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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/12/10/dna-tests-can-reveal-paternity-surprises.html?__twitter_impression=trueUntil recently, Andrea Ramirez, 43, thought she was part Mexican.
But the results from an at-home genetic test from 23andMe revealed that she is a mix of Northern European, North African and a little Native American. And not at all hispanic.
Ramirez, who hails from the Bay Area and works in marketing, bought the $199 genetic test in 2013 for a lark after her brother Danny's own test came back with some curious results. She and Danny are both fair-skinned and freckled, and don't closely resemble their half-siblings from their father's first marriage, but they never questioned their heritage.
As expected, Danny showed up on a list of Andrea's DNA relatives on 23andMe. But his DNA was only about a 25 percent match with hers, meaning that he wasn't a full sibling as she had expected.
More strangely, a mysterious woman also appeared on that list as a potential relative. This woman's profile stated that she was donor-conceived.
More people than ever before are expected to buy a DNA-test this Christmas from sites like AncestryDNA or 23andMe, as well as on Amazon.com. Millions have already gotten tested. And for many of these people, the results are unexpected, shocking, and occasionally even life-changing.
The direct-to-consumer genetic testing market, which includes both health and genealogy tests, is expected to grow from about $70 million in 2015 to $340 million by 2022, according to a report from Credence Research.
CNBC spoke to a dozen people who took a DNA test to find out fun facts about their ethnic roots, then were surprised to learned they were donor-conceived. That means the men who had raised them were not their biological fathers -- instead, their parents had faced fertility problems, and their mothers had used sperm from donors at a fertility clinic.
Research from 2005 found that so-called paternity discrepancy, when a person is identified as being biologically fathered by someone other than the person they believe is the father, occurs between 0.8% to 30% in the population.
Most of them don't regret learning the truth, but needed to have some tough conversations with their parents and were left with many unanswered questions. In some cases, they did find likely family members but that didn't always lead to a reunion.
Some bio-ethicists say that 23andMe, Ancestry and the rest should do more to educate their users about the risks and potential outcomes. Making matters more complex is that a donor who wants to stay anonymous might decline to send in their DNA, but can still be traced through their family members.
To its credit, 23andMe does warn its users in its terms of service that the information "has the potential to alter your life and worldview." AncestryDNA's website doesn't make that quite as clear, although it does stress that users might find unknown relatives.
Others believe that fertility clinics should take additional steps to alert donors that anonymity is a thing of the past. Donors should know that if any of their family members get a genetic test, they could be found
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Not what I expected. Thought I was going to come in here and see some Maury type ? .
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i think some of this ? be fake....
got ? leaving they wife cause the baby got white in it an he dark as 12:30 am -
Ain’t Mexicans technically native to America
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Shizlansky wrote: »Ain’t Mexicans technically native to America
In real life yes
But its the ? u cant see that makes everything twisted
Borders -
Yeah, I already shared it on here, but I gave my dad one last year and he found out he was actually half black even though both of the parents that raised him are as white as can be. He wasn't too surprised, but his parents aren't alive for him to ask more.
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I'm suspicious of genetic testing in general, especially take home genetic tests, but it helps to dissolve stupid pre-conceived notions about race and genetics as well as has some very tangible health benefits (like being able to foresee medical concerns).
Human beings aren't that different all over the globe, the racial/genetic ? isn't that important and ultimately, outside of medical/familial
reasons, will have no impact on your life.
Finding out your dad isn't your dad has got to be some ? up ? though. I can say that I wouldn't have taken it so well. -
How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
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southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
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Shizlansky wrote: »Ain’t Mexicans technically native to America
The Mexicans with darker skin are closer to their Native ancestors with the remaining Maya still carrying pretty much the 100% blood of their ancestors. Them light skinned Mexicans have Spanish blood in 'em. -
konceptjones wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »Ain’t Mexicans technically native to America
The Mexicans with darker skin are closer to their Native ancestors with the remaining Maya still carrying pretty much the 100% blood of their ancestors. Them light skinned Mexicans have Spanish blood in 'em.
I tell them that ? all the time.
I let them know they white -
I got Berber ancestors.
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southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
They don't actually look identical to me, and I'm terrible at telling identical twins apart. -
southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
? kinda genetics these hoes got with these Glenn Quagmire jawlines?
Ole ? the left prolly glad she ain't that identical. -
southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
Them hoes look like Bill Cowher
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southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
all them ? look like they will give my dog lice -
Shizlansky wrote: »Ain’t Mexicans technically native to America
Yeah ancient indo Mexicans are native Americans practically. So that explains why Ramirez has native american in her DNA. She doesn't have Spaniard though -
I'm afraid of that test. ? around and find out I'm not actually black.
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konceptjones wrote: »southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
? kinda genetics these hoes got with these Glenn Quagmire jawlines?
Ole ? the left prolly glad she ain't that identical.
I was about to say. The one with the wonky eye got the least of the trash genes while the other 2 caught a raw deal. -
konceptjones wrote: »southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
? kinda genetics these hoes got with these Glenn Quagmire jawlines?
Ole ? the left prolly glad she ain't that identical.
I was about to say. The one with the wonky eye got the least of the trash genes while the other 2 caught a raw deal.
You know there's a problem when "the one with the wonky eye" is the least ? up. -
Idiopathic Joker wrote: »southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
Them hoes look like Bill Cowher
? you bout to have Bill Cowher and them chicks on Maury.
Damn he look like he really could be their father.
If they live in a city with a NFL team
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My mom did her dna test and found the ushal west african anf southeast african but also north african berbers and other North African ancestors.
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Grew up with both of my great-grandmothers, grandparents on both sides, of course know my father and mother.
I'm good on running a DNA test. -
southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
The Three Of Them Would Get 100 Percent Of This Dicc....And I Don't Even Really Like Cave Hoes Like That -
nawledge_? wrote: »southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
The Three Of Them Would Get 100 Percent Of This Dicc....And I Don't Even Really Like Cave Hoes Like That
Seriously???
*looks*
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nawledge_? wrote: »southsil4lil wrote: »How accurate are these DNA testing kits?
I saw something online about three identical triplets. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked the same. But they did the DNA testing and one of them was like 35% Scandinavian, the other was like 32% Scandinavian and the third sister was like 31% Scandinavian. Its not that big of a difference but considering they're identical triplets you'd think their numbers would be the exact same.
Anyway, give me a sec and I'll see if I can find the article.
Edit. I found the article
http://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/identical-triplets-dna-test/
The Three Of Them Would Get 100 Percent Of This Dicc....And I Don't Even Really Like Cave Hoes Like That
They are average Beckies. If you like them, then you are into Cave Hoes, you just didn't know it. lol
