Kinship data

This page has been last updated for R11.

Sandbox directory

Kinship data is available in the following Sandbox directory:

/finngen/library-red/finngen_R[RELEASE]/kinship_1.0

Data files

The following types of files are available:

• Plink files

• Kinship files

Please refer to the readme file in the sandbox directory for full details of the available data.

Plink files

Plink files are in the /data subdirectory.

These files are the output of plink. The dataset is built using pruned variants (see prune section).

• finngen_R[RELEASE]_kinship.bed: Plink bed file with only pruned variants used for kinship

• finngen_R[RELEASE]_kinship.fam: Plink fam file with only pruned variants used for kinship

• finngen_R[RELEASE]_kinship.bim: Plink bim file with only pruned variants used for kinship

• finngen_R[RELEASE]_kinship.afreq: Plink freq file with only pruned variants used for kinship

• finngen_R[RELEASE]_pedigree.fam: Fam file with updated family IDs and sex

Kinship files

Kinship files are in the /data subdirectory.

These files are the output of KING based on different flags:

• finngen_R[RELEASE].kin0: List of related couples (–-related)

• finngen_R[RELEASE].con: List of duplicate couples (--duplicate)

Further information

See also: FAQ Does FinnGen have family and relatedness information available?