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has anyone on here done this?

It costs $99 and takes about 6-8 weeks to get results. it matches markers found in you and gives you an idea where your ancestors came from. Now i know that you already have to have an idea of where your ancestors came from and you have to already having some idea of where you came from. just wondering if anyone on here has done this and was the results what you expected?

ancestry.com/dna

 
Where they came from or what ethnic group they are? Kind of confused by that because there's a large difference.

...and how do they come up with that? Do they survey tons of people across Europe/Africa/Asia? It's not as if they're going to be representative of a particular place. Populations move and intermingle a ton.

 
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This would be interesting but I doubt if I ever would spend $99 on it unless there would be some specific reason as to why I actually need to know this.

My father went on ancestry.com and it claimed I'm actually a descendant of Pocahontas. I have always wondered the accuracy of that web site so it would then be interesting to know if I actually have some American Indian blood in me. Heck, maybe I can get some free cheese.

 
Bucky said:
Where they came from or what ethnic group they are? Kind of confused by that because there's a large difference.

...and how do they come up with that? Do they survey tons of people across Europe/Africa/Asia? It's not as if they're going to be representative of a particular place. Populations move and intermingle a ton.
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sure that happens but there are markers that are unique to a group of people. even if you are mixed a lot those markers are still present. It's been awhile but i know that some years back israel didn't a genetic test and found that a certain marker was only present in jews so they could identify who had jewish ancestry or not.

 
BigRedBuster said:
This would be interesting but I doubt if I ever would spend $99 on it unless there would be some specific reason as to why I actually need to know this.

My father went on ancestry.com and it claimed I'm actually a descendant of Pocahontas. I have always wondered the accuracy of that web site so it would then be interesting to know if I actually have some American Indian blood in me. Heck, maybe I can get some free cheese.
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To me $99 dollars is quite low. now the results would have to be in combination of what you know about your ancestor history. some people are curious to where they came from. ever watch the show "who do you think you are?"

 
Right so it's ethnic groups we're talking then.

That'd be interesting.

I just misinterpreted what you meant by "gives you an idea where your ancestors came from" in that I took that to be a geographic concept which at best would only provide a snapshot in time and say, right now, you share DNA with someone, or some group that lives here.

Take the Anglo Saxons for example. Get a test and find out, oh my ancestors are all from England, but they're really not, they're from northern coastal Europe, and deeper interior Eurasia before that.

 
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StPaulHusker said:
I can't stand 99% of my relatives living today. I have no desire to know where the rest came from.
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We might be related. I can't stand my relatives either.
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