Why would it be useful other than to address their curiosity ? So it tells them what they are mixed with but how is that useful ?
I think the biggest use for DNA is health related or establishing paternity.
Which DNA testing company is the most reputable?
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Why would it be useful other than to address their curiosity ? So it tells them what they are mixed with but how is that useful ?
I think the biggest use for DNA is health related or establishing paternity.
I did ancestry.com when of my kids had an ancestry project for school. Here is what I got back:
Africa82%
Africa82%
- Nigeria23%
- Cameroon/Congo17%
- Benin/Togo17%
- Ivory Coast/Ghana10%
- Africa Southeastern Bantu7%
- Senegal5%
- Mali3%
- Trace Regions1%
- Native American1%
- Asia South< 1%
- Ireland8%
- Great Britain4%
- Finland/Northwest Russia2%
- Europe West< 1%
- Polynesia1%
Did you stay in contact with the people that were related to you?Where were they from?
BUMP
They were from all over. We exchanged a few emails, talked about how we may be related like "my great grandfather's last name was Thompson." I haven't talked to them in a few weeks. This all happened about 5 weeks ago. We hadn't gotten to the point of trying to meet up.
All these companies are government fronts
Some truth to this.
A large majority of these DNA companies are owned or controlled by the LDS (Church of Latter Day Saints) aka “The Mormons”.
The Mormon church thru their companies has a number of large contracts with various local and state govts along with the Federal Govt.
That NSA facility in Bluffdale, UT south of Salt Lake City got built there with support of the LDS church and retiring Utah Senator Orrin Hatch (R).
On my phone....Google “Mormon DNA companies” and see for yourself.
I DJayed a family reunion a year or so ago. What I liked about the results they got (swab had to be from a male child) is that it named the actual tribe they were from. A lot of the results I've seen name countries but the additional information about the tribe was cool. They used that information to visit Africa.
AncestryDNA is $59.. I was gonna do it until I read that's how they caught the serial killer in California
23 and Me is who I used. I like their layout.....
- Sub-Saharan African
74.0%
West African
70.5%
African Hunter-Gatherer
2.3%
Broadly Sub-Saharan African
1.1%- European
23.7%
British & Irish
12.5%
Scandinavian
1.1%
Iberian
0.3%
Broadly Northwestern European
7.0%
Broadly Southern European
1.2%
Broadly European
1.6%- East Asian & Native American
0.6%
Native American
0.4%
Manchurian & Mongolian
0.1%- Western Asian & North African
0.2%
North African & Arabian
0.1%
Broadly Western Asian & North African
0.1%- Unassigned
1.5%
Yeah I did it too and I’m unadulterated BLACK. Sub Saharan as fuck.
Genealogy websites identify rape suspect who eluded police for 40 years
For more than four decades, a suspect in more than 50 extremely sadistic rapes and 12 murders eluded police in Northern California. On Tuesday, he was arrested after investigators tracked him down using online genealogical databases that contained genetic information from a relative, news organizations reported Thursday.
The identification of 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo as the East Area Rapist began with the recovery years ago of DNA from a crime scene. Over the years, investigators compared the DNA to profiles on one or more undisclosed genealogy databases. Eventually, investigators found one or more distant relatives of DeAngelo's and traced their DNA to him. The Sacramento Bee, citing the Sacramento County District Attorney's office, reported here that the crucial lead came from "various websites that cater to individuals wanting to know more about their family backgrounds by accepting DNA samples from them."
The New York Times, meanwhile, said here that the match came from a commercial online genealogy database. The NYT continued:
"We found a person that was the right age and lived in this area—and that was Mr. DeAngelo," said Steve Grippi, the assistant chief in the Sacramento district attorney's office.
Investigators then obtained what Anne Marie Schubert, the Sacramento district attorney, called "abandoned" DNA samples from Mr. DeAngelo.
"You leave your DNA in a place that is a public domain," she said.
The test result confirmed the match to more than 10 murders in California. Ms. Schubert's office then obtained a second sample and came back with the same positive result, matching the full DNA profile."
A former police officer, DeAngelo was arrested outside his home Tuesday afternoon and booked into Sacramento County Jail on two charges of murder. Authorities say they expect to charge the suspect in 12 homicide cases in Sacramento, Orange, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. The crimes took place during a rape and killing spree that ran from 1974 to 1986. DeAngelo is scheduled to be arraigned in Sacramento Superior Court on Friday.
In all, authorities have said they believe DeAngelo committed at least 51 rapes and 12 murders. The crimes gained international attention not only because of the number and their unsolved nature but also because of the depravity involved. The perpetrator frequently tormented his victims with sadistic rituals. He typically wore a mask and tied his victims' hands. Early on, he raped single women; and later he raped married women with their husbands present and then killed them both, the NYT said. Over the years, the East Area Rapist has also been referred to by other monikers, including the Golden State Killer and the Original Night Stalker.
Schubert and Jones have so far declined to reveal details of precisely how their investigations led them to DeAngelo, but they have said that information will be revealed soon. Representatives at 23andMe and other gene testing services said they weren't involved in identifying DeAngelo, the NYT said.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...-rape-suspect-who-eluded-police-for-40-years/
Heard about this earlier.
It gores with what I and Thread_Clinic posted earlier.
It looks like Las Enforcement is gonna use these DNA sites as a data pool to review all the cold case files they have and current cases.
There has to be over 200 million Americans who have submitted their DNA to these sites.
It gores with what I and Thread_Clinic posted earlier.
It looks like Las Enforcement is gonna use these DNA sites as a data pool to review all the cold case files they have and current cases.
There has to be over 200 million Americans who have submitted their DNA to these sites.
Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?
The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.