DNA Testing

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Preezy** » Fri May 11, 2018 3:43 pm

If your DNA's got nothing to hide then you shouldn't mind it being shared ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Ironhide** » Fri May 11, 2018 4:44 pm

I'm very selective about who I share my DNA with.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Parksey** » Fri May 11, 2018 4:51 pm

Well my Dad researched our Paternal family tree all the way back to the 1390s, so it seemed like our family are pretty long-lived and I have nothing to worry about. Or at least I think that's what it means.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Moggy** » Fri May 11, 2018 4:55 pm

Parksey wrote:Well my Dad researched our Paternal family tree all the way back to the 1390s, so it seemed like our family are pretty long-lived and I have nothing to worry about. Or at least I think that's what it means.

If the ones from 1390 are still alive then your lot really are long-lived.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Hypes** » Fri May 11, 2018 6:50 pm

Parksey wrote:Well my Dad researched our Paternal family tree all the way back to the 1390s, so it seemed like our family are pretty long-lived and I have nothing to worry about. Or at least I think that's what it means.

It means your ancestors were rich. Who squandered all the money?

PostRe: DNA Testing by **<]:^D** » Sat May 12, 2018 10:52 am

Preezy wrote:If your DNA's got nothing to hide then you shouldn't mind it being shared ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

give me some of your dna then. ill even send the tubes free-post return.
you can choose the sample type :capnscotty:

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Pedz** » Sat May 12, 2018 3:44 pm

False wrote:
Hexx wrote:Blatent "Oh gooseberry fool I might have a sprog" post.

Ad7 wrote:Just save yourself some cash and go on Jeremy Kyle.

The results are in and Falsey is NOT the father

gf just had the implant so no little ones for me

Unless it fails and you have triplets.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Rightey** » Sat May 12, 2018 4:18 pm

False wrote:Thats not what Im saying Ad. What Im saying is they sell a DNA profile of some banana split to the insurance or whomever, but when this banana split rings up there is no record against my name. Of course if mandatory testing comes in with insurance or whatever this goes out the window, but it isnt the case now.

Moggy, there is two kinds of tests available. Cheaper one is just ancestry and more expensive includes a health profile.

Name on credit card the test was purchased with: Falsey McFalson

Name given: Falsey McNotFalson

Ancestry tests companies face when they realize they've been had...

PostRe: RE: Re: DNA Testing by **Death's Head** » Sat May 12, 2018 4:31 pm

Ironhide wrote:
<]:^D wrote:ive heard that these testing companies are looking into (or already are) selling your genetic data.
e.g. to insurance companies so if you have a higher risk of some incurable disease, boom, premiums go up.
no thanks.

This, plus its just another way of creating a national DNA database.

Given the new GPDR that has come in, selling on your data is not allowed unless you specifically sign something that will allow them to share your data.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **<]:^D** » Sat May 12, 2018 5:35 pm

Rightey wrote:
False wrote:Thats not what Im saying Ad. What Im saying is they sell a DNA profile of some banana split to the insurance or whomever, but when this banana split rings up there is no record against my name. Of course if mandatory testing comes in with insurance or whatever this goes out the window, but it isnt the case now.

Moggy, there is two kinds of tests available. Cheaper one is just ancestry and more expensive includes a health profile.

Name on credit card the test was purchased with: Falsey McFalson

Name given: Falsey McNotFalson

Ancestry tests companies face when they realize they've been had...

PostRe: DNA Testing by **RichardUK** » Sun May 13, 2018 1:19 am

I keep meaning to do the Ancestry one as I would find that interesting, my partner also wants to do it and he wants his twin sister to take it as well to see if it comes back the same

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Slayerx** » Sun May 13, 2018 8:24 am

Just leave this here :lol:

PostRe: DNA Testing by **<]:^D** » Sun May 13, 2018 11:52 am

this is the only reason to get a dna test - for other peoples entertainment :lol:

PostRe: DNA Testing by **False** » Sun May 13, 2018 12:09 pm

If I had one Id deffo post it here

PostRe: DNA Testing by **SEP** » Sun May 13, 2018 12:36 pm

Alvin Flummux wrote:
Ad7 wrote:I just did one on Facebook and apparently I'm 98% British bread

Hovis McWarburton, is that you?

He's his Mother's Pride.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Grumpy David** » Sun May 13, 2018 1:54 pm

I did the 23andme ancestry and health a few years ago. No health risks for anything thankfully.

It didn't break down the difference between British and Irish but it now makes a best guess. I knew that my ancestry can be traced quite far back in Ireland due to the Catholic Church records (baptisms etc).

European
99.8%
British & Irish
97.4%
Ireland prediction
Scandinavian
0.4%
Sardinian
0.2%
Broadly Northwestern European
1.7%
Broadly European
0.1%
Unassigned
0.2%

Pretty fecking Irish!

It also said I have more Neadathal DNA than 89% of other members. :slol:

And had the DNA variant found in many elite power athletes. :datass:

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Dual** » Sun May 13, 2018 2:39 pm

What would you do if it came back low risk for health issues but then you end up getting really poorly?

PostRe: DNA Testing by **Grumpy David** » Sun May 13, 2018 2:46 pm

Dual wrote:What would you do if it came back low risk for health issues but then you end up getting really poorly?

Nothing? Wouldn't sue them if that's what you're getting at?

It would just be bad luck.

I'm in pretty strawberry floating good shape and well insured for life cover and income protection insurance (£1400p/m) kicks in if unable to work for more than 4 weeks or more and if it was permanent, it would continue to pay to age 68. Fingers crossed the insurance turns out to be a waste of money, but no one can predict the future and I can't afford to be the unlucky soul with a career ending illness.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **False** » Sun May 13, 2018 3:16 pm

Even if it comes back high risk for a health issue its not a done deal. The genetic match is just saying you are in a high risk group, not that you are guaranteed to get it or immune.

PostRe: DNA Testing by **That** » Fri May 18, 2018 10:48 am

I was at a seminar the other day led by a high-up geneticist for NHS Wales. She had a little rant about 23andme, and told a story of a patient who came in and swore she had homozygous BRCA1 mutations because the test told her so. But homozygous BRCA1 mutations are well-known to be incompatible with life: she would have been a miscarriage if her DNA were really set up that way. The moral of the story is that the quality control on these tests is not good, and the results often can't be further investigated by NHS doctors (as it would further strain their limited resources to confirm 23andme results for everyone who has it done).

Her advice was "if you're thinking about doing 23andme... please don't!". I guess I think if you're happy to treat it as a game and a bit of fun then it's fine. But someone who's going to be up at night worrying that they're going to get Alzheimer's any day now because the test told them so should give it a miss.

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