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Has anyone done DNA testing? (1 Viewer)
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After reading the whole thing I think the article is pretty pro DNA testing. Also to note the "investigator" was an Inside Edition reporter and this was all presented on the show The Doctors both of which are, lets say less than reputable sources. It seems like the whole thing was clickbait and done to make a story out of a trendy new "medical" thing which is what shows like Doctor Oz and The Doctors are primarily for (as opposed to real medical information).
Here's two parts of the article which explain the difference found and why it's not a true picture of the testing:
- "It’s a misleading story, [the story of 'Triplets with different DNA]” a 23andMe spokesperson told us via email. “Our Ancestry Composition feature allows you to select varying confidence levels, between 50 and 90 percent.”
“In this case I believe they were changing their confidence levels and making comparisons,” continues their spokesperson. “If you drop to the ‘speculative’ selection, which has a confidence level of 50 percent you are going throw off the comparisons.
- In 2008, however, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, along with universities in the Netherlands and Sweden... “What we found are changes on the genetic level, the DNA sequence itself,” Jan Dumanksi, a genetics professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an author of the paper, told The New York Times shortly after the research was published in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The study showed that twins had more genetic variation than scientists had previously thought.
The research team found several copy number variations—in which genes occur multiple times within one individual, or in which certain DNA coding letters are missing—between pairs of twins they expected to have identical genetic profiles.
Scientists don’t know whether these slight variations were present in the womb or if they develop as the twins age. All they know is that the textbooks were wrong. Identical twins don’t necessarily have the same DNA, and that also holds for triplets.
Also to note that the triplets wouldn't release their actual findings to 23andMe or anyone else to actually verify/compare their confidence levels.
Pretty easy for them to exchange boyfriends / husbands, I guess.
Not that it matters to the latter.
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My wife bought us 23 and me kits for Xmas so we could test for medical flags for the kids. Dodged all bullets but found out that my Jewish dad, whom I never knew, was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and that comes with rare flags of its own. Dodged those bullets as well.
BonScot
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“The fat chick in the trailer park talking dirty”. You have the soul of a poet!!
BonScot
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I was adopted from Colombia and didn't know much about my birth parents so for me it was an interesting way to find out more. I know people were joking about them randomizing it but I can attest they don't (or have amazing luck) since my last name is uber Irish and yet I got these results (Ancestry):
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I wasn't incredibly blown away by the information but in my particular case it was extra cool to have.
Note I was already annoy by Elizabeth Warren's Native American claim before finding this out
You’re 1% Scottish though. Congratulations!! You are now allowed to drink whisky!!
Perthmike
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Streak fries you say.....Wow...Interesting.
Those damn Great Brit dudes were everywhere. And for all their worldly concurring, they still don't know steak fries from potato chips.
BonScot
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Nigel O’Shaughnessy is that you?
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Perthmike
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My best mate at uni was a pig farmer from Scotland. That was generally how we found him each morning.
BonScot
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That doesn’t exactly narrow it down
1A25R
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Krafft is a common name in the north of Switzerland, in the state of Basel
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Interesting. thank you for that, as I had no idea
bsdunbar1
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Interestingly enough I have a friend who just posted about finding his birth mother (he is adopted)
He used Ancestry DNA to find a woman who shared 21% of his DNA and turned out to be his aunt.
Long story short his new found family never knew he existed and his 93 year old aunt says she is the only living person who can tell him where he came from and the whole story. CRAZY
So my question, being adopted myself and knowing 0% of any details, is have any of you used these services to find your paternal parents?
I could care a less to know if my ancestors were from Scotland or Poland etc, but to track down the womb I actually came from would be interesting.
He used Ancestry DNA to find a woman who shared 21% of his DNA and turned out to be his aunt.
Long story short his new found family never knew he existed and his 93 year old aunt says she is the only living person who can tell him where he came from and the whole story. CRAZY
So my question, being adopted myself and knowing 0% of any details, is have any of you used these services to find your paternal parents?
I could care a less to know if my ancestors were from Scotland or Poland etc, but to track down the womb I actually came from would be interesting.
I’m adopted from Colombia and used Ancestry however only got as close as 1 3rd cousin and a few dozen possible 4th cousins. I’m guessing though the whiter you / your birth family are the better chance you’ll have given the demographics on who generally buys these
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One of my family made it over to San Francisco in Chile and went on the rampage. There’s a river and a mountain named after him and if you look at Facebook for Chile there’s loads of people with his surname
It's mildly appealing to get a breakdown of your heritage, or check for certain cancer genes, but I don't like the idea of my DNA being in a database for potential use by law enforcement. I haven't committed any crimes that would worry me, but I'm young, I still may wish to commit a crime.
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Biggest totalitarian-type (nazi, communist) threat is not being insured for the disease(s) you 're most likely to die from.
"Not only are you going to die from this disease, asshole, but you 're going to die helpless and unattended in the street, too", if nobody can make any money out of this.
Extreme unregulated capitalism could turn worse than slavery under these conditions. As a slave, at least you were an asset to your owner.
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I’m of Italian decent and payed the extra money for European records at Ancestry.com. It was a waste. Upon further research, many of the heavily Catholic countries still keep most birth records on paper in churches. Also, countries like Italy and Spain have not digitized many others. The countries have changed governments multiple time over the last 150 years which makes it worse. If you are of the British Isles you have the best chance of finding in-depth records. The Germans are good to.I’m adopted from Colombia and used Ancestry however only got as close as 1 3rd cousin and a few dozen possible 4th cousins. I’m guessing though the whiter you / your birth family are the better chance you’ll have given the demographics on who generally buys these
I am 1/16 Austrian and found a record of a great great uncle who was drafted into the German army in WWI. That’s it. He was either killed or they don’t have any other records on him. Once my people came to the US you can find everything.
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