Thread: Ancestry DNA Test and Family Trees

Originally Posted by Speedster

^^^ Yup, hand them my DNA for compiling into their massive, for-profit genomic database?

Hard pass here. Besides, a better reason:

DNA ancestry tests are meaningless

A warning about the accuracy of the tests was made by the Sense About Science campaign group, which said "such histories are either so general as to be personally meaningless or they are just speculation from thin evidence."

The warning was backed by a number of leading genetics experts. Steve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at UCL said: “On a long trudge through history – two parents, four great-grandparents, and so on – very soon everyone runs out of ancestors and has to share them.

"As a result, almost every Briton is a descendant of Viking hordes, Roman legions, African migrants, Indian Brahmins, or anyone else they fancy.”

His colleague Prof Mark Thomas said: "These claims are usually planted by the companies that provide these so-called tests and are not backed up by published scientific research. This is business, and the business is genetic astrology.”

"As a result, almost every Briton is a descendant of Viking hordes, Roman legions, African migrants, Indian Brahmins, or anyone else they fancy.”

The scientist who wrote that needs to be shot, the Vikings didn't come to Britain until 793 AD the Celts would have been already living in the UK Ireland since 500 BC the Anglo Saxons the modern-day English turned up 500 AD years before the Vikings, so that scientist needs a basic lesson in history, there is a small amount of Viking DNA but very little in the UK, in fact, the Celts still remain a pretty pure race genetically, when you consider the Anglo Saxons and the Romans usually tended to marry their own people because the language and cultural differences.