Neanderthal DNA
Jul 1, 2022 09:01:49 #
Jul 1, 2022 09:27:42 #
These tests can be quite interesting as when unknown half-siblings are uncovered. Your parents may have been more sporting than you are aware.
Jul 1, 2022 10:31:26 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
jerryc41 wrote:
I just got an email from 23andMe. I have less tha... (show quote)
With that many misses in defining your character traits, Jerry, why is it worth doing?
Stan
Jul 1, 2022 10:37:23 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
sb wrote:
My brother has traced our ancestry back to revolutionary war times. Although our DNA shows 3% West African DNA, he cannot find any mixed marriages. I pointed out to him that back in the 1800's mixed marriages probably did not get recorded in family Bibles or even at the courthouse. It is interesting, though.
I do have some neanderthal DNA in me. Must be why I like to stare into the fire.
I do have some neanderthal DNA in me. Must be why I like to stare into the fire.
3% would be something like 6 generations back, meaning your great great great grandparents and something like 150 or so years ago. You might not know because for example, years ago it wasn’t cool to be part
Native American as it is today. Anyone that has studied any history knows that Native Americans were considered subhuman and treated like animals. Most people today wouldn’t brag about their Nazi or Taliban ancestors. My DNA doesn’t show it, but my mother’s grandmother told her in a hush hush manner that there was Indian blood in their family, something she wasn’t proud of.
Times change.
Jul 1, 2022 10:41:19 #
StanMac wrote:
With that many misses in defining your character traits, Jerry, why is it worth doing?
Stan
Stan
"You have 0 variants associated with..." Based on my DNA, and compared with others who have similar DNA, they are making educated guesses. Some are right, and some are wrong. My DNA does pin me down to an actual geographical location, though, and I found that interesting.
If people with similar DNA have a propensity for cancer, that would be good to know. It's mostly a matter of averages. 90% of people with this DNA get cancer, so if I had that DNA, I'd like to know. It's all based on averages, though. The more people who get their DNA tested, the more accurate the results will be.
Jul 1, 2022 11:19:54 #
I traced my ancestry back to some 3.5 billion years ago to a little warm stagnant pond. 😜
Jul 1, 2022 11:47:36 #
therwol wrote:
My wife has a marker that all of the European royalty has (and a ton of other European people as well.) So she takes that as proof that she's descended from royalty which should entitle her to a lot of money. Right?
Remember the scene in the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" where Gus learned to use a computer to search Ancestry to prove he is a descendant of Alexander the Great. See...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI82pNmQodk
Jul 1, 2022 13:07:18 #
therwol
Loc: USA
bobbyjohn wrote:
Remember the scene in the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" where Gus learned to use a computer to search Ancestry to prove he is a descendant of Alexander the Great. See...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI82pNmQodk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI82pNmQodk
Funny. It actually reminds me of when my work required doctors to use electronic medical records, and most of them over a certain age couldn't type.
Jul 1, 2022 13:15:12 #
therwol
Loc: USA
cdayton wrote:
These tests can be quite interesting as when unknown half-siblings are uncovered. Your parents may have been more sporting than you are aware.
Yes, there are many instances of surprise relatives when these DNA tests are done. This discovery can result in unpleasant family drama. But look at this. There was a Netflix documentary on this doctor who used his own sperm instead of legitimate sperm donors to treat his fertility patients, and he may have even impregnated other female patients with his sperm during normal gynecological exams. So far, he has been linked to 96 children and counting. Widespread DNA testing made this discovery possible.
https://time.com/6176310/our-father-true-story-netflix/
Jul 1, 2022 13:33:50 #
therwol wrote:
My wife has a marker that all of the European royalty has (and a ton of other European people as well.) So she takes that as proof that she's descended from royalty which should entitle her to a lot of money. Right?
What makes you think that ROYALTY did not have children with the "fair handmaiden"--does that make you a "bas--rd"?
Jul 1, 2022 13:34:13 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
I traced my ancestry back to some 3.5 billion years ago to a little warm stagnant pond. 😜
No wonder you like to take great macro shots, Sippy, we all started as pond scum.
Jul 1, 2022 13:44:06 #
BigOldArt
Loc: Seminole, FL
Where are we "from"?
Just in Europe people moved extensively. This youtube shows European borders over 1100 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2zaOhYlAM
Just in Europe people moved extensively. This youtube shows European borders over 1100 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2zaOhYlAM
Jul 1, 2022 13:52:40 #
Read somewhere that diabetes can be attributed to Neanderthal dna.
Jul 1, 2022 15:22:06 #
I know for sure that I am part Italian, part Scottish, pat English, part French and part Irish. If I were a dog, I'd be a MUTT!
I learned from my great grandmother when I was 5 years old, about how she and my great grandfather on my father's side, came here from Ireland. The story always fascinated me. It was a bit exciting and a bit unusual.
I learned from my great grandmother when I was 5 years old, about how she and my great grandfather on my father's side, came here from Ireland. The story always fascinated me. It was a bit exciting and a bit unusual.
Jul 1, 2022 16:16:05 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I just got an email from 23andMe. I have less tha... (show quote)
Most of my friends have 70-80% Neanderthal 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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