Senseless weekend sarcasm : Endurance
A few years back, I sent my spit to Ancestry.com.
No, I wasn’t angry at them, it was for a DNA sample.
There were a few surprises, such as
- 1% Cameroon/Bantu people
- 1% Native America
Yes, According to my DNA, I’m 1/50th “a person of color.”
People might have believed it of my mom, with her dark hair, but I’m the one on the right:
Pictures taken shortly after the last dinosaur perished.
On occasion, I receive messages announcing more “discoveries” based on my DNA.
Yesterday, I was advised of “new information” about things like the shape of my ears, if my family line was bald, and — most important of all — the consistency of my ear wax.
Endurance Fitness
You have some DNA differences that are commonly found in elite endurance athletes
At the height of my physical fitness, when I could carry my 4th husband piggyback on my hips for a few hundred feet, I couldn’t make it up a well-traveled trail on a mountain to see a glacier. 10-year-olds were passing me by while I sat on a rock gasping for air.
Birth Weight
Probably a normal
Normal birth weight is 5.5 – 8.5 pounds. I was 5 pounds and came out butt first.
The skeptic inside me is going…
…If that were normal, half the world’s mothers would have died in childbirth.
But never fear, there is a caveat that “environment” may have more to do with my normalcy than genes.
Translation: You can’t sue us if we’re wrong.
I’m wondering what their next “scientific breakthroughs” are going to reveal. If it’s the size of my feet, don’t bother. I’ve got that covered.
My DNA result came back 100% boring! But I have had distant relatives in the USA message me. I can’t keep up with first cousins let alone eighth cousins I lost touch with early in the nineteenth century!
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I keep getting messages about my 3rd an 4th cousins. They might as well be strangers. I did hear from a cousin on my father’s side, and that’s how I found out that the 1% Cameroon/Bantu people came from my father’s side. My cousin has very similar genes. My sister only inherited the Native American and she’s the one with dark brown hair and brown eyes. Strange.
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Lol. Loved the sarcasm. I’ve never got my DNA tested. I wonder what the results will reveal!
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Go for it. You might be surprised. 😊
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I might 😃
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I did both 23&me and Ancestory. The Ancestry costs too much to keep it. What’s your neanderthal %? Mine was 4% but they’ve revised it down to 2 1/2 %. And you’re right about the plethora of 3rd and 4th cousins. Every once in a while they come up up with a possible 2nd cousin but I’ve never followed up on any of them. I had one gal contact me but it turned out to be nothing.
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Did Ancestry give you a neanderthal level, or 23&me? I want to know how much neanderthal is in my genome, too.
My sister had her test through Ancestry, too. Given the differences, I can’t see how she could be my sister. When we were growing up, she often asked if I was really her sister.
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23&me did the neanderthal level.
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I’ll have to check it out.
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Don’t pay full price for 23&me. They are always having 1/2 price sales.
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Thanks for the advice.
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Clever, clever, clever!
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Thanks. 😊
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