As you know, I already have results from 23 and Me, but Ancestry has a slightly different testing method (I won't bore you with the differences, since most of us wouldn't understand the differences anyhow).
Doing this is two-fold... It will show me their test results, and will also show you guys any potential difference between the two, in the final results.
Understand that Ancestry does NOT do Health Tests, and are ancestry related only.
Will post results, when test comes back!
I like science, and I like to be thorough!
It will only tell you where your DNA has been observed elsewhere....not necessarily family...
10 bucks says he's got squirrel in his lineage.
Hopefully that 3% Jew blood will have been a mistake!
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I read that, it's really a waste of money.
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Even if accurate, they can only make assumptions for those (very few) in their database
That said, mate's closest friend, a nephew in law from former marriage, located a 1/2 sister in England ... because she was in the database
They verified it true as they had both previously and separately tracked had down their once unknown "common" father
Very nice for him as he has no other family that he cares to have - he was always treated and called by blood family he was brought up with as "the bastard" ... which triggered mate to then take him in (and far away from his "family") and treated him as his own child alongside his own kids
Mate cried when he learned this wonderful person had found a verified 1/2 sister - Decent "blood" family for him finally
Again, ONLY because he and sister were in database - a very unlikely long shot that panned out
That's amazing cc.
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Yes. They found each other last summer
Brings tears to my eyes every time I think about it - After marrying mate I also got to know and love this wonderful person who succeeded in life despite everything against him.
Also. it makes me love my mate more knowing he would take this lad into his family on his 16th birthday - despite everyone telling him that 16 was far to late to save anyone - mate's instincts and caring were spot on
Mate and he, not blood relatives, are so close no one could pull them apart with 2 D9s chained to them .. . and the trust between them is "absolute"
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I agree it is!
I also have a half brother, and all I know is that my dad gave up parental rights to that wife, his name was Benjamin I think, and 2 years younger than me. Have no idea what he looks like or anything. Would be crazy if he is the twin thats been spotted around town. Some guy that drives a Jeep like mine color and all, looks like me, and even wore the same sunglasses lol.
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I read that, it's really a waste of money.
It depends on your expectation.
At the least, it shows where your DNA has been observed throughout history...it "tracks" its journey from the original source, Africa to its most recent locality. It does not identify who it matches with unless you pay for that. My DNA was observed to have travelled from Africa, up to the northernmost reaches of Russia, then down through Scandinavia into the UK.
Someone in Sweden paid for the matching service, because they contacted me and asked if I had family in Sweden. Obviously, hundreds or thousands of years ago, I did...but none in recent memory.
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I read that, it's really a waste of money.
It depends on your expectation.
At the least, it shows where your DNA has been observed throughout history...it "tracks" its journey from the original source, Africa to its most recent locality. It does not identify who it matches with unless you pay for that. My DNA was observed to have travelled from Africa, up to the northernmost reaches of Russia, then down through Scandinavia into the UK.
Someone in Sweden paid for the matching service, because they contacted me and asked if I had family in Sweden. Obviously, hundreds or thousands of years ago, I did...but none in recent memory.
I don't think that is what most people expect from the service though Bricktop.
Then they should be more diligent. I knew exactly what it was going to do. We did ours through National Geographic, and they supplied a DVD that detailed precisely what they would provide, with examples.
They then onsell the database to geneology services where people can register and obtain information about precise matches with others.
Ancestry has an advantage over 23 and Me, when linking users, simply because Ancestry has a database of around 6,000,000 users, while 23 and Me has a database of around 1,000,000 users.
That, and I want to make sure that the Jew blood wasn't planted by CC, or one of her operatives...
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They then onsell the database to geneology services where people can register and obtain information about precise matches with others.
I never heard of anyone doing that Bricktop.
Are the results back yet AWM? Are you part squirrel? Did Rocky bust a nut in one of your ancestors?
I await with bated breath.
Will probably take 6 to 8 weeks in total, to get kit, and then to get results...
Have you ever felt a driving need to visit oak trees or corn fields in autumn?
Cracks in the code: Why mapping your DNA may be less reliable than you think
The Personal Genome Project was supposed to revolutionize medicine, but the results reveal how much we still have to learn. Carolyn Abraham looks at the risk of misleading results as DNA testing enters mainstream medicine.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/genetic-testing/article37829424/