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Read more about the article Tracking ancestry and social inequality using American surnames

Tracking ancestry and social inequality using American surnames

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. May 2026
  • Post category:Criminology/Demographics/Economics/Immigration/Sociology

Our big project was finally published: Van Pelt, D., & Kirkegaard, E. O. (2026). Big Data, Deep Roots: Correlating Surname Genetic Ancestry and Socioeconomic Status across Millions of Americans. Comparative…

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Read more about the article The UMAP brouhaha

The UMAP brouhaha

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:21. February 2024
  • Post category:Genomics

If you follow population genetics on Twitter, you may have seen the current thing to be concerned about. For instance, we have Jonathan Pritchard at Stanford: https://twitter.com/jkpritch/status/1759769445759893832 And Graham Coop…

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Read more about the article 23andme’s updated algorithm: January 2021

23andme’s updated algorithm: January 2021

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. January 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Prior results: 2019 Personal genomics company 23andme has a new preprint out describing their current approach and results: Durand, E. Y., Do, C. B., Wilton, P. R., Mountain, J. L.,…

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Updated 23andme results (2019-01-22)

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. January 2019
  • Post category:Population genetics
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Previous results. 23andme has updated their ancestry estimates, so I'm reposting mine for people who are wondering. The change to previously is that now I'm slightly more European: 99.8% vs.…

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The sibling control design

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. May 2015
  • Post category:Uncategorized

A friend of mine and his brother just received their 23andme results. In a table they look like this (I have added myself for comparison): Macrorace Bro1 Bro2 Emil European…

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