Monday, January 31, 2011
23 and Me Results In
I have been looking over the results of the 23and me dna testing of my whole genome. It just came in today, earlier than I had expected. I have now been given a list of 985 relatives who share some dna with me. I've already heard from the one who matches me with the highest %. This is so exciting. Now we just have to figure out where we are connected.
Besides finding people who are connected, the main reason so many take this test with 23 and Me is to get their health report. A lot of people are not interested in their family trees, sadly. It is amazing to me how the science shows why I've had certain problems, but it also told me that I have good reason to think I can live to 100 years.
We can contact 5 people each day and hope for a reply. That would make it 35 in a week if I did this every day or about 140 per month. I have a lot of messages to send out in the next 7 months.
Besides finding people who are connected, the main reason so many take this test with 23 and Me is to get their health report. A lot of people are not interested in their family trees, sadly. It is amazing to me how the science shows why I've had certain problems, but it also told me that I have good reason to think I can live to 100 years.
We can contact 5 people each day and hope for a reply. That would make it 35 in a week if I did this every day or about 140 per month. I have a lot of messages to send out in the next 7 months.
Labels: 23 and Me, dna, health
