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Tashfiend GarliqueFYI that site is fuqing bullshyt. For example, mine says I'm part South Asian.
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Camp Idiot PresentsYour great great grandpappy was a pirate me thinks.
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SpankyTashfiend Garlique wrote:
FYI that site is fuqing bullshyt. For example, mine says I'm part South Asian.
I got it as a gift. I gave a gift like this to someone else previously from a different provider and the results from the other provider seemed a lot better. I am going to pay for another one and compare the results.
The "Great Britain" thing certainly doesn't align with any stories I have been told. I was always told that on my mom's side I was mostly German, yet no German really shows up in my results.
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Phillip_McCavityThere aren't scientific tests for such a thing.
DNA is DNA, it has nothing to do with race.
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SpankyPhillip_McCavity wrote:
There aren't scientific tests for such a thing.
DNA is DNA, it has nothing to do with race.
They don't claim it has anything to do with race since race is a manufactured concept.
Everything is based on haplogroups, which are correlated to geographic region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup
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Hell_Is_Like_NewarkYou can upload your data to sites like dna.land, which will give you additional info.
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WithoutFrothI'm way better than the racists because of my superior genetic stock.
Do you even listen to yourself, buffoon.
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Phillip_McCavitySpanky wrote:
They don't claim it has anything to do with race since race is a manufactured concept.
Everything is based on haplogroups, which are correlated to geographic region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup
https://www.livescience.com/7384-geneti … tists.html
Hyped promises
Most genetic ancestry tests involve the analysis of small snippets of DNA passed down only through the mother, or only through the father. These tests can identify related individuals who share a common maternal or paternal ancestor, and even where in the world people with your genetic signature live today.
A common misconception about genetic ancestry testing, Bolnick said, is that it can reveal information about an individual's ancestry. It cannot.
"People assume these tests can tell you your race or ethnicity and reveal exactly where your ancestors lived or exactly what social group they identified with," she said.
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SpankyPhillip_McCavity wrote:
https://www.livescience.com/7384-genetic-ancestry-tests-hype-scientists.html
Hyped promises
Most genetic ancestry tests involve the analysis of small snippets of DNA passed down only through the mother, or only through the father. These tests can identify related individuals who share a common maternal or paternal ancestor, and even where in the world people with your genetic signature live today.
A common misconception about genetic ancestry testing, Bolnick said, is that it can reveal information about an individual's ancestry. It cannot.
"People assume these tests can tell you your race or ethnicity and reveal exactly where your ancestors lived or exactly what social group they identified with," she said.
That article is from 2007. I wonder if genetic science has advanced since then.
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Phillip_McCavitySpanky wrote:
That article is from 2007. I wonder if genetic science has advanced since then.
I don't think human DNA has changed much for the past 400,000 years or so.
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SpankyPhillip_McCavity wrote:
I don't think human DNA has changed much for the past 400,000 years or so.
I guess we better stop wasting money on genetic investigation.
I get what you are saying, Phil. These tests are for entertainment purposes not for scientific purposes, but they get more and more accurate each year.
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Phillip_McCavitySpanky wrote:
I guess we better stop wasting money on genetic investigation.
I get what you are saying, Phil. These tests are for entertainment purposes not for scientific purposes, but they get more and more accurate each year.
The point is that although haplogroups are associated with an area, the presence of such a group in your DNA does not mean your ancestors came from that area.
We humans share lots of DNA, and we are horny and mobile creatures.
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Camp Idiot PresentsPhillip_McCavity wrote:
The point is that although haplogroups are associated with an area, the presence of such a group in your DNA does not mean your ancestors came from that area.
We humans share lots of DNA, and we are horny and mobile creatures.
That's true, however in the pre-historic past people were far less mobile so their traits for appearance (at the least) were condensed and thus identifiable.
I think the debate is about how much the differences in appearance can be assumed to represent differences in the expression of other traits via DNA.
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RockHardConservativeSure is a lot of buck in you.
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Senator BergdahlHow do you know the ethnic background of anyone here other than your wife? Be specific.
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SpankySenator Bergdahl wrote:
How do you know the ethnic background of anyone here other than your wife? Be specific.
Racists lie.
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Avid PaddlerRockHardConservative wrote:
Sure is a lot of buck in you.
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Only the peeners
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Senator BergdahlSpanky wrote:
Racists lie.
How much you weigh these days, tubby?
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SockpuppetSenator Bergdahl wrote:
How much you weigh these days, tubby?
580ish
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Senator BergdahlSockpuppet wrote:
580ish
When does the personal training start?
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SockpuppetSenator Bergdahl wrote:
When does the personal training start?
Saturday.
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Senator BergdahlSockpuppet wrote:
Saturday.
I am sure you are getting your diet in order this week in anticipation, right?
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Tom LeykisPhillip_McCavity wrote:
There aren't scientific tests for such a thing.
DNA is DNA, it has nothing to do with race.
I suppose you could use DNA to tell if somebody is African, but they sell the idea that they can tell if you're German, French or Italian heritage. I guess they never heard of "voting with your feet" and having sex with people once you got there.
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.Spanky wrote:
The "Great Britain" thing certainly doesn't align with any stories I have been told. I was always told that on my mom's side I was mostly German, yet no German really shows up in my results.
"Great Britain" isn't England, and the British Isles is a hodge-podge. "Europe West" could be from Deutsch ancestors.
The other guy is right. This stuff is mostly bullshyt. There are cases of identical twins and triplets getting significantly differing results.
A sibling had one of these tests done. Came out 100% northern and western European, which is consistent with what we know about our ancestry.
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