Has anyone done DNA testing?

[Noor]

I am thinking of doing 23andme, so I can run the results through geneticgenie.

Has anyone else done it and if so, was it helpful?

 

[Doom_Guy]

The government has stated in the past that they want a DNA database containing the genetic data of every single person in the United States.

 

[Kittyscave]

My family has done it, just out of curiosity and for my daughter, who is adopted. I find it all very interesting.

 

[Doom_Guy]

I'm sure that before this century's end they will have a DNA database of every single human being on Earth.

 

[parodyluvr75]

I'm sure that before this century's end they will have a DNA database of every single human being on Earth.

I wouldn't be surprised. I'm sure it will be healthcare providers and not the government.

 

[carlsnake]

Yes, I did DNA testing for genealogical purposes. It has been useful in eliminating possible ancestors, but so far DNA results have not helped me discover ancestors earlier than 1750.

 

[Doom_Guy]

I wouldn't be surprised. I'm sure it will be healthcare providers and not the government.

Yes, incomprehensibly powerful supercomputrs will analyze everyone's DNA and determine how much of a "risk" you will be to health insurance companies.

Algorithms based on that information will be used to adjust everyone's rates accordingly.

This would be much more accurate than having human actuaries perform those calculations.

Or you might just be cancelled if you aren't profitable to them.

I'm certain that by the year 2100, full quantum computers will already exist allowing for unimaginably huge and complex computations to be performed that are currently impossible even with the combined power of all of the computers in the current world combined, multiplied by millions.

In the distant future, nanoparticles might be injected into your bloodstream to relay detailed information about your health to your insurer in real-time. It could be up to a machine to decide who does and does not get medical care.

 

[parodyluvr75]

Yes, massively powerful supercomputrs will analyze everyone's DNA and determine how much of a "risk" you will be to health insurance companies.

Algorithms based on that information will be used to adjust everyone's rates accordingly.

This would be much more accurate than having human actuaries perform those calculations.

Or you might just be cancelled if you aren't profitable to them.

I'm certain that by the year 2100, full quantum computers will already exist allowing for unimaginably huge and complex computations to be performed that are currently impossible even with the combined power of all of the computers in the current world combined, multiplied by millions.

It could be up to a machine to decide who does and does not get medical care.

It's scary and sounds like science fiction but it's completely plausible. Healthcare providers decide who lives and dies now. I can only see it getting more restrictive and controlling.

 

[Doom_Guy]

It's scary and sounds like science fiction but it's completely plausible. Healthcare providers decide who lives and dies now. I can only see it getting more restrictive and controlling.

Health insurance corporations are required by law to placate the interests of their shareholders. They are also constantly under enormous pressure by their hedge fund managers to produce more shareholder wealth by whatever means necessary, ethical or not.

That is infinitely more important than whether you live or die.

Obamacare might have just been the catalyst to get the ball rolling on a terrifying future of medical tyranny and repression ruled by financial interests.

 

[chillywilly2]

Don't do it...its a scam

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Has anyone else done it and if so, was it helpful?

Nope. I know I'm human. Don't need any help there.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I'm sure that before this century's end they will have a DNA database of every single human being on Earth.

I'd be OK with that if it were ONLY used to identify remains of victims of crimes or disasters.

But we all know better than that, don't we?

 

[MonaLittle]

I'd be OK with that if it were ONLY used to identify remains of victims of crimes or disasters.

But we all know better than that, don't we?

Sounds like another way for the evil insurance companies to raise our rates. Filthy bastards.

 

[TheJadge]

I have. I got a B.

 

[Wings]

I've had them tested twice, once for proof of my heritage and once for the BRCA1 gene. Obviously those two tests aren't the same but yep, had it done.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I have. I got a B.

Just wait till they put your brain in a monkey body. Then you could make money in bar fights!

 

[TheJadge]

Just wait till they put your brain in a monkey body. Then you could make money in bar fights!

Always love a good monkey story.

 

[MonaLittle]

I've had them tested twice, once for proof of my heritage and once for the BRCA1 gene. Obviously those two tests aren't the same but yep, had it done.

My cousins had the genetic testing, too. Two out of three tested positive. It runs in my family - two aunts, my grandma and now my sweet, beautiful cousins.

I think about you and your journey often, wings.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Just wait till they put your brain in a monkey body. Then you could make money in bar fights!

The one I got said Abbe Normal. Or something like that.

 

[Wings]

My cousins had the genetic testing, too. Two out of three tested positive. It runs in my family - two aunts, my grandma and now my sweet, beautiful cousins.

I think about you and your journey often, wings.

I have requested that my new boobs look just like my current ones but one cup size bigger and the ability to shoot lasers out of them. So far the doctors have agreed.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

If youre reading this post you likely descend from HENRY 2nd, and his genealogy is documented to long ago. So youre European, North African, and Middle Eastern.

Dna is about as useful as old city directory addresses.

 

[MonaLittle]

I've had them tested twice, once for proof of my heritage and once for the BRCA1 gene. Obviously those two tests aren't the same but yep, had it done.

 

[doowdniw]

I am thinking of doing 23andme, so I can run the results through geneticgenie.

Has anyone else done it and if so, was it helpful?

I've been thinking about doing it just because of curiosity.

Had our rescue pup tested just to see what she was made of: Chihauhau, Bichon, Rat Terrier, Wire Haired Dachshund, and Labrador. Still trying to figure the physics on how the Lab got in there. But where the heart is willing...

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

If youre reading this post you likely descend from HENRY 2nd,

If you're reading this, you're likely descended from this:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2008/08/24/1_3.jpg

 

[Noor]

I am thinking about doing it because I got a reaction to something last week that knowing my methylation SNPs might have helped prevent.

I don't really care about my ancestor percentages, I don't think there would be any big surprises.