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Old 04-17-2016, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
I have had some DNA testing for a certain kind of breast cancer and don't want to know if some other kind of disease will leap on me soon.
You seem to be a very wise woman. Live for today and not give yourself things to worry about tomorrow (as we can not control them).

Testing of the presence of a gene, as you know does not give a lineage of heritage. It only gives the presence of the said gene (that may or may not be directly or indirectly linked to a condition in a subset of samples prone to X or Y ;-) )

I would just go to the Dollar Store and pick up a "Magic Eight Ball" and shake it...then, you can comfortably stand in front of any Anglo-saxion person and guess "German" (at least SOMEWHERE in their family tree...