Reading GEDCOM files and doing analysis in R
I was surprised to find that with Family history being the 2nd most popular hobby in the United States, that there hasn't been a package built in R to read GEDCOM files. This is my stab at it. I am hoping that this repository can help others learn more about their ancestors using data analysis. Right now, with the read_gedcom function, you can read gedcom files and store them in a tidy format. This is still in development, and hopefully it can work to fill your family history needs.
To get GEDCOM file off of ancestry: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Uploading-and-Downloading-Trees
I also found this script to get a GEDCOM file off of FamilySearch: https://github.com/Linekio/getmyancestors
There are also many sites that offer free GEDCOM files for celebrities/royalty/etc.
You can start using this package by using:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("jjfitz/readgedcom")
Here is also an article that I wrote with exploring my family history: https://jasonfitzgerald.netlify.com/2019/09/how-far-does-the-apple-fall/