[sauropod]

This is so much hooey.

I would say that the DNA "results" are highly suspect.

[Incorrigible]

LOL.

You didn't happen to see the movie "Open Season" like I did last night with the talking squirrel using the word "Hooey" many times over did you?

[justrepublican]

The first part of the test identified "deep ancestral roots," listing the top 20 places in the world that my ancestors likely came from.

And the hits just kept on coming.

[bboop]

I'm with you, sauropod. Just because the test 'says' this, how valid are these tests?

If they have narrowed it down to 20 gene pools -- I think this is nonsense.

[machman]

Actually, didn't the Celts that came to and settled in Ireland migrate from northern Spain? So it would make sense that Irish and old Spanish populations would share some DNA.

[StACase]

I would say all those Chimpanzees are our closest relatives DNA studies are also highly suspect.

[A_perfect_lady]

I agree. They probably toss out the DNA sample and assign you a list of random countries.

[IronJack]

This is so much hooey.

I'm with you. Since there's no "control" done on these analyses, who's to say they're not just making the results up? Or that they didn't substitute some of their own DNA for yours?

It would be interesting to double-blind this test and compare the results. It would be even more interesting to do it using dog DNA. "Well, our results show that you have strong ancestral links to Dalmatia and Ireland, and that you bay at the moon."

[Paleo Conservative]

This is so much hooey.

I would say that the DNA "results" are highly suspect.

Why couldn't it be accurate?

If you assume 25 year generations, ten generations back you have 1,024 (2¹⁰) ancestors 250 years ago. If you go back twenty generations, you have 1,048,576 (2²⁰) ancestors 500 years ago. At thirty generations you have 1,073,741,824 (2³⁰) ancestors 750 years ago. In just 33 generations (825 years), you have more ancestors than there are people living today.

[ARA]

A lot like past life regression..