Ancestry DNA Test

[ironraven]

A lot of the DNA testing companies own the rights to your genes, and can do anything they want with them.

That is why I haven't done it.

A misspent youth and years of deferred maintenance has come back with a vengeance the past couple years. A lot of it ties to genetic markers. I want to know ELSE can go wrong. But those are my genes.

[Grant Lamontagne]

I presume I somewhat related to humanity. 

That's not exactly something to be proud of....

I'll tell you one thing. If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians would come out of the gene pool, they'd have stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea! Hell, I always thought the opposable thumb was... overrated!

Def

[dks]

I am a purebred

[pfrsantos]

A lot of the DNA testing companies own the rights to your genes, and can do anything they want with them.

 that actually has some disturbing implications as far as insurance/healthcare stuff.      Let's hope I don't regret it.

And that’s why you read the small print.

Let’s hope that they allow you to continue using your genes without paying a royalty. 

Well, you can always change to corduroy...

 

[pfrsantos]

(...)

I'll tell you one thing. If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians would come out of the gene pool, they'd have stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea! Hell, I always thought the opposable thumb was... overrated!

Def

I'd give this a thumbs-up, but I'd fall off the tree...

 

[Don Pablo]

A lot of the DNA testing companies own the rights to your genes, and can do anything they want with them.

 that actually has some disturbing implications as far as insurance/healthcare stuff.      Let's hope I don't regret it.

And that’s why you read the small print.

Let’s hope that they allow you to continue using your genes without paying a royalty. 

Well, you can always change to corduroy...

 

Ohhhh I get it 

[El Corkscrew]

Turns out I'm mostly bear

[SteveC]

I am a purebred

A purebred what  ?   

[ThePeacent]

Turns out I'm mostly bear

wow! Now that you know it, how can you bear that? 

[ironraven]

I am a purebred

I"m not sure that's a good thing for gerbils.

[AlephZero]

I presume I somewhat related to humanity. 

That's not exactly something to be proud of....

I'll tell you one thing. If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians would come out of the gene pool, they'd have stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea! Hell, I always thought the opposable thumb was... overrated!

Def

Babylon 5!

I let you all in on a secret...


When Sheridan flew to Coriana 6 to die, I cried, it was so powerful moment to me

[El Corkscrew]

 

[Outback in Idaho]

  Did the Ancestry thing in hopes to find clarify, or find links to actual people that may or may not be known. Huh?

  Okay. My adoptive Mother's name was Beverly, whom was from a large family. Ella was her sister, and Carolyn was one of Ella's daughters. Carolyn was my biological mother. For a twist of things I found out, through another relation that Carolyn was going through a divorce at the time. So my parents paid for all of the bills, helped Carolyn out, and when it came to my birth Carolyn went into a hospital under my adoptive mother's name.
  My parents, technically the adoptive parents whom raised me, thought to tell me I was adopted in my early years. Of course that broke my heart to hear that at first. Over the years/dacades it was explained to me. So I had wondered all my life what traits I had; genetic, medical, cultural. Even was told by the three half-sisters that I would not be welcomed into their part of the family without a DNA test - and the way they put it I was planning on acquiring some aboriginal saliva to mix with mine. Well, that gave a few of my friends some laughs, I highly doubt that plan would of worked out. Two different sets of DNA would of been found, tossed out, and I would of had to get another kit.

  Recently was re-baptized LDS and they are really into ancestry trees. So that put me at a dilemma. I have two trees, Adoptive and Biological. And I know less of the biological side, and never knew the biological father - and he obviously never knew me or could care less. Was always conjecture, lies, theories, and the biological mother did not even know who he could of been. So when relating this to my friends and family on Facebook a few got smurfed cause I caller the biological life bringer loose. She was bar hopping and I was the product of a few night stand. Yet the half-sisters are mad? They not once ever thought how it affected me.But I won't go there. Let's say my parents and my genetic traits do not match and had some explaining to do to my instructors.

  Did the Ancestry DNA test. Did an Adoptive and Biological tree. Found I had over 52 cousins, that now have turned out to be over 1000. Had no DNA matches with anyone considered family, or from other trees. SO I am stuck on how to proceed.

  LDS have a free membership for tree stuff, but all that gives me a headache when I do not know squat.There is a family tree book here someplace, but I do not know how that was handled regarding me, But the cousin thing am assuming is DNA, so marriage is not a factor.

  One 5th to 8th cousin, Jerry Dalton, said when he saw my photo he thought he was looking into a mirror. And that one of his daughters also has two different colors of eyes.
  ~ My adoptive Mother and green eyes, Father brown eyes, and I have one of each color. Not seen many people with two different colors of eyes. One young gal had just the opposite and we stared in eye contact for moments. It's trippy.

  So far. DNA wise, I'm not connected to anyone past 1,000+ cousins.

  DNA Origins says 56% England & Northwestern Europe. 24% Ireland, 16% Scotland, 2% Norway, 2% Wales. Nothing noted for Native American or Australian. So when someone asks what I am, what do I say?? 

  Ended up with more questions that I started with. 

[Chako]

Sorry to hear that Outback in Idaho.

I have never taken any of these test, fairly comfortable knowing a bit and not knowing a lot. Whatever you are made of genetically really has no bearing on who you are really. On my father's side, his dad (my grandfather) was very secretive about who his father was and all that. When I got a bit curious on behest of my father, I did a net search when the Internet was fairly new for civilian use. I found a web site now defunct, that basically told my family genealogy right up to the first frenchman that came to North America. I couldn't believe my good fortune as it was all done for me by other folks. The first guy that all folks of my last name, and many other different spellings out there, was a French regimental soldier that arrived in what is now Quebec back in the late 1600s. That was easy. I have all the names from the first dude to my family, but know very little about their race, etc. I do not really care, but always assumed by how tight lipped my grandfather was, that there is First Nations in there somewhere.

Now on my mother's side, I know very little. She always believed that she was adopted from a much richer family called the Champaigns located in Alexandria Ontario. When i was a very young kid, she would visit her "uncle" and "aunt" and help with their garden and stuff. Nobody else in her present family had them for relatives. Likewise, her "father" did not treat her as well as her other sister and 2 brothers. She felt later in life that she never belonged to that family...and I would have to agree. With that said, I do know that she also had an Iroquoi grandmother which she loved when she was a kid. That is all I know really on her side, but I am ok with that.

I have never considered a DNA test personally. 

[ThundahBeagle]

Not without a court order. Theres too much that can go wrong down the road when big tech is given too much personal data. And they dont always keep it very private at all. Hell, Amazon wants to give your doorbell video to the police without your consent, imagine what will be done with your DNA that you willingly, unwittingly donated for the authorities.

You wouldnt give out your fingerprints to some goof on the internet. Why give out the one thing in this world that makes you who you truly are?

That's just me.

So, for me, they get it if and when a panel of judges decide they need to have it.

This coming from the guy who saved his Beagle's baby teeth so I can clone him

[Syncop8r]

I watched or read something recently where a reporter got DNA tests from two different companies and the results were different.

[Syncop8r]

Also, I believe it used to be called DN.
DNA is what Canadians call it.

[Echotech]

Also, I believe it used to be called DN.
DNA is what Canadians call it.

[mashguy4077]

  Did the Ancestry thing in hopes to find clarify, or find links to actual people that may or may not be known. Huh?

  Okay. My adoptive Mother's name was Beverly, whom was from a large family. Ella was her sister, and Carolyn was one of Ella's daughters. Carolyn was my biological mother. For a twist of things I found out, through another relation that Carolyn was going through a divorce at the time. So my parents paid for all of the bills, helped Carolyn out, and when it came to my birth Carolyn went into a hospital under my adoptive mother's name.
  My parents, technically the adoptive parents whom raised me, thought to tell me I was adopted in my early years. Of course that broke my heart to hear that at first. Over the years/dacades it was explained to me. So I had wondered all my life what traits I had; genetic, medical, cultural. Even was told by the three half-sisters that I would not be welcomed into their part of the family without a DNA test - and the way they put it I was planning on acquiring some aboriginal saliva to mix with mine. Well, that gave a few of my friends some laughs, I highly doubt that plan would of worked out. Two different sets of DNA would of been found, tossed out, and I would of had to get another kit.

  Recently was re-baptized LDS and they are really into ancestry trees. So that put me at a dilemma. I have two trees, Adoptive and Biological. And I know less of the biological side, and never knew the biological father - and he obviously never knew me or could care less. Was always conjecture, lies, theories, and the biological mother did not even know who he could of been. So when relating this to my friends and family on Facebook a few got smurfed cause I caller the biological life bringer loose. She was bar hopping and I was the product of a few night stand. Yet the half-sisters are mad? They not once ever thought how it affected me.But I won't go there. Let's say my parents and my genetic traits do not match and had some explaining to do to my instructors.

  Did the Ancestry DNA test. Did an Adoptive and Biological tree. Found I had over 52 cousins, that now have turned out to be over 1000. Had no DNA matches with anyone considered family, or from other trees. SO I am stuck on how to proceed.

  LDS have a free membership for tree stuff, but all that gives me a headache when I do not know squat.There is a family tree book here someplace, but I do not know how that was handled regarding me, But the cousin thing am assuming is DNA, so marriage is not a factor.

  One 5th to 8th cousin, Jerry Dalton, said when he saw my photo he thought he was looking into a mirror. And that one of his daughters also has two different colors of eyes.
  ~ My adoptive Mother and green eyes, Father brown eyes, and I have one of each color. Not seen many people with two different colors of eyes. One young gal had just the opposite and we stared in eye contact for moments. It's trippy.

  So far. DNA wise, I'm not connected to anyone past 1,000+ cousins.

  DNA Origins says 56% England & Northwestern Europe. 24% Ireland, 16% Scotland, 2% Norway, 2% Wales. Nothing noted for Native American or Australian. So when someone asks what I am, what do I say?? 

  Ended up with more questions that I started with. 

That’s funny. I’m also LDS (but not currently active), and I also ancestry from the same countries as you although the percentages are different. Can’t remember the numbers.

[pfrsantos]

Not without a court order. Theres too much that can go wrong down the road when big tech is given too much personal data. And they dont always keep it very private at all. Hell, Amazon wants to give your doorbell video to the police without your consent, imagine what will be done with your DNA that you willingly, unwittingly donated for the authorities.

You wouldnt give out your fingerprints to some goof on the internet. Why give out the one thing in this world that makes you who you truly are?

That's just me.

So, for me, they get it if and when a panel of judges decide they need to have it.

This coming from the guy who saved his Beagle's baby teeth so I can clone him

+1

[Syncop8r]

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[Chako]

 

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[Sea Monster]

It's good that they have started this cataloging now, as I am not sure it would be possible in another couple of generations, what with all of the travel and cross breeding going on these days. 

A few decades ago someone in the family researched our lineage back to the 14th century. It's not exactly a notable claim to fame, but "survived the dark ages" is about all you can say for us.

In any case, in the interests of making the lives of future genealogists easier, neither my wife or myself will be adding any branches to any trees, so I guess that's some time saved for some undergrad (or AI, whoever does the research)