• DOI:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00363.x
Corpus ID: 7504506

Deconstructing Jaco: Genetic Heritage of an Afrikaner

@article{Greeff2007DeconstructingJG,
  title={Deconstructing Jaco: Genetic Heritage of an Afrikaner},
  author={J. M. Greeff},
  journal={Annals of Human Genetics},
  year={2007},
  volume={71}
}

J. M. Greeff

Published 2007

Biology, Medicine

Annals of Human Genetics

It is often assumed that Afrikaners stem from a small number of Dutch immigrants. As a result they should be genetically homogeneous, show founder effects and be rather inbred. By disentangling my own South African pedigree, that is on average 12 generations deep, I try to quantify the genetic heritage of an Afrikaner. As much as 6% of my genes have been contributed by slaves from Africa, Madagascar and India, and a woman from China. This figure compares well to other genetic and genealogical… CONTINUE READING

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