Comments on: The ethnic breakdown of 23andMe customers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/ Thu, 23 May 2013 04:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Dragon Horse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34039 Dragon Horse Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:53:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34039 Sorry for the piss poor writing above. I was in a hurry. :-) Sorry for the piss poor writing above. I was in a hurry. :-)

]]> By: Razib Khan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34038 Razib Khan Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:11:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34038 #6 is correct. the majority of african americans are defined as middle class in income, and have been for a while. it would be nice if people actually were familiar with primary demographic data. #6 is correct. the majority of african americans are defined as middle class in income, and have been for a while. it would be nice if people actually were familiar with primary demographic data.

]]> By: Dragon Horse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34037 Dragon Horse Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:44:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34037 Middle Class African Americans are not a minority of African Americans, they are a majority of African Americans Leviticus...how are you determine Middle Class? Most blacks in America have been Middle Class since the 1980's. There are roughtly 40 million African Americans, and only about 20-25% live in poverty, depending on how you calculate that, so that means there a I define Middle Class as between US$35 and $75,000 a year per capita. I believe that is the typical measure. 2010 census data: http://www.theroot.com/views/portrait-black-america-eve-2010-census "Black median family income was just over $41,000 in 2008, the lowest in the United States of any racial group. A single black woman with children earned a median annual income of $25,958. No surprise then that one out of five black families lives in poverty. More than 40 percent of black families headed by a single mom are poor. " As bad as that sound, that is no way suggests that most blacks are poor or the Middle Class is a minority in a minority. Middle Class African Americans are not a minority of African Americans, they are a majority of African Americans Leviticus…how are you determine Middle Class? Most blacks in America have been Middle Class since the 1980′s. There are roughtly 40 million African Americans, and only about 20-25% live in poverty, depending on how you calculate that, so that means there a

I define Middle Class as between US$35 and $75,000 a year per capita. I believe that is the typical measure.

2010 census data:

http://www.theroot.com/views/portrait-black-america-eve-2010-census

“Black median family income was just over $41,000 in 2008, the lowest in the United States of any racial group. A single black woman with children earned a median annual income of $25,958.

No surprise then that one out of five black families lives in poverty. More than 40 percent of black families headed by a single mom are poor. ”

As bad as that sound, that is no way suggests that most blacks are poor or the Middle Class is a minority in a minority.

]]> By: leviticus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34036 leviticus Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:12:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34036 Economics? African Americans remain, on average, less well off than other groups. Middle-class African Americans, while an increasing percentage of their people, remain a minority within a minority. Economics? African Americans remain, on average, less well off than other groups. Middle-class African Americans, while an increasing percentage of their people, remain a minority within a minority.

]]> By: OmicsGuy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34035 OmicsGuy Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:27:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34035 Dont they have a limitation to the dataset? it obviously cant be true... Dont they have a limitation to the dataset? it obviously cant be true…

]]> By: Razib Khan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34034 Razib Khan Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:34:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34034 there are ~100 million punjabi speakers in the world. lest i checked there are ~5 million tam brahms, max, right? there are ~100 million punjabi speakers in the world. lest i checked there are ~5 million tam brahms, max, right?

]]> By: AV http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34033 AV Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:18:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34033 <i>My main concern is that if HAP gets more well known Zack will have hundreds of Tamil Brahmins sending him pretty much duplicate genotypes.</i> Haters gonna hate, haha! But seriously, there are only 11 TBs in the project. Punjabis are rather populous, too. My main concern is that if HAP gets more well known Zack will have hundreds of Tamil Brahmins sending him pretty much duplicate genotypes.

Haters gonna hate, haha! But seriously, there are only 11 TBs in the project. Punjabis are rather populous, too.

]]> By: pconroy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-ethnic-breakdown-of-23andme-customers/#comment-34032 pconroy Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:21:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=12333#comment-34032 Fascinating! I'm Irish born and bred and have 608 Relatives as of today, which is approx 1 in 92 Northern Europeans. My Sicilian grandmother-in-law has 62 Relatives as of today, which is approx 1 in 79 Southern Europeans An Ashkenazi Jew I know has 2100 Relatives as of today, which is approx 1 in 3 Ashkenazi Jews I'm too am surprised that there are so few African Americans, as this is surely their best chance to determine ancestry. I'm also surprised there are so few Jews, as I had heard that Ashkenazi Jews are approx 5th cousins, and thought there had to be over 10,000 as so many had such high number of matches - it would seem that the relationship is closer, more like 4th on average?! Fascinating!

I’m Irish born and bred and have 608 Relatives as of today, which is approx 1 in 92 Northern Europeans.

My Sicilian grandmother-in-law has 62 Relatives as of today, which is approx 1 in 79 Southern Europeans

An Ashkenazi Jew I know has 2100 Relatives as of today, which is approx 1 in 3 Ashkenazi Jews

I’m too am surprised that there are so few African Americans, as this is surely their best chance to determine ancestry. I’m also surprised there are so few Jews, as I had heard that Ashkenazi Jews are approx 5th cousins, and thought there had to be over 10,000 as so many had such high number of matches – it would seem that the relationship is closer, more like 4th on average?!

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