I am a bit surprised

By Jen
@polyxena (2628)
Sturgis, Michigan
January 31, 2017 10:10pm CST
I think I remembered posting right before Christmas that I took that free DNA test they had online. I'm surprised with my results. I am Europian for the most part, with a hint of Northern African/Western Asian. I was more surprised with we western Asian part than anything. For those who've taken your DNA tests, like Ancestry or 21 of Me's DNA tests. Were you shocked at your results?
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Feb 17
Interesting. Both my wife and I would like to do this test.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
1 Feb 17
@polyxena My own grandfther will do the research (looking up our ancestors) but won't take the test. Since he's the patriarch, we really want him to do it but he won't.
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Feb 17
@polyxena You might find out some interesting things!
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Jen
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
1 Feb 17
Good luck! Part of me here's my grandpa's warning about learning stuff like this, about sometimes it's not good to learn where you came from. . But I'm sure he had other reasons.
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Cahaya
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
1 Feb 17
I've never taken a DNA test, but I can imagine how cool it is to learn more about my identity.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93047)
• United States
1 Feb 17
How much did it cost? I would love to try that.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93047)
• United States
1 Feb 17
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
1 Feb 17
@polyxena A place like that is also probably going to sell your saliva for science...
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Jen
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
1 Feb 17
Mine was free, I got it from the Genes for Good app on Facebook. They ask you a few personal questions for like a week before you're eligible to get a spit kit.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
1 Feb 17
I never took a DNA test result before, but thats cool you learned something new about you!
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Jen
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
1 Feb 17
It was just one of those things, that my dad's side have assume happened, but I never really put much thought into it because my dad's side of the family seemed so confused about any of their heritage
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
1 Feb 17
@polyxena I see! But that is nice to learn about your background!
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
1 Feb 17
Nope ..I haven't done it yet .. but sounds very interesting.. maybe should give it a try
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Ms.Chelle
@Chellezhere (5739)
• United States
1 Feb 17
I have not had mine done yet either, but intend to do it before my birthday I'm May.
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Jen
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
1 Feb 17
I got the Genes for Good from Facebook, I am curious if it's as reliable as the like Ancestry's or if they'd read different
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
26 May 17
have never heard of a free one. would like to take it. how is it free?
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
1 Feb 17
How in the world did you take a free DNA test? I took the ancestry one and I wasn't exactly shocked. I wrote about it here, but the break down is that I have 3% African, 2% Scandanavia, 2% Finnish, 30% Irish and 42% Scottish. I am going to take the 23andme one when I have the money to splurge on it.
Jen
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
9 Feb 17
I got mine from Genes for Good through Michigan University's program. It never got into a full break down of such as yours did, it just gave the genotypes for the content and what your genotype was closer to.
PLETHOS
@Plethos (13581)
• United States
1 Feb 17
nope, but i am interested.
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