Sep 23, 2011 09:37 pm 9 a month update? Please explain? Im game man tho, who what when and how?
Getting my DNA tested
Posted on Sep 23, 2011 08:46 pm
Quincysan
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No health problems at the moment, just curious.
Sergey Brin is married to a biologist named Anne E. Wojcicki and I guess they're teaming up with 23andme.com
Basically you spit into a thingy. They dump your spit into a bucket. Then they breed the DNA in your cheek cells. Then they spray your DNA with some-other-kind-of-NA and a few weeks later you find out if your grandpa was lying about being part Cherokee or whatever. The data will tell you where your ancestors come from (I have no idea, though I expect nearly 100% European.) From a practical standpoint, you'll learn if you're genetically pre-disposed to any diseases, illnesses, or drug sensitivities. When you get your results there's a relative finder that's supposed to connect you to other people you're related to who have had their DNA farmed by 23andme. Sounds cool.
Alzheimer's is one of the predispositions they test for. That would really hack me off.
Results are protected by GINA, supposedly. Bought the kit today, should ship next week.
Anyone else game? They got a sale going on right now, $99 plus $9/month to get updates. There's a 12 month commitment but can cancel after that.
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Sep 23, 2011 09:37 pm 9 a month update? Please explain? Im game man tho, who what when and how?
Sep 23, 2011 10:46 pm Nah, I'm good. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones that can trace my ancestry back to the 1600's. But, I am interested in hearing how yours turns out.
Sep 27, 2011 07:50 pm Yikes, not worried myself but I'm sensing a lot of paternity suits in the future.
Sep 27, 2011 08:30 pm @ BH: ...WHUD YOU SAY ABOUT MY MOMMA?!?
For serious though, I read somewhere in my 23andme research that 10% of children in the US leave the hospital with a last name that isn't consistent with paternity. Granted, this is only Internet knowledge.
@ Deon: You can go to 23andme.com and create an account, scope out what information they intend to give to you in return for your money, and then hit the "buy" button. They send you a vile and you send it back.
@Rob: I can back to the late 1700's, thanks to my grandpa on my dad's side. He found a book at a college in South Carolina with my family name...turns out they were forgotten relatives. I'd like to go back further, as well as be on the look out for any looming predispositions to illness I might have. I'm pretty keen on the idea of medical professionals looking at 23andme data in a research setting. I think Brin's plan is to use data mining to point researchers in the right direction regarding cures to illnesses. Certainly not a replacement for scientific method, but an awesome red flag system.
Sep 28, 2011 02:41 am I think the furthest back my parents traced ours was an ancestor who was knighted (not an actual knight, but was dubbed Sir such-and-such) by King Christopher of Bavaria back in the mid-late 1400's at some point. I forget the year though.
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