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In reply to the discussion: Have you had your DNA tested to determine your ancestry? [View all]spooky3
(34,525 posts)8. That is a great story!
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No, but my mom has been doing it for years and years as a fact finding hobby.
BigmanPigman
Aug 2017
#2
That would be researching genealogy, determining who fills out your ancestry tree.
L. Coyote
Aug 2017
#19
It also might be that the tests aren't super accurate, especially at picking up DNA
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#73
Good explanation. Some people don't understand that DNA doesn't get passed down the generations
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#74
That's true. That can happen. But more often the results are different simply because
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#153
Good lord, my husband and I knew this woman decades ago thru all of us having worked at UC...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#93
There must be a conspiracy about this DNA testing. Black helicopters, shadow corporations, satan.
IADEMO2004
Aug 2017
#21
I have no interest. I know that I am racially mixed through my maternal grandmom. nt
Blue_true
Aug 2017
#23
Yep, and the myth that I'd been told all my life about being mostly Irish was busted.
Different Drummer
Aug 2017
#24
I'm still mostly Irish, Eng, Scottish but I'm also Spanish. I have always loved Spanish culture and
Squinch
Aug 2017
#34
Is it paranoid to be concerned that these firms are not bound by any HIPAA constraints?
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2017
#98
I am planning to do the test soon...sure hope I pop up somewhere in your family tree! 😄
MLAA
Aug 2017
#50
Several family members are deeply involved in genealogy, and have been for decades.
Binkie The Clown
Aug 2017
#43
Siblings often have somewhat different results because DNA doesn't get transmitted uniformly.
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#88
They ought to explain what they mean by their groups of "Irish", "Scandinavian" and so on
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2017
#94
I don't know that they had a Scottish grouping. I"ll spend more time on genealogy after I retire.
SharonClark
Aug 2017
#151
Yes but mainly because I have a genetic disease found among those of northern European ancestry
misanthrope
Aug 2017
#147