Two Atlantic archipelagos, two very different ancestry profiles: Canarian carries a 9.6% Iberomaurusian component, while Cape Verdean is led by 46.6% Senegambian.

In the Core ancestral model, Spanish Canarias (Canarian) is 52.6% Anatolian Neolithic Farmer, 27.1% Western Steppe Herder and 9.6% Iberomaurusian, alongside 9.4% Western Hunter-Gatherer, 0.9% Nilotic and 0.4% West African. Farmer and steppe-related ancestry dominate, with a North African-related signal represented by Iberomaurusian.

Cape Verdean is modeled as 46.6% Senegambian, 27.9% Anatolian Neolithic Farmer, 13.5% Western Steppe Herder, 6.5% African Hunter-Gatherer and 5.5% Western Hunter-Gatherer. Its profile combines a strong African-related contribution with farmer, steppe and hunter-gatherer components also present in Iberian ancestry. These are model components, not percentages of modern nationalities or a literal list of recent ancestors.

Canarian's nearest matches overall are other Canary Island references: Tenerife (0.962) and Gran Canaria (1.146), both extremely close, followed by La Palma (1.448), El Hierro (1.493), Fuerteventura (1.715), Lanzarote (1.766) and La Gomera (2.411), all very close. For the carousel's distinct national flags, the two nearest eligible matches are Hispano-Uruguayan (2.426, very close) and Portuguese Azores (2.531, close). Portuguese (2.931) and Hispano-Cuban (3.079) are also close.

Cape Verdean's closest match is Afro-Guadeloupean (4.787, close), followed by Afro-Cuban (6.983, somewhat close)—the two shown on its cards. Afro-Martinican (8.368), Afro-Puerto Rican (8.885) and the Hartani/Gnawa Berber Fez-Meknes reference (8.960) are also somewhat close.

The exact Canarian and Cape Verdean references are 34.693 apart, rated Distant. Both ancestry fits are rated Good. These are averages of 19 and 14 samples, respectively, so individual and island variation matter. Genetic distance measures similarity in this model; it is not a percentage of shared DNA.

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