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re: So the wife and kids got me an Ancestry kit for Christmas
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:04 am to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:04 am to Fewer Kilometers
That's not really a concern. 
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Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:07 am to Hot Carl
No
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:15 am to tiger91
quote:That was Orangejello and Lemonjello. Everyone knows them.
FYI I heard on a local talk radio station in Lafayette a story about a set of twins who completed the test kit and they got totally different results. How can that happen? I’m assuming that it’s not super accurate and wouldn’t put much stock in any results.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:20 am to Hot Carl
I'm honestly amazed that people are doing this. Is it mainly fueled by people's obsession with ethnicity?
I have family that Im not technically related to and I see this stuff as an unfortunate wedge.
I have family that Im not technically related to and I see this stuff as an unfortunate wedge.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:21 am to Hot Carl
It's funny that this place clowns the Q thread, yet the moment you talk about 23andMe or an Amazon Echo, the tin foil hats come out in full force.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:21 am to BeepNode
quote:
I'm honestly amazed that people are doing this. Is it mainly fueled by people's obsession with ethnicity?
I was just curious because my dad was adopted so that side was a mystery.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:24 am to Hot Carl
I was disappointed in the results, in that the information is so generic.
“You’re 80% Western Europe with a strong English Island component and some other shite”
“You’re 80% Western Europe with a strong English Island component and some other shite”
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:29 am to Hot Carl
I did it last year and found the who'll thing to be pretty interesting. I didn't submit to find my long lost relatives or anything like that...also submitted under a fake name.
At any rate, I think that if the government wants your DNA data, they can pretty oeasily collect it and catalog at birth.
At any rate, I think that if the government wants your DNA data, they can pretty oeasily collect it and catalog at birth.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:30 am to Hot Carl
Congrats on your DNA being in the Govt database, and for being 1/25th Gibraltan and 1/45th Sicilian
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:36 am to Hot Carl
If the government wants your DNA then the government will get it. If a life insurance company wants your DNA then the life insurance company will get it. End of conversation.
Take the test and have fun with it.
Take the test and have fun with it.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:36 am to Hot Carl
OPs results:
100% fig
Kids 50% Jody
100% fig
Kids 50% Jody
Posted on 12/26/18 at 4:16 pm to tiger91
quote:If they weren't identical twins the results could definitely vary. Anyway, the one I heard about (might have been triplets, not twins) turned out to have used different companies for the testing. 23andMe, ancestry.com, and family tree dna have their own interpretations of the data and they are definitely NOT the same. Over a number of years I tested with all 3 for genealogical reasons and know first hand that's the case.
FYI I heard on a local talk radio station in Lafayette a story about a set of twins who completed the test kit and they got totally different results. How can that happen? I’m assuming that it’s not super accurate and wouldn’t put much stock in any results.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 6:28 pm to Hot Carl
I did it, but then again, I'm not a weirdo with anything to hide...
Posted on 12/26/18 at 7:31 pm to Hot Carl
My dad got my mom one. He thought got a great deal. Cost was for kit, will cost $69 more to get it prosessed.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 7:33 pm to Hot Carl
Renew your drivers license online...check
Renew your professional license online...check
Apply for a job online......check
Submit finger prints online....check
Sign up for health benefits online.....check
Sign up for direct deposit online....check
Do banking online...check
Do your income taxes online...check
Purchase items and gifts online....check
Sign up for a will online...check
Manage your 401k, IRA, portfolio online....check
Pay bills online.....check
Put photos of self and family online....check
Book hotels online...check
Book flights online...check
Write posts about yourself on social media online...check
Write random crap about yourself on Tigerdroppings...check
Do 23andme or Ancestry to discover insteresting facts about yourself......DON’T DO IT!!!! They will know too much!!!!!!!!
Renew your professional license online...check
Apply for a job online......check
Submit finger prints online....check
Sign up for health benefits online.....check
Sign up for direct deposit online....check
Do banking online...check
Do your income taxes online...check
Purchase items and gifts online....check
Sign up for a will online...check
Manage your 401k, IRA, portfolio online....check
Pay bills online.....check
Put photos of self and family online....check
Book hotels online...check
Book flights online...check
Write posts about yourself on social media online...check
Write random crap about yourself on Tigerdroppings...check
Do 23andme or Ancestry to discover insteresting facts about yourself......DON’T DO IT!!!! They will know too much!!!!!!!!
Posted on 12/26/18 at 7:39 pm to Peking Grillards
quote:
My dad got my mom one. He thought got a great deal. Cost was for kit, will cost $69 more to get it prosessed.
What company? With 23andMe you just pay for the kit.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 7:41 pm to Hot Carl
Sure, there are privacy concerns but are they any more serious than applying for a loan or getting your driver's licence? They sell the data but the data is done so on an anonymous basis.
The other side of this is that DNA is where medicine is heading. In the next 15-20 years, I would be shocked if DNA isn't collected and stored at birth. DNA is literally the code to your being. The more science learns about DNA indicators and disease, the quicker they'll find cures via DNA manipulation and targeted pro-active medications.
I guess it's just a matter of your own tolerance for invasion of privacy. If I know I can live 10 years longer by getting my DNA tested in exchange for my data being anonymously sold, I'm taking the 10 extra years of life every time.
The other side of this is that DNA is where medicine is heading. In the next 15-20 years, I would be shocked if DNA isn't collected and stored at birth. DNA is literally the code to your being. The more science learns about DNA indicators and disease, the quicker they'll find cures via DNA manipulation and targeted pro-active medications.
I guess it's just a matter of your own tolerance for invasion of privacy. If I know I can live 10 years longer by getting my DNA tested in exchange for my data being anonymously sold, I'm taking the 10 extra years of life every time.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 7:43 pm to mmmmmbeeer
Wait till you get older baw. 
Posted on 12/26/18 at 7:46 pm to 777Tiger
quote:
Wait till you get older baw.
Funny shite, man. In principle, though....
Posted on 12/26/18 at 7:54 pm to mmmmmbeeer
quote:
I guess it's just a matter of your own tolerance for invasion of privacy. If I know I can live 10 years longer by getting my DNA tested in exchange for my data being anonymously sold, I'm taking the 10 extra years of life every time.
Get married, have kids, apply for life insurance and get told to frick yourself because your DNA.
They already look at your medical records, that tells them what has occurred in the past. If the insurance company can look at your future, and you have a gene that makes you more predisposed to heart disease or this or that, you are fricked.
They aren't doing it yet, but they will be.
The thing is... and this is very important.... right now the insurance company can't compel you to give a dna sample.... and they certainly don't want to spend their own money to process and analyze every sample from every application...
But once you have given it out consensually and another company has already processed and analyzed it... all the insurance company has to do is pay a fee for instant results of your dna...
These dna companies are sitting on trillions of dollars of information.
HIPPA needs to be updated. For many reasons, but especially this.
My parents already took tests, I know where my lineage goes.
I see absolutely no upside to this, unless I go to my doctor's office and he/she wants to do a dna test for screening for diseases I need to stay on top of. That's protected by HIPPA. And I already have my life insurance squared away.
This post was edited on 12/26/18 at 7:55 pm
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