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Old 08-07-2017, 09:20 AM
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If you are thinking about testing, now is a good time. Ancestry.com sent me an email saying cost is $69 I think for next week or two. The results are pretty basic as far as giving ethnicity and matching you with other subscribers who share your DNA. You can download the raw data and use it on other sites and services for additional research. For $5 promethease.com takes your raw data and compares your abnormal chains to results from published studies that can give you some insight into your good and bad potential for various diseases, medications, conditions, etc. It all gets very scientific and complicated but was interesting to play around with. I also did 23andMe.com. The test is much more expensive but does also delve into health traits. Their raw data was more extensive than ancestry.


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