23 and Me -> Mom's data

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Higher than 88% of the sampled data of Neanderthal genetic markers. .

273 out of an observed max of about 500. . .

anyone else have that in their genetic testing?

[Velvet]

Didn’t they go bankrupt?

Maybe a coincidence but up and down my street the people with most health problems are the ones who have been getting tests and preemptive care etc. maybe the others just don’t know they have problems. My personal physician thinks I have another doctor on the side, because I see him so rarely.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Didn’t they go bankrupt?

Maybe a coincidence but up and down my street the people with most health problems are the ones who have been getting tests and preemptive care etc. maybe the others just don’t know they have problems. My personal physician thinks I have another doctor on the side, because I see him so rarely.

bankrupt?
yes,
did the data and research already published disappear?
no
Did someone agree to buy it and keep it going?
yes

[HappyTraveler]

Higher than 88% of the sampled data of Neanderthal genetic markers. .

273 out of an observed max of about 500. . .

anyone else have that in their genetic testing?

Buyer beware -- you're giving your DNA away to a corporation.

Now, all of that 23andme data is being sold to another corporation who made no privacy commitment to the original customers about their DNA.

Caveat emptor, folks.

[CFrance]

Buyer beware -- you're giving your DNA away to a corporation.

Now, all of that 23andme data is being sold to another corporation who made no privacy commitment to the original customers about their DNA.

Caveat emptor, folks.
Agree. Never thought that DNA data thing was a good idea. I don't care who my ancestors were and where my long-lost cousins are enough to put my DNA out on a public web site. My kids would crucify me as well. They are so private.

[Velvet]

Yes, I know my parents, my grand parents and my great grandparents. And if I happen to be wrong, I prefer to think just what I think now. I doubt that I am going to find out that I am really the last Romanov alive etc. Just speaking for myself.

[Decadeofdave]

I would NEVER give my DNA to anyone. Saw the train wreck of an idea coming a mile away, 10 years ago. People are gullible to marketing.

[Eg_cruz]

I would NEVER give my DNA to anyone. Saw the train wreck of an idea coming a mile away, 10 years ago. People are gullible to marketing.
Try getting DNA testing from your doctors, we tried for 6 years to get our grandsons. We did 23 and me because between the doctor and insurance we fought for over 6 years. 23 and me help us prove it needed to be done. Finally the doctor approved DNA testing and now he is getting the proper treatment.
I will always to grateful there was 23 and me because it help us

[Caymus]

Higher than 88% of the sampled data of Neanderthal genetic markers. .

273 out of an observed max of about 500. . .

anyone else have that in their genetic testing?

A high number doesn't surprise me. If I remember correctly, Neanderthals developed in cold weather climates like Europe and interbred with Homo Sapiens when they migrated into the region.

[Ptmcbriz]

Love the DNA data you get these days. It’s fascinating. I could care less who has it or sees it. Our family kept thinking they had Irish roots when in fact, we were only 7% Irish. However, We were 38% Scottish. That was a complete surprise.

[BigSteph]

My family was certain we had native American ancestry.

I tested with one of the 2 larger firms (I forget which one). I opted out of storing the data.

The boring stuff is that I am mostly German and English.

The interesting finding was that I was part Indian -- just not the Native American kind.

I was also part Egyptian and part Sierra Leone.

The first joke my liberal sister told me after we found out was "When are we getting our reparations". That was hilarious coming from a dyed-in-the-wool liberal white woman.

[Teemotay]

Buyer beware -- you're giving your DNA away to a corporation.

Now, all of that 23andme data is being sold to another corporation who made no privacy commitment to the original customers about their DNA.

Caveat emptor, folks.

That’s correct. I received several emails about this from 23 & me and followed the instructions they supplied to permanently delete my data and account information.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Yes, I know my parents, my grand parents and my great grandparents. And if I happen to be wrong, I prefer to think just what I think now. I doubt that I am going to find out that I am really the last Romanov alive etc. Just speaking for myself.

We did not know my mother's side at all, and my maternal grandmother has ZERO information other than a birth place and a death certificate. My maternal grandparents divorced when my mom was 4, and when she was a teenager, was raised in a boarding house, with parents over an hour away, and an aunt living in town near her. . .

So not afraid of what "they" will do with some DNA of a now deceased person. . . and in my mom's family, there is so many backwoods relationships and missing people, that whatever people are fearful of, is mostly imaginary.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

A high number doesn't surprise me. If I remember correctly, Neanderthals developed in cold weather climates like Europe and interbred with Homo Sapiens when they migrated into the region.

Thanks. .

This makes sense when all the genetic markers trace based to northern Europe ancestry. .

[Nancy@Pinellas]

There are absolutely advantages to having a dna test. I’m glad for your grandson.

[villagetinker]

The flip side of this, I gave my wife an Ancestry gift card, and 18 months later she gets a call about a CLOSE relative. She found a long lost sister (over 70 years) and the sister found a whole new family, and the sister and her husband (who also gave her an Ancestry kit) are now living in FL.

[Risuli]

I would NEVER give my DNA to anyone. Saw the train wreck of an idea coming a mile away, 10 years ago. People are gullible to marketing.

If you've had kids, you've already given it away! What THEY do with their DNA info is up to them.

[HORNET]

Be careful to participate

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Be careful to participate

So please explain your comment in detail:
1) how to be careful
2) what to watch out for
3) signs that you failed to be careful


or is this just general fear mongering of the unknown. .

thanks! we can all learn from your wisdom

[asianthree]

Our oldest wanted to add forensic DNA PHD once he retired his practice in the US to live in UK. I am 231 (of 1026) pages of research for his thesis.

All testing privately, using bone DNA from 4 generations of native ancestors. Then comparing to modern day tribe DNA. Six generations in Europe from my father’s side.

He jokes about who actually runs $39 base DNA testing on public sites. Sometimes certificate is all that is needed.

His 10 years in Europe he opened a DNA business to identify human remains. For government and private entities. In some areas of Europe one can’t dig a new flower bed without finding a bone or two. New Mass Plague sites are still found to this day.

[HospitalCoder]

Higher than 88% of the sampled data of Neanderthal genetic markers. .

273 out of an observed max of about 500. . .

anyone else have that in their genetic testing?

Yes, and my husband loves to tell this to people. He thinks it’s hilarious.