Have you had genetic testing done? Why or why not?

[Annihilus]

Not yet. I'm still saving money for 23andme.

Pretty girl like you shouldn't have a problem getting $100

[HispaniaSagrada]

I haven't because I have better things to do with $100 and it doesn't really matter to me what I'd find out. It's possible I might one day when $100 is worth a penny to me unlike now. Not sure what I'd do with the information even if i did know. Can it tell me about diseases I could possibly be predisposed to?

[Atlantic Islander]

I haven't because I have better things to do with $100 and it doesn't really matter to me what I'd find out. It's possible I might one day when $100 is worth a penny to me unlike now. Not sure what I'd do with the information even if i did know. Can it tell me about diseases I could possibly be predisposed to?

If you were to go with 23andme then yes.

[HispaniaSagrada]

If you were to go with 23andme then yes.

Then I might rather not want to find out I could have that Joseph Machado disease. Although I read an article the other day saying there could be some kind of a cure. New discovery.

[Atlantic Islander]

Then I might rather not want to find out I could have that Joseph Machado disease. Although I read an article the other day saying there could be some kind of a cure. New discovery.

They don't check for that since it's so specific - Azorean only.

[HispaniaSagrada]

They don't check for that since it's so specific - Azorean only.

More frequent in Azores I've heard but not exclusive. It's one in 4000 in the mainland, the figure I heard.

[Atlantic Islander]

More frequent in Azores I've heard but not exclusive. It's one in 4000 in the mainland, the figure I heard.

It's an Azorean disease - if it's found amongst mainland people, then it's people that moved from the Azores to the mainland or their children/descendants.

The prevalence of the disease is highest among people of Portuguese/Azorean descent. For example, among immigrants of Portuguese ancestry in New England, the prevalence is around one in 4,000, and the highest prevalence in the world, about one in 140, occurs on the small Azorean island of Flores.

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They are talking about Azoreans.

A doença foi identificada peal primeira vez em 1972 em indivíduos da comunidade açoriana emigrada na Nova Inglaterra. O nome da patologia, ao contrário do que é habitual, não derivou do nome dos investigadores que a descobriram, mas sim do apelido dos patriarcas das famílias em cujos membros a afecção foi descrita. Estes dois homens, William Machado e Antone Joseph, eram açorianos emigrados em Massachussets, um grupo étnico no qual a doença apresenta a máxima prevalência, em particular entre a população da ilha das Flores, na qual cerca de 1 em cada 140 indivíduos é diagnosticado com DMJ.

O actor brasileiro Guilherme Karan foi diagnosticado com a doença de Machado–Joseph, afecção que herdou de sua mãe, de ascendência açoriana.

[HispaniaSagrada]

It's an Azorean disease - if it's found amongst mainland people, then it's people that moved from the Azores to the mainland or their children/descendants.

As far as I know no one really knows the origin. I've read sources that say it started in Portugal and was taken to the islands. Some say it could have had another origin even before that.

They are talking about Azoreans.

"They?" Who's "they?" There's lots of "theys" who say different things. How do you know what you quoted is where I got my info from? If that's where I read it then "they" shouldn't have used a slash in that text but a hyphen, which would be redundant anyway unless there's some kind of Azorean who isn't Portuguese.

But if "they're" right that's a load off my back. I have enough problems.

[Atlantic Islander]

As far as I know no one really knows the origin. I've read sources that say it started in Portugal and was taken to the islands. Some say it could have had another origin even before that.



"They?" Who's "they?" There's lots of "theys" who say different things. How do you know what you quoted is where I got my info from? If that's where I read it then "they" shouldn't have used a slash in that text but a hyphen, which would be redundant anyway.

But if "they're" right that's a load off my back. I have enough problems.

It's from Wikipedia. 90% of Portuguese Americans are of Azorean descent, so it's a given that they mean Azoreans.

And yes, if you're a mainlander then you shouldn't worry.

[Smeagol]

No, I will one day.