We have discussed recently autosomes.

We have discussed recently autosomes. So, let's compare some modern and ancient populations with a very simple tool called vahaduo.

Target: Armenian
Distance: 1.5158% / 0.01515807
60.4 IRN_Hajji_Firuz_C
17.4 Anatolia_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
14.0 Kura-Araxes_ARM_Talin
7.0 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara

1.2 RUS_Darkveti-Meshoko_En

Target: Kurdish
Distance: 1.6204% / 0.01620444
45.8 IRN_Hajji_Firuz_C
25.8 TKM_Gonur1_BA
17.2 Anatolia_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
11.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara

Target: Georgian_Imer
Distance: 2.3262% / 0.02326166
64.4 RUS_Darkveti-Meshoko_En
23.0 Kura-Araxes_ARM_Talin
12.6 Anatolia_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N

Target: Assyrian
Distance: 1.8124% / 0.01812432
77.8 IRN_Hajji_Firuz_C
14.0 Anatolia_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
7.0 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
1.2 TKM_Gonur1_BA

And now some ancient pops.

Target: ARM_LBA (Etiuni)
Distance: 2.2611% / 0.02261111
36.2 IRN_Hajji_Firuz_C
29.4 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
20.8 Kura-Araxes_ARM_Talin
7.8 Anatolia_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
5.8 RUS_Darkveti-Meshoko_En

Target: ARM_Lchashen (Etiuni)
Distance: 2.1067% / 0.02106658
46.8 IRN_Hajji_Firuz_C
26.2 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
22.4 Kura-Araxes_ARM_Talin
2.4 Anatolia_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
2.2 RUS_Darkveti-Meshoko_En

Target: IRN_Hasanlu_IA
Distance: 2.7997% / 0.02799672
58.6 IRN_Hajji_Firuz_C
17.8 TKM_Gonur1_BA
10.0 Yamnaya_RUS_Samara
8.6 Anatolia_Tepecik_Ciftlik_N
5.0 Kura-Araxes_ARM_Talin

As one can see despite broad similarities those nations are different. Georgians do prefer Darkveti Meshoko a Caucasian culture. While the main difference between Kurds and Armenians is the strong presence of Central Asian BMAC ancestry among Kurds which is absent among Armenians. In usual ADMIXTURE runs this BMAC ancestry is visible as ASI. And this is the most surprising result of DNA. All talks of massive Iranian ancestry in Armenia are exaggerated!

Now you may say but Armenians have a lot of Iran Hajji Firuz Chl. Well, that is true but this a 7000 Neolithic farmer sample that came from Fertile Crescent from West (modern Iraqi Kurdistan). That is why Armenians and Assyrians have the highest affinity to this type of ancestry.