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Ben:
For Prime Day, Amazon has 23andme kits half off at $99, so I decided to get one. I guess it takes 6-8 weeks to get results, but I've always been curious. Partially because I'd like to see how accurate these are given that I can already trace my ancestors (at least on my dad's side) and their locations fairly precisely back around 500 years. My mom's side will be more interesting, as they are Germans who migrated to the (currently) Hungary region a couple hundred years ago. Also, I'm interested in the health information.
As far as ancestry, apparently ancestry.com is supposed to be better because of their larger database, but they don't do health related DNA. A quick gazoogle showed that there are several third party sites that let you directly import your 23andme (or whoever's) DNA data into their very large ancestry databases for a small fee, so I'll likely do that as well when the results come in.
Brad Johnson:
SWMBO has done one of the kits. From what I can see of her results, they are surprisingly accurate. Thought about getting one for myself. The only holdup is that I'm adopted. Not sure what the ramifications would be (suddenly getting a hanger-on bio parent or sib, someone suddenly finding out they have a bio brother they didn't know they had, etc.). Still mulling it over.
Brad
MillCreek:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-meteoric-rise-of-family-tree-forensics-to-fight-crimes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suspected_perpetrators_of_crimes_identified_with_GEDmatch
Don't do it if you committed some horrible crime in the past and left genetic markers at the scene.
K Frame:
Yeah... no thanks. As far as I can tell, the data that they pull from your profile has surprisingly few limitations on how they can use it or how it will be protected.
brimic:
--- Quote from: MillCreek on July 15, 2019, 10:10:44 AM ---https://www.wired.com/story/the-meteoric-rise-of-family-tree-forensics-to-fight-crimes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suspected_perpetrators_of_crimes_identified_with_GEDmatch
Don't do it if you committed some horrible crime in the past and left genetic markers at the scene.
--- End quote ---
Or plan to commit a future crime...
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