Comments by "starventure" (@starventure) on "What DNA ancestry tests can — and can’t — tell you" video.

  1. Dangic23 As more people test, the database gets sharper and sharper. This Vox report is BS.
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  2. Abhishek Dev Don’t be so quick to say that. You would be shocked at how much information can be extracted from a 1% match. Take that ethnicity match, then find it in your chromosome paint map. Start looking for anyone else who matches you in that same area. Yes, sometimes if it is not a good match it can be a dead end, but often it can reveal some incredible stuff.
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  3. you rock Someone tried that a few years back with 23&me. They sent cat spit instead of their own, and when the email came saying that the results were ready the link went to a page of kitten videos.
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  4. Dr. Riq It’s going to happen no matter what. Even if they cannot get dna from the living, they can get it from the dead which will identify you all the same. No use in fighting this. Better to make the best of it and use it for good.
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  5. 123puta3 She’s a sociology professor. I’m sure she has no agenda to push...(engage hand rubbing)
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  6.  @yesidothecooking  It is sad that they do that crap. The hobby really has so much more to offer, and all these goofballs can think about is "muh percentages". They have no idea what it is capable of when it comes to no just merely personal or family history, but overall history as well.
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  7. ludwig josh Depends on where they are from.
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  8.  @ludwigjosh9619  In Mindanao and Cebu the Spanish ancestry runs rather high. I have personally examined Catholic marriage and baptismal records from there and can attest that Spanish and Italian grooms were present in the 1600s and 1700s. A very high number came from Mexico on the Manila Galleons, so in theory it could be possible to back it up to Europe depending on availablity.
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  9. Jay P Actually, if you ask any professional genetic genealogist about her, you will hear that she is indisputably of some Native American origin. The problem here is that very few people understand just how severe the decrease in total relation can be in just a few generations. Elizabeth Warren is actually about 1/8 NA, but because they let out the numbers based on matches alone it made it look ridiculously smaller.
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  10. Guac Amole It really is not that tough to learn.
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