Quantitative analysis of population-scale family trees with millions of relatives.

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Abstract

Family trees have vast applications in fields as diverse as genetics, anthropology, and economics. However, the collection of extended family trees is tedious and usually relies on resources with limited geographical scope and complex data usage restrictions. We collected 86 million profiles from publicly available online data shared by genealogy enthusiasts. After extensive cleaning and validation, we obtained population-scale family trees, including a single pedigree of 13 million individuals. We leveraged the data to partition the genetic architecture of human longevity and to provide insights into the geographical dispersion of families. We also report a simple digital procedure to overlay other data sets with our resource.

Year of Publication
2018
Journal
Science
Volume
360
Issue
6385
Pages
171-175
Date Published
2018 04 13
ISSN
1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.aam9309
PubMed ID
29496957
PubMed Central ID
PMC6593158
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R01 MH101244 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States
R03 HG006731 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States