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WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
9. It doesn't surprise me that you'd be open...
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 05:52 AM
Oct 2017

To new family members. I would like to hope that most liberals would see adoptees as having a basic human right to know their genetic roots and story.

I had mostly signed up on 23andMe for the health and to learn more about my genetic background. The DNA matches were a plus but I'm half Canadian and with the lack of foreign matches on 23andMe I found myself quickly frustrated and wanting to see if there were more matches out there. So my eldest daughter and I did more research and she uploaded my raw data to MyHeritage (free), GEDMatch (free for most) and Family Tree. I discovered that while Ancestry and 23andMe allows you to download YOUR raw data, you can't upload DNA results done elsewhere to either of them so I snagged a good sale price (I had gotten the 23andMe for half price with Amazon's big sale) and did Ancestry where my youngest daughter had done her DNA and I knew there were a lot more sort of close matches there (my assertive and much more interested in her roots eldest DD is now on there too).

If you're interested but didn't already get the health one with 23andMe and want health info there's an excellent site called Prometheus where for $5. to $10. you get a much better report IMO.

Oh and if you know someone who'd like to get more info but can't afford the tests University of Michigan is going a huge genetics study and you get your raw data to download for free once they've processed it (which may take months). They use a FB app and there are a bunch of questions to answer before you might get a kit but they're legit and the DNA you donate might help find causes and cures for diseases, etc. It's called Genes For Good. This is the one my eldest daughter and I talked our reluctant partners into (so far) since they both can see DNA helping find critical info for cures, etc.

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