Thursday, April 10, 2025

Where have all ancient Finns gone?

Do we need ancient Finnic samples from Eura? Maybe not, because Finns escaped the curse of the acidic soil elsewhere. Some went to Aldeigjuborg, some to Ojumaa. A Finnish Eura woman traveled to Aldeigjuborg (the ancient name of Staraja Ladoga) , N1a traders went to Ojumaa (the ancient name of Gotland). The woman was also identified as ancient Eura citizen based on the carbon isotopes of the food she ate, explained here.  All of these cases are identified as ancient Finns based on Dstat and Eurogenes-G25 analysis. In addition to these three, I found several potential Finnish samples.

Eurogenes distances:




Sample data from the study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2688-8 can be found here.  

Edit 19.4.24 16.30

The test with the Eurogenes K13 admixture test shows that several people I have assessed as Finns meet the criteria for Baltic and North Atlantic shares. Estonians typically have a smaller North Atlantic share than Finns (about 30% for Estonians, even less for Balts), while Swedes have a North Atlantic share closer to 50%. Finns fall in between. The Baltic share is the inverse of the North Atlantic share. A high Siberian share is typical for Finns, but its amount depends on the amount of Sámi admixture. The Siberian share of modern Sámi Finns varies between 3-12%. VK21 falls in the middle of this area. Staraja Ladogan lady VK21 is most definitely Finnish by modern standards. The other VK samples are in the border area between Estonia and Finland, with exception of VK160, which falls into a Baltic category (maybe VK457 too). West Asia and West-Med were the Achilles heels of this test (West-Med was randomly drawn out from the North Atlantic)



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