Kurdish autosomal DNA based Eurogenes K12b

Today, I want to present Kurdish results using Eurogenes K12b, presented on gedmatch. Thanks to all the contributors of this post.

Color coding for all relevant components:

Zaza1 from Turkey (KD001):

Zaza2 from Dersim/Turkey (KD024):

Alevi Kurmanji1 from Dersim/Turkey (KD002):

Alevi Kurmanji2 from Turkey (KD005):

 

Kurmanji from Turkey (KD006):

Kurmanji from Zakho/Iraq (KD007):

Kurmanji from Dohuk/Iraq (KD023):

Yezidi from Iraq (KD008):

Sorani1 from Sulaymaniyah/Iraq (KD009): 

Sorani2 from Sulaymaniyah/Iraq (KD010):  

Sorani3 from Sulaymaniyah/Iraq (KD011): 

Sorani4 from Sulaymaniyah and Darband/Iraq (KD012):  

Sorani5 from Koysinjaq/Iraq (KD013):

Sorani6 from Sulaymaniyah/Iraq (KD014):

Kurdish autosomal DNA: How are we mixed?

I. So what can we learn from the presented HarappaWorld results?

Only the components that are higher than 1% and occur in all presented samples can be considered as 'Kurdish' or 'Iranian'. Components that only occur in some samples are more likely due to individual 'family history'.
This helps us excluding most components that are not 'Iranian', i.e.

SE-Asian,
Siberian,
NE-Asian,
Papuan,
American,
Beringian,
San,
E-African,
Pygmy, and
W-African.


The South-Asian component is a tricky one since it is completely missing in one individual (Sorani Kurd5), but present in low amounts (Average 2%) in the other individuals.


The typical admixture of KurdishDNA based on HarappaWorld consists of 5 components (average of all 14 individuals):

Caucasus (43%),
Baloch (26%),
SW-Asian (14%),
Mediterranean (7%),
NE-European (6%), and
Other (6%).

II. What can we learn from the presented Dodecad K12b results?

Only the components that are higher than 1% and occur in all presented samples can be considered as 'Kurdish' or 'Iranian'. Components that only occur in some samples are more likely due to individual 'family history'.
This helps us excluding most components that are not 'Iranian', i.e.
Siberian,
NW-African,
SE-Asian,
E-African,
E-Asian, and
Sub_Saharan

Again, the South-Asian component is a tricky one since it is completely missing in one individual (Sorani Kurd5), but present in low amounts (Average 2%) in the other individuals.


The typical admixture of KurdishDNA based on Dodecad K12b consists of 5 components (average of all 14 individuals):

Caucasus (41%),
Gedrosia (27%),
SW-Asian (14%),
Atlantic-Mediterranean (7%),
N-European (6%), and
Other (5%).

The outcome of both HarappaWorld and Dodecad K12b is the same. 



Last question for today: Do we see any gradient of these 5 components within the 14 samples?

Yes, we do. Between samples from the North vs from the South. The Northern samples have more of the 3 components Caucasus, Atlantic-Mediterranean/Mediterranean and N-European/NE-European, while the Southern samples have more of the 2 components Gedrosia/Baloch and SW-Asian.