Ancestry Results

[Catatonic]

Did you hear of the recent case where a black man had his tested and was all upset when it showed he was mainly European?
Man Refuses To Accept He’s No Longer Black After DNA Test Results - Liberty Headlines

It is based on Mitochondrial DNA which comes from the female chromosome and the fact that DNA strands are interpopulated with DNA from both parents ... it certainly is not as accurate as actual, ad hoc analysis can be.

I am not an expert or even novice on this so someone with an interest in this area ... feel free to add to, change or delete any of what little I know.

 

[Catatonic]

That's kinda how I've always been. Probably why I'd like to slap the out of some people who won't shut the friend* up on St. Patrick's Day about their 8th generation, 1/16th such and such from a place that was so great they left to come here.

@Covemastah ain't that bad a guy!

 

[Catatonic]

Tinfoil hat time about them keeping the information in their databases.

They are Mormon based so it is part of their religious belief to have the ancestry of all people in their database.
I know several people that go out to SLC, UT to do family ancestry research.

 

[Catatonic]

?

Out of Africa stuff.

 

[cosmo1]

They are Mormon based so it is part of their religious belief to have the ancestry of all people in their database.
I know several people that go out to SLC, UT to do family ancestry research.

Now you just blew OnG's mind. No way he would ever believe a Mormon.

 

[oldngray]

Now you just blew OnG's mind. No way he would ever believe a Mormon.

Wrong.

Mormons are definitely experts on family histories.

I do have problems with their ideology and baptism of the dead (which is why genealogy is so important to them) but that is another issue.

 

[cheryl]

Anyone else get these DNA mapping done?

Very disappointed I didn't have any African-American or Native American DNA traces in my blood.
I'm just a typical WASP much to my dismay.
A true Southerner to my relief ... I just couldn't handle being a Yankee.
My great-grandmother was 50% Creek Indian but I didn't get the mitochondrial DNA passed on to me.
Such is the way with Natural Selection.

Anyone else get these DNA mapping done?

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Tony and I did the 23andme dna analysis a couple of years ago. My ancestry report was pretty boring. My health reports were boring too. No big surprises anywhere. When I had cancer in 2015 my oncologist wanted a copy tho.

 

[badpal]

Anyone else get these DNA mapping done?

Very disappointed I didn't have any African-American or Native American DNA traces in my blood.
I'm just a typical WASP much to my dismay.
A true Southerner to my relief ... I just couldn't handle being a Yankee.
My great-grandmother was 50% Creek Indian but I didn't get the mitochondrial DNA passed on to me.
Such is the way with Natural Selection.

Fascinating stuff, so if I understand right, your full blood sis or bro could take same test and they might show the indian blood ?

 

[Catatonic]

Fascinating stuff, so if I understand right, your full blood sis or bro could take same test and they might show the indian blood ?

That's my understanding.

 

[badpal]

That's my understanding.

Well guess that explains how kids in the same family can look so different.

 

[Catatonic]

Well guess that explains how kids in the same family can look so different.

Your brothers and sisters are good lookin' folks?

 

[oldngray]

That's my understanding.

If they are testing mitochondrial DNA that is passed along the maternal line so should be the same if you all had the same mother.

There are fewer markers with mitochondrial is its not as precise.

 

[Catatonic]

If they are testing mitochondrial DNA that is passed along the maternal line so should be the same if you all had the same mother.

There are fewer markers with mitochondrial is its not as precise.

That's just looking at the M-DNA ... the other DNA can have attributes/characteristics from mother and father.

 

[cheryl]

I forgot to mention this:

So more Neanderthal variants than 82% of other people that gotten their DNA analysis, so I've got that going for me...

 

[oldngray]

I forgot to mention this:

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So more Neanderthal variants than 82% of other people that gotten their DNA analysis, so I've got that going for me...

but tony is a different story ...

 

[badpal]

Your brothers and sisters are good lookin' folks?

Actually yes , I got the short end of the stick somewhere along the line, some ancestor somewhere was one homely devil , and I got the full load while the rest were spared.

 

[oldngray]

Actually yes , I got the short end of the stick somewhere along the line, some ancestor somewhere was one homely devil , and I got the full load while the rest were spared.

traveling salesman?

 

[Catatonic]

traveling salesman?

Diversification.

 

[badpal]

traveling salesman?

Well it was always abit of a family joke ( though I never found it too funny as a kid ) Dad always kidded that I was the result of letting mom go to the carnival alone.

 

[Brownslave688]

I always strongly suspected it was a scam and they would just make up your supposed DNA results. How could you tell if they did so?

I think it's either a total scam or a way to bank the most intimate of information about you.