Thinking of doing a DNA test. Does any one have a

[doc03]

sugestion on what company is best?

[donkeypoofed]

1. Don't do it

Dont give something so personal to a faceless godless Corporation.

I suspect that people doing these tests might one day have health insurance denied because of what can be found in your DNA, ie future diseases and/or conditions. You should also know these companies sell your info (not your name, but sex, age and other info).

[doc03]

3. A friend of mine actually found a daughter he

fathered in Korea back in the war. She came and visited him he was really happy to find he had a daughter. Another women I know that was adopted found her real mother.

[Sherman A1]

13. I agree

I have done genealogy for years and while the DNA is all interesting, I'm not comfortable with the privacy issues.

[California_Republic]

26. Yep, read the contract

Yep, read the contract

All that information basically becomes theirs

[Hassin Bin Sober]

35. Dumb question: do you have to give them your real name?

[donkeypoofed]

39. I think you could give them a fake name as long as they get paid

And I luv your screen name !!

[Demovictory9]

2. i did ancestry

[safeinOhio]

4. Did 23andme

Great for health info on what you may be facing later on.

[doc03]

6. I would just like to find my ancestors. I think

I am mostly English and Irish.

[safeinOhio]

11. Shows that but I was really surprise

At the diff. In genes with my brother. We only share 51.5 % of our genes. You get the standard pie chart. They find lots of 2nd, 3rd and 4the cousins and what states have the most of your living relatives.

[Cold War Spook]

37. Yes, your insurance company is interested also.

You don't own the results, 23andme does.

[teenagebambam]

5. I did 23and me

And have been happy with the results, except that there was nothing exciting or salacious in them like I was hoping. Just sent my husband’s test away - his mother was a black market adoptee so he knows nothing about her background.

[artislife]

29. I would love to know the update when it arrives

He must be on pins and needles waiting. If I were him, I think I would do the test. Otherwise, nope. Though my brother did the test and found he had Neanderthal in his genetic make up. He is pretty liberal so I don't have too much faith in the test. LOL.

[catrose]

7. Family Tree

Found a new cousin who was adopted out as an infant

[Tech]

8. 23&me

I have had some fun with it, especially as my sister also did it. I compared us, she turned out to be more irish. Hmmm.

[dewsgirl]

9. A married couple I know, found out they were 10 percent related.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Ancestry. No big surprises, but we found some second cousins we didn't know about.

[msongs]

12. they will sell your genetic data to anybody with enuff money. nt

[llmart]

14. I used Ancestry.

I think the more people who participate in any one company, the more likely you are to get more results of possible connections.

I found some 3rd and 4th cousins and they had some interesting stories to tell. Likewise, I had some interesting details that they wanted to hear.

[mitch96]

15. I did 23nMe

It just confirmed what the family told me. No big genetic anomalies to worry about.
I'm just waiting for the knock at the door............. DADDY!!!
now THAT would be a hoot.. or not..
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[COLGATE4]

16. I used Ancestry.com. Results were spot on.

[True Blue American]

23. Several people have used them. They send a kit

For you to use, but results are mostly generic.

Rumors in my husbands family of native American. Finally tested by Doctor. Then research, found him, now have picture. Pigeon Forge area where the family settled in the 1600’s. He took wifes name because they could not buy a house then. Family has kept History. Hand written by each generation.

[IrishEyes]

17. I used ancestry. They said I was Irish.

Very, very Irish. No surprises.

[True Blue American]

24. Irish

County Cork, German, Hanover Germany.

Irish, came during the potato famine. German Grandparents to get away from the Kaiser. My Dad was the last of a big family. Farmers and Builders.

[IrishEyes]

34. My family was from Galway, Mayo and Sligo in western Ireland.

Most of my family came to the United States in the late 19th century. A lot of police officers in my family.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I decided on 23andMe, but I haven't done it yet, I'm trying to get my brother to do it with me

I read that if you're female, you'll get more information if you also have a close male relative. There's also a lot more discussion about this in the Ancestry/Genealogy Forum here.

Ancestry/Genealogy (Group)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1156

[bif]

19. I did 23&me. Wish I had done it years ago

When my father was still alive. He would have been surprised with the results. Glad I did it.

[RobinA]

20. I Did 23 & Me

for myself and Ancestry for my mother. I have to say, I like the 23 product better. Both were very accurate as compared to the information we know. I like the way 23 gives you more info about where in the identified area your genes are most likely from. I also like the way 23 separates "Northwestern Europe" from the more specific categories.

[Fla Dem]

21. I used both 23 & me and Ancestry.com

About the same as far as dna results.

Ancestry let's me know when a possible relationship is found. Just last month they found a possible 1st cousin on my Mother's side. That was weird as it would mean she had a younger brother or sister she didn't know about. I guess it would be possible if my grandfather had a fling and got someone pregnant, not a lot of birth control used back in the 50's. The person who signed up on Ancestry and was linked to me and my cousin who is also on Ancestry stated he was adopted.

They've also recently found a link to a 5th generation ancestor, who up to now I had been unable to find any information.

23 & me deals more with the scientific aspects of your genes/dna.

So I guess it depends on what you'e looking for.

[samnsara]

22. just be prepared for surprises..like family legends about your 'oranges'

.....We did Ancestry.com but the basic plan doesnt give all the info they show on tv. That comes extra.

All our family just did it for fun. I NEVER follow up on connections. Ive gone 68 years not knowing these ppl I dont need to know them now lol.

[mockmonkey]

25. Here's something interesting from the CBC about those tests

[stonecutter357]

27. Ancestry !

[Ron Obvious]

28. I'd consider it unsporting to any serial-killer relatives I might have

No, the real reason was stated in the first post: I'd never trust these companies operating in a mostly unregulated arena with my most intimate, private information.

[SharonAnn]

30. I did. We found a nephew, son of my deceased brother, whom no one knew about.

Not even my deceased brother.

Interesting thing is that it was through a cousin who got a match with high enough percentage to be a relative. So, he sent out an email asking if anyone in the family had been around the city where this person was born around the year he was born. My siblings and I went, yeah. That would be our brother. So I and one of my brothers did the 23 and me test, since that was what this relative had used, and sure enough. He was misidentified as a probable grandchild but that's about the same percentage as a niece or nephew. Since we knew he wasn't a grandchild, we figured nephew.

We contacted him, have had several email exchanges, and will see him at a family gathering in May. Sounds like a great young man. We told him about our brother and he said that the family knew him. Apparently he was in and out of their lives for several years. He was a hippy without a fixed abode so usually couch surfed at the homes of various acquaintance. Saw a picture of the young man and he definitely has same family characteristics.

[MuseRider]

31. I did 23 and Me and did find something odd, maybe even scandalous!

I found a 3rd cousin and we were sharing things about that part of the family. I asked her about my Grandmother's youngest sister who died of rabies when she was 5 years old and she sent me a picture of that sister who died at 30 something, had married and moved away and had children. LOL. My Grandmother and her sisters and brothers told us all that same story, even my deceased mother thought that. Hmmmmm.

I like it, at my age I don't really care one way or the other what they know about me.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

36. My good friend found out her father wasn't her father.

It wasn’t that earthshaking because he was estranged and out of her life since childhood.

But it’s caused a lot of strife for the mom since she is in denial.

The funny part is the actual father is a big liberal who lives nearby in liberal Evanston IL. The rest of her family are all hardcore downstate Indiana Republicans.

[MuseRider]

38. That would be a shock

for sure!

[lastlib]

32. I've often suspected that these deals are part of a government plot.....

...to get people's DNA data entered into their big databases for whatever nefarious purposes they have. I won't do it ever.