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DNA Test Kits

SeaMaiden — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 20:51:45 GMT

I have contemplated doing this for a long time. I went ahead and ordered The 23 and me

Health + Ancestry Personal Genetic Test. The They had $20.00 off and another $5 off through Mr Rebates.

I want to know more background of my family DNA. Any health risks I may not know about as well. I will update went I get the results.

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fresh kitty — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:09:42 GMT

I was adopted at a very young age so I never knew anything so at 68 I thought I'd try. First I got Ancestry and then 23 and me which gave me more information than Ancestry. I really wish I would have done the medical for the extra charge. It is so fascinating because they go way back to Neandethal days. Now I got my son tested and we were amazed again. So good luck and have fun you ordered the right one.

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Melania — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:15:47 GMT

It is not extensive healthwise. Why not just go to your doctor and get genetic testing?

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:31:11 GMT

@Melania wrote:
It is not extensive healthwise. Why not just go to your doctor and get genetic testing?

Insurance does not cover very much....unless there is a medical risk involved. Most is done out of pocket for just your own knowledge. This kit is a good start....and then go from there.

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Yardlie — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:08:59 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@Melania wrote:
It is not extensive healthwise. Why not just go to your doctor and get genetic testing?

Insurance does not cover very much....unless there is a medical risk involved. Most is done out of pocket for just your own knowledge. This kit is a good start....and then go from there.

I did the 23andme testing. I received quite a lot of medical information. After you receive your results, you can upload your raw data to promethease.com for much more genetic information. I had two different genetic tests done by my physician in the last few years. The results I received from 23andme and promethease were right on. After you receive your results, you continue to receive updates on new genetic tests that they perform.

You also receive information about possible relatives. I contacted one gal who my mother had been her mother's maid of honor in the 1940's. We've talked on the phone and stayed in touch. Today I received information about someone I never heard of who is a 1st cousin. Should be interesting to hear from him.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:35:53 GMT

@Yardlie Thanks so much for the info and sharing

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Moonchilde — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:55:45 GMT

@Melania wrote:
It is not extensive healthwise. Why not just go to your doctor and get genetic testing?

That would be serious individual medical genetic testing, each test per issue you want to find out about, and they run in the thousands per test.

The type of genetic disease testing all three major companies do is pretty superficial and doesn't cover that many conditions, many of them fairly obscure.

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Melania — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:09:00 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Melania wrote:
It is not extensive healthwise. Why not just go to your doctor and get genetic testing?

That would be serious individual medical genetic testing, each test per issue you want to find out about, and they run in the thousands per test.

The type of genetic disease testing all three major companies do is pretty superficial and doesn't cover that many conditions, many of them fairly obscure.

I know, I had it. It wasn't in the thousands and insurance covered more than half for what I had done.

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software — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 01:33:43 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
I have contemplated doing this for a long time. I went ahead and ordered The 23 and me

Health + Ancestry Personal Genetic Test. The They had $20.00 off and another $5 off through Mr Rebates.

I want to know more background of my family DNA. Any health risks I may not know about as well. I will update went I get the results.

Read the fine print to determine who owns your DNA once it's submitted.

You may want to re-think this.

I could be dumb, or just paranoid, but no one gets my DNA. I'm not that curious.

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febe1 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:18:55 GMT

A friend had it done and I don't know which one. However, it found she was of "European ancestry." I thought that was way too general for my satisfaction.

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haddon9 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:26:23 GMT

My son got one for me for a holiday gift. I think the results are fascinating...my ancestry is what I expected but I have a list of over 11,000 people who are considered to be linked to me as 2-3 or 4-5 cousins!

He got one for DH for Father's day. I can't wait to see the results!

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Moonchilde — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 03:04:19 GMT

@Melania wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@Melania wrote:
It is not extensive healthwise. Why not just go to your doctor and get genetic testing?

That would be serious individual medical genetic testing, each test per issue you want to find out about, and they run in the thousands per test.

The type of genetic disease testing all three major companies do is pretty superficial and doesn't cover that many conditions, many of them fairly obscure.
I know, I had it. It wasn't in the thousands and insurance covered more than half for what I had done.

If you have one done, and depending on what it was for, no. But if insurance doesn't pay (and it doesn't for many) it's a lot out of pocket.

If a person has diagnosed breast cancer and the information is needed for treatment, all or much is covered depending on the DX, the person's age and what insurance they have. That wouldn't be the case if someone picked out a disease they don't have, but just wondered if they might get so felt like testing. If there's no medical reason to test, there's no reason for insurance to pay.

I worked in Pathology for the last 25 years before retiring. I sent the samples out and I spoke to the patients. It wasn't that many years ago that they had to pay it up front, period, unless their oncologist signed a hardship waiver with the testing company.

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Auntie CC — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:42:27 GMT

What the DNA testing doesn't tell you, or, the print is so fine no one can see it...if you are female you do not have the Y chromosome therefor you can only retrieve female ancestry results. So you are paying for and getting only your mothers gene identification.

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Yardlie — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:58:07 GMT

@Melania wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@Melania wrote:
It is not extensive healthwise. Why not just go to your doctor and get genetic testing?

That would be serious individual medical genetic testing, each test per issue you want to find out about, and they run in the thousands per test.

The type of genetic disease testing all three major companies do is pretty superficial and doesn't cover that many conditions, many of them fairly obscure.
I know, I had it. It wasn't in the thousands and insurance covered more than half for what I had done.

You're lucky. My doctor told me that many insurances won't cover it. I found out through Promethease that I was a carrier for the mutated BRCA2 gene. My doctor wanted me to have genetic testing done through Myriad. Medicare refuses to pay for genetic testing for breast cancer unless you have actually had breast cancer...which seems like they are putting the cart before the horse. They did not care that my mother and my two aunts (her sisters) had breast cancer. Myriad wanted $3500 for the test.

Fortunately, because I already had some genetic testing done through Promethease (showing that I am carrying the mutated gene) using the raw data from 23andme, Myriad has a policy that they will do single gene testing for I think it was $350. I had to pay that myself.

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:46:48 GMT

@haddon9 If I am impressed with the results of my test, I am going to send for one for my Husband if he is interested. It is up to him.

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:48:10 GMT

@Auntie CC wrote:
What the DNA testing doesn't tell you, or, the print is so fine no one can see it...if you are female you do not have the Y chromosome therefor you can only retrieve female ancestry results. So you are paying for and getting only your mothers gene identification.

@Auntie CC Thanks for sharing. That is interesting and good to know.

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Moonchilde — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:50:12 GMT

@Auntie CC wrote:
What the DNA testing doesn't tell you, or, the print is so fine no one can see it...if you are female you do not have the Y chromosome therefor you can only retrieve female ancestry results. So you are paying for and getting only your mothers gene identification.

And your father's - but in the male line, it's only your father's - for women testing, it doesn't go any farther back on the male line to "ancestors", just him. But each of us is half our mother's genes and half our father's genes, so of course our father shows up in our results - just not all of his ancestry going back. And I've never seen it hidden or in fine print that this is the case. I knew before I ever tested.

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Moonchilde — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:57:47 GMT

I've had three DNA tests and have done extensive research on DNA ancestry testing.

Every time I see a new DNA thread, my mind boggles at the misinformation people are eager to gobble up just because someone posted it. It's so wonderfully self-righteous to be able to believe someone's trying to cheat you, steal from you, sell your info, and you're smarter than that.

I vowed the last time a DNA thread came up (there have been quite a few) I would no longer provide any information. This thread has clinched it. People don't want the truth, they want to hear what satisfies them, true or not.

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OnlyShopsOnline — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:37:17 GMT

I did the Ancestry.com test. It was fascinating. I have ancestors from so many parts of the world. Not at all what I expected.

I didn't do 23 and Me because I'm leaving genetic testing up to my doctors. I'm going to have that done in the near future; in the process of making an appointment now. I didn't want to end up with a lot of information and not know what to do with it.

I did find hundreds and hundreds of possible relatives and made contact with someone from my mother's side of the family. That's been interesting since I really don't know that much about my mother's side.

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SeaMaiden — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:37:49 GMT

I guess what I am now wondering is :

Will this give me any background on my Father's side of the family? I would like to know more about his Mother's history.