My Experiences and Personal Quest to find what the heck is going. Journey throughout my life I have encountered others who have experienced the same thing. Why is this happening? What is the reason? What can we do to stop this? Hopefully together we can find the answer.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Phallacies of Genetic "DNA" Testing Part 2
What is most infuriating is the "confidence level" of DNA testing regarding ancestry. There is a ration which is publicized which is at 50% "speculative", meaning their confidence in a prediction must be greater than 50% to report it. There is a 90% "conservative" interpretation more close based upon the data, yet it is still a guess. So what is being told is very very off.....I will share my general results for example:
Speculative (50%) "Standard"
European 48.9%
East Asian & Native American 42.0%
Sub-Saharan African 3.8%
Middle Eastern & North African 1.5%
Oceanian <.1%
Unassigned 3.8%
Conservative (90%)
European 26.7%
East Asian & Native American 21.9%
Sub-Saharan African N/A
Middle Eastern & North African N/A
Oceanian N/A
Unassigned 51.4%
As you can see here there is a huge gap in numbers....
European a difference of 22.2%
East Asian & Native American a difference of 20.1%
Sub-Saharan African non-longer applicable
Middle Eastern & North African non-longer applicable
Oceanian non-longer applicable
Unassigned increased by 47.6%
Although I am not a genetic expert there is a huge discrepancy in terms of accuracy. More than 50% of my DNA was a guess...which is a good indication that I do not have Middle Eastern, Oceanian or African DNA. They can only really verify that I am a mix of European and East Asian/Native American stock....and that is only 48.6% of my DNA!
I know Databases are incomplete, but I find it misleading that they seem to sell the idea of that they know and you basically sell your DNA to further their research. So a big warning, at this point..... contribute the to Genetic research to build a database for the future....however...it is not going to reveal anything you don't already know by looking in the mirror.
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