# Results of my genetic ancestry test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859 "2013-11-01T17:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/21 "2013-11-03T21:48:24Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Just sent off for mine. Since most of my ancestry is German, then French, English, Scots, Irish, I expect it to me more of the same. Where and how the 1/16 Ojibwe fits in will be interesting. It will also be interesting if Italian or thereabouts shows up since my mother traces ancestors back to immigration from Italy to Germany in the 1500’s. This is a good username/post combo. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/22 "2013-11-04T01:19:54Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Just sent off for mine. Since most of my ancestry is German, then French, English, Scots, Irish, I expect it to me more of the same. Where and how the 1/16 Ojibwe fits in will be interesting. It will also be interesting if Italian or thereabouts shows up since my mother traces ancestors back to immigration from Italy to Germany in the 1500’s. Really, with the “minor nobility” factor, one part of my family grapevine wended from the New World back to Bavaria, from Bavaria to Alsace, from Alsace to Burgundy, from Burgundy to Sicily, with a brief stay in Denmark then back to Holland for a bit, then from Holland to England, then back to northern France. So from the early 1100s, that one vine sort of wanders around a bit. I can see picking up some north african in Sicily from the moorish invasion. If we were peasant scum we would have stuck in an area before moving to the US. Mom’s sice is the peasant scum side, anabaptist farmers in Germany headed over in the mid 1600s to the new world and sort of milled about farming in a few places and interbreeding with themselves until Mom rumspringa’d out to get a job in WW2 and ended up meeting my dad in college. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/23 "2013-11-04T01:31:33Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Ethnic mix spot on. Pegged me at 95% Ashkenazi jewsh. They do offer Y haplotyping, but I’m female. mtDNA haplotyping gave me a maternal line of H1. Neanderthal DNA as well. The whole field is fascinating but I don’t see the point in doing it since I am going to be entirely Ashkenazi too. (Although it would be an interesting conversation with Mom if I end up half Irish or something). Do you end up with anything more interesting to make it worthwhile? It should be mostly Polish/Ukrainian with maybe a dash of Georgian/Turkish on Dad’s side. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/24 "2013-11-04T01:40:22Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > The whole field is fascinating but I don’t see the point in doing it since I am going to be entirely Ashkenazi too. (Although it would be an interesting conversation with Mom if I end up half Irish or something). Do you end up with anything more interesting to make it worthwhile? It should be mostly Polish/Ukrainian with maybe a dash of Georgian/Turkish on Dad’s side. There is so much data on Ashkenazi Jews that it makes the analysis really interesting. My husband, not Jewish, had much less detail in certain areas. Plus, there are a ton of ‘DNA relatives’ to interact with. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/25 "2013-11-04T01:54:42Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Being adopted, I’d be kinda interested in this, but not at those prices. I was adopted, and the agency lied to my parents, said I had my dad’s ancestry (Irish/Anglo), my sister my mom’s (French). Turned out when I met my birth mother she said I was Swedish (biol. father)/Slovenian (her). ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/26 "2013-11-04T05:14:25Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > We did ours through 23andMe. Really fun to do. I’m thinking about buying kits as Hannukah presents for my siblings. Yeah, I did 23andMe as well. Pretty neat info. I got a kit for my mom for her birthday. Notable results: 1. Mom has always claimed she was my mother. I was naturally…suspicious. 😃 But I guess her story checks out, 23andMe did tag her as my mother 2. The random genetic relatives that pop up were pretty neat. Looking up a few of them on facebook - there’s one guy that I’m like a 3rd cousin to, but who looks exactly like me. Eerie. 3. I’ve got a higher-than-average genetic risk for lung cancer, but I’ve got a lower-than average risk for going bald. I’m counting this as a win. 4. I’m 2.8% Neanderthal. Good to know. 5. 23andme told me I have a pretty high chance of having of having brown hair. I rushed to the mirror to check - thank God, they were correct. 😃 …though I did start to go gray in my early 20s. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/27 "2013-11-05T22:10:27Z")
> [@saje](#): > > For those that have done the 23andme test, what did you think of the health info provided? > > I’m adopted and know nothing about my birth parents - never wanted to. But now that I’m over 50 I _am_ sort of wondering about potential health problems, though I’ve been disgustingly healthy all my life so far. > > And in truth, should markers come up for cancer(s), I’m not really sure what I’d do with that information. And I’m not even sure if being “forewarned” is a good thing or not, since markers don’t equal actually getting the disease. > > Anyway, I’m rambling, sorry for the hijack **Cyningablod**. But thanks foir the topic, it’s interesting and I will probably end up doing one of the two tests. Go with 23andMe. The health results were both eye-opening and a relief. I now know which tests I should never put off and which ones I should still get regularly but not worry myself sick over. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/28 "2013-11-05T22:14:44Z")
Until someone submits a sample to two independent labs and gets identical results, I think it would be wise to suspend judgement as to the accuracy of single results. Confirmation bias is a powerful force, and you might not be who you think you are. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/29 "2013-11-05T22:15:20Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > My mtDNA is type H, which is pretty common for a European (descended) female. What I find interesting is that the other users who are identified as close matches to me – ie fairly recent genetic cousins in the female line – a surprising number of them are Jews. I say surprising as my family isn’t Jewish nor do I know of a single Jewish ancestor. Jews from Ukraine, Jews from Belarus, Jews from Poland, Jews from Lithuania… you get the idea. Of my matches I’ve say 1/3rd are from families with obvious Jewish roots. They probably aren’t “fairly recent” cousins. Populations such as Ashkenazi Jews are so inbred that chances are that 4th cousin is at least an 8th, 9th cousin or more. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/30 "2013-11-05T22:25:39Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > New Jersey. Oh, _what_, not _where_… > > I have been interested in this but can’t justify the expense at this time. It looks like 23andMe is $99 and Geno is $159 (they claim that’s a discount from $199, but I don’t know if that’s permanent). Question: do you get all the tests for one price? > > My dad did it through [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com), $99 too. The Ancestry test is crap. No health results and the genetic ethnicity is nowhere near as complete as the 23andMe test. At 23andMe, everything is included for the $99. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/31 "2013-11-06T00:21:35Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > The Ancestry test is crap. No health results and the genetic ethnicity is nowhere near as complete as the 23andMe test. The question is how accurate are those ‘health results’. Have there been sufficient studies conducted of many many thousands of people’s genetic codes and compared them to their, and their family’s health over the course of several decades? No? The devil you say! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/32 "2013-11-06T01:23:31Z")
> [@JerrySTL](#): > > Interesting. I think I’m going to add this to my Christmas Wish List. Likewise. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/33 "2013-12-24T13:57:40Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The question is how accurate are those ‘health results’. Have there been sufficient studies conducted of many many thousands of people’s genetic codes and compared them to their, and their family’s health over the course of several decades? > > No? The devil you say! It looks like a couple weeks later and the ability of [23andme.com](http://23andme.com) to offer new health results has been suspended [by the FDA:](https://www.23andme.com/health/) > [@](#): > > Current 23andMe customers who received health-related results prior to November 22, 2013 will continue to have access to that information. However, no new health-related updates will be provided to your account. > • Customers who purchased kits before November 22, 2013 will still receive > health-related results. > • Customers who purchase or have purchased 23andMe’s Personal Genetics Service (PGS) on or after November 22, 2013, the date of the Warning Letter from the FDA, will receive ancestry information, as well as their raw genetic data without interpretation. These new customers may receive additional health-related results in the future, dependent upon FDA marketing authorization. Customers who purchased kits on or after November 22, 2013 will be eligible for a refund. 23andMe will be sending an email with refund instructions to all eligible customers. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859/34 "2013-12-24T14:38:33Z")
My Genographic project results have been stuck at 80% complete for 3 weeks now. Had been hoping it would be completed by Christmas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859.md?page=1)