As I have mentioned before, cousin marriages were fairly common among my family. My parents are first cousins. So are my father’s parents. My mother’s parents are second cousins once removed. So instead of 32 great-great-great grandparents, I have only about 18. Since my wife and I are not related, I wondered how my inbred… Continue reading Outbreeding Works in a Single Generation
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Genome in the Wild
I tested with 23andme in April 2010 and then upgraded to their version 3 chip with almost a million SNPs last Christmas. Now I am releasing my personal genome in the public domain. To the extent possible under law, Zack Ajmal has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to Zack Ajmal 23andme v3… Continue reading Genome in the Wild
Inbreeding
I have found out I am actually from West Virginia. Ok, I am just joking. I knew that my family had a history of marriages among relatives. After all I have only 10 great-great-grandparents instead of the usual 16. With my genome in hand, I set about to quantify the inbreeding. First, I used David… Continue reading Inbreeding