# I took a dna test, here are some of the results **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270 "2017-02-07T20:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Salvor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/1 "2017-02-07T20:18:51Z")
My mother wanted me to order her a kit for Holiday, so when I did I ordered one for myself for the heck of it. This was from ancestry dna and not the more known 23andme, and only the ethnic background test. I do not even know if ancestry dna has a deeper genetic test, but 23andme does and charges double. My mother supposedly had two black parents, but she’s lighter than I am so we always assumed she was black mixed with something else. Side note, I don’t have numbers, but I imagine black people in the US or mixed black people are more interested in this kind of test than the average person. [![](https://i.imgur.com/zw1FsXk.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/zw1FsXk.jpg) I knew I had about a quarter asian since my father was half black half korean, and reportedly abandoned on Korea and left on the doorsteps of a monastery. I assume a korean girl got knocked up by some black American service member stationed over there and when the child came she was like, uh oh, can’t bring THIS home to my parents! Anyway, he was adopted from Seoul and raised in the US. I had less black than I expected, I was expecting around 60ish percent, only around 46% though. Lots of areas that were linked to the slave trade all jumbled up, probably lots of mixing after people got here. The biggest surprise, and I was a bit shocked, was the lack of white/euro in me, and in its place… ~ 20% middle eastern. I had no idea. The ~5% trace levels of Euro anything were from the iberian peninsula (spain) and the southern areas of Italy/greece. But for all I know that could just be from the white concubines/slaves sent during the Islamic conquest of southern Europe. My european slate is essentially empty. Anyway, I actually found this pretty interesting, and now I know. I might do a 23andme test later on to see what kind of mutations I have and proclivities for genetic diseases. Any of you take one of these tests? ---
**Author:** ![Vicsage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/2 "2017-02-07T21:51:53Z")
And has anyone ever taken one of these tests twice under different names to see if they match. I’ve always had a feeling there is a bit of BS in these tests. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/3 "2017-02-07T22:08:13Z")
> [@Vicsage](#): > > And has anyone ever taken one of these tests twice under different names to see if they match. I’ve always had a feeling there is a bit of BS in these tests. Oh there is. In a previous thread someone posted a link to an article where a writer and two siblings did the 23andMe thing and got widely disparate results. The % ancestry stuff is for amusement purposes only. ---
**Author:** ![Salvor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/4 "2017-02-07T22:14:05Z")
> [@Vicsage](#): > > And has anyone ever taken one of these tests twice under different names to see if they match. I’ve always had a feeling there is a bit of BS in these tests. I think plenty of people have taken two entirely different companies to see how the results were similar or different. IF they were radically different I’d imagine you’d see more of a brouhaha. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/5 "2017-02-07T22:20:14Z")
I’d like to take one just to find out how much Neanderthal I have in me. ---
**Author:** ![Salvor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/6 "2017-02-07T22:29:25Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Oh there is. In a previous thread someone posted a link to an article where a writer and two siblings did the 23andMe thing and got widely disparate results. > > The % ancestry stuff is for amusement purposes only. Or… the mom got around. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/7 "2017-02-11T15:21:05Z")
was the test like 200 bucks? I’d like to try it to compare to the one we did with ancestry. (100 bucks) Although the basic layout of yours is exactly like mine For the money they could have given a more in-depth info… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/8 "2017-02-11T15:38:54Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > was the test like 200 bucks? > > … > > For the money they could have given a more in-depth info… No, for the money you are getting a bare-bones outline sketch of your genome. Want a real sequencing? [You are going to spend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1,000_genome) [a lot more than $200](http://www.nanalyze.com/2016/03/does-full-genome-sequencing-really-cost-1000-now/). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/9 "2017-02-11T15:40:35Z")
**Salvor** –what percentage Shape Changing Alien Lizard Overlords? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/10 "2017-02-11T18:49:00Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Oh there is. In a previous thread someone posted a link to an article where a writer and two siblings did the 23andMe thing and got widely disparate results. > > The % ancestry stuff is for amusement purposes only. Um, it wasn’t an article, it was a blog post. And the blog post didn’t even state which company provided the analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/11 "2017-02-11T19:07:19Z")
Here’s a link that includes screenshots of 23andme’s results for a set of full siblings. As you can see the ancestry results for the two sisters are remarkably similar: > **[23andMe Ancestry Composition: Comparing Full Siblings](http://www.mylinktothepast.com/2014/08/23andme-ancestry-composition-comparing.html)** > > Recently the results of the 23andMe test of my 2nd daughter, Katelyn, became available. I thought it might be fun to look at the differenc... ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/12 "2017-02-11T19:40:14Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > I’d like to take one just to find out how much Neanderthal I have in me. Don’t pray for too much. 8 extra molars in a modern sized jaw does not make for fun dentist time trust me, i know ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/13 "2017-02-11T20:56:00Z")
As I learned when ordering my own 23andme kit they’re no longer allowed to test for genetic diseases. I spent the extra money for both sets of reports and the Wellness report was not useful in any way to see that people w/ my genetic makeup may sleep ore deeply but for shorter periods of time, and that too much fat in my diet could make me gain weight. My ancestry report had a couple of surprises; 1.1% West African (98.9 Euromutt was not a surprise) and more Neanderthal variants than 84% of those they’ve tested so far. According to the likely timeline 23andme created the West African contribution was btwn 1700 and 1790; my mom’s family got to the states in 1793. As I’m a ladytype-person they could only analyze my MTDNA. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/14 "2017-02-12T01:13:50Z")
> [@Salvor](#): > > Or… the mom got around. All too possible. There was a case recently I heard about (from a doctor) of a guy looking for a marrow transplant. They tested him and all 9 of his siblings and discovered that the 10 of them had 10 different fathers. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/15 "2017-02-12T01:34:32Z")
Download your raw results and upload to Gedmatch for free, where you can do more in depth analysis of your results for free, or to Promethease for $5 for medical type analysis. Don’t get too hung up on the percentages in the ethnicity results. It’s an emerging technology. ---
**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/16 "2017-02-12T02:17:22Z")
Gedmatch is interesting. While it is a developing field, I am in the 93 percentile for neanderthal DNA on 23 and me (at least the segments that their chip looks at) I am more intrigued by the connections both with Clovis Man and Ust-Ishm. Ust-Ishm is 45K years ago, and really doesn’t have known direct descendants but is also closely related to people in Oceania and Australia. While it may just be chance with the small number of segments that 23andme tests it is pretty convincing evidence that there isn’t a whole lot that makes us different. [https://s27.postimg.org/4gxi1i5kz/archaic\_M892126\_EB4566.gif](https://s27.postimg.org/4gxi1i5kz/archaic_M892126_EB4566.gif) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/17 "2017-02-12T02:28:52Z")
Obligatory [xkcd link](https://xkcd.com/1706/). ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-dna-test-here-are-some-of-the-results/779270/18 "2017-02-12T03:05:47Z")
**Weisshund** , you had 4 wisdom teeth and then another set of four molars?