Anyone find something funny in their DNA test?
January 21st, 2018 at 4:26:24 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | I found a article relevant to this: https://gizmodo.com/how-dna-testing-botched-my-familys-heritage-and-probab-1820932637?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits Salient points:
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Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
May 27th, 2018 at 1:17:12 AM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I signed up for ancestry.com and it is great entertainment for me. It was pretty easy to trace some family back to the civil war. One got killed at Andersonville. All kinds of side story's, wedding licenses etc. Hard to quit searching. Pictures of headstones of ancestors, some with recent flowers and flags? Cool beans. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
May 27th, 2018 at 11:22:49 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I went thru that phase and got so bored with my boring family I gave up. It's like, if you think your life is boring, just buy a video camera. You'll soon confirm it and the camera will gather dust. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 27th, 2018 at 12:57:58 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | That is probably me, too. I was the youngest in my family, and my dad was the youngest of his, so by the time I was old enough to ask questions, most were gone. I was a good target for all the genealogy commercials. I signed on for 6 months, and will try to get my fill of it before renewal. My sister, 15 years or so ago, paid for one of those family tree services and gave me a copy. Not many lines were filled in. It is impressive how much data has been added to the searchable bank since then. With a few clicks, it is pretty easy to acquire a lot more info than what she paid for. I like the photo's of particularly the wedding licenses, they are all signed and dated, and name kin. Good analogy. I've paid for some good cameras in the past. My brother finally shared the old 8mm movies that my folks took. I watched them like you say, and they are stored in a box, gathering dust. The format has changed in over 50 years as well. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
June 28th, 2019 at 4:34:23 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Someone at WoV reminded me of this thread. Yesterday I got the results of a genetic DNA test I took about a month ago. Some surprises. I thought I was 100% European, mainly northern, but this is what came back: Here are a couple terms I wasn't familiar with before: Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
June 28th, 2019 at 5:39:48 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5052 | this is called the Elizabeth Warren disclaimer I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
June 28th, 2019 at 5:43:00 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Post of the day! Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
June 28th, 2019 at 10:20:27 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I wonder what SE Europe consists of? The United Nations uses the following geo-scheme. Eastern Europe Belarus Bulgaria Czechia (Czech Republic) Hungary Moldova Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Ukraine Northern Europe Åland Islands Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Guernsey Iceland Ireland, Republic of Isle of Man Jersey Latvia Lithuania Norway Sark Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden United Kingdom Southern Europe Albania Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Gibraltar Greece Italy Malta Montenegro North Macedonia Portugal San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Vatican City Western Europe Austria Belgium France Germany Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Switzerland I have felt that the DNA tests are a bit of a scam. My mother and her sister took the same test, and my mother came back 6% Italian and her full blooded sister came back 41% Italian. There is no Italian at all in their conventional view of their ancestry. While I waas not shocked by a small percentage, given the difficulty in identifying haplogroups, the massive difference made me think the whole series of results is pure speculation. |
June 29th, 2019 at 8:12:29 AM permalink | |
beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 | I, too, think the whole thing is a bit of a scam. Seems quite speculative as to origins. I also don't particularly want a record of my gene map out there. Feels very Big Brother, and I'm not interested in 3rd party interpretations of my data. We're only a couple steps away from insurance companies denying coverage due to "pre-existing" conditions based on genetic tendencies towards say, Alzheimers or Parkinsons or many other issues. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
June 29th, 2019 at 8:41:38 AM permalink | |
aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
They also appeal to law enforcement https://www.wired.com/2015/10/familial-dna-evidence-turns-innocent-people-into-crime-suspects/ |