Food, Drink and Genomes
Around here, “Can you smell asparagus in your pee?” is totally appropriate party conversation. And “I’m U5a1*” is what people say instead of “I’m a Sagittarius.” We heard all this and more last night...
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Did You Know? DNA Can Offer Clues about Irish Ancestry.
Nearly 37 million Americans claim to have Irish heritage according to a national survey conducted in 2009. That’s over eight times the number of people living in Ireland today. Although it’s...
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Independence DNA
Editor’s note: When we first ran this post it garnered a lot of interest from our customers, so we decided that for July 4th we’d run it again. Through the magic of the Internet you can now examine the...
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Who Planted The Family Tree?
by Emily Chang, Joanna Mountain and Mike Macpherson Click on the image above for a larger version of this chart, which shows that some ancestry combinations are more common than others in the 23andMe...
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Haplogroups Explained
By Thomas LeMany 23andMe customers that contact Customer Care are confused by their haplogroup assignments and what they actually mean.But knowing your haplogroup, and how you can use it, can give you...
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A Conversation with Population Geneticist David Poznik
This interview is part of an occasional series of profiles introducing you to some of 23andMe’s scientists. Population geneticist David Poznik came to 23andMe after working in Carlos Bustamante’s lab...
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Founding Fathers’ DNA
Editor’s note: We first ran this blog post a few years back and thought we’d revisit it for this year’s July 4th.Through the magic of the Internet you can now examine the yellowing letters of Thomas...
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Updates to 23andMe Paternal Haplogroup Assignments
With the holiday season upon us, 23andMe is sprucing up its paternal haplogroup tree! With 23andMe population geneticist and Y-chromosome expert David Poznik at the lead, we’ve updated our Haplogroups...
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Around here, “Can you smell asparagus in your pee?” is totally appropriate party conversation. And “I’m U5a1*” is what people say instead of “I’m a Sagittarius.” We heard all this and more last night...
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23andMe’s New and Improved Maternal Haplogroups
It’s springtime for 23andMe’s Maternal Line tree! Each one of us can trace our ancestry back through our mother, our mother’s mother, her mother, and so on. And there is one piece of our DNA that has...
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Did You Know? DNA Can Offer Clues about Irish Ancestry.
Editor’s note: This post has been edited to reflect changes to the 23andMe ancestry product. Nearly 37 million Americans claim to have Irish heritage according to a national survey conducted in...
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Independence DNA
Editor’s note: When we first ran this post it garnered a lot of interest from our customers, so we decided that for July 4th we’d run it again. Through the magic of the Internet you can now examine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Planted The Family Tree?
by Emily Chang, Joanna Mountain and Mike Macpherson Click on the image above for a larger version of this chart, which shows that some ancestry combinations are more common than others in the 23andMe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Haplogroups Explained
Many 23andMe customers that contact Customer Care are confused by their haplogroup assignments and what they actually mean. But knowing your haplogroup, and how you can use it, can give you much more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Conversation with Population Geneticist David Poznik
This interview is part of an occasional series of profiles introducing you to some of 23andMe’s scientists. Population geneticist David Poznik came to 23andMe after working in Carlos Bustamante’s lab...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Founding Fathers’ DNA
Editor’s note: We first ran this blog post a few years back and thought we’d revisit it for this year’s July 4th. Through the magic of the Internet you can now examine the yellowing letters of Thomas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Updates to 23andMe Paternal Haplogroup Assignments
With the holiday season upon us, 23andMe is sprucing up its paternal haplogroup tree!With 23andMe population geneticist and Y-chromosome expert David Poznik at the lead, we’ve updated our Haplogroups...
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23andMe’s Updated Maternal Haplogroup Report
How far back can you trace your maternal line? To your mother? Your grandmother? How about your maternal great-great-great-grandmother? Whether you know your maternal-line genealogy back ten...
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Independence DNA
Editor’s note: We first ran a version of this blog post a few years back and thought we’d revisit the topic for this year’s July 4th.Through the magic of the Internet you can now examine the yellowing...
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The DNA Download Videos, Take Two
You’ve watched the first batch of 23andMe’s new video series, The DNA Download, and now you want to go a little deeper. In this next collection a few of our scientists and specialists will walk you...
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