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cricketmd
Member
Yes, I ran into same problem so I used my DC work address to have it delivered to.
voodoochil3
New Member
If you do get around the MD restrictions, make sure you aren't stupid like me and post on their forums that you got around said restrictions. Jerks invalidated my test just DAYS before I got my results. I've been waiting TWO months! So upset today 
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
This intrigues me only because we know nothing of my paternal grandfather; however, I read this on the 23 and Me site, "Paternal lineage is only scientifically possible for male members." Does that mean that I won't be able to garner any information about paternal lineage? I have a feeling I won't be able to get my brother to do this; he's not fond of anyone having his fingerprints so there's no way in hell he'd fess up his DNA.
I'm curious about this too. My paternal great grandfather ran off after my grandfather was born. I know that he started a new family in Tennessee and I'd like to find them. I'm not sure if I could get my dad or brother to do it.
voodoochil3
New Member
Ancestry.com does a test that is allowed in MD...because it only does your ancestry and not your health testing. Not as fascinating to me.
Radiant1
Soul Probe
So, now that MD has released its hold on the DNA testing I sent my sample to 23andMe as well as Ancestry. Both heritage results were pretty much the same except 23andMe denoted I have a small portion of Japanese ancestry which came as a really cool and unexpected surprise. This Japanese relative is traced back to the 1700s, but as I understand it Japan was a closed nation in the 1700s so now I'm even more curious about my ancestry than before I sent the sample!
I haven't had much time of late to delve into the relatives with similar DNA but look forward to doing so. I'm trying to talk my brother into doing it so I can get some paternal-side information. My father and uncles have passed so he's my only hope being the only male sibling.
I'm not a carrier of any of the inherited diseases that were tested, so that was good to know.
Has anyone else done this and had some pleasant (or not so pleasant) surprises?
I haven't had much time of late to delve into the relatives with similar DNA but look forward to doing so. I'm trying to talk my brother into doing it so I can get some paternal-side information. My father and uncles have passed so he's my only hope being the only male sibling.
I'm not a carrier of any of the inherited diseases that were tested, so that was good to know.
Has anyone else done this and had some pleasant (or not so pleasant) surprises?
So, now that MD has released its hold on the DNA testing I sent my sample to 23andMe as well as Ancestry. Both heritage results were pretty much the same except 23andMe denoted I have a small portion of Japanese ancestry which came as a really cool and unexpected surprise. This Japanese relative is traced back to the 1700s, but as I understand it Japan was a closed nation in the 1700s so now I'm even more curious about my ancestry than before I sent the sample!
I haven't had much time of late to delve into the relatives with similar DNA but look forward to doing so. I'm trying to talk my brother into doing it so I can get some paternal-side information. My father and uncles have passed so he's my only hope being the only male sibling.
I'm not a carrier of any of the inherited diseases that were tested, so that was good to know.
Has anyone else done this and had some pleasant (or not so pleasant) surprises?
What's your percentage of Cherokee? Seems like everyone is part Cherokee.
23andMe admits it didn’t detect cyberattacks for months
In other words, for around five months, 23andMe did not detect a series of cyberattacks where hackers were trying — and often succeeding — in brute-forcing access to customers’ accounts, according to a legally required filing 23andMe sent to California’s attorney general.
Months after the hackers started targeting 23andMe customers, the company revealed that hackers had stolen the ancestry and genetic data of 6.9 million users, or about half of its customers.
According to the company, 23andMe became aware of the breach in October when hackers advertised the stolen data in posts published on the unofficial 23andMe subreddit and separately on a notorious hacking forum. 23andMe also did not notice that the hackers advertised the stolen data on another hacking forum months earlier in August, as TechCrunch reported.
Clem72
Well-Known Member
Legitimate concern. That's why I immediately deleted my DNA from their database and jumped through the hoops to have them destroy the samples at MyHeritage after I got my results. I'm not sure any of the other big test groups even offer the latter.
DNA For Sale: Regeneron To Scoop Up Bankrupt 23andMe In Court-Supervised Sale
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced it has been "named the successful bidder" in the defunct 23andMe's bankruptcy auction. It will acquire 23andMe's core business lines—including Personal Genome Service, Total Health and Research Services, and Biobank—for $256 million.
New York-based Regeneron revealed that the $256 million deal to acquire 23andMe's gigantic pool of genetic data (estimated to include 15 million people) will close by the third quarter of this year.
"Regeneron was one of the first biotech companies to bet its future on the power of DNA, fueling our drug discovery efforts so as to deliver some of the world's leading and most innovative medicines, including treatments to prevent blindness, for allergic diseases from asthma to atopic dermatitis, for several forms of cancer, and even for Ebola and COVID-19," stated George D. Yancopoulos, M.D. Ph.D., co-founder, Board co-chair, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron.
Yancopoulos said, "We have deep experience with large-scale data management, having worked with collaborators around the world to link deidentified DNA sequences from nearly three million consented participants to electronic health records, safely and securely enabling future medical advances. We believe we can help 23andMe deliver and build upon its mission to help those interested in learning about their own DNA and how to improve their personal health, while furthering Regeneron's efforts to use large-scale genetics research to improve the way society treats and prevents illness overall."
Kinnakeet
Well-Known Member
Tell them your from Africa the Shocka Zulu tribe
I have not done this, but to see who your ancestors come from ?
Showed some Problacks they were descendants of Slavers which was some funny shite watching their reactions
glhs837
Power with Control
Cant speak to 23 and me. But I can say that my testing showed parts of my ancestry that have since been borne out through my genealogical research. Couldn't understand where the 17% German result came from until I took the tree back far enough. Seems two of my great great great great grandfathers on my mothers side, both married German women in the late 17 and early 1800s in Nova Scotia. Scottish results trace back to the McLeod and McKay ancestral areas. A bit of Norwegian is understandable for anyone whose family goes back to the Scotland/Ireland/ England area.
Sounds like a Crichton novel.
Oh, wait, it was a Crichton novel:
