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malnpudl at 12:06am on 13/09/2013
malnpudl at 12:06am on 13/09/2013After a couple of years worth of waffling and wishing and much curiosity, I finally sprang for the $100 to send a sample of my DNA to 23andMe.com for analysis. (Which, it turns out, was poor timing financially, but there was no way to know that August was going to be the month when essential electronics would decide to die, one after another. So it goes.)
In any event, the results are in, and while I'm still finding my way around the sprawling website, I'm having lots of fun. I was most interested in the health info; my cousin, who's our family genealogist, is curious about the ancestry side of things.
For starters, I am utterly unsurprised that I am ( almost entirely Pale Person, )
( The health stuff is mostly good. )
Anyway, I'm having a lot of fun exploring it. I've already been messaged by one distant relative asking if I cared to explore connections. (Allowing such messages is entirely optional; I opted in, but you don't have to.)
Have any of y'all tried it? Learn anything noteworthy? Have tips for how to make the most of the website and features?
In any event, the results are in, and while I'm still finding my way around the sprawling website, I'm having lots of fun. I was most interested in the health info; my cousin, who's our family genealogist, is curious about the ancestry side of things.
For starters, I am utterly unsurprised that I am ( almost entirely Pale Person, )
( The health stuff is mostly good. )
Anyway, I'm having a lot of fun exploring it. I've already been messaged by one distant relative asking if I cared to explore connections. (Allowing such messages is entirely optional; I opted in, but you don't have to.)
Have any of y'all tried it? Learn anything noteworthy? Have tips for how to make the most of the website and features?
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