Have you ever not, or been afraid, to do a DNA test in fear of what you might find?

[Kazimiera]

I haven't done one and am contemplating.

23andme does not ship me my country and I've heard that FTDNA is quite good.

BUT

I am hesitant of uncovering something I may not like. I don't have anything specific in mind, but what if I don't like the results?

Has anyone here experienced something similar?

[Neanderthal]

No, on the contrary, I would love to find out.

[Grumpy Cat]

I was nervous, but no surprises were found.

[Sabinae]

Yes :)

[Queen B]

I would love to find out, but I don't have the money to do it atm :(

[Didriksson]

I was afraid that I am gonna turn too mixed... it turns out that I am mixed, but not as much as I thought. Now I can say that I am really Baltic, at least I am mostly Baltic with a bit of Russian and I do have those Baltic German ancestors... but I am not Jewish at all, that was the biggest surprise.

[jerney]

Nope because it's just something I found incredibly interesting and knew even if some results were surprising (they weren't) it wouldn't change how I identify

[Midori]

I would love to find out, but I don't have the money to do it atm :(

Same... I'm poor as a gypsy

[PetiteParisienne]

I would love to do it, but I can't afford to at the moment.

[Damião de Góis]

Nope i was just wondering if i was R1b or not. Turns out i was...

[noricum]

I am hesitant of uncovering something I may not like. I don't have anything specific in mind, but what if I don't like the results?

If you should learn about some "admixture" by the test you're not particularly proud of, WTF? You have this admixture anyways- no mather if you take the test or not. There is nothing to loose!

I have to admit, the latent danger of belonging to a rather unaesthetic haplogroup scared the shit out of me too. What finally made me to take the test.

[Leadchucker]

.....BUT
I am hesitant of uncovering something I may not like. I don't have anything specific in mind, but what if I don't like the results.....


No sense worrying about something you had absolutely no control over. The farther you go back in your ancestry the more things are mixed into the pot that became you now. You are a product of your past in a way and you can't change it now whether you like it or not. If the results could be that scary to you, don't have the test.

[Supreme American]

I was a little bit, though when I saw a coupon here at Apricity for 23andme, I decided to go for it. No surprises, it fits what I know : 100% European.

Though I'm curious as to what test is the most thorough.

[Dacul]

How much a DNA test costs?Do you know any cheap one?
In Romania,earning are not big and I was curious about price.

[Treffie]

I almost fell off my chair when I discovered that I had lots of English ancestry. Oh the pain and suffering :p

[Allenson]

I wasn't nervous per say, but there was certainly a glimmer of "hmmm?" flickering in my mind from time to time as I waited for my results. If there's one unifying reality for all people, it's that none of us has any control whatsoever as to who our family is and who begat us. The lattice of coicidences and occurances that lead to all of us as individuals is astounding to truly and fully comprehend and set in the context of time and history. It makes me pause anyway.

There's no telling what one might find back there in the old woodpile; family tale or paper trail aside. In my case, the genome fully supported the thorough and comprehensive collection of material that I've been able to cull and gather via traditional genealogical methods. A nice validation of my own work and a testament to the morals and record keepings of those of yore, boo-yeah!

[rashka]

The prices have gone down and you should be able to find a place that is not so expensive.

[Hurrem sultana]

never done it,maybe in the future

but what kind of things are you nervous to find out about?

[StonyArabia]

never done it,maybe in the future

but what kind of things are you nervous to find out about?

The racialist nightmare African, Semitic, and maybe Turkic;)

It's well worth it to do. 23andme is the best test that there is and it's accurate to the teeth. It's also at a reasonable price
www.23andme.com or FamilyTreebyDNA also good, but the first is cheaper all round though.

[Midori]

never done it,maybe in the future

but what kind of things are you nervous to find out about?

Like non-European admixture

[Geronimo]

Being an east-euro who da' hell knows what I might turn out to be ? a mongol, a jew or a gypo :eek:

THE HORROR !:laugh:

[Siegfried]

I want to do it in a few years, but, according to some of you, I have some Mongoloid traits. I can say for now that I haven't developed enough yet (since I'm still quite young), and that they're Cro-Magnon traits, but, once I have the test, there won't be anything to deny. I might have the happy outcome of fully Euro, but, again, I could be partially Mongoloid. As well, I hope I don't have any gypsy ancestry as there is a community nearby where my mum's family comes from, but it's not that old.

[jerney]

No sense worrying about something you had absolutely no control over. The farther you go back in your ancestry the more things are mixed into the pot that became you now. You are a product of your past in a way and you can't change it now whether you like it or not. If the results could be that scary to you, don't have the test.

Well, maybe if you mean in the past couple hundred years, but the further you go back the less likely you are to find "foreign" ancestors as people rarely went outside their villages, let alone across borders.

[Siegfried]

Of course, what is there is there, and whether I have a test or not doesn't change it.

[StonyArabia]

It depends on the history and interaction. As well if you have a family legend that there might be some ancestor beloning to a specific ethnic or racial group it can be varfied or it was used for passing especially in the U.S.

[Scrapple]

No. I did it because I hit some brick walls doing my family tree. It was nice to find out that my paper trail was backed up by my DNA.

[Allenson]

Well, maybe if you mean in the past couple hundred years, but the further you go back the less likely you are to find "foreign" ancestors as people rarely went outside their villages, let alone across borders.

This. And not to mention pedigree collapse where if one goes back far enough, the same people are seen over and over again at different positions in one's tree--sometimes in the same generational slot and in other cases, removed once in either direction.

[Kazimiera]

I'm not afraid of anything terrible popping up per se. To a certain degree, I think we all have some preconceived ideas as to where we are from. And we all have a desire to be special, so I might be a bit deflated if I wasn't as special as I think I am! :lol00002:

[Dacul]

It is only 99$ at 23andme?
That is not expensive,or you need to pay some more ?
How is it mail to send saliva?

[rashka]

I think there is even cheaper than that. Sometimes 23andme gives coupons.

[Caismeachd]

I'd probably get R1b. There's really no way I wouldn't, I'd like to do it anyways, though.

[Padre Organtino]

I think I might find some Non-European admixture:D

[Caismeachd]

My dad and brother look like Jews. Despite being British (John Lennon look). So I always wondered, but it would most likely come back as R1b since Iberia is where those looks come originally and where R1b Spread from Iberia to UK. Doesn't take rocket science.

[Dr. van Winkle]

My dad and brother look like Jews.

There's a good chance that your alleged Jewish descent will turn out to be baseless speculation.

[rhiannon]

I was a little bit, though when I saw a coupon here at Apricity for 23andme, I decided to go for it. No surprises, it fits what I know : 100% European.

Though I'm curious as to what test is the most thorough.

coupon? huh? what?

I would do it if we had the extra cash.....so this coupon sounds intriguing.

[Caismeachd]

There's a good chance that your alleged Jewish descent will turn out to be baseless speculation.


That's why I said that. They both have typical Liverpool looks. They aren't Jewish in anyway ad totally look NW European more pure than you. .

[Bakura]

I'm afraid to do that 'cuz I think that I'll maybe find some traces of Turkish ancestry. :(

P.S. I'm just joking :D

[Mortimer]

I took the test, i was not afraid, just excited what i may find out.

[zack]

Yes i am a little afraid. Living in the deep south where there was lots and lots of blacks i might(although unlikely) have some SSA admixture. It would be ironic if i did.

[rhiannon]

Yes i am a little afraid. Living in the deep south where there was lots and lots of blacks i might(although unlikely) have some SSA admixture. It would be ironic if i did.

It would serve you right for renouncing your wigger past:p

[Matilda]

I want to buy a 23andme kit for 99$ but the shipping is 99.95$... too much

[Mortimer]

Yes i am a little afraid. Living in the deep south where there was lots and lots of blacks i might(although unlikely) have some SSA admixture. It would be ironic if i did.

if its not significant like >10% its not important

[hajduk]

I want to buy a 23andme kit for 99$ but the shipping is 99.95$... too much

If I remember correctly two years ago was something like 400$.

And I am not afraid, but I will buy it when I have more money

[Corvus]

I am not afraid because I know my roots pretty well.
To be honest I don`t think it would bring up big surprises so
for the time being I am not inclined to do it.

[Azalea]

No, not at all. I was very exited about these tests even long before I joined any anthro forum. But since my family has oral stories about originating from Khorasan, some things did cross through my mind like

- What if I turn out to be very different from other Turks?
- Are my families oral stories real?
- What if I turn out to have some significant African admixture (there is a Afro-Turkish community where my family is from)
- What if it turns out that I don't have any Central Asian admixture?

But it was not like I was affraid of the results. The contrary, I couldn't wait to get my results and the 8 weeks of waiting was horrible. Anyway, it turns out that I am pretty much average Turkish with even more CA admixture and no African admix. I must say that none of my and my dad's Y- and mtDNA's were expected and probably the most suprising of all.

[KidMulat]

Yes i am a little afraid. Living in the deep south where there was lots and lots of blacks i might(although unlikely) have some SSA admixture. It would be ironic if i did.

Alabama is second only to Louisiana and Florida (in my mind) where intermixture is likely. It was legal for men of colour to marry white for example. What region are you in, I have been studying imxed race peoples and populations there.

[Albion]

Same... I'm poor as a gypsy

I haven't done one yet either. I will done eventually though.

As for me, I'd be scared of finding E, J or anything else from outside of Europe. I know they arrived in the Neolithic, but I'd prefer to be R1b, R1a, I or G2a.

[Graham]

I haven't done one yet either. I will done eventually though.

As for me, I'd be scared of finding E, J or anything else from outside of Europe. I know they arrived in the Neolithic, but I'd prefer to be R1b, R1a, I or G2a.

well I avoided this. :D But it wouldn't have bothered me otherwise.

"Research has shown 1 per cent of Scots are descended from the Berber and Tuareg tribesmen of the Sahara."

[riverman]

Lol, no. But the kits are somewhat expensive.

[Albion]

well I avoided this. :D But it wouldn't have bothered me otherwise.

"Research has shown 1 per cent of Scots are descended from the Berber and Tuareg tribesmen of the Sahara."

I hate it how haplogroups are associated with modern ethnicities in the media. E is basically pan-African with further types in the Middle East and Europe. It probably arose around Ethiopia somewhere, interesting since some people claim they're a Caucasian / Negroid mix.

[Quorra]

well I avoided this. :D But it wouldn't have bothered me otherwise.

"Research has shown 1 per cent of Scots are descended from the Berber and Tuareg tribesmen of the Sahara."

so 1% of Scots have 1% of Berber in them?:eek:

[Albion]

I want to buy a 23andme kit for 99$ but the shipping is 99.95$... too much

What? Shipping can't be an additional $99, that's ridiculous.

[Graham]

What? Shipping can't be an additional $99, that's ridiculous.

$79.95(£49.55) for the UK. It's done by DHL delivery.

[Lithium]

I am actually curious, I am looking forward in doing it. This would be great !

[Albion]

$79.95(£49.55) for the UK. It's done by DHL delivery.

Haha, very funny. That can't be for shipping, I thought it was a test tube, not a bloody shipping container!

[Graham]

...so all together it would come up to £110.98 and £5.58 per month which you can cancel easily.

[Graham]

Haha, very funny. That can't be for shipping, I thought it was a test tube, not a bloody shipping container!

Santa Clause does it all for free an all, Robbing basturts! :shakefist

[Albion]

...so all together it would come up to £110.98 and £5.58 per month which you can cancel easily.

I see. I was tempted just to buy the one with the 12 month subscription to avoid all the hassle. I think it worked out at something like £130 if I remember right.

[Pallantides]

well I avoided this. :D But it wouldn't have bothered me otherwise.

"Research has shown 1 per cent of Scots are descended from the Berber and Tuareg tribesmen of the Sahara."


I hate it how haplogroups are associated with modern ethnicities in the media. E is basically pan-African with further types in the Middle East and Europe. It probably arose around Ethiopia somewhere, interesting since some people claim they're a Caucasian / Negroid mix.

It's like claiming Norway is 4% Native American because Y-DNA Q1a3 have a 4% distribution in the population.


I can just imagine the sensationalism in the media if an ancient king turned out with an exotic Y-DNA haplogroup, they did claim one of the women in the Oseberg ship was Turkish/Persian just based on her mtDNA haplogroup.:coffee:

[Atlantic Islander]

No, it's nothing to be afraid of really :)

Edit to add: And as soon as I can afford it again, I'll get one of my half sisters tested, it'll be interesting to prove a point ;)

[LadyFirehawk]

Too much money, although I'd love to if I by some miracle end up with money that isn't completely spoken for. :lol:

[zack]

Alabama is second only to Louisiana and Florida (in my mind) where intermixture is likely. It was legal for men of colour to marry white for example. What region are you in, I have been studying imxed race peoples and populations there.

When was it legal for this to happen? It was legal for American Indians to marry whites,but i don't think it was ever legal for Negroes and whites to marry.

I live in the central region of Bama.