Has anyone here ever done a DNA test with 23andme or a similar service?

Damn,

I'm just learning that I'm 4th brothers with Kenny Bekele and prone to blisters.

Damn.

Gotta be the shoes!

Damn you 23 and me!

fisky wrote:

I also learned my ancestors were 100% European, mostly northern Europe and Scotland. I had zero Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American, or African ancestors. I was a bit surprised that it was so homogeneous. I had expected at least 1% from some non-Caucasian heritage, but not according to 23andme.

I also learned a few other things before the FDA cracked down on 23andme... like I had no predisposition to male pattern baldness, breast cancer, and a few other conditions.

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all Europeans are 2/3rds Asian and 1/3 Persian/Caucasoid since 20,000 years

the Ice Age ended and Europe and mankind began to ander into Europe

hermes link ice blue mink wrote:

please tell us what can be done with this genetic information, we are dying to know.

also, without looking it up, can you name the four nucleotides in DNA and their canonical base pairing?

I found out that I had the "endurance" gene vs the "sprinter" one....😏

asparagus pee wrote:

What if you can't get reasonable medical insurance because of your genetic profile? ...How do you safeguard all this?

Your viewpoint is disgusting. YOU are the thing we should be safeguarded against. You are a thief and or making our insurance costs more expensive. It is scary that you think it is ok to decieve insurance companies. You are not entitled to insurance. It is a service that costs money. It does not grow on trees.

Certain genetic profiles or health risks cost more to treat, so why shouldn't you have to pay more if you have them?

23 and Me wrote:

A liberal friend's wife had the test. She was is disappointed because she did not have any Black, Hispanic or Native American in her DNA.

Typical.

We are not friends and 23 and Me is obviously mistaken.

23 and Me wrote:

A liberal friend's wife had the test. She was is disappointed because she did not have any Black, Hispanic or Native American in her DNA.

Typical.

Me, too.

I sent back my results because they're wrong.

Ancestry.com gave me the information below along with a map showing an overlay of each region. No additional information other than what is below.

Ethnicity estimate

33% Scandinavia

(primarily located in Sweden, Norway, Denmark)

29% Europe West

(primarily located in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein)

15% Ireland

(primarily located in Ireland, Wales, Scotland)

13% Great Britain

(primarily located in England, Scotland, Wales)

8% Iberian Peninsula

(primarily located in Spain, Portugal)

Sorry - the info below was cut off

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1% West Asia

(primarily located in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey)

Genetic Communities

Settlers of New England: Connection - Likely

Mormon Pioneers in the Mountain West: Connection – Possible

I haven't done it, but close family members have, and it is interesting information. In our case, it also identified unknown cousins, and that was interesting. I had my dog tested and he turned out to be a Pitbull Chihuahua mix. That explained a LOT of things...

Interesting read. I personally would never give my DNA to a company, certainly not in the US.

We got 23andMe tests for Christmas. Got the results a couple of weeks ago.

It confirmed that I'm very Irish (American) and that my wife has half-siblings (which probably is news to them; my wife, though, was told as a child).

I purchased a kit but could not get my stool sample into that tube to send them :(

After a few failed attempts, I cleaned up the kitchen floor and gave up trying.

Your DNA is private, just like your medical history. I haven't used this service and never would for the simple fact that you don't have any control over what they do with it once you send it to them. If this isn't problem for you, then disregard what I wrote.

It lead to the arrest of my uncle, other than that it didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know about myself

2/10 wouldn't test myself again