23andMe Genetics: Paternal Connections

23andMe Paternal Connections 23andMe looks at traits that show the strength of correlations between fathers and their children. His His Son Daughter 1.9x 2.4x higher odds of being a morning person higher odds of being a morning person If Dad Is A Morning Person 2.6x 1.1x higher odds of preferring sweet over salty foods higher odds of preferring sweet over salty foods* If Dad Prefers Sweet Over Salty Foods 3.6х 5.3x higher odds of wiggling his ears higher odds of wiggling her ears If Dad Can Wiggle His Ears 3.7х 2х higher odds of having migraines higher odds of having migraines If Dad Has Migraines 1.4x 2.5x higher odds of enjoying dark licorice* higher odds of enjoying dark licorice If Dad Enjoys Dark Licorice 6.4х 10.3x higher odds of having brown eyes higher odds of having brown eyes If Dad Has Brown Eyes SOURCE: Correlations calculated by looking at traits among a group of more than 15,000 couples with children who are 23andMe customers, all of whom consented to research. In some cases the sample size used to calculate the correlations numbered in the hundreds because not every customer answered survey questions. Statistical significance was computed using a false discovery rate of .05. The correlations that were not statistically significant are noted (*).