23and ME
Aug 5, 2017 11:16:55 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I got my results DNA from 23andME. Going back to 1800, I'm 92.5% English and Irish. Going back to 1700, there's 1.2% French and German. Aside from that, it's northwestern Europe. I knew about the Engllish/Irish, but I was surprised that there wasn't more from around the world. Like many other people, I also have some Neanderthal in me. They give a lot of info in their reports, and I'm trying to decide if I want to spend another $100 to get sixty-five more reports covering health, etc.
Not to impressed with Ancestry.com. There are over 20 countries in eastern europe. My wife is from eastern europe, born and raised as is all of her past and present family. Had her DNA tested. Results,,, Your 100% eastern european! Well hell we knew that!!
Aug 5, 2017 11:37:28 #
Was this topic meant to raise questions regarding the accuracy of DNA results used by law enforcement? For instance, if the results don't make the case, send the sample to another lab.
Same principals/methods used by labs should produce the same results or am I missing something?
Same principals/methods used by labs should produce the same results or am I missing something?
Aug 5, 2017 12:20:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
. . . . . They give a lot of info in their reports, and I'm trying to decide if I want to spend another $100 to get sixty-five more reports covering health, etc.
You might find something that you would not want to know!
Aug 5, 2017 14:26:14 #
lARRY1 wrote:
Not to impressed with Ancestry.com. There are over 20 countries in eastern europe. My wife is from eastern europe, born and raised as is all of her past and present family. Had her DNA tested. Results,,, Your 100% eastern european! Well hell we knew that!!
Then you just confirmed that Ancestry's Test was 100% accurate.
Aug 5, 2017 15:30:36 #
erinjay64 wrote:
White Separatist Craig Cobb did a DNA test on himself, and learned that he is 14% Black. It destroyed his self image, and turned all of his fellow white racists against him. His dream of living in an all white town were shattered....since he would make it partly Black by living there. What a laugh!
Karma's a bitch.
Aug 5, 2017 20:21:14 #
There was a story on the Washington Post website last weekend about someone who sent in for a DNA kit and it came back with the results that the person (with both parents Irish) was nearly half Jewish.
After a multi-year search of many different records, the conclusion that was reached was that in 1913 a NYC hospital must have swapped two babies, the birth certificates were signed by the same doctor and numbered consecutively. When the person met up with a biological cousin she didn't know existed, they looked like sisters.
See https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/she-thought-she-was-irish-until-a-dna-test-opened-a-100-year-old-mystery/?utm_term=.79a352f944d2
My wife's sister got a DNA test a while back, although the story within her family has always been that there was some American Indian blood in the family from the 1800's, it came back with no report of American Indian DNA.
I've been tempted to do a test. According to my mother, there may be a half-brother out there from my father from when he lived in North Carolina, she was never very clear on the story. My father left in the 1950's when I was about 5. I don't remember him at all. According to ancestry.com it appears he died in the LA area in around 1987.
After a multi-year search of many different records, the conclusion that was reached was that in 1913 a NYC hospital must have swapped two babies, the birth certificates were signed by the same doctor and numbered consecutively. When the person met up with a biological cousin she didn't know existed, they looked like sisters.
See https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/she-thought-she-was-irish-until-a-dna-test-opened-a-100-year-old-mystery/?utm_term=.79a352f944d2
My wife's sister got a DNA test a while back, although the story within her family has always been that there was some American Indian blood in the family from the 1800's, it came back with no report of American Indian DNA.
I've been tempted to do a test. According to my mother, there may be a half-brother out there from my father from when he lived in North Carolina, she was never very clear on the story. My father left in the 1950's when I was about 5. I don't remember him at all. According to ancestry.com it appears he died in the LA area in around 1987.
Aug 5, 2017 21:34:38 #
KTJohnson wrote:
Then you just confirmed that Ancestry's Test was 100% accurate.
Your right! But since she has some kin folks from other eastern european countries we thought it would tell us a little more about herself. Its like saying I'm from the united kingdom when my folks are from ireland.
Aug 5, 2017 22:49:28 #
You might not be able to take it beyond 1400 AD, unless you had written records, because, statistically, we are related to everyone on Earth TWICE from that year. If you add the numbers of grandparents of grandparents, etc. all the way back to 1400AD (estimating the average number of years per generation), there are over a billion of these ancestors, whereas the population of the human race was around 450 million at the time. So, we are cousins to everyone on Earth X number of times removed, or so. I think I'll go out and greet everyone as a relative now. Then I can get anonymous strangers to invite me to their parties, do favors for me, and maybe even give me money. Ain't DNA wonderful! LOL
Aug 5, 2017 23:08:21 #
Are there any of the DNA sites that only require swabbing the mouth for DNA? I thought it would be fun to submit my cat's DNA and see what results they would give.
Aug 5, 2017 23:18:30 #
dragonswing wrote:
Are there any of the DNA sites that only require swabbing the mouth for DNA? I thought it would be fun to submit my cat's DNA and see what results they would give.
Lol. They probably tell you that the cat was from Siam.
Jim
Aug 6, 2017 01:21:25 #
Given the rate at which the boundaries and names of countries in 'Eastern Europe' have changed over the last 100 years or so, it'd likely be difficult to nail the countries down more precisely.
Aug 6, 2017 02:09:21 #
Very interesting, thanks for posting the link!
mikenolan wrote:
There was a story on the Washington Post website l... (show quote)
Aug 6, 2017 08:40:03 #
dragonswing wrote:
Are there any of the DNA sites that only require swabbing the mouth for DNA? I thought it would be fun to submit my cat's DNA and see what results they would give.
Yes, I did one a few years ago. Different kinds of reports, but still the emphasis was on southern Ireland.
https://www.genebase.com/
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