Man of Honour
Has anyone done one of these recently? I'm trying to think of an unusual present for my dad's 70th. There are quite a few companies now offering the same/similar service. Are they worth the money do you think?
What exactly do you think they will be able to tell him?
What is the interest here?
What are the claims these companies make?
I was discussing this my wife this very morning. One of our friends bought one for her brother to do some research. First thing he found out, unbeknown to both of them, was they had different fathers. Good start...
Did one of these myself recently.
What was more interesting was the raw DNA data they give you. .
do the ancestry only ones give you that? I did 23andme. I'm the opposite with caffeine, hyper sensitive and slow to break it down. Which bares out with how I feel after caffeine.
however such tests aren't to be take lightly, very much depends on your personality, what would you do if you had increased risk of some of the more debilitating diseases.
Indeed, that is true. I found out that I may need to be on folic acid supplements as my body seemingly has two defective genotypes that when added together means whatever enzyme responsible for B12 production is completely broken, for example. It's a good thing then that I caught it young, before it did any damage! Just need to confirm it with doctor.
And I think so, because I heard ancestry.com is even better than 23andme for putting through that program - way more results.
Presumably they had a suspicion before the test as I guess two tests would be needed to prove different fathers. If no suspicion existed then a single test for siblings would be enough to give both of them details of their ancestry.
Which company was used? How many genetic pairs are they looking at within their processing?
What exactly do you think they will be able to tell him?
What is the interest here?
What are the claims these companies make?
My dad had two different ones done and came back with different ancestory details.
Make of that what you will.
Like 1 in 10 men are rising another man's child without realising.