Has anybody here had a DNA test done?

A close relation had one done a few years ago.
Recently, that person had another one done by the same company [for various reasons]

The results were completely different. Not just slightly different, they were very different.

I think they just hit a 'randomise' button and send you whatever comes out.
 
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Mr Jack said:
but I think he's talking about L0?
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Yes

platinum87 said:
He says everyones DNA goes back 200k years to mitochondrial eve.
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I'm no expert but the expert said the DNA is special and it's the first time he's met someone.
He is a Professor of Human Genetics at Edinburgh University so I'm pretty sure he knows what he's talking about.
Mr Jack above gives a better explanation.

I've now put the full video from start to finish of the Professor to explain more.

https://www.dmpoole.co.uk/dna.mp4
 
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I did the Ancestry DNA test a couple of years ago to see if it would help with the family tree, and it's been useful in confirming the origins of my family name back to the Virgin Islands, and I know of a lot more distant cousins than I used to.
Ancestry also gives information on "traits" which is pretty interesting. Apparently I have a sprinter gene (still waiting for it to kick-in!)
 
Yeah did a Ancestry one, which didnt tell me much really just my ethnicity.

But if your interested you can download the raw file and upload it to calculators, you can work out ancient ancestry, etc.
 
Update

Well this is where people can tell "I told you so" but I decided not to do one but my daughters bought it for my 65th birthday as a surprise..

I filled in some details but didn't mention that both my parents can trace their lineage back through Irish parents, grandparents and great grandparents.
I put my address down as Stoke, Midlands and that I had been born in Stoke.

Surprise surprise my test results say I'm 76% English from the Midlands, 13% Scandinavian and 4% Irish + other bits.
Trust Pilot shows many disgruntled people who think they have been scammed and I think my daughters have been to.
 
I was looking to do one of these recently and was looking at YouTube videos about it.

They aren't good at telling people apart from the same general location.

I think these tests are more for Americans, Canadians, Australians etc. Because they have ancestry in at least 2 geographical locations.
 
neocon said:
How about the health analysis of your DNA? That's normally extra and might be interesting.
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if i was going to be getting actual information like serious health analysis i would want a proper job done on it.
sure if its just a bit of fun go for it....... i think i mentioned before when 23 and me were 1st setting up a bunch of us were given free limited goes at it, we got to pick 5 loci to look at with pre defined traits.

but for anything serious i would not go near it. Truth is i didnt even think they offered serious diagnosis. Remember some women have a preventative double mastectomy if certain mutations in BRACA1 or 2 or PALB2 are detected.

I would want something more robust than 23 and me giving me that data..... do it properly or better not to do it at all imo.

(I did learn i have a very strong natural resistance to Norovirus........... and albeit very limited dataset but i have never had it, despte at one point over half of my team going down with it... )
 
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My wife's family, mum and 3 siblings all got it done, 100 quid a go, and were "upset" they shared similar results. Bloody dullards no **** lol.
That's makes them sound stupider than they are but I said it's not like you were really expecting anything else right :p
Pretty much like every other northern swede
Bit Finnish, bit Swedish and German, cos they all moved up here to be religious and stupid back in 1600 or whenever god was cool.
 
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I've had a reply from my Trust Pilot review


Reply from Ancestry.com
2 hours ago
Hi David and thank you very much for taking the time to share this review of our DNA service. We are eager to address this with you.

Even with a perfect knowledge of the history of your ancestors, DNA can still show some unexpected results. Remember AncestryDNA ethnicity estimates are based on available data. Ancestry uses established baseline ethnicities taken from living people with verified roots in a particular area. This is otherwise known as our reference panel. We calculate your ethnicity estimate by comparing your DNA to this reference panel made up of DNA samples from over 68,000 people, representing 84 different global regions and over 1,800 communities.

It is important to note that DNA does not respect borders and modern political boundaries do not always accurately represent relationships between different regions. Heavy migration over the last few hundred years and subsequent inter- marrying means that DNA for some regions can be particularly admixed, especially with closely related regions.

Remember our test does not test for nationality and so while your father and mother may be Irish, this is not to say that their ancestors actually originated from Ireland. If their ancestors before them had migrated to Ireland from somewhere else, they would have brought their DNA with them and this in turn would be passed down to you.

Genetic inheritance is completely random and so while we each inherit 50% of our fathers DNA and 50% of our mothers DNA, we do not get an equal split of their DNA. We've linked an article below which discusses inheritance.

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Remember that your DNA is only one element of a much larger picture, and your family history and relatives will play an important role in your genetic make-up, even if they are not specifically reflected in your ethnicity results. Check out the linked below for more information on the factors that can caused unexpected results. We hope this article helps better explain your results.

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We'd recommend reaching out to your DNA matches to try and figure out how you might be related. Check out the article we've linked below for more information.

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If you have received some unexpected matches, please see the guide below. We hope this might help you navigate any potential new discoveries.

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SexyGreyFox said:
Update

Well this is where people can tell "I told you so" but I decided not to do one but my daughters bought it for my 65th birthday as a surprise..

I filled in some details but didn't mention that both my parents can trace their lineage back through Irish parents, grandparents and great grandparents.
I put my address down as Stoke, Midlands and that I had been born in Stoke.

Surprise surprise my test results say I'm 76% English from the Midlands, 13% Scandinavian and 4% Irish + other bits.
Trust Pilot shows many disgruntled people who think they have been scammed and I think my daughters have been to.
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Or you dad or grandad isn't who you thought he was.
 
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