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DNA tests
Self ^ | January 5, 2019 | self

Posted on 01/05/2019 5:26:20 PM PST by bboop

Gathering info here on DNA tests. Good ones/ those to avoid? Feedback? thanks. I've been doing genealogy for some time; cousin got the test and I am curious.


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To: Verginius Rufus

Thanks for all the great info. My father was born in Holland, and my mother in Canada, but her family is originally from England, and settled in the U.S., and there’s supposed to be Mohawk blood on her great-grandmother’s line. It will be interesting to see if any of that shows up on a DNA test, and where the European roots connect to.


61 posted on 01/05/2019 7:42:12 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Slyfox

“Ancestry is preferred to 23 and Me. Why? Ancestry does not have any plans to do monkey business with anyone’s DNA. They are a genealogical company whose main goal is to connect people to their roots. They are owned by Utah Mormons, who began by measuring their own roots. They have learned a lot in the process, and they have found a business model to make their knowledge available to others.”

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Not so fast...

“In October 2012, Ancestry.com agreed to be acquired by a private equity group consisting of Permira Advisers LLP, members of Ancestry.com’s management team, including CEO Tim Sullivan and CFO Howard Hochhauser, and Spectrum Equity, for $32 per share or around $1.6 billion.[30] At the same time, Ancestry.com purchased a photo digitization and sharing service called 1000Memories.[31]

“On July 16, 2015, Ancestry launched AncestryHealth, and announced the appointment of Cathy A. Petti as its Chief Health Officer.[32]

“In April 2016 GIC Private Limited (a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Government of Singapore) and Silver Lake (a private equity fund manager) bought equity stakes in Ancestry.com.[33] The estimated market value of Ancestry.com in 2017 was more than $3 billion.[34]


62 posted on 01/05/2019 7:44:41 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Cold Heart

About page indicates possibly female.


63 posted on 01/05/2019 7:51:23 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Uncle Miltie
In a SHTF scenario, they will hunt you down with it. Just sayn’.

The government has a sample of DNA of everyone in the military.

I'm not too worried about it.

64 posted on 01/05/2019 8:00:19 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Pinkbell
Elizabeth Warren had one done - see which company she used.

The 'expert' she used was a friend and I think a former partner of her ex- husband. Yes, he was a DNA expert but he was a family friend.

65 posted on 01/05/2019 8:08:34 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Drango

It’s not really anonymous though. The neighbors name is attached to it.


66 posted on 01/05/2019 8:34:02 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Drango

It would be nice if they let you do it anonymously but I think they all require you to give your name. Not sure if it’s legal not to. I suppose they want to make sure that you’re not snooping on someone else’s dna.


67 posted on 01/05/2019 8:38:01 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: bboop

My grandmother was born in 1889 and adopted later that same year. We never had any idea who her biological parents were, and neither did she. I had my 96-year-old mother take the ancestry DNA test in August. Within 3 weeks of receiving her results, I had identified both of my grandmother’s biological parents, thanks to several 2nd and 3rd cousin matches.

So, if you have a similar family mystery, DNA testing is the way to go. It is also good for verifying your paper genealogical research.

You can take your ancestrydna raw results, and upload them to myheritage, familytreedna, and gedmatch, and get more matches. Gedmatch is the database that the cops have been using to help crack cold cases. They can’t access ancestry without a warrant, I’m not sure about myheritage and familytreedna.


68 posted on 01/05/2019 8:52:16 PM PST by euram
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To: WASCWatch

Yes, mine was a medically-oriented DNA test performed by Assurex Health and is covered by HIPPA. Did not have any copay. However, in regards to confidentiality and privacy, medical records are being made available to LE when applying for a carry permit. This is disturbing.


69 posted on 01/05/2019 9:07:34 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86

I looked up the “rack rate” cost of my DNA test in the previous comment and it is between $1500 and $3500 . Although this test concerns only about 45 disorder-related genes, I’m positive the full DNA complement was elucidated and stored somewhere.


70 posted on 01/05/2019 9:30:06 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86

Also I would add that it would be foolish for me to refuse the DNA test. Depending on your genetic makeup, various medications will be more or less effective. In some cases the enzyme metabolism is such that a given medication might be totally ineffective. This is something that could only be determined through trial and error in the past.


71 posted on 01/05/2019 9:35:19 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: bboop

My daughter had their DNA tested, but it was done through medical doctor lab.

One was having issues, and we needed to find out if they were identical twins. They are identical.


72 posted on 01/05/2019 9:59:19 PM PST by luckystarmom
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To: Deaf Smith

I agree and told my mother that is what she did to us.


73 posted on 01/05/2019 10:07:12 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: bboop

I did it about a year ago, and it came back with a couple of results that I expected and maybe two results which weren’t. My family does trace itself mostly back to England, and part of this did agree with that.

For decades, one element of the family had talked of native American Indian ancestors (a legend in the family). Well...NO, there was zero evidence of that. So that legend was finally put to sleep.

But there was a fair amount of suggestion in the tests to lead back to France (actually finding later that two ‘strings’ of the family tree came from France). One element of the family lived in a remote valley in the south of France for a long, long time. And a second element had come out of Normandy, but was only there for two generations...having come from Denmark originally.

I will caution anyone taking the test, it opens some doors you might not like (you might find that of the four sons in the family...you don’t line up with your dad, and there’s some story that is best not to be told). The data with the DNA? Most companies say it’ll be held in a private way, but their intent is some massive database which they can eventually sell in some way.


74 posted on 01/05/2019 10:08:39 PM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

I found out I was 2% Congolese. I think that should qualify for reparations.


75 posted on 01/05/2019 10:10:10 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Aria

“Plus I fund relatives who are all over the world”

I’m pretty sure I’m one of your relatives.


76 posted on 01/05/2019 10:27:42 PM PST by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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To: bboop

I’m a mongrel and damn proud of it. I don’t need no stinking DNA test!


77 posted on 01/05/2019 10:39:38 PM PST by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother

You might learn your father is not really your father,


Impossible. Parenting is a verb. If a wonderful man parented you and was all things father to you, the genes matter not one bit. There is nothing taken away from that relationship when you find out 30 years later that your genes came from a different man who isn’t even in your life. He doesn’t deserve the title of father. He didn’t do the fathering.

I am my daughter’s mommy even if we don’t share any genes. That isn’t the important part. I’m just lucky I got to carry and give birth to her, adopted from an embryo.


78 posted on 01/05/2019 10:57:49 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: bboop

Why give the government your DNA?


79 posted on 01/06/2019 12:02:12 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: bboop

If your son one day does something the regime frowns upon, and escapes by the skin of his teeth, you will have led them right to him.

Don’t think those results are not being centrally tabulated, and made available to the government.


80 posted on 01/06/2019 12:54:22 AM PST by AnonymousConservative (Why did Liberals evolve within our species? www.anonymousconservative.com)
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