Big Sale on Tinfoil ping.
Posted on 11/08/2013 11:46:17 AM PST by null and void
Nope.
Each Cx is a one time buy or a tampon.
Worse!
She is now an ex-wife....
I was able to have a free analysis of my spit by 23&Me several years ago. Occasionally I receive updated info of my genetic vulnerabilities. Since I’m in my seventies I know pretty much what my problems are. The info I have received from 23&Me is pretty useless. They were correct in saying that I probably have wet ear wax versus dry ear wax. Other than that, the genotype info has some value in searching for ancestors. All else...forget it! My brother has had the same testing with similar results. Go ride the roller coaster!
I had my DNA tested last year at 23&Me, also for exploring the family tree, at the request of my four sisters. They have also found more relatives and much about our ancestry. It said I am more likely than most to metabolize caffeine poorly, which I do, have a good memory, which I do, and have cancer, which I did. All the mail from 23 & Me goes to my sister and she hasn’t mentioned anything else.
Thanks for popping up a thread on this, Nully....it never even occured to me.
Dream on.
Sorry to hear about your medical condition. Hang in there ...
For genealogy, limited genetic testing can be very beneficial.
Genetics and Genealogy – Our Story and My Genetic Testing Reviews
http://tamarawilhite.hubpages.com/hub/Genetics-and-Genealogy-Our-Story-and-My-Genetic-Testing-Reviews
yup
Even my few remaining liberal friends are alarmed over this, so aside from my brain and GUT telling me this is WRONG, there’s also that. *SHRUG*
I’m sure it will be Full Speed Ahead, though. There are enough ignorant dopes out there to cash in on with this ‘data gathering’ disguissed as, ‘good for you’ testing!
How? If you suspect that that person buried in 1925 was your great,great something are you gonna dig him/her up to get DNA?
The main draw among genealogists appears to be, am I really related to all these collateral line multi-removed cousins — and it turns out, much of the time the answer is “no”. The paper trail says one thing, the genetic woodpile says something else.
Awesome.
In the Brave New World we can expect our government to require these DNA tests ‘for our own benefit’ so the bureaucrats can steer your medical treatments to anticipate any genetically known diseases and perhaps prevent them.
That sounds pretty good—but then comes the inevitable corrollary—control.
“Sorry, you can’t marry that girl because your children would be at risk of a genetically transmitted disease or condition.”
or more ominously from the Palin Panel, “Sorry, but we have to pull the plug on that treatment for you because keeping you alive will not be fair to the rest of the Omabacare risk pool. After all, you’re going to die someday anyway, so quit crying and being selfish. It’s all for the good of the whole, not one individual.”
In our experience, most of the confusion is when names are Anglicized or spelling changes to fit local conventions. Then you wonder - who is the real father or brother of this ancestor?
Moral........ don’t adopt an Ethopian child....... it is a foolish way to feel good
On the one hand, I am intrigued by the scientific possibilities. On the other, I am horrified at the opportunity such testing presents to people on the left.
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