DNA TEST!

[Fishstone]

Hey there fellow citizens of the New World!

 

Has anyone ever done a dna test like the ones they offer on ancestry.com or 23&me?

 

I did one quite recently and I learnt that I'm 52% English, 32% Irish, 11% Welsh and 5% Scottish. 

 

If anyone has done a test, did you learn anything interesting.

[ElizaJane]

Hi brother Adam, congratulations on your discoveries. 👏🏽👏🏽

 

I did both Ancestry and 23andme about 3 years ago. I always knew that I had been adopted as an infant.

After taking the tests, I discovered quite a few of those family secrets  that no one had ever told me about. (None of my family were JWs.)

 

I'm glad I did the tests. And, after getting over some of the shock, all I could think about is that I am looking forward to the resurrection to be able to meet the ancestors that I had never had a chance to know. 🫶🏽🫶🏽

[Fishstone]

Hi sister ElizaJane, thank you for your comment, very interesting and encouraging. 🫂

[Dustparticle]

 
I did a couple DNA tests.  And we need to do our homework too. I’m Native American, Scottish, Irish, French Canadian, Jewish, and German. This should make a mutt. 
 

 At times DNA will say this about a person. You need to look deep into your family and their local histries.

[exactor]

I wanted to dig deeper than ancestry and DND. I was interested in DND markers and percentages. After much research, I located the company in the attachment. 

I was born and raised in the US. Of course, that makes me Black, according to the African makers. I am covered by The Ransome - it is not a big deal. 🤣

DNA Markers.pdf

DNA...that is.....

[Fishstone]

25 minutes ago, exactor said:

I wanted to dig deeper than ancestry and DND. I was interested in DND markers and percentages. After much research, I located the company in the attachment. 

I was born and raised in the US. Of course, that makes me Black, according to the African makers. I am covered by The Ransome - it is not a big deal. 🤣

DNA Markers.pdf 130.6 kB · 1 download

DNA...that is.....

Thanks for the download 👍🏻 

[Miss Bea]

I did. I have mostly indigenous markers from north and South America. A bit of European. But, my big surprise was I have relations in Africa! How cool is that! 

Edited January 24 by Miss Bea

[Dustparticle]

2 hours ago, exactor said:

I wanted to dig deeper than ancestry and DND. I was interested in DND markers and percentages. After much research, I located the company in the attachment. 

I was born and raised in the US. Of course, that makes me Black, according to the African makers. I am covered by The Ransome - it is not a big deal. 🤣

DNA Markers.pdf 130.6 kB · 8 downloads

DNA...that is.....

 

We need to be careful. Learning your family background and DNA tests from different sources can help.

 

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/11/ftc-california-allege-cri-genetics-made-deceptive-dna-accuracy-claims-falsified-reviews-used

[Cushi]

Hey, my brother. I share your excitement as I've also done an ancestry DNA test. However, you may want to be selective about who you mention this to. I say this because, based on my experience, you may hear dismissive comments like “What does it matter” or “We all come from Adam.” 
We may take these comments as insensitive because these things matter to us, but we don’t want to harp on them. Just giving you a heads-up.

[Mike047]

That is a good point, Cushi, and one to remember.

 

Also, taking any kind of profiling test, like DNA, is something you have done in private, but can it be guaranteed that the information 'harvested' is kept confidential. In the light of computerised versions of information and expert hackers, it is always good to be careful how we give out personal information. A lot of personal information goes missing every day.

 

Just like social media dangers, it is wise to be aware of how even 'private' information can be used.

 

 

[Fishstone]

Thank you for the advice brothers.

[exactor]

On the lighter side....my children's mother is German-Irish...so I call my children German Chocolate. 🤣

[exactor]

Yes, thank you for your advice, brothers! 😊

[Witness1970]

Racists say some weird things.  People say one drop of "black" makes you all black.  I have also heard that one drop of "Indian" blood makes you all "Indian."  (They of course were referring to the people who were on this continent before it was named "America," sometimes referred to as "Native American" or indigenous people.)

 

I did a DNA ancestry test over a decade ago.  I was at first told that I was mostly Scandanavian, but as more tests were done, that was changed to mostly English.

 

Edited January 26 by Witness1970
added "indigenous people"

[Gimestr]

DNA companies are doing very unethical things with peoples DNA.  Your insurance provider can deny you based on DNA markers that can be found when you do these DNA test.  I wanted to check my genealogy years ago, and I feel like I was protected from submitting to DNA test thanks to 1 Timothy 1:4. 
It's not that it is bad to know your genealogy but you can see how it can lead to assumptions about yourself.  I am interested in know more about myself, but I am thankful that I never did this as 23andme, and ancestry are doing alot of unethical things with your DNA.

I Timothy 1:4
nor to pay attention to false stories+ and to genealogies. Such things end up in nothing useful+ but merely give rise to speculations rather than providing anything from God in connection with faith

[Hotteok]

I don’t have to run a test to know I’m 100% Korean. 

[Cushi]

9 hours ago, Hotteok said:

I don’t have to run a test to know I’m 100% Korean. 

With the exception of people like brother Randall, very few people are 100% anything unless their ancestors have been isolated for a very long time. I've seen many DNA test reveal videos on YouTube where the person thought they were 100% one ethnicity, only to find out they were far from it. Some even being over 50% of another ethnicity.

[Hotteok]

I just had an interesting question so I asked chatGPT. It doesn’t always give an accurate answer but here it is.

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What Would Humans Look Like in 1,000 Years If Everyone Had to Marry Outside Their Ethnic Group?

 

If every human were forced to leave their homeland and marry someone from a different ethnic group, the genetic diversity of the entire human race would be maximized, leading to significant changes in physical appearance over 1,000 years.

 

 

 

1. Skin Color: Converging to a Medium Tone

• Currently, darker skin tones are more common in regions near the equator (Africa, South Asia, South America), while lighter skin tones are more common in higher latitudes (Europe, East Asia).

• If all humans intermix, the natural tendency would be to converge toward a medium-toned complexion (olive or bronze skin).

• However, melanin levels may still adapt to sunlight exposure, leading to slight regional variations.

 

 

 

2. Eye Color: Dominance of Brown

• Lighter eye colors (blue, green) are recessive traits, so over time, brown eyes would likely become the most common.

• However, genetic mixing may produce more variation in hazel or light brown eyes.

 

 

 

3. Hair Color and Texture: Darker and Wavier

• Since dark hair (brown to black) is genetically dominant, most people would likely have dark brown or black hair.

• However, lighter shades like auburn or dark blonde might still appear occasionally.

• Curly and straight hair would blend, resulting in a wavy or slightly curly texture as the new norm.

 

 

 

4. Facial Structure: Balanced and Blended Features

• Specific ethnic features (e.g., East Asian round faces, European elongated faces) would blend into a more balanced, mixed facial structure.

• Over time, oval or egg-shaped faces might become the most common.

 

 

 

5. Height: Likely to Increase

• Taller genes tend to be dominant, and with improved nutrition, the global average height would likely increase over the next 1,000 years.

 

 

 

6. Nose and Lips: Adapting to a Global Climate

• Nose: In colder climates, narrower and higher noses evolved for heat retention, while broader noses developed in warmer regions. If all humans mix, a medium-sized nose would likely become the most common.

• Lips: Thin and thick lips would blend, leading to moderately full lips becoming the average.

 

 

 

7. Possibility of New Genetic Traits

• New combinations of genetic traits could emerge, such as lighter skin with curly hair or darker skin with light-colored eyes.

• Increased genetic diversity may also lead to greater resistance to certain diseases and other evolutionary advantages.

 

 

 

Final Prediction: How Humans Would Look in 1,000 Years

 

✅ Skin tone: Medium (olive to bronze)

✅ Eye color: Mostly brown, but some lighter shades may remain

✅ Hair: Mostly dark brown to black, with a wavy texture

✅ Facial structure: A more balanced and mixed shape (oval or egg-shaped)

✅ Height: Likely taller than today

✅ Nose/lips: Medium-sized, adapting to global conditions

 

Ultimately, 1,000 years from now, humanity may lose distinct ethnic features and instead develop a more uniform “average” appearance.

This aligns with the futuristic depictions in some movies where humans have blended into a single, globalized look.

 

However, factors such as climate change, diet, and genetic mutations could introduce unexpected variations, meaning the future of human evolution may be more diverse than we can currently predict!

 

[Dages]

Good thing Jehovah won't force anything in this regard. That would be a waste of variety.

[Dustparticle]

 

 DNA test or not. Now I come to find out I have 7 different backgrounds. That is Native American, Jewish, French, Scottish, Irish, German, and Canadian French. Now I'm working on 8 backgrounds.

[MiaKurtzy07]

It's so interesting to see all of these! 

[Pabo]

I did one and and the results said I was off the planet!

 

[jdcarlson]

40 years or so ago (before personal computers and the internet) my mother did an exhaustive (and exhuasting) geneaological search on her family. This was back when one had to go to courthouses to see actual paper copies of birth records, etc. It got to the point that when scheduling his vacation time from work my father would ask "Where do you want to go to turn over tombstones this summer?"

 

She traced her family back to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when William of Normandy defeated Harold Godwinson of England, to become "William the Conqueror".

 

Another branch of her family included a French Heugonot named Pierre Bilou (spellings vary) who emigrated from Amsterdam, Holland, to New Amsterdam (now New York) in 1651 on the ship St. John Baptiste. That man, with six other men, made the first permanent european settlement on Staten Island.

 

Other branches of the family hit North America later in different locations.

 

Everything she found in her exhaustive research was northern europe, British isles, and scandanavian.

 

I have ancestors on both sides of the Battle of Hastings, both sides of the American Revoltionary War, and both sides of the War Between the States.

 

One of my cousins (son of my mother's brother) sent in his DNA to a testing site. It came back showing African descendancy. My mother was astounded.

 

The only explaination she could come up with was it was from my cousin's mother's lineage. She had no blood connection with my mother's side of the family.

 

No one in the family has any ideas about the African ancestry.

 

The mystery is still unsolved.

 

Sometimes a DNA test can result in surprises.

 

Thanks,

 

Jim

[Dages]

3 hours ago, jdcarlson said:

Sometimes a DNA test can result in surprises.

I would not trust the results from these DNA companies.

[Miss Bea]

JD Carlson-

”One of my cousins (son of my mother's brother) sent in his DNA to a testing site. It came back showing African descendancy. My mother was astounded.”

That happened to me.

I was delighted to have cousins in Africa. I’m mostly Native American. A member of the Yurok Tribe. My mother was mostly Native American. My dad was from the English part of Europe. In reality, a bit of a mix like most of us. He did claim to be 1/4 Cherokee…

On my Mom’s side, the indigenous blood came from Alaska, to South America, and parts in between. 
In this country the indigenous people, and the African people, um, made good friends amongst themselves. Historically. On the eastern coast. They were people of color, and treated about the same. Except, the Natives were not made slaves, by the dominant culture, (With a few exceptions.)  There were ones who escaped their slave owners, and took refuge with the natives in that area. 

I suspect that was sort of the same story in South America. Except, it was Portuguese people that thought they ran the place. 
This I know. When the resurrections start to unfold, it will be more than fascinating.