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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 15:57:59 GMT
Problem is there is no set standard of single nucleotide polymorphism DNA markers the companies use to analyse your DNA. Different results can come from different companies, depending on what database of markers they are using, and what markers of yours they compare that to. Your results will be somewhere in the ball park, but take it with a pinch of salt. The companies offering this service are not making their money from what you pay them for looking at your DNA in an ancestry context. Their main business is selling on your DNA to the pharmaceutical industry, and others. I have long suspected that DNA is not kept private; they are providing it to pharma companies, insurance companies and perhaps even law enforcement . I'm not much into conspiracy theories, but this one seems like an entirely plausible one. I don't really understand the attraction to having this done; my father's father was Danish (last name ended in 'sen', Dad's mother was Swedish (last name ended in 'son'), my mother's mother had a maiden name that was German and her father's surname English. I look about as Nordic as one can, what do I need to know beyond that? I never knew my father's parents; they had died before I was born, and I rarely saw my mother's parents, it was a terribly dysfunctional family and they lived far away. They were all fairly new immigrants so no surprise descent from someone famous in the US. I can think of lots better things to do with that money than spend it on ancestry! Thats not a conspiracy theory... That's what these companies are harvesting DNA for. In return for giving them your DNA, that is then sold on, you get some vague questionable info on your ancestry. |
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Sept 8, 2018 16:44:05 GMT
I have long suspected that DNA is not kept private; they are providing it to pharma companies, insurance companies and perhaps even law enforcement . I'm not much into conspiracy theories, but this one seems like an entirely plausible one. I don't really understand the attraction to having this done; my father's father was Danish (last name ended in 'sen', Dad's mother was Swedish (last name ended in 'son'), my mother's mother had a maiden name that was German and her father's surname English. I look about as Nordic as one can, what do I need to know beyond that? I never knew my father's parents; they had died before I was born, and I rarely saw my mother's parents, it was a terribly dysfunctional family and they lived far away. They were all fairly new immigrants so no surprise descent from someone famous in the US. I can think of lots better things to do with that money than spend it on ancestry! Thats not a conspiracy theory... That's what these companies are harvesting DNA for. In return for giving them your DNA, that is then sold on, you get some vague questionable info on your ancestry. Yikes... not that I am surprised. |
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Post by maya55555 on Sept 8, 2018 17:55:02 GMT
proggy
Yes, we occasionally forget that most if not all Brits are bigots.
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Post by maya55555 on Sept 8, 2018 17:59:20 GMT
Father Jack
This is the one time that I agree with you. The data must go into the Mormon data base also.
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 8, 2018 18:11:58 GMT
proggy
Yes, we occasionally forget that most if not all Brits are bigots.
Well, we have gone to war with most of the planet. 😀 |
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Post by maya55555 on Sept 8, 2018 18:39:49 GMT
progman
World domination?
Her queennesss needs those resources
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 8, 2018 19:18:30 GMT
progman
World domination?
Her queennesss needs those resources The Queen is just there for show. The PM makes the big decisions. 😇 |
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Post by captainbryce on Sept 8, 2018 19:48:45 GMT
Done mine very recently. Discovered that 15% of my DNA is Southern European, predominantly Italian/Greek and 3% from the Caucasus region which I found a tad surprising. I’m not aware of any Italian or Greek relatives in my immediate family. So that was interesting to discover. I apparently also have no south Asian or African ancestry. Which wasn’t surprising. Anyone else done theirs? I did mine a few months ago. I was somewhat surprised by the results, but ultimately glad that I actually know. Or I should say rather that my curiosity has been satisfied. I’d have been happy no matter what the results said. |
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Post by maya55555 on Sept 9, 2018 20:10:05 GMT
captain bryce
So you are from Oirth, eh?
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 15, 2018 17:51:30 GMT
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 15, 2018 17:56:30 GMT
Both. Plus Irish. Actually its kinda muddled. Father is English. His family English. Mother is Welsh, her father was born in Wales to Irish parents. On her mother's side, they're descended from English folk who moved there in I guess late 19th Century? 👍 |
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 15, 2018 17:59:12 GMT
Both. Plus Irish. Actually its kinda muddled. Father is English. His family English. Mother is Welsh, her father was born in Wales to Irish parents. On her mother's side, they're descended from English folk who moved there in I guess late 19th Century? 👍 wow.....You can truly claim yourself a total Brit by blood and soul. |
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