23andme is an extremely valuable DNA test featured on the PBS show
show “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” It tells you a wide variety of genetic traits simply based on DNA taken from some saliva that you spit into a little tube and send back to them. I it includes
everything from what specific part of the world your halpogroup (both mother and father sides) come from to
your eye color genes and 100s of other traits. I did it myself it was very revealing. Here are a handful of traits it can tell you about:
-Disease risk for Alzheimer's, hemochromotosis, etc.
-Eye/hair color genes
-Map of your genetic ancestry as well as subgroups. My mom-side haplogroup turned out to be a remote group from cold northern regions around Ukraine who spread to Finland and other places in Northern/Eastern Europe. My dad-side came from Doggerland a piece of land now sunk under the North Sea that once connected to Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Makes sense he has British, Dutch, and German roots among others.
Just to give an example, Thomas Jefferson actually had a haplogroup from North Africa around Egypt.
The service is on sale right now for $99 which is a steal it is normally $299 or more.
I'm not selling anything but I can say this is a good deal even at $299, $99 is a no-brainer.
