Did you or would you have your DNA tested?

It's tempting, fuzzy. But even the advertisements on TV show charts that are divided into so many different groups, it doesn't seem it would tell you much. I'm curious about what, if any, percentage Native American. I have some guesses about that, based on tracing some ancestry. I'll probably wait until I don't have anything else to do. Maybe they will get better at it by then.:)
 
I am reminded of the saying: "better the devil you know than the devil you don't know".
 

I'd be curious about the nationality thing.
As far as I know Dad was 100% Italian and Mom was 100% Polish.
But who knows.

As for tests that may say you're a higher risk for this or that, I don't want to know.
 
My middle daughter just did it because her best friend did it. Her best friend was adopted at 18 months old and found an aunt who had also had her DNA tested. Through the aunt,she was able to find three siblings. She has now met with all of them and it has been great. She hasn`t met her birth mom yet-she`s not even that anxious to. Her birth mom did raise the other siblings and they all have told her that she was the lucky one.

My daughter found she is related to my husband`s nephew and his son (duh lol)-they are the only relatives who have also had their DNA tested. There was a third person-a woman-who showed up as related,and lived in Oklahoma,which is where my husband`s family is originally from,but she was not able to locate her through Facebook or anything. Then the lady`s name disappeared from her online profile so I don`t know. Interesting though.
 
My brother had his tested and I don't recall exactly what it said but was surprised to find that my ancestors way way way back were from Africa, Asia and Japan.
 
I would love to. I do know my background quite well. I doubt there would be any surprises but I would like to know the percentages. What I've been told is that it is about equal,but who knows. After the testing and they search for people with your DNA are they only searching the people who have had there DNA tested through the same company you had the testing done or is it a world wide search with other companies as well?
 
I had it done when I volunteered for a statewide study. The study gave volunteers free access to genetic information while creating a data base to track environmental factors and genetics of thousands of people.

For the tin hat crowd, the data is anonymous to the researchers. And if it isn't, so what?
 
Had mine tested by 23andme in 2015. It confirmed the obvious - I'm the whitest guy you know, and 2.7% Neanderthal.
 
I used Family Tree DNA a couple years ago, was 97% Western European(Britlsh Isles, French-Swiss-German), and 4% Middle Eastern(Northern Africa+Lebanon).

I don't get the x > 100% statistical anomoly, but it's thought provoking to be 101% of something. ;)
 
I know my nationality and ancestors so there's no need for that, but I'd have my DNA tested if it was necessary for medical reasons. :eek:
 
I know my nationality ,I have both Irish and Schottish, and I didn't know untill I moved to where I'm living now 10 years ago that my Great great grandparents came from cornwell ...they are buried here where I live.

I had my DNA taken about 5 years ago due to my daughter having haemochromatosis ( high iron levels) it's believed it can be inherited ,but my iron levels were all normal .

I have nothing to hide so it didn't worry me having it done ,the worst thing I've done in my life is steal peaches out of persons back yard when I was a hungry kid
 
The police didn't tell me anything but I was not charged with anything though someone else was and was eventually sentenced to 15 years!
 
Without DNA, nobody "knows" his ancestry, because you weren't there under all the sheets. I am of "pure" French Canadian stock. That means I could be 6% Polar bear. The French, unlike the British, enjoyed mating with the colonial indigenous. But I guess I'm in the "tin hat" crowd. I'm worried about the information the DNA says about me, but more importantly how will it affect my offspring, and their offspring, many decades from now.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Without DNA, nobody "knows" his ancestry, because you weren't there under all the sheets. I am of "pure" French Canadian stock. That means I could be 6% Polar bear. The French, unlike the British, enjoyed mating with the colonial indigenous. But I guess I'm in the "tin hat" crowd. I'm worried about the information the DNA says about me, but more importantly how will it affect my offspring, and their offspring, many decades from now.
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The information will not affect anything. The DNA may. Worrying changes nothing.
 
I did the ancestry.com one and this is how it came out:

Europe
100%

Europe East
52%
Scandinavia
21%
Great Britain
11%
Europe West
10%
Ireland
5%
Iberian Peninsula
< 1%
 
terry123 said:
I wonder if its just a scam. I would have genetic testing done if needed for medical reasons.
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The technology is available, and business offerings are fulfilling a demand.

Back in the late 90s I made an inquiry to a genetic testing lab, asking if they could test to determine genealogical origins.

The lab's reply: "naw, they'll never be able to do that."
 

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