Finding relatives in a database

A method of determining a relative relationship of people who share a common ancestor within a number of generations, comprising:

• obtaining recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users;
• processing, using a plurality of computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel;
• and
• determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relative relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users;
• wherein
• the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponds to a number of generations within which the first user and the user among the plurality of users share a common ancestor.

A system of determining a relative relationship of people who share a common ancestor within a number of generations, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• obtain recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users;
• process the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel;
• and
• determine, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relative relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users;
• wherein the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponds to a number of generations within which the first user and the user among the plurality of users share a common ancestor;
• and
• one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

A computer program product for determining a relative relationship of people who share a common ancestor within a threshold number of generations, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• obtaining recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users;
• processing, using a plurality of computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel;
• and
• determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relative relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users;
• wherein the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponds to a number of generations within which the first user and the user among the plurality of users share a common ancestor.