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re: DNA ancestry for Christmas gift?
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:00 pm to ImaObserver
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:00 pm to ImaObserver
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Do you really want to rat out all of her family tree members and the next few generations of your children and their succeeding generations?
Maybe??? I'm not a big fan of murderers and rapists.. family or not.
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Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:01 pm to NATidefan
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Well, he's dead, so... no big deal either way I guess.
Unless she discovers he wasn’t her biological father.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:04 pm to Ghost of Colby
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Unless she discovers he wasn’t her biological father
Like I said... she has expressed wanting this,
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:06 pm to NATidefan
I have done both Ancestry and 23 and Me. Both of them are very good…. Ancestry tells more of the story of what life was like at the time and location your ancestors lived. 23 and Me seems to hit it from a little more scientific view…more detailed.
With both of them you can be completely anonymous using codes anytime you access the data or results and can anonymously set up something like a yahoo or gmail account for downloading any results.
I reccommend for anyone to do it, as it is absolutely fascinating one word of caution though….don’t do it if you can’t handle the truth about where your ancestors are from, as I’ll garantee there will be some surprises back in there!
Also, I did not consent to do any of that shite where they search for relatives.
With both of them you can be completely anonymous using codes anytime you access the data or results and can anonymously set up something like a yahoo or gmail account for downloading any results.
I reccommend for anyone to do it, as it is absolutely fascinating one word of caution though….don’t do it if you can’t handle the truth about where your ancestors are from, as I’ll garantee there will be some surprises back in there!
Also, I did not consent to do any of that shite where they search for relatives.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:13 pm to Spankum
Thanks, good advice.
My sister has done 23&me. So I pretty much know my results.
We are whiter than white, or at least about as white as you can be.
My sister has done 23&me. So I pretty much know my results.
We are whiter than white,
or at least about as white as you can be. 
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:17 pm to NATidefan
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Bring on the Bama incest jokes, I know they are coming....Bawpas
Oh frick yeah. Your marriage may be invalidated.
Or not per law.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:38 pm to NATidefan
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We are whiter than white, or at least about as white as you can be.
Well, I’m not quite as white as I thought I was…that’s why I posted what I did!
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:45 pm to NATidefan
Careful brah, unintended consequences to follow….
Posted on 12/15/22 at 12:03 am to NATidefan
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DNA ancestry for Christmas gift?
My mom gave me one one year at Christmas. After I opened it and realized what it was, I turned to her and asked her what the frick was she trying to tell me. Everyone was silent at first and then started busting out laughing.
I never took that test, though.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 12:34 am to WildTchoupitoulas
The government knows enough about me already.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 5:16 am to NATidefan
My wife was adopted. We've tried several times to trace her genealogy but we only get so far with the very limited knowledge she has of her ancestry. So I bought her one of these tests from ancestry.com for her birthday (after Christmas). I realize the results might be totally bogus but I think she'll get a real kick out of any possible answers it can provide as to where she came from. And I got news for y'all- Big Brother probably already has your DNA.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 5:31 am to NATidefan
I’ve done both. Ancestry is neat if you like building family trees, but 23&Me is more technical. I’ve met several family members via DNA Ancestry and had pleasant experiences. The neat thing is learning your lineage.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 6:42 am to EvilTwinsApprentice
Congrats to voluntarily giving your DNA to China
Posted on 12/15/22 at 6:46 am to NATidefan
If you do decide to do it, just don’t opt in to the search for relatives function. Amazes me how many people do this. You still get the ancestry (and health info you use 23andMe, not sure about the others).
Posted on 12/15/22 at 6:47 am to NATidefan
We got one of these, I don’t recall which one, for my parents a few years back. It was no surprise that my parents from down the bayou are 95% French. It was a surprise to get contacted a few years later to find out my great grandfather pretty much had a whole other family.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 6:52 am to NATidefan
Ancestry
I have no problems with them, since they have a large "DNA library" to cross-reference against.
I have no problems with them, since they have a large "DNA library" to cross-reference against.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 6:59 am to SagesSon
My wife and I watch 48 hour mystery and I swear every week involves the DNA database
Plus, I’ve heard way too many stories of baws getting a knock on the door from a teenager
I was far from an Angel in my 20s.
Plus, I’ve heard way too many stories of baws getting a knock on the door from a teenager
I was far from an Angel in my 20s.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 7:08 am to dallastiger55
I already have a huge family. I don't need to find out there are more that we didn't know about.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 7:09 am to Free888
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If you do decide to do it, just don’t opt in to the search for relatives function.
Why?
Posted on 12/15/22 at 7:15 am to NATidefan
I did Ancestry because I cared more about the family origin side of things. We have my dad's side traced back to Italy from immigration documents but had no idea where my mom's side was from. The results were super accurate based on what we knew, so I have no reason to doubt the parts we didn't. They constantly update it as they get more data points too.
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