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A comment on Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it?.

Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by theogravity on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:59PM (#18134769)
Not really - I did both the genetic and ancestry testing. All I got out of it was that I was a significantly higher percentage of a particular ethnicity that I didn't know about, which was pretty cool.

The genetic side didn't have anything meaningful (but maybe because whatever markers it tests for, I didn't have any risk factors).

I also loaded the data into Prometheus, but all it gives you is academic journal articles that you'd have to sift through and do your own interpretations.

They recently partnered with a genetics company to share data - at that point, I opted out of data sharing since I was unsure how my data was exactly going to be used.

Also watch for discount deals - don't pay full price - you can get 30% off the kits during sales on Amazon.

tl;dr: do ancestry if its on discount, unsure about genetics.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by tiemand on Thursday October 04, 2018 @02:14AM (#18137587)
I was confused for a bit..I thought hang on "Prometheus" ( https://prometheus.io) is a time series data base, how can it support genetic data. Turns out you probably meant Promethease (https://promethease.com)
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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by theogravity on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:47PM (#18151132)
Ah yes, thanks for the correction.
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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by silverdrake11 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:20AM (#18137172)
I also loaded the data in Prometheus, and it told me I had BRCA2 (with the highest magnitude on the chart on the site) which is an snp related to cancer. I was upset over this but get this, a month later they sent me email saying it was a bug and a bunch of users were flagged with it by error!
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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by e1g on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:08PM (#18134831)
Similar experience for me - I signed up for the kitchen sink and learnt nothing new. It's a cool product and cool tech, but I saw no benefits.

I suppose if the reports showed _something_ unusual, it could have been worth the effort, so being disappointed is actually a good outcome.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by jstarfish on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:21PM (#18134929)
> Also watch for discount deals - don't pay full price - you can get 30% off the kits during sales on Amazon.

They also tend to market heavy discounts (I've seen 50% some years) during Thanksgiving/Christmas, both of which are right around the corner.

The result of cheap genetic testing when family is in town must make for some awkward holiday dinner conversations...

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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by waserwill on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:24PM (#18134943)
Since you've done the 23&me test, if you'd like, you can submit a copy of the raw 23&me data for free analysis at places like dna.land [NOTE: These are academics which may use your data in research. They claim that they won't share any non-aggregate data without asking first, though.]
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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by chrisweekly on Thursday October 04, 2018 @05:38PM (#18143897)
Helpful comment -- but the "tldr" belongs at the beginning! ;)
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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by theogravity on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:47PM (#18151135)
Ah, thanks!
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