Posted on 12/10/2017 8:36:40 AM PST by Enlightened1
Who were your ancestors? What is your ethnic background composed of? Sites like Ancestry.com and 23andme have always been some go to sources in answering all of your toughest questions. But how accurate are they? In a recent interview with Cracked, one of the major ancestry testing companies, (which specific company is unknown) spilled the beans on what really happens when you purchase an ancestry kit. While I can’t say I’m surprised, you may be shocked to learn that these ancestry sites aren’t always as accurate as they claim to be. Beyond this, they’ve also admitted to tampering with the result to “screw with racists”.
When Inside Edition had a set of triplets send their spit in to Ancestry.com and 23andMe, they got wildly different results from both services. Neither gave each triplet the same ancestry results. “Tests can be a crapshoot. For DNA tests, they use genetic markers, which are little variations in the DNA one or several groups may have, but others do not. The more markers there are, the more accurate the test will be.”
Shocked yet? Yeah, I didn’t think so. A lot of my friends have taken these types of DNA Tests, and most of them come back saying, “I don’t think this is entirely accurate…”
Remember when white supremacist Craig Cobb found out that he was 14% black? Well as it turns out, there’s a possibility that those numbers could have been fudged with.
(Excerpt) Read more at squawker.org ...
I think this is fake news - I’ve run this on me an my wife and can confirm it didn’t happen at 23&me.
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This has me thinking. What's stopping anyone from claiming minority status? I don't believe there's any actual scientific, genetic verification involved.
This will be a growing issue as an increasing number of Americans marry outside their race. I have a cousin who is a ginger. She had a child with a light-skinned black man and her now teenage daughter looks absolutely white.
“What a horribly written article...”
I like the way you read - critically. Even something that may be supporting your side.
Many of us are so eager to prove the “other side” wrong that we often fall prey to the fake news dished out by our side.
My sister had one of these bogus DNA tests run. It seemed to have missed our maternal great grand mother who was 1/2 native American.
Lying comes to leftists as easy as breathing and just as natural.
I’ve come to the conclusion leftists have no moral compass, no sense of right and wrong; only the agenda matters, and possibly for many; no conscience.
not too sure about this but it’s funny...
Keep that up and you'll go blind!
>I have a good grip on my gender.
Easy there now
Yes. Yes it is.
This is sad.
Will a story from Mad be next?
“I have a good grip on my gender.”
That can be bad for your eyesight.
One ‘investigative reporter’ got triplets to submit their DNA. Came back with 3 different results !!!
All liberals are liars?
Sure seems that way...
Don’t these companies really exist to get people to volunteer into a DNA database?
Religion and Politics wrote: “Pocahontas Warren better submit to all of these fake services to see if she can hit up on having Cherokee ancestry.”
The Tribes do not accept genetic testing as proof of Indian Ancestry.
Is there a “Racist” Gene I was unaware of?
My family and I got the same results from Ancestry.com and 23andme.
>>>I have a good grip on my gender<<<
I prefer a Member of the opposite Gender having a good grip on my...
I feel like writing a Country Song now.
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