I heard a story about ancestryDNA

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Mar 14, 2018
10:40:01am

Lance71 All-American

I heard a story about ancestryDNA

There was a set of identical triplets and the results from ancestryDNA was quite different for each of them. So these kinds of tests are not really accurate in reality. In theory they are great, but the reality is not accurate enough yet to actually base any conclusions on the results

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Lance71

Bio page: Lance71
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23 and Me - Elite athlete genetics.

tawillin Playmaker

3/14/18 8:26am

I have elite athlete genes according to 23andMe.

Mister P

3/14/18 8:28am

Turns out you still have to develop those abilities with hard work. Who knew?

YardTime

3/14/18 8:29am

Me too

3/14/18 8:33am

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East1999

3/14/18 8:29am

Yep. Some sports reward power, while others reward agility, coordination, endurance, etc.

buffgato

3/14/18 8:36am

And you can pinpoint what sports you are most likely to

Plato

3/14/18 3:42pm

Nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills...

Eddie

3/14/18 11:39am

The best genetic test for elite athletic ability is the stopwatch. Having taken

3/14/18 8:30am

Was never planning on doing 23andMe but now you have peaked my interest.

ChiCityCoug

3/14/18 8:38am

*piqued

Zedhead

3/14/18 8:39am

The level of the pique of his interest has peaked.

cougfanblue

3/14/18 8:41am

Can we talk math now?

YardTime

3/14/18 8:44am

Jefe promised me there would be no math.

cougfanblue

3/14/18 8:45am

I could try and blame auto correct but I honestly did not know about this.

ChiCityCoug

3/14/18 8:45am

I can already tell you that you do not have elite grammar genes.

SoCalCoug

3/14/18 10:59am

ohhhh buuuuurn!

ChiCityCoug

3/14/18 11:24am

Definitely need to understand the legal boundaries here, when it comes to

chilango

3/14/18 8:43am

I have those genes and i used to weigh as much as Mo Langi. I now am at Taysom levels of weight.

3/14/18 8:51am

I kind of wish that I did 23&Me instead of AncestryDNA now

Dynasty1

3/14/18 8:59am

So if a significant percentage have "Elite Athlete DNA", is it really Elite?

FiveTen-BuckEighty

3/14/18 9:06am

And I thought Gattaca was only a movie.

Seasider

3/14/18 9:19am

My Dad was 5'8" with short arms. I'm 6'4" with a 6'7" wingspan...

icecougar

3/14/18 10:33am

I had a cousin who was pretty tall, even though both his parents were short. We

chilango

3/14/18 10:40am

Your height and length may have come from the Postman 🙂

FiveTen-BuckEighty

3/14/18 10:54am

Out of curiosity did your parents have any tall male friends?

Cougstreak

3/14/18 2:58pm

Maybe he just has Marfans syndrome.

Gigo

3/14/18 3:31pm

I heard a story about ancestryDNA

Lance71

3/14/18 10:40am

The ethnicity estimates should be taken with a grain of salt but they are super

Dynasty1

3/14/18 10:44am

The different companies use different algorithms.

Gigo

3/14/18 1:28pm

I know someone who gave up a child for adoption 45+ years ago.

Eddie

3/14/18 1:38pm

I know several stories like this

Gigo

3/14/18 3:31pm

It's kind of interesting . . . what would happen if you tested pros?

jkccoug

3/14/18 1:18pm

This is how it all begins... GATTACA

Pretorian

3/14/18 2:18pm

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