#myheritage dna

[throughthetreesblog]

New from MyHeritage DNA: cM Explainer

MyHeritage DNA has unveiled cM Explainer™.“ This latest new feature “estimates familial relationships between DNA Matches,” calculates the probabilities associated with each potential relationship, and “determines the most recent common ancestor.” MyHeritage relies on the amount of shared DNA and the ages of one’s matches to refine predictions, just as 23andMe has done for years. Users can view an illustration of the relationship path for each of their genetic relatives. cM Explainer™ is now a free feature available to anyone with MyHeritage DNA results. Non-MyHeritage customers have the option to use cM Explainer™ as a free standalone tool at myheritage.com/cm. 

Expect more product announcements this week as RootsTech 2023 continues.

[kittifer]

I got a DNA test for my birthday 🎉

My biological father died before I was born and the only thing I knew was that he was from Germany. So I really wanted to do a DNA test just to get a bit of an insight. That’s just… so much German. 🤣

The Scandinavian part is a huge surprise! I wouldn’t have expected it at all, much less the highest number!

I wonder if I can join the Viking communities now?

Ngl; I hate these places having my DNA but I got too curious lol

[misfit-among-the-angels]

Let's do this! Gonna be interesting to get ancestry results!

[fingertipsmp3]

I am once again asking why everything I do leads to me having the weirdest problem ever known to man

[unicornheadnebula]

Comparing Genealogy Platforms - Ancestry.com, 23 and Me, and What Else?

There are several genealogy platforms besides Ancestry.com, each offering a variety of tools and features, especially around DNA testing, matching, and family tree building. Here’s a comparison of the main ones: 1. MyHeritage DNA Testing: Offers its own DNA testing kits and also allows users to upload raw DNA data from other providers (like Ancestry or 23andMe) for free. DNA Matching: Has a…

[khoshekhskitten]

I did that myheritage thing and was expecting being half german and half indian/pakistani. You know, because my mom is german and my biological father is supposedly indian/pakistani.

I did not expect to not have any german or even western european relations found in my dna. Instead i'm almost 40% indian/pakistani and almost 40% celtic.

[ritaltime]

Human DNA Test Cost in the USA - Comprehensive Guide

[hobidisease]

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[beyondfoodmarket]

One of the biggest questions I get asked is, what am I? My sister gifted me an @ancestry DNA kit last year and I wanted to share the results. It was kind of weird looking at this because my entire life I thought I was 100% indigenous. Another cool aspect of doing this is the ability for others around the world to match your DNA which is a high probability that they are related to you which is cool. #ancestry #genealogy #familyhistory #family #ancestors #familytree #history #heritage #dna #ancestrydna #familyhistorian #genealogist #genetics #familysearch #genealogyresearch #familyhistoryresearch #dnatest #research #love #myheritage #ancestor #familyhistorychart #genealogychart #familystories #dnatesting #familychartancestry (at Chicago Lawn) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmwn44kp_4Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bosses-stay-flawless]

“Z” There’s only ONE of me. (and my biological twin) Shout out to my real life twin sis, they’re not us and we’re not them. Shout out to our baby brother also, 🐉 Dragonheart 🐉 so you already know what it is.

Just like that painting on my wall ( the one below) don’t just fall for anything.

I agree, it’s time we meet, face to face, and eye to eye so we can settle this once and for all.

“Z” There’s only ONE of me.

#Z_A_1 #azureeyes #DNA #myheritage #maternalLEGACY

[kouhaiofcolor]

Got my heritage DNA results back recently. Anyone interested in my data? :)

Also, anyone else Black do this thru an ancestry company? My husband went thru Ancestry around the beginning of COVID. I did mine thru MyHeritage. Very surprised w my results :)

[404personalitynotfound]

Besties i was not expecting THIS

ok so as one does, i was doing my research on the stuff i gotta boycott cuz yk with burger king gone from my diet (god damn it of course my favourite fast food place was messed up), i became more aware of the fact that maybe not going to macdonalds and starbucks isn't enough.

then i found this out: FIVERR, MYHERITAGE AND DEVIANTART ALSO NEED TO BE BOYCOTTED like what??

Let this article do the talking for me because what the what???

from the IT, MUSIC, AND ONLINE TOOLS AND SERVICES section alone:

"The ‘DIY-website’ company Wix is headquartered in Israel, and Wix is the parent ogansiation of the online artistic platform DeviantArt which it acquired in 2017"

"The ancestry research and DNA testing website MyHeritage.com is headquartered in Tel Aviv."

The controversial online marketplace Fiverr is headquartered in Tel Aviv, while its Corporate Office is based in the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC.

We already knew Wix was on the bds boycott list but it's the parent company of DeviantArt??

Why has no one told me??

[thecapriciouscapricorn]

i wrote an entire account of my Appalachian family, tracing from the late 1600s to my great-grandma’s passing in 2016. it was one of the hardest things i’ve ever done on multiple levels but also one of the most, if not THE most, rewarding projects i’ve ever completed.

my family is Melungeon but i’ve found that our ancestors had more Jewish blood (and possibly Romanichal blood based on the given names they had that were common among Romany in the 19th century i.e. Luvenia, Herod and Aquilla, and how some of them moved back and forth a lot in short timespans, but i’m not sure) than the Black and Native DNA that people think of when they think “Melungeon”, though i’m possibly descended from a Pamunkey chief, Totopotomoi, a long way back. our family has constantly intermarried with the Sizemores and gosh that makes me feel like i have a connection to royalty!

i got a very tiny amount of West African on my 23AndMe test and my dad took a MyHeritage test and got back Balkan. but the African results I got are really confusing bcuz it didn’t say anything specific, just “African Hunter-Gatherer”.

i know it sounds weird talking about tiny bits of African DNA i have but for context for those who don’t know much or anything about Melungeons, our identity isn’t as much about the non-white blood we have, but rather about how our ancestors formed tight-knit, insular communities because of how they were discriminated against and from there they formed their own unique culture that’s trickled down to us. a lot of us today are phenotypically “White” and therefore have white privilege and yet at the end of the day, race is and has always been a social construct and we still have legitimate spiritual connections to our ancestors.

my grandma says she’s going to take me on a road trip to see my relatives in Ohio and our ancestral state of Kentucky and i’m SOOOO excited. i’m genuinely stoked.

[beardedmrbean]

A 71-year-old man from Liège who donated sperm for scientific research as a student in Brussels in the 1970s has discovered he has at least two children who were conceived without his knowledge. His biological son contacted him after finding a match through the commercial MyHeritage DNA database. This is not the first time the VUB professor who supervised the research has been discredited.

The man was given a DNA test through MyHeritage as a gift by his wife several years ago, but it unexpectedly revealed one significant match. At first he thought it was a child from a past relationship that he hadn’t known about, until a second match was revealed.

That person, Tom (not his real name), had registered with the database because he was looking for his biological father. Commercial databases compare users’ DNA profiles to find matches. The greater the match, the closer the users are genetically related. Tom sought contact and informed the man that he had been conceived using donor sperm.

When Tom didn’t receive an answer, he asked Steph Raeymaekers of the non-profit support organisation Donorkinderen to contact the man on his behalf. After VUB professor Robert Schoysman was mentioned, the 71-year-old realised what must have happened.

“He is very worried that the two children he has now found are only the tip of the iceberg,” says Raeymaekers. Between 1974 and 1979, when he was studying at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, he donated sperm four times a month, as part of a study by Schoysman on male fertility.

“He thought he was contributing to science and received some payment for it,” Raeymaekers says. “To find that people were conceived with his sperm against his will and without any knowledge is incredibly difficult for him to accept.” Students were paid 1,000 Belgian francs (€25) per donation

Schoysman, who has since died, was a pioneer of in vitro fertilisation and donor insemination in Belgium, but has previously come under scrutiny. Donorkinderen claims that, among other things, he helped conceive triplets by insemination with a mixture of two men’s sperm.

'Scandals are not exceptions'

The organisation is calling for an investigation and is concerned that many more students were misled. “We want the government to act because the scandals out there are no longer exceptions,” Raeymaekers says.

“How long did this professor do that? How many students were involved? How many parents and also donor children were affected by him? We need to find that out in order to correctly inform victims.”

Tom, 45, signed up to MyHeritage because he is a carrier of a genetic disorder. “There is a 50% chance that I inherited it from him,” he says. “I felt I should let him know that so that his other children can also get tested. For me personally, it’s a closed chapter. I have answers to my questions. But I think raising awareness in society is important. I realise there are still a lot of children who probably don’t know they are donor children.”

Although fertility centres and sperm banks retain donors’ personal details, they may not disclose them to prospective parents or children. Tom is in favour of lifting that anonymity, as is the case in the Netherlands, where children have the right to details of their donor father.

In a press release, the VUB said: "The facts quoted seem to date back to the early 1970s. At that time, reproductive medicine was still in its infancy. Neither the VUB nor the UZ Brussel are currently aware of any publications by Prof Schoysmans in the context of scientific research on sperm donors.

"VUB-UZ Brussel has strict procedures for donors and clearly communicates the reason why. A contract is signed with the sperm donor for each donation. Specific informed consent is required for use of sperm cells in the context of scientific research."

[iamsancho]

I did a MyHeritage DNA test and the results are fascinating.

[burritosandpeppermint]

I'm glad that my curiosity about what 23andMe could reveal did not overpower my distrust of submitting that kind of information to a company that I did not know I could trust.

And the thing that you need to understand is that there are companies, organizations, institutions, and governments who will surreptitiously buy or steal that data simply because they can. I'm not kidding.

EDIT

From Reddit user Competitive_Ad_5515 about this situation:

Friendly reminder that 23&Me and other genetic testing companies were already selling your data!

2018 Time article about 23&Me specifically selling user data to pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline

2018 CNBC piece - 5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies

2022 Consumer Report article - The Privacy Problems of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

We investigated the privacy policies and practices of 23andMe, AncestryDNA, CircleDNA, GenoPalate, and MyHeritage to learn more about what they do with the data they collect.

2020 Consumer Report article - Your Genetic Data Isn't Safe

CR says better protections are needed for the intimate data you share when you take a direct-to-consumer genetic test