Posted on 11/19/2017 8:41:02 AM PST by TaxPayer2000
The advantage of AncestryDNA is their very large pool of customers (compared to the other companies) but they give less information. It's a dumbed-down version compared to FamilyTreeDNA or 23andMe. AncestryDNA doesn't tell you your mitochondrial DNA. The woman crying over her Nigerian hat could have found out if her mtDNA is African, European, or American Indian, from one of the other companies.
I have now had test results from 7 companies--which differ widely and in some cases have unbelievable results (compared to what I know from having researched my family tree). So the ethnic results have to be taken with a grain of salt. But they can lead you to matches who may have valuable information on your ancestors.
I have a distant cousin who turned up as a match on two of the DNA companies, who had been adopted as a baby. I and some of her other matches were able to help her figure out who her birth mother is (her adoptive parents are now dead) and she recently met her mother for the first time. Her mother is also very happy with the reunion. The pregnancy was the result of a rape and she had not even been allowed to hold her daughter after giving birth.
Most adoptees are reluctant to search because they do not want to bother their blood relatives or because they do not want to hurt their parents. I am glad the mother is happy to finally be able to meet her biological mother.
Thinking about the men who joke, "I have no children... that I know of. /smirk"
It’s not what you’re hiding that matters. As DNA research is refined and characteristics are pinpointed, you won’t be able to hide. Anything.
You get that much closer to GATTACA territory. Genetic “purity” determines whether you participate in society, or are simply made a serf or killed in the womb.
DNA sampling and analysis can be 100% retroactive punishment. Your bloodline is eliminated solely because of some trait that shows up in your DNA markers. Doesn’t matter how great you are, or how successful you are. If your DNA shows some sort of flaw, you are defective, and must be removed.
See how it works?
It is similar to those that think just because they do not have a facebook account they are not on facebook.
People post photos of family members and tag them.
Even if you never logged on to facebook your name and face is on a computer somewhere.
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