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re: Are companies like “23 & Me” a scam?
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:17 pm to DustyDinkleman
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:17 pm to DustyDinkleman
Do you want your DNA in a data base? Not me.
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:20 pm to MBclass83
Don't worry, it's already in a database.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:24 pm to Dead Man Walking
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Cause they thought there were benefits if they claimed Injun, just like Elizabeth Warren?
It would be surprising.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:24 pm to DustyDinkleman
I used to buy into it. The more you research, the shadier it begins to look.
A telling example is the one of identical twins who sent in their spit and got different results.
Former scientists who worked at Ancestry and 23andme have cone out and said it's largely guesswork.
A telling example is the one of identical twins who sent in their spit and got different results.
Former scientists who worked at Ancestry and 23andme have cone out and said it's largely guesswork.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:29 pm to DustyDinkleman
People pay to get entered into a gov’t database
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:33 pm to northshorebamaman
This article might put things in perspective.
LINK
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Ball told me it had a lot to do with estimates. "This is not a diagnostic test," Ball said. Instead, the results come out based on statistics and all the reference population my DNA is being compared to. "We try to be really transparent about how this is an estimate." For example, the range on my Finnish results was zero to 4%
LINK
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:34 pm to DustyDinkleman
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changed it grammar Nazi
Yeah, it’s not the person that fricked up who is at fault, it’s the one who pointed it out.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:34 pm to DustyDinkleman
It told me that my family once owned slaves. I’m currently planning my suicide because of this. I apologize to all African Americans.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:34 pm to wickowick
quote:People pay to place surveillance devices in their homes and on their person.
People pay to get entered into a gov’t database
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:38 pm to DustyDinkleman
They are a DNA collection service for the govt.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 2:41 pm to TheEnglishman
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I did it 9 years ago. Best 100 bucks i've spent. I am still going back and getting updates and finding new family.
Why get new family? I don’t even like the family I have now
This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 6/13/19 at 4:41 pm to Zendog
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Why get new family? I don’t even like the family I have now
What if they aren't really your family? Give your dad a kit for father's day, then wait a few months and send in your sample and see if y'all match.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 4:49 pm to DustyDinkleman
I don’t like half of the dumb asses in my family that I know. Why would I want to find more? Can’t anything good come from it
Posted on 6/13/19 at 4:53 pm to CubsFanBudMan
Tons of people want to brag they have Native American ancestors for some reason,makes them feel special I guess.Know several people that claimed that,did dna test and had none, takes the wind out of their sails.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 7:21 pm to DustyDinkleman
Did Ancestory.com a year ago and found out my father had a son he never knew about.
This week a friend posted on Facebook that he discovered a long lost sister. It's pretty cool.
Genetics are pretty cool.
My mother posted on Facebook a picture of me and my cousin Scott...and we look like twins. RIP Scott
This week a friend posted on Facebook that he discovered a long lost sister. It's pretty cool.
Genetics are pretty cool.
My mother posted on Facebook a picture of me and my cousin Scott...and we look like twins. RIP Scott
Posted on 6/13/19 at 7:29 pm to TDsngumbo
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Only for criminals with a past to hide and a desire to know where they came from.
I'm 100 % Italian/Sicilian. I know where I'm from and I know my family tree. Only idiots willingly give their DNA to a private entity.
ETA: and I don't need a chip placed in my body either. Ain't gonna happen.
This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 6/13/19 at 7:35 pm to Supermoto Tiger
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I'm 100 % Italian/Sicilian. I know where I'm from and I know my family tree.
I bet your not!!
Posted on 6/13/19 at 7:41 pm to DustyDinkleman
I did one earlier this year. Ended up confirming some suspicions that my family had about my mom’s father by linking me to the son of the man that was thought to be her dad.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 7:41 pm to TheEnglishman
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TheEnglishman
23 & me confirmed that I am mostly an English man too
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