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(Extended Pedigree Summary for Am Ch Bijans Flying Angel)Extended Pedigree Summary for Am Ch Bijans Flying Angel
I recently researched the pedigree of Am Ch Bijans Flying Angel for our friends Mannie and Eadie Glazer. Its a very interesting pedigree and with Mannie and Eadies agreement I have posted below the summary of the pedigree I did for them.
The Pedigree Extended Summary Report - Shown below is a computer produced extended pedigree summary report that lists the 20 ancestors that occur most in a pedigree at a particular generation level. In this instance we selected 9 generations. As well as listing the ancestors and how many times they appear in total, the report also shows how many times they occur on each side of the pedigree. If you look at the first report for Qamari Flying Colours, you will notice that Maymum of Moornistan appears 33 times in total in the 9 generation pedigree, 28 times on the sire side but only 5 times on the dams side. In the same list, further down, you can see that Crown Crest Tae Joan appears 12 times in the dam side of the pedigree and not at all in the sires side. So, the report can be useful for giving the reviewer a feel for distribution of ancestors within a pedigree
Extended summary for :- QAMARIS FLYING COLORS Gen = 9; This level = 500 / 512; Total = 1006 / 1022 Total Sire Dam Date of Birth AM CH MAYMUN OF MOORNISTAN 33 28 5 No data on file AM CH SHIRKHAN OF GRANDEUR 30 20 10 10/08/1954 AM CAN CH BLUE BOY OF GRANDEUR 22 13 9 06/11/1946 DUTCH INT FR CH XENOS VDOM 22 6 16 05/05/1949 AM CH ZAAMAKURI OF GHAZNI US 20 17 3 24/06/1952 AM CH HASSAN BEN OF MOORNISTAN 20 17 3 No data on file RASHNA DU CHATEAU DE ROCHES 18 2 16 01/03/1943 MAHDI OF GRANDEUR 17 9 8 20/05/1949 BARUKHZY'S DHRSTADYUMNA 16 2 14 27/03/1946 AM CH TAEJON OF CROWN CREST 14 3 11 No data on file AM CH OPHAAL OF CROWN CREST 14 0 14 06/04/1950 AM CH SAMARIS OF MOORNISTAN 13 13 0 No data on file DJAJI VOM FALKENWALDE 12 10 2 No data on file AM CH MAJARA MIHRAB 12 10 2 No data on file AM CH CROWN CREST TAE JOAN 12 0 12 11/10/1952 AM CH KHANHASSET GINGER OF GRANDEUR 11 6 5 03/02/1944 AM CH TAJ AKBARUU OF GRANDEUR 11 6 5 22/12/1942 AM CH TANJORES DOMINO 11 6 5 10/07/1954 AM CH CROWN CREST KABUL 10 1 9 No data on file AM CH AKABA'S TOP BRASS 10 5 5 No data on fileExtended summary for :- BIJANS CAPTURED ANGEL Gen = 9; This level = 508 / 512; Total = 1016 / 1022 Total Sire Dam Date of Birth AM CH SHIRKHAN OF GRANDEUR 57 35 22 10/08/1954 AM CAN CH BLUE BOY OF GRANDEUR 34 15 19 06/11/1946 MAHDI OF GRANDEUR 32 14 18 20/05/1949 AKABA'S ROYAL BLUE 25 22 3 No data on file GENII AL PERAA 20 11 9 No data on file AKABA'S GIGI IN WHITE 19 15 4 No data on file AM CH TAEJON OF CROWN CREST 17 3 14 No data on file AM CH AKABA'S KNOW IT ALL 16 14 2 20/03/1958 AM CH AKABA'S TOP BRASS 15 8 7 No data on file AM CH KHANHASSET GINGER OF GRANDEUR 14 6 8 03/02/1944 AM CH TAJ AKBARUU OF GRANDEUR 14 6 8 22/12/1942 AM CH KANDORISSA OF ALDACHAR 13 4 9 No data on file LAKOYAS SIJAT KASHYAN 13 11 2 20/06/1962 SHAADARS ROI O'ARGENT 13 11 2 No data on file AM CH SHAADARS BLANJHE OF KARLYLE 13 11 2 29/09/1964 AM CH OPHAAL OF CROWN CREST 12 4 8 06/04/1950 SHEEBE BABY 12 4 8 23/05/1949 AMIR SABI 12 4 8 28/06/1948 AM CH CROWN CREST TAE JOAN 12 4 8 11/10/1952 ADERA 12 5 7 06/08/1945Lets look at Ch Qamaris Flying Colors extended pedigree report first. Unusually for an American pedigree, Shirkhan of Grandeur DOES NOT end up as the ancestor who appears most in the pedigree at this level, Maymum of Moornistan does. The Moornistan lines come down from a German import into the US (Djaji Vom Falkenwalde) who's lines go back to early English lines and some Belgium (Barukhzy) ancestors. Other Moornistan lines come down from the UK Charikar lines which go back to Swedish and Dutch lines. This is reflected in the summary which includes names such as Xenos Vdom (Dutch), Rashna Roches (Belgium) , Barukhzys Dhrstadyumna (Belgium), Crown Crest (leading back to Vdom/Dutch), Tanjores Domino from Sweden etc. Another way of looking at the pedigree was to run a seperate report that calculates any inbreeding and lists the dogs that contribute to it. This seperate report (not shown here) confirmed that the modest amount of inbreeding is way back in the 5/6/7/8th generations. The Afghans that contribute to any inbreeding were Jamicas Rani Fafnir (out of a Moornistan sire), Shirkhan of Grandeur, Moornistans Maximillian, Tanjores Domino, (Sweden) Akaba's Top Brass, Maymum of Moornistan, Tajmahal Kenya (Sweden)., Hassan Ben of Moornistan and Xenos Vdom (Dutch).
Next, lets look at Ch Bijans Captured Angels's extended pedigree report.This time Shirkhan of Grandeur DOES end up top of the list, which is usually the case with US pedigrees. The rest of the names in the list are from the familiar Akaba/Grandeur interplay lines with only one overseas name amongst them - Ophaal Of Crown Crest who was imported from Holland. We also ran the inbreeding report (not shown) which revealed a different set of ancestors as contributors - Coastwind Abraxas, Fantasi's Star Light, Shirkhan of Grandeur, Coastwind Nepenthe, plus three more Akaba's and another Coastwind.
If we now look at the extended pedigree summary over 10 generations for Mannie and Eadie's - Ch Bijans Flying Angel (sibling of the above two Afghans) you can see how the ancestor count works out. Surprise surprise, Shirkhan of Grandeur is top of the list!, but occurs more on the sires side than the dams. By contrast Akaba ancestors occur largely on the dam's side of the pedigree. Obviously bringing two different lines together would create a new balance and distribution of ancestors, and this is shown below.
Extended summary for :- AM CH BIJANS FLYING ANGEL Gen = 10; This level = 1008 / 1024; Total = 2024 / 2046 Total Sire Dam Date of Birth AM CH SHIRKHAN OF GRANDEUR 87 30 57 10/08/1954 AM CAN CH BLUE BOY OF GRANDEUR 56 22 34 06/11/1946 MAHDI OF GRANDEUR 49 17 32 20/05/1949 AM CH MAYMUN OF MOORNISTAN 38 33 5 No data on file AM CH TAEJON OF CROWN CREST 31 14 17 No data on file AKABA'S ROYAL BLUE 31 6 25 No data on file GENII AL PERAA 27 7 20 No data on file AM CH OPHAAL OF CROWN CREST 26 14 12 06/04/1950 AKABA'S GIGI IN WHITE 26 7 19 No data on file AM CH KHANHASSET GINGER OF GRANDEUR 25 11 14 03/02/1944 AM CH TAJ AKBARUU OF GRANDEUR 25 11 14 22/12/1942 DUTCH INT FR CH XENOS VDOM 25 22 3 05/05/1949 AM CH AKABA'S TOP BRASS 25 10 15 No data on file AM CH CROWN CREST TAE JOAN 24 12 12 11/10/1952 AM CH ZAAMAKURI OF GHAZNI US 23 20 3 24/06/1952 AM CH HASSAN BEN OF MOORNISTAN 23 20 3 No data on file AM CH KANDORISSA OF ALDACHAR 20 7 13 No data on file RASHNA DU CHATEAU DE ROCHES 20 18 2 01/03/1943 ADERA 20 8 12 06/08/1945 AM CH OAKVARDON CHARON 20 8 12 17/04/1941Finally, we ran the inbreeding summary program and top contributor, as expected, was Jeherans Seyquin, followed by Jamicas Rani Fafnir, Autumn Heather, Shirkhan of Grandeur, Akaba's Top Brass, Akaba's Royal Blue, Moornistans Maximillian, Tanjores Domino, Akaba's Gigi in White and Charikar Wazir. It is interesting to note that allthough Shirkan occurs most in the pedigree, he is not the top inbreeding contributor, in fact several other hounds, some of which are derived from European lines contribute more.
I have not studied this pedigree much further, and you see see for yourself where the ancestors exist and how their numerical balance shifts when undertaking a breeding. It is interesting though and a couple of points occured to me. First, and its pretty well known, Shirkhan of Grandeur is pretty well endemic throughout modern US pedigrees, however (eg the pedigree of Qamaris Flying Colors) this is not always the case. It is also intertesting to discover how ancestors, way back in the pedigree can assume a significance in any particular mating. I Could spend hours on this, you can see why I find US pedigrees so fascinating. I hope this brief summary has proved interesting to you.
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