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I write about the genetic and evolutionary basis of human variation, and the companies trying to sell you information about your genome.

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On finding folks you know: 23andMe reveals some unexpected cousins

Category: 23andmepersonal genomics
Posted on: March 7, 2010 4:45 PM, by Daniel MacArthur

A colleague just pointed me to an entry on Brad Templeton's blog where Templeton reveals some bizarre connections between people he has met as distant cousins via 23andMe's Relative Finder algorithm. Nothing too spooky, but a precursor of things to come if (as I hope and expect) 23andMe manages to ride out the current troubles besetting personal genomics and continue building its genetic database.

(H/T John).



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