Hi,

*Seeking help on Genetic distance understanding*

I'm posting my Eurogenes AdMix to help understand the low (relative to hundreds of samples I've seen) genetic distance of the Oracle 4 populations.

I'm guessing the low "4 populations" distances could be due to a common ancestor of all groups used in the "4 populations"? If not any knowledgable guidance toward a more plausible hypothesis would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for any insight!

From Gedmatch.com
Autosomal DNA
Kit #A984521
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Eurogenes EUtest V2 K15 4-Ancestors Oracle

This program is based on 4-Ancestors Oracle Version 0.96 by Alexandr Burnashev.
Questions about results should be sent to him at: Alexandr.Burnashev@gmail.com
Original concept proposed by Sergey Kozlov.
Many thanks to Alexandr for helping us get this web version developed.

Admix Results (sorted):

# Population Percent
1 North_Sea 35.05
2 Atlantic 26.90
3 Baltic 11.46
4 West_Med 8.85
5 Eastern_Euro 8.62
6 West_Asian 4.03
7 East_Med 2.46
8 South_Asian 1.32


Finished reading population data. 207 populations found.
15 components mode.

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Least-squares method.

Using 1 population approximation:
1 Southeast_English @ 3.592455
2 North_Dutch @ 3.834850
3 Southwest_English @ 3.879416
4 Danish @ 4.112794
5 North_German @ 4.457744
6 Irish @ 4.817934
7 West_Scottish @ 5.279150
8 Orcadian @ 6.321291
9 South_Dutch @ 6.439960
10 West_German @ 7.133037
11 Norwegian @ 7.625258
12 Swedish @ 8.792774
13 West_Norwegian @ 9.084621
14 French @ 11.597180
15 North_Swedish @ 11.869884
16 East_German @ 12.996609
17 Southwest_Finnish @ 16.914179
18 Austrian @ 17.908716
19 Hungarian @ 18.181532
20 Finnish @ 20.467455

Using 2 populations approximation:
1 50% North_German +50% Southwest_English @ 2.017677


Using 3 populations approximation:
1 50% North_Dutch +25% South_Dutch +25% Southwest_English @ 1.508544


Using 4 populations approximation:
1 South_Dutch + Southeast_English + Southwest_English + Swedish @ 1.349745
2 North_German + Southwest_English + West_German + West_Scottish @ 1.371936
3 Irish + North_German + Southwest_English + West_German @ 1.408820
4 South_Dutch + Southeast_English + Southeast_English + Swedish @ 1.414081
5 French + North_German + Norwegian + Orcadian @ 1.448512
6 French + North_German + Orcadian + Swedish @ 1.461197
7 Irish + South_Dutch + Southwest_English + Swedish @ 1.470961
8 North_Dutch + North_German + Southwest_English + West_German @ 1.473031
9 North_German + South_Dutch + Southwest_English + West_Norwegian @ 1.484487
10 North_German + Orcadian + Southwest_English + West_German @ 1.488987
11 Danish + North_German + Southwest_English + West_German @ 1.495815
12 French + Irish + North_German + West_Norwegian @ 1.498803
13 Danish + Irish + Southwest_English + West_German @ 1.504241
14 North_Dutch + North_Dutch + South_Dutch + Southwest_English @ 1.508544
15 Orcadian + South_Dutch + South_Dutch + Swedish @ 1.519225
16 Hungarian + Orcadian + Orcadian + Southwest_English @ 1.527719
17 Hungarian + Orcadian + Orcadian + Southeast_English @ 1.528097
18 Irish + North_German + Southeast_English + West_German @ 1.553214
19 French + North_German + Norwegian + West_Scottish @ 1.565956
20 North_German + Orcadian + Southeast_English + West_German @ 1.567335

Done.