Why? It’s not like there aren’t any reliable or accurate DNA tests for dogs. Only one of the 3 companies they submitted to gave a breed assessment. The other 2 correctly identified that there wasn’t any dog DNA in the samples.
It connected me with a cousin (I think) who I hadn’t talked to in literally decades and she shared some old photos of my grandparents when they were young.
This comment sounds completely out of touch. 23andMe have been around for a long time now and I remember when it was first starting up and it cost like 10k or more for their service because they hadn’t yet figured out scale and more efficient ways to do things.
I remember a news segment where monozygotic (identical) twins had different results for their genealogy. Their efficacy and reproducibility should definitely be questioned.
Not to mention the problem of your DNA info being sold and used for nefarious purposes. Not just by hackers, but if the company is bought out by a different organization, they don’t have to honor the terms of 23andMe or Ancestory.com regarding not selling you data.
I just read this in my new feed and was… not very shocked.
I hope this makes people question BS like 23 and me a well.
Why? It’s not like there aren’t any reliable or accurate DNA tests for dogs. Only one of the 3 companies they submitted to gave a breed assessment. The other 2 correctly identified that there wasn’t any dog DNA in the samples.
This right here. I sent in a sample of my dogs DNA to embark and they got it right, even confirming another breed I wasn’t 100% sure she had in her.
Why and how exactly is 23andMe bs?
It connected me with a cousin (I think) who I hadn’t talked to in literally decades and she shared some old photos of my grandparents when they were young.
This comment sounds completely out of touch. 23andMe have been around for a long time now and I remember when it was first starting up and it cost like 10k or more for their service because they hadn’t yet figured out scale and more efficient ways to do things.
I remember a news segment where monozygotic (identical) twins had different results for their genealogy. Their efficacy and reproducibility should definitely be questioned.
Not to mention the problem of your DNA info being sold and used for nefarious purposes. Not just by hackers, but if the company is bought out by a different organization, they don’t have to honor the terms of 23andMe or Ancestory.com regarding not selling you data.
Edit: Here’s the story.
Their comment wasn’t out of touch, but your faith in the mainstream DNA testing market certainly is.