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23andMe - DNA Profiling

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    23andMe - DNA Profiling

    Has anyone ever had their's or their childrens DNA tested? A company 23 and Me has been recommended for genome testing, specifically in our case looking for the indications around ADHD / Autism indicators.

    MF
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

    #2
    Why do you want to look for things that haven't been conclusively proven to exist? Particularly when some researchers and doctors are indicating that autism is a spectrum which includes normal human behaviour.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      I can do it for half price so don't waste your money. Your kids are going to be bombastic blowhards who think spending their time in airports , all in exchange for some pittance, is worthy of comment, ad nauseum.
      But probably reversion to the norm will apply and they're not going to be as thick.
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #4
        Your Kids?

        I heard Mrs MF & Suity are old friends apparently.
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #5
          Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
          Has anyone ever had their's or their childrens DNA tested? A company 23 and Me has been recommended for genome testing, specifically in our case looking for the indications around ADHD / Autism indicators.

          MF
          Let's hope your ADHD is not inheritable.
          His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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            #6
            Yeah, I've had my DNA tested by 23andme. Very interesting. You get health and ancestry profiles (or you did when I did it - think there was a clamp down on the health side from the FDA).

            Correctly showed something I already know, hereditary hemochromatosis in my family (which went undiagnosed in my mother leading to her death). Showed me as a carrier rather than actually having it which helps me plan for my own health and any testing for my children. Also showed slightly higher risk of prostate cancer which means I'll start testing for that earlier.

            I imagine this will start being done by the NHS at some point as a prevention strategy.

            Not sure what it can show for autism but it's been very worthwhile for me. The ancestry stuff is fascinating as well and it links you up, if you opt in, to people who share your genetic profile so you can trace third cousins and so on.

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              #7
              Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
              Has anyone ever had their's or their childrens DNA tested? A company 23 and Me has been recommended for genome testing, specifically in our case looking for the indications around ADHD / Autism indicators.

              MF
              What are you wanting it to tell you? If the indicators are present / absent what will change?

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                #8
                Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                Has anyone ever had their's or their childrens DNA tested? A company 23 and Me has been recommended for genome testing, specifically in our case looking for the indications around ADHD / Autism indicators.

                MF
                Tried and fairly interesting but no great insights. Can't remember seeing anything regarding autism.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                  Has anyone ever had their's or their childrens DNA tested? A company 23 and Me has been recommended for genome testing, specifically in our case looking for the indications around ADHD / Autism indicators.

                  MF
                  Having met MrsMF Jeremy Kyle will do a free DNA test in cases like yours
                  Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
                  I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

                  I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by vetran View Post
                    Your Kids?

                    I heard Mrs MF & Suity are old friends apparently.
                    The Mods are waiting for the whiff (actually rather more than a whiff) of Karma to disappear before intervening on this...
                    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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