
- Indians (non-Brahmin) 14.5%
- Balochi (Pakistan), Turks : 12%
- Kurds : 11.5%
- Sephardic Jews, Brahui (Pakistan) : 11%
- Mongols, Makrani : 10%
- Georgians : 9%
- Iranians : 7%
- Yakuts : 6%
- Tunisians/Libyans, Buryats : 5%
- Armenians, Cypriots, Nganassans : 4.5%
- Lebanese, Syrians : 4%
- Saudis, Cambodians : 3.5%
- Druzes : 3%
- Palestinians : 2.5%
- Mozabites (Sahara), Daurs (Inner Mongolia) : 2%
- Bedouins, Jordanians, Yemeni, Oroqen (Inner Mongolia) : 1.5%
- Han Chinese , Egyptians, Moroccans : 0.5%
I will try two ways of calculating the percentage of European autosomal ancestry:
1) by combining the North European and Atlantic Med components from the Dodecad K12b results. This specifically excludes the Gedrosian, Caucasian and Southwest Asian ancestry that entered the European gene pool from the Middle East from the Copper Age to the Middle Ages, but it includes the DNA of Mesolithic Europeans, Neolithic farmers and Indo-Europeans.
2) by combining the East European and West European components from the Dodecad K12. This admixture is essentially Mesolithic Europeans + Indo-Europeans and excludes Near Eastern Neolithic farmers as well as the Gedrosian part of the Indo-Europeans.
Neither is perfect but they give a pretty good estimation. I have listed a few European populations as references for comparison. I rounded up the percentages to the closest unit as these are approximates anyway.
Obviously modern Europeans are not just the descendants of Mesolithic European, but can have a very sizeable share of Near Eastern ancestry. Aside from Neolithic farmers, that includes the Gedrosian part of Proto- Indo-Europeans, but also the Bronze and Iron Age expansions from the Caucasus (Kura-Araxes and descendants) Anatolia and the Levant to Greece, the Balkans, Italy and Iberia that brought considerable levels of West Asia or Caucasian admixture. The frequencies below look at what is left of the European gene pool from the Mesolithic and Neolithic only, and how much of it was brought outside Europe (mostly by the Indo-European migrations).
1) Dodecad K12b (North European and Atlantic Med) => Mesolithic+Neolithic Europe
- Scandinavians, French Basques, Spanish Basques : 90%
- Lithuanians : 89%
- Finns, Irish : 88%
- British : 87%
- Poles, Dutch : 84%
- Belgians, French, Germans : 81%
- Russians, Ukrainians : 78%
- North/Central Spaniards : 76%
- Hungarians : 75%
- Portuguese, South Spaniards (Andalusia, Extremadura, Murcia) : 70%
- North Italians : 66%
- Romanians : 61%
- Bulgarians : 59%
- Central Italians : 55%
- Greeks : 48%
- Sicilians : 42%
- Ashkenazi Jews : 39%
- Sephardic Jews : 32.5%
- Nogais : 26%
- Cypriots : 25%
- Lezgins : 24%
- Algerians, Chechens, Tajiks : 23%
- Adygei, Moroccans : 22%
- Turks : 21%
- Balkars : 20%
- North Ossetians, Uzebeks : 19%
- Lebanese : 15.5%
- Uttar Pradesh Brahmins, Turkmens, Uyghurs : 15%
- Syrians : 14.5%
- Altaians, Armenians, Pathans : 14%
- Kurds, Jordanians, Burusho (Pakistan), Hazaras : 12%
- Iranians, Assyrians, Kshatriya Indians : 11%
- Mongols : 10%
- Egyptians, Georgians, Hazaras, Iraq Jews : 9%
- Bedouins, Sindhi (Pakistan) : 8.5%
- Tuva (C. Siberia) : 7%
- Indians (non-Brahmin), Balochi (Pakistan) : 6%
- Bengali, Tharus (Nepal) : 5.5%
- Brahui (Pakistan), Yemeni : 5%
- Buryats : 4.5%
- Makrani : 4%
- Saudi : 3.5%
- Yakuts : 1%
- Cambodians : 0.5%
- Ethiopians : 0%
1) Dodecad K12 (East Europe and West Europe) => Mesolithic Europe
- Lithuanians : 93%
- Finns : 87%
- Belorussians : 83%
- Russians : 80%
- Poles : 79%
- Scandinavians : 78%
- Ukrainians : 71%
- Irish, Germans, Mordovians : 70%
- British 68%
- Dutch : 66%
- Hungarians : 65%
- Belgians : 60%
- French : 56%
- French Basque : 53%
- Romanians, Bulgarians : 45%
- Spaniards : 43%
- Portuguese : 41%
- North Italians : 39%
- Tuscans : 33%
- Adygei : 32%
- Morocco Jews : 31.5%
- Sardinians : 30%
- Lezgins : 28%
- Chechens : 27%
- Nogays : 26%
- Tajiks : 25%
- Ashkenazi Jews, Central Italians, Greeks : 24%
- Balkars : 23%
- Kumyks : 22.5%
- Uzbeks : 21%
- Sicilians : 18%
- Altaians : 17%
- Kalash (Pakistan) : 16%
- Turkmens : 15.5%
- South Italians, Hazaras : 15%
- Indians (non-Brahmin) 14.5%
- Balochi (Pakistan), Turks : 12%
- Kurds : 11.5%
- Sephardic Jews, Brahui (Pakistan) : 11%
- Mongols, Makrani : 10%
- Georgians : 9%
- Iranians : 7%
- Yakuts : 6%
- Tunisians/Libyans, Buryats : 5%
- Armenians, Cypriots, Nganassans : 4.5%
- Lebanese, Syrians : 4%
- Saudis, Cambodians : 3.5%
- Druzes : 3%
- Palestinians : 2.5%
- Mozabites (Sahara), Daurs (Inner Mongolia) : 2%
- Bedouins, Jordanians, Yemeni, Oroqen (Inner Mongolia) : 1.5%
- Han Chinese , Egyptians, Moroccans : 0.5%
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