Have you done it? What are your thoughts on it?
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We bought it as a present for some family members interested in genealogy. It was really fun and surprising!
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We had it done after our 3rd miscarriage. It was really interesting, though it didn't help explain anything.
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Oh maybe I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about something like 23 and me.
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It might be me who misunderstood! I was thinking that would make an interesting present, lol.
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@Mrs. Jacks: Yup, talking something just like that!
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@Boogs: Well, that was what we used. I would caution that for people who are European, it may not give a ton of information.
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@Mrs. Jacks: That's good to know!
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I've always wanted to do this but I would need to enlist my Dad to help and testing is not cheap. I became interested in testing after watching African American Lives on PBS with Henry Gates and he took a DNA test and found out that he had more European DNA than African. I think it he had double the amount of European DNA. So cool!
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Yes I've been interested but don't want to pay the $100-200. Maybe if it drops down to $40-50 since I strongly suspect that it will just tell me that I'm 100% Asian.
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Sure, sounds like it'd be interesting!
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My brother did and basically diagnosed himself with CF
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What for?
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@mrsjazz: that was a great series! He was something like 30% African admixture, right? His heritage was mostly Irish if I remember. I think the test that does African admixture best is one of the more expensive ones. 23 and me is like $99, I think.
We're definitely going to do one for M so she can get a better read on her African heritage. Her birth family really has no information going back more than a generation.
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We did! Because we're Jewish, my OB suggested I do it before TTC. But their "way" was $300/person and didn't have nearly as much info as 23 & Me. I think the info we got is very useful, and I was able to find out that DH also has MTHFR through it. I was also able to rule out some potential causes for the m/cs by searching the raw data.
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@Mrs. Jacks: He's 60% Irish, 34% African, and 6% Asian. Crazy! Ever since that series I've been hooked on genealogy. It's so fascinating, especially if you get a surprise like Gates did--here's a man who devotes his life to African-American studies and then finds out that he's mostly Irish.
My dad thinks it's a waste of money so I need to convince him.
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@mrsjazz: my parents did too so I just bought it for them
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