Just how inaccurate and scam like are these mail order DNA

[walrus]

Ha ha

People who take direct-to-consumer genetic tests like 23andMe often do so to find out about their family history, or maybe what kinds of genetic conditions they might pass on to their children.

But they don’t usually do it to figure out whether or not they’re human. That’s probably a good thing, because a recent experiment showed that some of these tests can’t tell.

A Chicago-based NBC station sent one reporter’s DNA to a handful of home DNA tests to compare the results. And just for kicks, they also sent a sample of DNA from Bailey, a Labrador retriever (it’s unclear who Bailey’s owner is is, but we’re pretty sure Bailey is a very good girl).

While most companies returned the sample as unreadable, one called Orig3n DNA didn’t seem to notice. Instead, they sent back a 7-page report praising Bailey’s cardiac output and muscle force, and recommending that she work with a personal trainer.

Woof.

“The majority of genetic testing is still a gray area and there’s always the possibility of uncertain results,” Jessica Stoll, a genetic counselor at the University of Chicago Hospitals, told the station.

Luckily, we couldn’t find any other cases of DNA testing companies mixing up humans and animals. That’s a bit of a relief. And while it’s pretty funny to consider a human genetic testing company seriously recommending a fitness plan to a dog, this incident hints at a deeper, scarier issue: many people have come to think of these easy at-home tests as a replacement for medical advice or counseling.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/futuris...dog-human/amp/

[walrus]

A Chicago-area woman wanted to test the accuracy of the popular DNA tests that are supposed to find your family history, but when she mailed away her DNA, the results she got were vastly different from each other.

Jennifer Smith was interested in her family ancestry, so she tried out a DNA kit from Ancestry.com, but was shocked when her breakdown showed that she was 97 percent European and 2 percent Asian.

“I’m a Black girl; I am not a Jewish white lady,” Smith told Fox32 Chicago, recalling her utter confusion at her results.

However, when Smith contacted Ancestry.com, she was told that “there was no way they could have made an error.”

So, Smith decided to try something else, using 23andMe, this time getting results that showed she was 70 percent Sub-Saharan African.

“The results were very different, but they were not a surprise to me,” Smith said.

Smith said that she was frustrated with the reports, saying, “Both kits can’t be right; one of them has to be wrong.

William Gilliland, an associate biology professor at Depaul University, explained that “DNA tests for ethnicity are entertainment value only,” noting that while DNA tests can connect you to family members, there is no solid DNA marker or “diagnostic nucleotide” for race.

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[walrus]

DNA can tell us all kinds of things.
Genetic information can be used to uniquely identify a specific person using just a hair or a few drops of saliva. That data can also tell you if you have certain genetic ailments or are at an increased risk for others.

But one of the most common services provided by companies who do consumer DNA testing is an analysis of your "ancestry" based on your genetics, and there are real problems with that idea, geneticist Manolis Dermitzakis argued in a Reddit AMA question-and-answer session on November 17.

The University of Geneva genetics professor criticized attempts to pin down both "ancestral ethnicity" and "race" based on DNA.

That's because these things are concepts or ideas that humans have created, and they don't have a basis in genetics, according to Dermitzakis.

Genes can identify a person and find related people, but there's no genetic meaning of race or even ancestry — just because DNA can say you are related to a large number of people who live in a place doesn't mean you are genetically from that place.

'Ancestry' isn't as definitive as we'd like to think

To tell people their ancestry, consumer DNA testing companies compare markers in customers' genes to markers from other people around the world that are in their databases. They use those markers to give you as close an approximation to your "ancestry" as they can.

https://www.businessinsider.com/what...cestry-2015-11

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Walrus is the champion of copy and paste

[Master]

Walrus is the champion of copy and paste

Do you think that is in his DNA? Maybe we can test it.

[El Kabong]

The deal with these DNA companies or at least 23andMe is they get your DNA for whatever nefarious purposes they have.

Why test DNA why not trace your family lineage? Unless there's a problem with that like you were adopted or orphaned and don't know anything about your parents.

23andMe, Facebook = DARPA = Life Log Project

[brocktonblockbust]

Walrus is the champion of copy and paste

Do you think that is in his DNA? Maybe we can test it.

Walrus took an ~ass candle~ test behind Barclay Center in Brooklyn in 2016 and it turned out that yes he has copy and paste kit already in his ~jeans~