Comments on: Using Genome-Wide SNP Scans to Explore Your Genetic Heritage

By: Admixture and Blaine Bettinger | Our 2 SNPs…®

Admixture and Blaine Bettinger | Our 2 SNPs…® — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:35:26 +0000

[...] when I started working with Blaine’s data was to validate the information found in his 23andMe Ancestry Painting — a karyotype illustration with haplotypes colored to indicate continental origin. We [...]

By: Jeff Golden

Jeff Golden — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:28:34 +0000

just a minor quick note: “suggested that I am in fact 87% European, 9% European, and 4% African”. i think you mean “9% Asian.” no?

By: PCA, Razib around the world (a little) | BioLogged

PCA, Razib around the world (a little) | BioLogged — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:59:21 +0000

[...] Blaine Bettinger, who inspired me to post this, told a story with his ancestry painting which was plausible. What can I say? First, I have less than 1% African ancestry. This could be noise. But, I do observe that the South Asians with Muslim names are enriched in the set of those who I’ve shared genes with and who have less than 1%, but not 0%, African ancestry. Just as Muslim South Asians have non-trivial West Asian ancestry, I suspect that many of us have Sub-Saharan African ancestry through the same dynamic. Sub-Saharan African soldiers were prominent across South Asia with the arrival of Muslims. Bengal even has a period of rule by Abyssinian rulers. But the bigger issue for me is the East Asian component. Here is a figure from a paper published 4 years ago: [...]

By: YourTechWorld » PCA, Razib around the world (a little) | Gene Expression

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:07:08 +0000

By: PCA, Razib around the world (a little) | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:34:10 +0000

[...] Blaine Bettinger, who inspired me to post this, told a story with his ancestry painting which was plausible. What can I say? First, I have less than 1% African ancestry. This could be noise. But, I do observe that the South Asians with Muslim names are enriched in the set who I’ve shared genes with which have less than 1%, but not 0%, African ancestry. Just as Muslim South Asians have non-trivial West Asian ancestry, I suspect that many of us have Sub-Saharan African ancestry through the same dynamic. Sub-Saharan African soldiers were prominent across South Asia with the arrival of Muslims. Bengal even has a period of rule by Abyssinian rulers. But the bigger issue is the East Asian component. Here is a figure from a paper published 4 years ago: [...]

By: Daily Data Dump – Monday | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine

Daily Data Dump – Monday | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:57:01 +0000

[...] Using Genome-Wide SNP Scans to Explore Your Genetic Heritage. Since Blaine showed you his 23andMe ancestry painting, here’s mine. [...]