These tests can be quite interesting as when unknown half-siblings are uncovered. Your parents may have been more sporting than you are aware.
jerryc41 wrote:
I just got an email from 23andMe. I have less that 2% Neanderthal DNA; I don't have a fear of heights (true), but I have a poor sense of direction (not true).
They got this one Totally wrong.
"You have 0 variants associated with having difficulty discarding rarely-used possessions." I don't like to throw anything away. I still have my Boy Scout uniform in the closet.
If you haven't done a DNA test, I think it's worth doing.
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With that many misses in defining your character traits, Jerry, why is it worth doing?
Stan
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.
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.
StanMac wrote:
With that many misses in defining your character traits, Jerry, why is it worth doing?
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.
I traced my ancestry back to some 3.5 billion years ago to a little warm stagnant pond. 😜
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
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=PI82pNmQodkFunny. 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.
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/
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"?
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.
Sendai5355
Loc: On the banks of the Pedernales River, Texas
Read somewhere that diabetes can be attributed to Neanderthal dna.
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.
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
jerryc41 wrote:
I just got an email from 23andMe. I have less that 2% Neanderthal DNA; I don't have a fear of heights (true), but I have a poor sense of direction (not true).
They got this one Totally wrong.
"You have 0 variants associated with having difficulty discarding rarely-used possessions." I don't like to throw anything away. I still have my Boy Scout uniform in the closet.
If you haven't done a DNA test, I think it's worth doing.
I just got an email from 23andMe. I have less tha... (
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Most of my friends have 70-80% Neanderthal 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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