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I’ve got royalty and loyalty inside my DNA.2
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i have no answer to your question but DAMN you are a beauty2
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gamerbabe14 wrote: »I did 23andMe and found out I have a slight increased risk of getting Alzheimer's. I also found a cousin that no one wanted me to find out about. Use with caution!
Oh wow! I think it’s fascinating that you can find family members you never knew existed.LittleLionHeart1 wrote: »Please don't give your DNA away, as you are giving up things you don't even know about yet. Your rights. Discrimination. They are storing it for future "We dont know yets." The mad scientists, and the Mormons Book.
We came from our parents, and their parents, and their parents. Why do we have to know if our decendant is Hitler, or Vladimir The Empaler?
My concern now is, 23 and me is claiming to be able to tell women if they have breast cancer. But it doesn't include all types of breast cancer. So they are playing into the fears of women now, just to get their DNA samples. Don't do it.
Just my thoughts.
That’s actually the one I was thinking of trying the most 23andme. For me it’s important because I’m adopted so I want to know where I came from. But I can understand so I’m having no interest in that but for me personally it’s important.
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »Mom? It's that you?
This made me think of a book I read as a kid. A Little bird asking everything if it is his mother.
ETA: Sorry OP I've never tried one
Lol, it's a Dr. Seuss book "Are you my mother?"
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23andme hands down. I've done 23andme, Ancestry, & MyHeritage. Ask me anything. 23andme has recently introduced a new tool where instead of showing which 31 regions your DNA may be from; it now will have 150 countries in total. It'll be released to new customers before the existing ones (so unfortunately I have to wait). It's much better than Ancestry in terms of identifying which particular countries or regions your DNA traces back to. I'm mixed black, white and Asian and it has given me the most detailed results out of all the DNA kits. It also has the health option for an extra price and it'll determine whether you carry any variants for about 40-50 diseases, it'll determine your likelihood for various genetic traits, your mtdna haplogroup (you maternal ancestor from 20-50,000 years ago), which DNA segments and their ancestral background (if they decide to share with you) you share with matched relatives. You also see how your ancestral DNA looks on your chromosomes and you get a timeline of where your ancestors are from. You can also use your 23andMe results on sites such as WeGene, Promethease, and MyHeritage to gain a better understanding of how your DNA influences your health. Promethease offers an extensive list of diseases you have, may be a carrier for or your likelihood for it. It's absolutely amazing and worth the $5. You can also used GEDmatch and some other sites to analyze your DNA with their tools.
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hopefuldreamfairy wrote: »23andme hands down. I've done 23andme, Ancestry, & MyHeritage. Ask me anything. 23andme has recently introduced a new tool where instead of showing which 31 regions your DNA may be from; it now will have 150 countries in total. It'll be released to new customers before the existing ones (so unfortunately I have to wait). It's much better than Ancestry in terms of identifying which particular countries or regions your DNA traces back to. I'm mixed black, white and Asian and it has given me the most detailed results out of all the DNA kits. It also has the health option for an extra price and it'll determine whether you carry any variants for about 40-50 diseases, it'll determine your likelihood for various genetic traits, your mtdna haplogroup (you maternal ancestor from 20-50,000 years ago), which DNA segments and their ancestral background (if they decide to share with you) you share with matched relatives. You also see how your ancestral DNA looks on your chromosomes and you get a timeline of where your ancestors are from. You can also use your 23andMe results on sites such as WeGene, Promethease, and MyHeritage to gain a better understanding of how your DNA influences your health. Promethease offers an extensive list of diseases you have, may be a carrier for or your likelihood for it. It's absolutely amazing and worth the $5. You can also used GEDmatch and some other sites to analyze your DNA with their tools.
Thank you so much! That was the one I was leaning towards. So I think I’m going to try it. I’m very interested in seeing the results1 -
You're welcome! It's a really exciting experience, I've also learned a great deal about my family history from relatives on my maternal side compared to the nothing I knew beforehand. Best of luck!2
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We used 23 and me and it matched up perfectly to what we already knew so I would say that it was accurate for me.0
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I'm a Mutt.0
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I researched various companies and decided to use 23andMe based on both what they offer and their policies. I sent my sample in at the end of December and had my results within 3 weeks. My results were somewhat aligned with what I expected based on my family tree work, although my results had a higher % of British and Irish than expected (I thought about 50% - all Irish; came back at 64%) and less French and German than expected. However, I also had a few surprises - 1.5% Scandinavian - but this was WAY back in the most recent ancestor timeline, so I suspect it may be related to the Vikings raids and settlements in Ireland. I also had 5% Eastern European but have not yet found any ancestors from Eastern Europe through my family tree work.
I second the recommendation of Promethease. It was free when I did it - a 1 month special offer. The information on my expected physical traits was spot on including less common physical traits such as scoliosis, which I do have. It also showed evidence of genes for various diseases/conditions that relatives of mine have had. This information clued me in to issues I need to be aware of and pointed to some action I should take related to prevention. The most surprising result was that I am carrier of the gene for Cystic Fibrosis. I had no idea. This was important information to share with my daughters as they have a 50/50 chance of being carriers and to share with my siblings because they also have a 50/50 chance of being carriers and if they are, they could have passed the gene on to their children. If I had known I was a carrier, I certainly would have had my spouse tested prior to starting a family.5 -
Thank you so much to everyone who offered helpful information and experiences about this0
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LittleLionHeart1 wrote: »Please don't give your DNA away, as you are giving up things you don't even know about yet. Your rights. Discrimination. They are storing it for future "We dont know yets." The mad scientists, and the Mormons Book.
We came from our parents, and their parents, and their parents. Why do we have to know if our decendant is Hitler, or Vladimir The Empaler?
My concern now is, 23 and me is claiming to be able to tell women if they have breast cancer. But it doesn't include all types of breast cancer. So they are playing into the fears of women now, just to get their DNA samples. Don't do it.
Just my thoughts.
That’s actually the one I was thinking of trying the most 23andme. For me it’s important because I’m adopted so I want to know where I came from. But I can understand so I’m having no interest in that but for me personally it’s important.
If you are adopted and hope to identify your birth parents, your best bet is to cast your net as widely as possible and try all three major companies, 23 and me, familytreedna, and Ancestry. If you have to pick just one in this situation, Ancestry wins with no others even close, simply because of their giant database of other users, and because you can upload their test to familytreedna for a discount. Also upload your Ancestry test to the free service Gedmatch.com.
If you are concerned with health, 23 and me is the winner, but there are also other companies which will work with your Ancestry.com test data for free.
As far as identifying your "ethnicity," this part of the test is largely baloney. Any test will accurately identify which continent your ancestors came from, but you probably know that already by your looks. No test is able to accurately separate and identify DNA within continents, with a handful of exceptions. There has simply been too much intermarriage and movement - Germans and French and British people do not appear greatly different at a genetic level in any way which is consistent. NO DNA TEST IS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER AT THIS, THEY ALL USE THE SAME PROCESS AND ALL FAIL EQUALLY. 23 and me's more detailed information (about ethnicity, not medical information which is a different subject) is simply more detailed guessing. It is not valid.
Reading the Ancestry forums, I have seen all sorts of results with adoptees and testing. The most dramatic was a woman tested and instantly her birth mother popped up as a match. Then her birth mother refused all contact with her and she was heartbroken - because her name was an internet handle with no identifying information, she was left with nothing more to go on than before. But the typical user gets a long list of fourth cousins with one or two closer cousins who have no clue how the user might be related. Then after some detective work the user may narrow it down to a couple of possibilities. Then one or the other of those possibilities might agree to contact someone for testing, and in some cases birth parents are found. Some people never find much of anything, and some like the woman above find their birth parents instantly. If you decide to do this, you need to be open to what might happen.1 -
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ilovetrees145 wrote: »
This is what I think about too, so I hesitate to try it
Yeh you apply for something and get denied and dont know why. Like life insurance1 -
rheddmobile wrote: »LittleLionHeart1 wrote: »Please don't give your DNA away, as you are giving up things you don't even know about yet. Your rights. Discrimination. They are storing it for future "We dont know yets." The mad scientists, and the Mormons Book.
We came from our parents, and their parents, and their parents. Why do we have to know if our decendant is Hitler, or Vladimir The Empaler?
My concern now is, 23 and me is claiming to be able to tell women if they have breast cancer. But it doesn't include all types of breast cancer. So they are playing into the fears of women now, just to get their DNA samples. Don't do it.
Just my thoughts.
That’s actually the one I was thinking of trying the most 23andme. For me it’s important because I’m adopted so I want to know where I came from. But I can understand so I’m having no interest in that but for me personally it’s important.
If you are adopted and hope to identify your birth parents, your best bet is to cast your net as widely as possible and try all three major companies, 23 and me, familytreedna, and Ancestry. If you have to pick just one in this situation, Ancestry wins with no others even close, simply because of their giant database of other users, and because you can upload their test to familytreedna for a discount. Also upload your Ancestry test to the free service Gedmatch.com.
If you are concerned with health, 23 and me is the winner, but there are also other companies which will work with your Ancestry.com test data for free.
As far as identifying your "ethnicity," this part of the test is largely baloney. Any test will accurately identify which continent your ancestors came from, but you probably know that already by your looks. No test is able to accurately separate and identify DNA within continents, with a handful of exceptions. There has simply been too much intermarriage and movement - Germans and French and British people do not appear greatly different at a genetic level in any way which is consistent. NO DNA TEST IS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER AT THIS, THEY ALL USE THE SAME PROCESS AND ALL FAIL EQUALLY. 23 and me's more detailed information (about ethnicity, not medical information which is a different subject) is simply more detailed guessing. It is not valid.
Reading the Ancestry forums, I have seen all sorts of results with adoptees and testing. The most dramatic was a woman tested and instantly her birth mother popped up as a match. Then her birth mother refused all contact with her and she was heartbroken - because her name was an internet handle with no identifying information, she was left with nothing more to go on than before. But the typical user gets a long list of fourth cousins with one or two closer cousins who have no clue how the user might be related. Then after some detective work the user may narrow it down to a couple of possibilities. Then one or the other of those possibilities might agree to contact someone for testing, and in some cases birth parents are found. Some people never find much of anything, and some like the woman above find their birth parents instantly. If you decide to do this, you need to be open to what might happen.
Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I might look into some of those forums. I know both my birth parents have passed sadly. I am open to meeting family members if that is an option though. I just want to learn more about myself basically.2 -
I'm really interested in the health report offered by 23andme. I wanna know if I'm gonna end up talking to microwaves like my uncles.1
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I used 23andme. It's pretty cool, very detailed. I know people who used ancestry and their reports weren't as detailed as mine was1
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