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From: "David Wilson" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] 23ANDme versus deCODEme
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:56:56 -0800


Any other S28+ individual can serve as a pretty good proxy for your
Y-chromosome, but you are the only one, outside of close relatives, who has
your specific autosomal DNA. So spend the money on the company that gives
you the most autosomal SNPs, and keep your eyes peeled for someone in your
haplogroup who tests with the other one and is willing to publish Y-DNA
info. Two birds, one stone. I rest my case.

David Wilson




On 2/23/2008 4:32:23 PM, David Faux () wrote:
> Ann and List:
>
> I am still wrestling with which company to employ in a genome scan of 1
> million or so SNPs to shed light on ancestry, physical traits, medical
> conditions (risk assessment) and so on.
>
> Never being one to reinvent the wheel, I will ask on the eve of my
> decision for some input as to whether at this point one
> company's offering stands out above that of the other in any of the above
categories. Clearly a grand is a fair bit of coin, so the choice must be
made wisely (particularly so since retirement is looming and an opportunity
to fund this sort of endeavor may not come along again for a while).
>
> Whether on-List of off-List I would very much appreciate an assessment
(even very brief) of the merits of turning to one company or the other. Now
that 23ANDme has a Y-chromosome component to their testing, they are very
much in the game as far as I am concerned. However they seem to measure
only about 2/3 the number of raw SNPs as deCODEme - which is certainly a
consideration / concern.
>
> Thanks for any help the pioneers can offer to me as I weight the blessings
of each option.
>
> David K. Faux.

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