DNA Testing Botched My Family's Heritage

Re:DNA Testing Botched My Family's Heritage by loriverkutya on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:46AM (#16159531)

DNA heritage testing is often referred as genetic astorology: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21687013

UCL has a nice page collecting the scientific facts: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mace-lab/debunking

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Re:DNA Testing Botched My Family's Heritage by DenisM on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @01:39PM (#16160793)

Oh, but there is more to that. It's the kind of mysticism that the educated people wouldn't be ashamed to engage in. The demand was there all along, and still is, strong as ever.

Also consider magic potions, for example.

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Re:DNA Testing Botched My Family's Heritage by klmr on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:42PM (#16162302)

Please note that the UCL page specifically distinguishes DNA ancestry testing from genetic astrology: DNA ancestry testing is in principle scientifically valid, albeit still fairly imprecise due to sparse data.

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