Tests to find your genetic makeup/heritage. Are the sellers/testers genuine, or will they just tell you anything to get money off you?

[Accy cyclist]

Have any of you used a test to find out your 'genetic makeup' or whatever they call it now? I've just been listening o the radio where a bloke said he found out his father wasn't his father, but more likely someone from Poland. I'm not after finding out such things, more just if I have any 'foreign blood' in me. Do you think those who sell/do such tests give genuine results, or will they tell you anything just to get some money off you? 🤔

 

[classic33]

If you don't have "foreign" blood, I'd be surprised.

That said, I was linked with another person, living in a Warrington postcode area who has the same name, born on the same day as myself.

 

[Drago]

Have tests with 3 different firms you'll get 3 different results.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Have tests with 3 different firms you'll get 3 different results.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

 

[vickster]

If you don't have "foreign" blood, I'd be surprised.

Indeed, why do you care @Accy cyclist

 

[Fastpedaller]

I'd be interested to know if I am part Neanderthal

 

[Accy cyclist]

Indeed, why do you care @Accy cyclist

Just out of interest. Maybe something to spend money on instead of gold watches, gold rings, beer etc etc.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Indeed, why do you care @Accy cyclist

Oh and I was looking at that 'Egyptian'/Art Deco ring I bought yesterday and started to wonder if I might be a descendant of 'King Tut'!🤔

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I did mine myself, and found out my earliest ancestor was a single-cell, bacterium-like organism called Luca, that was living in a gas from a deep sea trench near the Galapagos Islands.

 

[slowmotion]

I'm massively indifferent about my lineage. Maybe that's unusual. Lots of people find it fascinating, and have fun researching it. Good for them.

 

[DRM]

I’ve done one, it actually seems pretty accurate, it brought up matches from possible cousins in Australia, whose ancestors I was aware of being my great grandfathers brothers, there was also a lady brought up who looked very similar to my maternal grandad, and her surname was a very unusual one which just happens to be my grandads, & uncles middle name, which I very nearly ended up with as it was a family name

 

[wiggydiggy]

Ancestory.co.uk has a DNA service, my family used it to try and fill in a gap (unknown father for someone) and whilst it couldn't do that the other results it did confirm were all accurate.

Edit

For anyone interested in this sort of thing 'Long Lost Family' TV show does these sort of searches better than other shows I've seen, I've been enjoying the "Born Without Trace" sub series of it which looks at Foundlings - people left abandoned as babies. Its very good.

 

[Chris S]

I found second cousins in Australia who I didn't even know existed. I also found out that I was distantly related to some of my Aunt's friends.

I wasn't too impressed by the ethnic analysis though. The same DNA printout can give different results depending on which compay analyzes it. According to one analysis I was 2% German and another 2% Native American!

 

[Drago]

I'd be interested to know if I am part Neanderthal

I'm pretty sure I am.

 

[Lee_M]

Imagine the horror of finding even more relatives.