Editing Samaritans (section)

=== Autosomal DNA ===
[[Autosomal DNA|Autosomally]], the Samaritans cluster with other Levantine populations. The Samaritans also resemble other Levantine groups in terms of their admixture, but they do not have much of the sub-Saharan African admixture found in small amounts in their Arab neighbours.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fernandes |first1=Verónica |last2=Triska |first2=Petr |last3=Pereira |first3=Joana B. |last4=Alshamali |first4=Farida |last5=Rito |first5=Teresa |last6=Machado |first6=Alison |last7=Fajkošová |first7=Zuzana |last8=Cavadas |first8=Bruno |last9=Černý |first9=Viktor |last10=Soares |first10=Pedro |last11=Richards |first11=Martin B. |last12=Pereira |first12=Luísa |date=2015-03-04 |editor-last=Chaubey |editor-first=Gyaneshwer |title=Genetic Stratigraphy of Key Demographic Events in Arabia |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=e0118625 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0118625 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=4349752 |pmid=25738654|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1018625F }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Behar |first1=Doron M. |last2=Yunusbayev |first2=Bayazit |last3=Metspalu |first3=Mait |last4=Metspalu |first4=Ene |last5=Rosset |first5=Saharon |last6=Parik |first6=Jüri |last7=Rootsi |first7=Siiri |last8=Chaubey |first8=Gyaneshwer |last9=Kutuev |first9=Ildus |last10=Yudkovsky |first10=Guennady |last11=Khusnutdinova |first11=Elza K. |last12=Balanovsky |first12=Oleg |last13=Semino |first13=Ornella |last14=Pereira |first14=Luisa |last15=Comas |first15=David |date=2010 |title=The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature09103 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=466 |issue=7303 |pages=238–242 |doi=10.1038/nature09103 |pmid=20531471 |bibcode=2010Natur.466..238B |issn=0028-0836|url-access=subscription }}</ref> They also show significant [[genetic drift]] that distinguishes them from others.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pakstis |first1=Andrew J. |last2=Speed |first2=William C. |last3=Soundararajan |first3=Usha |last4=Rajeevan |first4=Haseena |last5=Kidd |first5=Judith R. |last6=Li |first6=Hui |last7=Kidd |first7=Kenneth K. |date=2019-12-11 |title=Population relationships based on 170 ancestry SNPs from the combined Kidd and Seldin panels |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |page=18874 |doi=10.1038/s41598-019-55175-x |issn=2045-2322 |pmc=6906462 |pmid=31827153|bibcode=2019NatSR...918874P }}</ref>