Little update on my own journey of discovery.
Wife and I invested in the 23andMe dna kits after Black Friday, as the kits were 1/2 priced.
Similar to the ancestry.com kits, but more medical information, traits, and genetic marker info than the ancestry kits.
Just got the results this week, and wow.
Uncanny how much of our own predisposition is in our dna gents.
Tests for Parkinson markers, Alzheimer markers, cancer etc, all came back negative happily.
Found there are over 1000 folks already in their database with enough similar strands to indicate they are third cousins or greater. Folks in USA, Canada, Poland, UK etc.
Found out that I’m not just a little Jewish, I’m a specific type, from a specific path through Europe.
Also just learning that that line seems to end abruptly in 1940s Germany, or almost ends.
That part of my family was seemingly dessimated in the concentration camps of WW2.
This is all on the mothers side mind you. The fathers side was safely developing in Ireland.
Fascinating stuff men.
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Oh, I also found out I’m related to Benjamin Franklin. Also on the mothers side, pre WW anything.
If you are considering the dna stuff, and having done both now, I’d recommend the 23andMe program over the ancestry one from a depth of information perspective. The ancestry one is stronger for people searching, if that’s more your goal.
Anyway, it’s all just information and history. Nothing more than that.
The most important thing is be comfortable in your own skin. Knowing where it comes from is purely tertiary.
Happy new year men!
:chapeau