If anyone is really interested in dna testing for genealogy purposes, they should use FamilyTreeDNA, which has the largest database to compare test results.
They did the worldwide testing for the Genographic Project for the National Geographic Society. Their projects are divided into surnames so you are able to obtain legitimate connections to someone within a certain number of generations and prove a common ancestor.
If someone is serious about learning about their DNA they should get this test done at 23andme and not FTDNA. 23andme's DNA tests are much better (and with this sale) cheaper than the tests at FTDNA. The test results from 23andme can be transferred to FTDNA.
Has anyone ever done this? I am curious as to what they really give you. On their site it mentions matching you with your relatives that have also done 23andme, which is pretty obvious. But what about names of relatives from generations past? For example, on Oprah today they were giving Brook Shields names from those in her tree that went generations back. Is that just something they were doing for her for the show???
RealtorKen said: This also works on the 23andMe Complete,where it takes $200 off the normal $499 price If you only order the Ancestry test you can later upgrade to the Complete addition for an additional $150.
BradMajors said: RealtorKen said: This also works on the 23andMe Complete,where it takes $200 off the normal $499 price If you only order the Ancestry test you can later upgrade to the Complete addition for an additional $150.
If you order the complete edition now, it's $299. It would be a total of $349 ($50 more) if you ordered only ancestry and then upgrade to complete later.
I've been a member of Genebase.com for some time. They provide the same type of service. When I look at 23andme's website, I can't tell what I would be getting for the money. There are low resolution tests (documents only a few markers) and high resolution tests (documents many markers). The low resolution tests are worthless. Even a close match with someone will only mean that you have a 50-50 chance of having a common ancestor with them in the last 40 generations! Big deal.
I cannot tell if 23andme is offering low, medium, or high resolution genetic testing. Perhaps I'm just suspicious, but if they were really offering a good deal, why aren't they saying how many markers they are testing for?
ReignForest said: I've been a member of Genebase.com for some time. They provide the same type of service. When I look at 23andme's website, I can't tell what I would be getting for the money. There are low resolution tests (documents only a few markers) and high resolution tests (documents many markers). The low resolution tests are worthless. Even a close match with someone will only mean that you have a 50-50 chance of having a common ancestor with them in the last 40 generations! Big deal.
I cannot tell if 23andme is offering low, medium, or high resolution genetic testing. Perhaps I'm just suspicious, but if they were really offering a good deal, why aren't they saying how many markers they are testing for? Ask them.
Just an FYI, 23andme does DNA testing by microarray technology (spot checking something like a 1 million sites across your genome). That's roughly 0.3% of your entire genome.
Illumina started offering whole genome sequencing to consumers for $48,000 recently. While that may seem expensive, consider that the Human Genome Project cost ~$2.7 billion and that just finished only 7yrs ago. Sequencing technology is rapidly improving (outpacing Moore's Law by quite a bit) and I'll bet you you can have your whole genome sequenced for ~$1000 within the next 5-10yrs.
maolf
Member
posted: Mar. 10, 2010 @ 6:18p
I cannot tell if 23andme is offering low, medium, or high resolution genetic testing. Perhaps I'm just suspicious, but if they were really offering a good deal, why aren't they saying how many markers they are testing for?
I'm not sure what your issue is, 23andMe is quite open about this stuff.
They check around 600,000 SNPs. The best part is with the complete edition they let you download your raw data, so if you want to go crazy you can snipe Google Scholar (or easier, SNPedia) and see if you have some SNP cited in studies.
Yuyak said: Just an FYI, 23andme does DNA testing by microarray technology (spot checking something like a 1 million sites across your genome). That's roughly 0.3% of your entire genome.
Illumina started offering whole genome sequencing to consumers for $48,000 recently. While that may seem expensive, consider that the Human Genome Project cost ~$2.7 billion and that just finished only 7yrs ago. Sequencing technology is rapidly improving (outpacing Moore's Law by quite a bit) and I'll bet you you can have your whole genome sequenced for ~$1000 within the next 5-10yrs.
aksmith12 said: How do you order the complete version now? I'm only able to apply the code to the ancestry version.
Click on the link in the OP. After adding the ancestry version to your cart (you'll see the discount) go to the home page and add the complete to your cart. Go to your cart and remove the ancestry version. The discount will remain.
acetabulum
Member
posted: Mar. 10, 2010 @ 9:28p
SleekWallet said: Yuyak said: Just an FYI, 23andme does DNA testing by microarray technology (spot checking something like a 1 million sites across your genome). That's roughly 0.3% of your entire genome.
Illumina started offering whole genome sequencing to consumers for $48,000 recently. While that may seem expensive, consider that the Human Genome Project cost ~$2.7 billion and that just finished only 7yrs ago. Sequencing technology is rapidly improving (outpacing Moore's Law by quite a bit) and I'll bet you you can have your whole genome sequenced for ~$1000 within the next 5-10yrs.
man by then my "son" might be in college... Perfect timing then; you won't have to pay for it!
skarydrunkguy said: I got $10 that says their records... your DNA... will eventually (if not immediately) be 'shared' with law enforcement.You seem unusually worried about law enforcement having your DNA...
staufj22
Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 12:50a
BlackPear1 said: skarydrunkguy said: I got $10 that says their records... your DNA... will eventually (if not immediately) be 'shared' with law enforcement.You seem unusually worried about law enforcement having your DNA...
staufj22 said: BlackPear1 said: skarydrunkguy said: I got $10 that says their records... your DNA... will eventually (if not immediately) be 'shared' with law enforcement.You seem unusually worried about law enforcement having your DNA...
SleekWallet said: Yuyak said: Just an FYI, 23andme does DNA testing by microarray technology (spot checking something like a 1 million sites across your genome). That's roughly 0.3% of your entire genome.
Illumina started offering whole genome sequencing to consumers for $48,000 recently. While that may seem expensive, consider that the Human Genome Project cost ~$2.7 billion and that just finished only 7yrs ago. Sequencing technology is rapidly improving (outpacing Moore's Law by quite a bit) and I'll bet you you can have your whole genome sequenced for ~$1000 within the next 5-10yrs.
man by then my "son" might be in college... Well, CompleteGenomics has announced they'll probably be able to get it down to about $5000 by next year. The 5-10yrs was my conservative estimate, but it could be even shorter than that.
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