Editing Vots (section)

== Genetics ==
According to a 2024 study, the majority of Vots belong to the paternal haplogroup R1a. Their second most common haplogroup is N1c, which is typical for Finno-Ugric peoples. A small proportion of Vots have haplogroup I2a1. When comparing the paternal lineages (combination of ancient haplogroups)<!-- If that's not the case please elaborate and include a quoted phrase in the citation. --> of Vots to other Baltic-Finnic groups living in Russia and Slavic Central Russians, they are closer to the latter. However, in terms of autosomal DNA, they resemble other Baltic Finns, especially [[Izhorians]] and [[Ingrian Finns]], and differ from Central Russians.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Agdzhoyan |first1=Anastasia |last2=Ponomarev |first2=Georgy |last3=Pylev |first3=Vladimir |last4=Autleva (Kagazezheva) |first4=Zhaneta |last5=Gorin |first5=Igor |last6=Evsyukov |first6=Igor |last7=Pocheshkhova |first7=Elvira |last8=Koshel |first8=Sergey |last9=Kuleshov |first9=Viacheslav |last10=Adamov |first10=Dmitry |last11=Kuznetsova |first11=Natalia |date=2024 |title=The Finnic Peoples of Russia: Genetic Structure Inferred from Genome-Wide and Y-Chromosome Data |journal=[[Genes]] |language=en |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=1610 |doi=10.3390/genes15121610 |doi-access=free |issn=2073-4425|pmc=11675159 }}</ref>