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Don't to that home DNA-Ancestry testing ... and why it's affordable

Yep, step right up and give ‘em your DNA.
 
I know.

I did 23andme, I wanted my health info and it was worth it, I make better decisions than without it.
 
Yep, step right up and give ‘em your DNA.
Exactly. No thank you. Mine is traced back at least 300 years no need for DNA.
 
My daughter and her dh got me 23andme ancestry kit last Mother’s Day. It’s still sitting on my desk. The conspiracy theorist in me just can’t quite bring myself to do it. Nope.
 
MIL convinced DH to do the ancestry.com swab. I didn’t like it but he did it saying it was important to her and he didn’t see the harm. :rolleyes:
 
Besides learning your history, what about your kids and their kids?

I'd consider DNA testing if I was considering becoming a parent.
If I came back positive for certain things I'd adopt.
I like the ideal of not knowingly passing on certain illnesses.

If I already had kids (but they had not yet had kids) I'd also get tested.
If positive for certain things I'd ask my kids whether they want to know my test results before deciding whether or not to have kids.
If my results came back negative I'd just not mention the whole subject to my adult kids.
They can be, or not be, concerned about all this as they wish.
That's their business; but if I know I've passed on X it's my business to offer to inform.
 
There are different testing kits. Mine was the ancestry kit. The other certainly is a less expensive way to get genetic testing as you referenced Kenny, but without the layers of privacy (HIPAA) if that’s possible.
 
Kenny, you raise a great point. I would love to have genetic testing done to see if I carry whatever gene my father and his father had responsible for their colon cancer. My doctor told me about it but it's expensive $1-2k so it hasn't been a huge priority. I would like to know for both my sake and my daughter's. I probably should've had testing done before I chose to get pregnant, but c'est la vie. Can't take it back now.

That said, what if everyone had access to this genetic testing and used it for the purposes of weeding out abnormalities/diseases/etc? We'd become a species making eugenics an actual thing...seems like a slippery slope.
 
There are different testing kits. Mine was the ancestry kit. The other certainly is a less expensive way to get genetic testing as you referenced Kenny, but without the layers of privacy (HIPAA) if that’s possible.

The second link I posted is a video of a news broadcast about all this.
Towards the end they mention graduated pricing.

Same product:
Minimum privacy for the lowest price.
Maximum privacy for the highest price.

Clearly the company is making money selling your DNA info.
 
That said, what if everyone had access to this genetic testing and used it for the purposes of weeding out abnormalities/diseases/etc? We'd become a species making eugenics an actual thing...seems like a slippery slope.
No more or less a slippery slope, imo, than in vitro fertilization, organ transplants, vaccines and any other current medical intervention we use to try to conquer disease, infirmity, infertility and death.
 
Kenny, you raise a great point. I would love to have genetic testing done to see if I carry whatever gene my father and his father had responsible for their colon cancer. My doctor told me about it but it's expensive $1-2k so it hasn't been a huge priority. I would like to know for both my sake and my daughter's. I probably should've had testing done before I chose to get pregnant, but c'est la vie. Can't take it back now.

That said, what if everyone had access to this genetic testing and used it for the purposes of weeding out abnormalities/diseases/etc? We'd become a species making eugenics an actual thing...seems like a slippery slope.

IMO it's not eugenics if it's not big brother deciding.
It's you deciding on your own family planning.
You're still totally free to have kids if you and your partner are the worst genetic ticking time-bombs possible.
You just have more information today ... if you take the DNA tests.

I suppose it could be argued that people who can afford the test have an 'unfair' advantage.
Money being an advantage is hardly new.

Taking into account better-informed odds of disease transmission to your progeny is no more eugenics than is choosing an intelligent attractive mate with a good education.
IMO it's just a logical and reasonable addition to the ancient decision process that technology has made possible.
 
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I've had to have medical DNA testing done a few times. Maybe my government has a file on me! It would be so easy with our swipe medical cards, right? :devil:

I know my ancestry. I unfortunately have both received and passed on hereditary disorders that I didn't know I had until I was over 50. Oh well. 8)
 
I unfortunately have both received and passed on hereditary disorders that I didn't know I had until I was over 50. Oh well. 8)

... as has been happening for zillion of years.

You've don't nothing wrong so don't feel bad.
 
My best friend and I took different roads to parenthood and came up with the same results. We have been friends since we were Juniors in High School wearing uniforms with knee socks. She was with a partner who was infertile and she gave birth to a biological child, as she had always dreamed of having, by in vitro fertilization with an anonymous donor. My husband I adopted internationally. I thought that international adoption was more likely to give us a healthy baby than domestic adoption because the babies put up for adoption in many foreign countries are put up for adoption because the mothers cannot afford to raise them, not because they have disabilities. My friend chose a donor who sounded wholesome, but she has a history of bi-polar disorder in her own family although she, herself, does not have it.

We both ended up with children who have bi-polar disorder and who are quite disabled by it. We think it is quite ironic that we had such similar outcomes to our parenting given the huge differences in our circumstances. But one cannot control everything.
 
Kenny, you raise a great point. I would love to have genetic testing done to see if I carry whatever gene my father and his father had responsible for their colon cancer. My doctor told me about it but it's expensive $1-2k so it hasn't been a huge priority. I would like to know for both my sake and my daughter's. I probably should've had testing done before I chose to get pregnant, but c'est la vie. Can't take it back now.

That said, what if everyone had access to this genetic testing and used it for the purposes of weeding out abnormalities/diseases/etc? We'd become a species making eugenics an actual thing...seems like a slippery slope.

@monarch64 You may want to discuss the testing further with your doctor. The specialist I see wanted me to be tested for BRCA 1&2. I agreed and thought for sure the test would not be covered by insurance. Because of my family history and the specialist requesting I have the test, the insurance company paid for the test.
 
Thanks, Callie. I will talk to her about it again when I see her next month. :wavey:
 
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