This README describes the file G1K_samples_20111108.ped This file follows the conventions of plink ped files as describes http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/~purcell/plink/data.shtml#ped The first 6 columns are part of the plink ped standard, the subsequent columns provides additional information The columns are as follows 1 Family ID coriel family id/sample name 2 Individual ID sample name 3 Paternal ID father's sample name 4 Maternal ID mother's sample name 5 Gender 1 = male, 2 = female 6 Phenotype 0 as these samples have no phenotype info 7 Population Sub population of sample, see ftp://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/ftp/README.populations for descriptions 8 Other info Additional relationship information as intitially provided 9 Relationships from Pemberton et al AJHG 2010 Relationship information derived from Inference of Unexpected Genetic Relatedness among Individuals in HapMap Phase III Pemberton et all AJHG 2010 Please note that some relationships from the Pemberton paper were undefined, it was indicated there was a parent/child or first degree relationship between the individuals but the directionality was undefined