There are two categories of people eligible to participate in the Harappa Ancestry Project.
First, if you have any real ancestry from a South Asian origin, you are eligible to participate. Those with partial South Asian ancestry are also welcome. The list of countries of origin I count as South Asian are as follows:
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
Note that 2-3% South Asian from Dr. McDonald's BGA or Dodecad Project does not count as South Asian ancestry.
Secondly, if you have all four of your grandparents from one of the following countries or regions, you can also send me your data.
- Burma
- Tibet
- Uyghur from Xinjiang, China
- Tajikistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Kazakhstan
- Uzbekistan
- Turkmenistan
- Iran
- Turkey
- Azerbaijan
- Armenia
- Georgia
- North Caucasian Federal District, Russia
- Iraq
- Syria
- Lebanon
- Jordan
Everyone else can use DIY HarappaWorld to estimate their admixture results.
Right now, I am accepting raw data samples from people who have tested with 23andme or FTDNA Family Finder.
Please do not send samples from close relatives. I define close relatives as 2nd cousins or closer. If you have data from yourself and your parents, it might be better to send the samples from your parents (assuming they are not related to each other) and not send your own sample.
If you are unsure if you are eligible to participate, please send me an email (harappa@zackvision.com) to inquire about it before sending off your raw data.
What to send?
Please send your All DNA raw data text file (zipped is better) downloaded from 23andme or FTDNA to harappa@zackvision.com along with ancestral background information about you and all four of your grandparents. Background information would include where they were born, mother tongue, caste/community to which they belonged, etc. Please provide as much ancestry information as possible and try to be specific. Do especially include information about any ancestry from outside South Asia.
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Great!
I have sent my data to you,am of Jat ethnicity Haryana State, INDIA.
Dear Mr. Zack Ajmal,
I have come across your web site Harrapa Ancestry Project. I found it very interesting and want to know Haplo Group and Defining Marker of Arain sample you have studied. I would appreciate your prompt response.
Sincerely,
Aftab Malik
I haven't looked at the haplogroups for a while since I spend most of my time using autosomal data. So I'll have to look it up.
Thanks, I'll appreciate that. By the way did you study Arain genelogy, as mentioned on Arain Page, captioned Genetics, in Wikipedia ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arain
I have send my raw data. I am a Rajasthan Rajput.
Thanks
Hi Zack. I found a few errors in the ethnicity spreadsheet.
- HRP0054 (Bengali Brahmin) is grouped under the Bihari-Brahmin label.
- HRP0222 (Iyer) is grouped under the Iyengar-Brahmin label.
As an aside, it'd also be great, as discussed elsewhere (DNA-Forums), if HRP0106 and HRP0107 were labeled under a new group, Punjabi Rajput, including the Pahari Rajput participant (HRP0135).
Thanks, fixed the errors.
Sent you a email (Mar 26, 2012 EST 1:35 AM) with 124andme data and I have a feeling it got caught in spam filter.
Had sent a previous email too Mar 14, 2012 EST 10:52 PM
The data is also available here
Plan to use a lot of info from you and Razibs's sites to put as much as my info in public domain.
cheers
Hi Zack. Just informed a Sindhi Pushkarana Brahmin individual about your project - expect their raw-data in your inbox!