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The odds of knowing your cousins: 23andme Part 1
- TeHCrAzY 17y ago"First of all, we are friends with Anne, the founder of 23andMe. I did some consulting for them and got in as a free customer." I find a small issue with this disclosure pushed almost all the way to the end of the post. It even somewhat seemed worse than not mentioning it at all, as I had already had the information from the post, and then possible bias was bought into play.
- JacobAldridge 17y agoYup - I didn't make it to the end (it was a good read, but I got the point without needing the math) so would never have found that out if it weren't for you posting it here. Not really a "First of all" if it's at the bottom.
- whyenot 17y agoJust because it's an interesting connection: Anne is Sergey Brin's wife.
- bugs 17y agoI'm curious if knowing cousins is more likely if the amount of children is smaller. Such as on my mothers side families often consist of 4-7 children for each couple, like my mom is one of six, and I don't really know any 3rd or even 2nd cousins; however on my fathers side families usually consist of 1-3 children and I actually know almost all my 2nd cousins and some 3rd cousins. This may be a little off topic considering the subject is on dna relations though.