[Lilug] Unrelated Question

Tue Mar 14 04:40:09 PDT 2017

Good Warning - Well Taken - But I'm not concerned much about anonymity, yes
i have a facebook account and as of a few weeks ago so do both parents (mom
is more active online than me).

Also, my understanding is labs who collect your blood tests may keep the
samples they have and may be allowed to run dna sequences on them as-is
(and not anonymized), so for example if you ever had your blood drawn, it
may already be too late.  For me it's like, they already have this
information, let me see it now.

Jorg- I'm not interested much in the Ancestry report, I'm more interested
in the raw DNA file they offer.  Like i said i can upload that to the
promethease site for $5 and it will generate a more useful report from
something called snpedia -- it takes, it claims, about ten minutes.

Am i crazy for doing this?   In short --yes, but I've known i'm crazy since
at least 1996 (and suspected it 3-4 years earlier when taking a psychology
class).  It's no secret.

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On Mar 13, 2017 11:38 PM, "odinson" <odinson at warcloud.net> wrote:

A stark warning.   Once you loose control of your biometrics anonymity is
gone forever.

Nobody should be sending human DNA to anyone unless it is anonomized. Since
the implication is it is yours (think it's illegal any other way) not sure
how that would work.

As sequencing approaches pocket change in cost, for sure this is going to
happen WAY more in the future.  Value is way too high.  So a good guideline
is needed.  IMO 'never sequence your DNA' ain't gunna cut it.

Matt

On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Kewisch, Jorg wrote:

I am very skeptical of this dna test offers. Beside giving such important
> personal information to someone else without any control (the FBI has
> subpoenad some test results), how do we know that the results are correct
> or useful? It would be interesting to submit to several different services
> and compare the results (but not my dna!). I know someone who did the
> ancestry testing. Result:  from all over Europe. That can probably be
> claimed for most Caucasians without generating doubt.  Another one is a TV
> ad: "I am 26% native American". I would believe 25% or 12.5% or 6.25%, but
> how do they come up with 26%?
>
> But then: if you have a facebook account and have already surrendered your
> baby pictures and all other private information, go ahead and try it....
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> Subject: [Lilug] Unrelated Question
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> On this mailing list a few months ago (??) there was discussion of DNA and
> Crispr and all that.
>
> I finally got curious enough to buy a DNA test kit, but i didn't do
> anything with it yet (didn't get it yet).  Thanks to this list i learned
> there are places you can upload your raw DNA data file to for analysis, one
> i found was something called promethease i think.
>
> In the 'sample results' (again, i don't have mine yet) -- one single
> result (gene) found showed a likelihood for autism, schizophrenia, and
> chronic sinusitis, and i deal - daily - with some level of all three.  I am
> expecting a similar genetic result in that department.  I am curious if i
> am right.
>
> I think someone mentioned some kind of "open source" DNA analysis?  If
> there is can you mention what it was called?  I will then put it 2-3 months
> ahead on my calendar to then remind me to find and try it once i have
> results, hopefully something compatible with ancestry's file format (? is
> it different?).
>
> I am OK to run software comptaible with Linux, Android, or Windows.
>
> -Rob
>
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