SENATOR MCCAIN'S SERVICE TO OUR
NATION.
HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE IN OUR
PRAYER DURING THIS DIFFICULT
TIME.
GENETIC DNA TESTING IS A
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.
THE QUEST TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
AND WHERE YOU COME FROM HAS
PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE TAKING
THESE TESTS.
I'M FASCINATED BY THIS.
YOU KNOW I STARTED A JOURNEY
ALONG TIME AGO TAKING A TEST
WITH AFRICAN ANCESTRY.COM TO
FIND OUT WHERE MY FAMILY
ORIGINATED FROM.
I'VE TAKEN IT TO A WHOLE ANOTHER
LEVEL.
I'VE TAKEN FIVE OF THESE TESTS.
EACH OF THESE TESTS CAN PROVIDE
NECESSARY INFO.
DNA IS ALL THE RAGE.
SO MUCH SO IT'S A DAY OF ITS
OWN.
NATIONAL DNA DAY WHICH IS APRIL
25TH.
IT'S A BOOMING BUSINESS.
I TOOK AN ANCESTRY TEST
EARLIER THIS YEAR TO COME FAIR
RESULTS TO ONE UH TOOK WITH
AFRICAN ANCESTRY SEVERAL YEARS
AGO.
THOSE RESULTS ARE IN CONFIRMING
MY ROOTS BUT THERE IS MORE.
NIGERIA, GHANA A NUMBER OF OTHER
COUNTRIES IN AFRICA.
THE ANCESTRY TEST LOOKED AT BOTH
THE MATERNAL AND MATERNAL LINE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WHEY THINK I
WOULD EXPECT FOR YOU.
I TOOK MY RESULTS TO EXPERT
FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE.
YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE
PROBABLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT
AREAS IN AFRICA WHERE YOUR
ANCESTORS WOULD BEEN FROM.
I DON'T KNOW IF NEW OF THAT WAS
SURPRISING TO YOU, JUST THE
VARIETY OF AREAS AND COUNTRIES.
WHAT SHAKES OUT OF YOUR
FAMILY TREE, WHAT YOUR DNA STORY
REVEALS ABOUT YOU CAN VARY FROM
TEST TO TEST.
IN THE ANCESTRY TEST A LOT OF
LOW CONFIDENCE READS AND START
POPPING UP.
HOW MUCH STOCK DO YOU PUT IN
THOSE SMALLER NUMBERS?
I DON'T TAKE THEM VERY
SERIOUSLY.
THEY COULD BE PURELY
COINCIDENTAL.
SOMETIMES WE USE THE WORD NOISE
BUT WE MEAN THAT THEY -- ARE
SUCH SMALL VALUES THAT WHAT YOU
COULD BE SEEING IS SIMPLY A
COINCIDENTAL MATCH BETWEEN YOUR
DNA AND SOMETHING RELATED TO
THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO THAT TELLS ME HE'S VERY
LIKELY ONE OF YOUR ANCESTORS AS
WELL.
I ALSO TALKED TO NATIONALLY
KNOWN MOORE FROM THE DNA
DETECTIVES AND SHOES LIKE THE
PBS SPECIAL FINDING YOUR ROOTS.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHERE
IN THE WORLD THEY COME FROM.
IT'S ALSO THE THING ABOUT --
THE -- ETHNICITY ESTIMATES.
THEY MARKET THOSE REALLY HARD
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC
SEEMS TO BE MOST INTERESTED IN
BUT IT'S A SHAUM BECAUSES THAT
THE
IN -- SHAME BECAUSES THAT THE
LEAST --
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WHEN OR SHOULD YOU HIRE SOMEONE
TO HELP YOU IN.
BEFORE YOU HIRE SOMEBODY YOU
CAN ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
THERE ARE -- ITS SUCH A STRONG
COMMUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERISM.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HELPING
EACH OTHER.
AND TAKE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
TESTS FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES
AND COMPARE THOSE RESULTS.
THAT'S NEAT CAUSE I GET TO
SEE PEOPLE'S DATA ACROSS THREE
OR FOUR DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND
IT'S FUN WORKING ON PEOPLE WHO
COME FROM TOTALLY DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
YOU LEARN SO MUCH WORKING ON
OTHER PEOPLE'S DNA TOO.
SO I RECEIVED THE RESULTS
FROM TWO OF THE THREE ADDITIONAL
TESTS I TOOK.
THE RESULTS REALLY ARE ALMOST
IDENTICAL TO THE OTHER TESTS.
NOW I CONTINUE TO BUILD MY
FAMILY TREE.
AND BEGIN THE OTHER PART OF THIS
WHICH IS LOOKING FOR COUSINS,
THIRD, FOURTH, THAT WHOLE FAMILY
SEARCH PART
IT'S SO INTERESTING AND
HELPFUL THAT THOSE RESULTS ARE
CONFIRMING ONE ANOTHER.
RIGHT.
IN THIS TEST IT SHOWS I'M 0.1%
SOUTHEAST ASIAN.
THAT SHOCKED ME.
MORE SO 1.1% UNASSIGNED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
EXACTLY.
THANK YOU.