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From: "Patricia Greber" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] 23ANDme versus deCODEme
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:43:49 -0700
In-Reply-To: <183701.91123.qm@web50709.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Is there any hope that Family Tree DNA will enter the ring with this type of
testing?
Patricia

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of David Faux
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 7:26 PM
To: DNA Rootsweb
Subject: Re: [DNA] 23ANDme versus deCODEme

List:

Many thanks to all who replied on and off-List to assist me in making a
decision as to which company to select for "the big test". I have decided
to go with deCODEme.

In essence, since I am a little bit Native American the extra 400,000 or
so SNPs may give me a better opportunity to see if any evidence of this
heritage, well documented on paper, is evident in my genome. Hence, more is
better.

Ann is correct though, both companies are sure fire winners.

Another S28-R1b1c10 has agreed to sign up with the company I selected, so
we will have at least two of this Y haplogroup to compare with the
S21-R1b1c9 folk like Eldon.

This is a very exciting "next step" in the DNA testing for one such as
myself who has been in the game since first testing with Oxford Ancestors
(when they were the only game in town) back in 2001 or so. The prospect of
having all of the Y (although not Y-STR data), mtDNA (although perhaps
missing a few key mutations), and autosomal ancestry (a virtual
biogeographical test of the highest order - if they obtain more reference
pops) at my fingertips with frequent updates is enticing. The physical
traits is really of no use at the moment (I can look in the mirror and see
blue eyes); but the disease susceptibility / risk indicators is of somewhat
greater interest (although probability statements are not going to mean much
unless very high relative to the general population). Again here, I am
pretty well versed in most of this by knowing the diseases common in our
family - restless leg syndrome will doubtless be high with all my maternal
uncles, mother, grandmother, sister
and so on having this trait. It will be interesting to see where the gene
resides in the genome. Also, as more data accumulates there will be more
information made available to us so it is not a static test, it is dynamic,
and new material could appear on my web page at any time.

Onwards,

David K Faux.

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