I will when I get mine back.
How long have you been waiting?
2 months, they are having trouble getting enuf DNA from my saliva. so I may have to do it again.
I can totally understand this reasoning behind doing it.I am doing this... my sample was received by them last week.
It was a Christmas gift for myself and my brother... I did health and ancestry, he just did ancestry. We are both adopted (separately) with no information about either of our sets of birth parents, so the intrigue of possibly learning a little bit more about our genetic makeup (or even finding others out there who share DNA) outweighed my reluctance to provide DNA to a corporation.
My daughter is celiac. The definitive test is done via biopsy, not blood work. Just a heads up on that one. It may be beyond the scope of 23andme.
I know our ancestories quite well, and know the diseases we already have, so I don't think there's a point in me doing it. I've done DNA testing for those things already for free.
I'm doing it for the celiac gene test (which I know is limited). I feel like crap all the time and all of my bloodwork always comes back terrific, so while my docs believe me, they also can't find anything to make me feel better (aside from a few things they found that I am now getting treated for).
I'm willing to throw it all up against the wall and see if anything sticks.. long shot but I am willing to do it.
You don't necessarily have to have celiac to have these symptoms... you could just have an allergy or intolerance. Celiac tests won't pick this up. If you think it's gluten stop earring it and see if symptoms are better. When I eat a lot of gluten I feel terrible, muy skin breaks out and I get a lot of GI symptoms. I have gone low carb and felt great which is probably bc u can't eat gluten if you're doing super low carb.. just my 2 cents..
I did this. Everything was about as I expected with the predominant strains being Irish and British. I knew about the German ancestry but I didn't know there was some French and Scandinavian lurking around. But best of all, I have a Native American ancestor from the 1700s.
Threadjack. I watched a segment of Tucker Carlson last night that showed them doing a test of what your phone uploads to Google and it was frightening. They had two phones and wandered all over town, one in airplane mode and one not. The one in airplane mode uploaded more info with pinpoint location accuracy even if they were walking or driving. I hate this crap.I"m with @redwood66 here. I don't want anyone with my map!!! Call me paranoid but I am constantly agitated that my dang phone know where I am at all times, I hate pop up ads from sites I have perused (yes, usually jewelry). I will be damned if I willingly give my genetic code to anyone!! LOL
Threadjack. I watched a segment of Tucker Carlson last night that showed them doing a test of what your phone uploads to Google and it was frightening. They had two phones and wandered all over tow, one in airplane mode and one not. The one in airplane mode uploaded more info with pinpoint location accuracy even if they were walking or driving. I hate this crap.
The other cool thing I learned is that I have a greater proportion of fast twitch muscle fibers than most people. Apparently they have done studies and found that this is common among elite athletes. I skated and skied for years and years, but no one ever mistook me for an Olympian lol.
I've done it, both the ancestry and health. I'm a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Poland (borders pre WWII). A few surprises - not 100% Eastern European; there's some Scandinavian in there, as well as East Asian/Native American, Balkan and British Isles; I also have an Ashkenazi ancestor back in the 18th century (My family is all Roman Catholic). I believe the EA/NA is Siberian Yakut. If you look up images of the Yakut people, you'll see what I mean. And the biggest surprise of all: less than 1/10 of 1% Sub Saharan African. I'm calling that Sticky DNA - a hanger-on from ancient times. Funny thing is, if you look at migratory patterns out of Africa-my makeup follows that pattern.
I found it quite interesting to do, I always thought I looked Asian, I have a flatter face, almond eyes and very hooded eyelids. The ancestry report clarified what I suspected.
Another thing I did was upload my raw data to other sites and learned alot more. Funny thing: each website that did traits said I have blue eyes, I don't but just about everyone else in my family does. I have central heterochromia: close to my pupil my eye color is yellow, out in the periphery it fades to grey with a dark ring around the iris. These colors together created green with a pretty collarette (starburst). Only one site said that they should be blue but there were some modifiers in there so they may not be.
As far as the health part goes, I initially came back negative on everything, but they added some tests and there is something about celiac. I had two siblings with Lupus, so autoimmune does not surprise me. One thing to keep in mind is that there are usually several genes that contribute towards certain conditions, so having one gene may not really mean much.
This is my eye color prediction on GEDmatch:
Don't bother we did our dog. It was a total joke 50% mixed breed and there was a 4 equal sections of 12.5% different breeds that are pretty unlikely.. it was an 84$ laugh..My kids have done it. Afterward, they uploaded their info to https://promethease.com/ and got their genetic testing for diseases and other interesting info.
I keep saying I will do it. I will probably end up getting my dog’s dna done before mine.