Interconnected Pedigrees (IMAGE)

Institute for Advanced Study

Interconnected Pedigrees

Caption

The largest set of interconnected pedigrees reconstructed in Rákóczifalva (RK) and the cemetery map highlighting the burial location of the related individuals: a) a large (146 individuals) interconnected set of sub-pedigrees, number 1 to 5 and four smaller pedigrees (34 individuals), number 6, 7, 8 and 12. Levirate unions are reported with colored lines connecting the partners involved. The males’ Y-haplogroups are visualized with colored borders around the individuals. Black symbols correspond to the individuals we have aDNA from, white ones are the missing individuals inferred on the basis of available data. On the left a colored bar represents the timeline spanning the whole Avar period covering the 9+ generations of the pedigrees. b) cemetery map of Rákóczifalva 8 (the smaller part on the right separated by 95 meters) and 8A (the left part) color coded according to the pedigree numbered as in a.

Credit

HistoGenes

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