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Rather tempted to give this a whirl. Could be a wise use of £125, or might make me very concerned.
Constants and variables.
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Are they still allowed to provide health based information? I think in the states at least they can only do ancestry stuff. I looked into it a while ago and the really interesting information (pinpointing a country/region rather than Europe) only came at a far higher cost.
I'd like to find out why eastern Europeans always assume I am German!
To be honest it probably isn't worth it for health reasons. Many conditions seem to be multi-trait (more than one gene is involved) and depend on the genetic background they are found in (the rest of your genome). Couple with lifestyle, environment, unknown pathogenic mutations, etc. and it gets very unpredictable. The really serious diseases tend to be fatal early on or very debilitating. Basically you would already know.
Most genetic disease testing in the UK is done in-utero (cystic fibrosis, Downs) or soon after birth to diagnose "abnormal" responses or behaviour (Duchennes). These tests are done because they are generally simple to assess and are immediately life threatening, but the known genetic mutations for different diseases don't account for all of the clinical presentations of that disease. There are some diseases that present in adults and are simple to determine such as Huntingdons but personally I'd rather not know.
Basically we know so little that the information would probably scare you more than it would help any doctor to treat you. As a genetic disease can only be managed (best case) rather than cured, and you may never develop symptoms (the whole probability thing again), I can't see the point unless you are a hypochondriac who needs a change.
The ancestry stuff could be interesting though.
Thanks for the considered responses guys.
I find it very interesting.
According to the advert I was looking at, they can do the susceptibility to disease things here.
I guess it's like the question as to whether you would look into your own future if you could?
BEB - if you're tall, people may be wondering if you're Dutch!