Comments on: DNA Stereotyping

By: Ondrej Manisha

Ondrej Manisha — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:08:19 +0000

see it’s very define,your one of a kin. Ondrej Manisha.

By: Lei

Lei — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:11:32 +0000

Karama – I thought your name seemed very familiar! Now I remember I came across your Open Letters (http://openlettersforchange...) and So What Can I Do (http://sowhatcanido.blogspo...) blogs. Very interesting concepts. My friends and I are admirers.

By: Lei

Lei — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:00:05 +0000

Thanks for the nice comment, Karama. I hope you’ll come back and join in the discussion. I am going to go to the Bioethics blog right now!

By: Karama

Karama — Wed, 11 May 2005 14:42:40 +0000

Hello Lei,

Interesting blog. As a geneticist and bioethicist I really appreciate your commentary. You may also want to check out the American Journal of Bioethics blog (blog.bioethics.net). Enjoy!

I'll be back!

Karama

By: Lei

Lei — Thu, 05 May 2005 14:52:43 +0000

Qadira – Have you seen this Christian Science Monitor article (http://www.csmonitor.com/20...)? They discuss precisely these companies that do DNA analysis for people interested in their family ancestry.

By: Qadira

Qadira — Wed, 04 May 2005 20:53:03 +0000

Actually, I apparently wasn’t. That sounds rather nifty. I saw an ad in http://www.familytreemagazi...">Family Tree Magazine for http://www.ancestrybydna.com/">Ancestry By DNA which doesn’t say much in its print ad. I hadn’t bothered to check the website, since the ad says: "Very few of our ancestors remained in one part of the world; most migrated to different regions. Trace the geographic origins of your ancestors with a simple and painless genetic test. AncestryByDNA (TM) will determine your genetic heritage among the four anthropological groups: Native American, East Asian, sub-Saharan Africa, and Indo-European. .. Complete your genealogy with a genetic history trace."

It *would* actually be interesting to see what percentage of each main grouping my DNA is comprised of. Maybe some time when I feel like spending the $100 or so that National Geographic is charging.

By: Lei

Lei — Wed, 04 May 2005 08:30:51 +0000

Qadira, perhaps you’re referring to The Genographic Project (http://www3.nationalgeograp...)?

By: Qadira

Qadira — Tue, 03 May 2005 13:15:21 +0000

I noted in one of the many genealogy publications that a person is now able to do a ‘DNA’ search to find ‘related ancestor groups’ or some such. It’s been a few weeks since I read it so have forgotten details. I recall thinking at the time that it was silly and a waste of money- after all, most of us already know if we have predominantly African, Asian, Anglo-European etc backgrounds.