I was excited when I saw an ad wanting research participants for 23 and me. I have looked at the kits only and have coveted them for quite some time. I've wanted to do a DNA test ever since Ancestry.com came out with theirs. I yearn to know the answers to my past. I've made the family trees and researched as far as I can to no avail. So when the little box came in the mail it was like I was being given a key to my past.
This is everything that came in my little box. You have to wait thirty minutes after you eat or drink to provide a specimen. I wanted a good clean sample so I waited till I woke up the next morning. Funny story. My mouth was dry and spitting into a vial to get up to a certain line is quite a challenge. I did what any fat girl would do. I got on YouTube and looked up videos of yummy spicy food (my favorite). It worked! I got my sample and I closed the lid which added some sort of liquid to the sample. I then used a cap to seal the tube and placed it into the specimen bad. No postage was necessary so I sealed it back in the box it came in and took it to the post office.
I mailed this off yesterday and I don't expect results for six to eight weeks. I am taking surveys and doing study sessions as part of the medical research. I wrote them today to see if they had any research studies for Elijah's illnesses. I would love for him to have his genetics tested and so he can learn more about his ancestry since he has zero contact with his biological fathers side of the family. I really like what 23 and me is doing with their research and I hope it can further research into illnesses that is currently plaguing Americans.
I thought it would be fun to make a guess into what my DNA Ancestry will show. I have identified all my life as German and Irish. My maiden name is Heinz and it comes from Germany. I have red hair and believe I have Irish ancestors. It is believed that I have Cherokee on both sides of my family. So following the graph above my guess is 80% European, German the highest percentage and Irish a lower percentage and 20% Native American. I would be shocked to see Asian or African. I am so excited to get these results and I hope I get them before Oktoberfest so I can celebrate and know it is my heritage! It would be the best Oktoberfest ever.
BLEIB DRAN!