Four Different Companies’ DIY Ancestry Tests Can Give You Four Different Results
“There’s a degree of ‘wink-wink, nudge-nudge’ that this doesn’t really work as well as advertised,” said New York University professor Charles Seife. “A lot of this stuff is really for entertainment only.”
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23andMe's Ancestry Results 'Most Confounding': New Report
Silicon Valley ancestry-testing firm 23andMe claims to have DNA from more than 2 million consumers, and its spit tests for insights into family history and health were top sellers on Amazon this past holiday season, but its ancestry test and those from three other companies produced drastically different results, a new report said. (Baron, 1/16)