Harappa Clustering

As I had computed the admixture percentages for myself, my sister and other participants in my Harappa Ancestry Project, I decided to do some clustering analysis on them to see which persons clustered together. The resulting tree for a hierarchical clustering is as follows. It shows which persons are the most similar. I am HRP0001… Continue reading Harappa Clustering

My Harappa Project Results

I have been blogging up a storm on Harappa Ancestry Project with more than 50 posts since I last linked to it. Let’s see what I have found out about myself there. Here are the admixture results for me and my sister: Me My sister South Asian 37.9% 34.8% Balochistan/Caucasus 34.7% 34.2% Southwest Asian 9.8%… Continue reading My Harappa Project Results

Your Genes, Regulated?

The FDA had a meeting the last two days: FDA is convening this two-day meeting to seek the Panel’s expert opinion and input on scientific issues concerning Direct to Consumer (DTC) genetic tests that make medical claims. This meeting is focused specifically on issues regarding clinical genetic tests that are marketed directly to consumers (DTC… Continue reading Your Genes, Regulated?

Eurogenes

Davidski of Eurogenes is also a genome blogger. In his admixture analysis for West, South and Central Asians, I am PKEG1 and my results are as follows: European 4% Siberian 1% Caucasus 32% Sub-Saharan African 4% Middle Eastern 9% East Asian 1% South Asian 50% Here’s a chart showing some of the reference samples and… Continue reading Eurogenes

Dodecad Project II

I talked about the Dodecad Project last time. Dienekes also did some cluster analysis using mclust. When he classified everybody into 48 clusters, I showed up almost all alone in cluster 21. Only one other member who is a Bihari Brahmin had a 50% chance of belonging in my cluster. With 56 clusters, I am… Continue reading Dodecad Project II

Dodecad Ancestry Project

I asked Dienekes to include me in his Dodecad Ancestry Project and he gave me the following results: Ancestral Component Percentage South Asian 44.9% West Asian 33.7% Southwest Asian 5.7% North European 5.5% South European 3.7% East African 3.4% Northwest African 2.1% West African 0.6% East Asian 0.4% Northeast Asian 0.1% You can see the… Continue reading Dodecad Ancestry Project

McDonald Ancestry Analysis II

When my sister got her 23andme results, we sent them over to Doug McDonald. I was expecting something close to my results, but it was radically different: This one is different it says 37% Druze, 4% Bushman or Pygmy, the rest North India. It is complicated enough that the program refuses to generate a spot… Continue reading McDonald Ancestry Analysis II

Doug McDonald Ancestry Analysis

As I noted last time, I was in a situation where I needed some help into ascertaining my genetic ancestry. Fortunately, there are people willing to do that sort of analysis for you. One of these is Doug McDonald. So I sent him my data and within an hour I had an analysis. The PCA… Continue reading Doug McDonald Ancestry Analysis

Genome Similarity

23andme has a feature where you can find out how similar your genes are to your friends and family (who you are sharing with at the site). The result is a bar list with percentages showing similarity. The number next to each person in the bar list is a measure of similarity. Specifically, it is… Continue reading Genome Similarity

My Biogeographical Ancestry

There are several different ways to figure out your genetic ancestry. One way that 23andme shows your ancestry is by comparison with reference populations of the HGDP (Human Genome Diversity Project) dataset. I have listed how similar I am to various groups in the table below: Reference Population Similarity Groups Included Central & South Asians… Continue reading My Biogeographical Ancestry