You can get me out of my jeans, but..........

But you can't get my genes out of me. Unless I spit in a tube for you. Which I did and paid $99 to do it as well.

The big things I wanted and I think most people want to know are, what diseases do I have a genetic disposition to? What other health info can be gleaned from current levels of consumer testing and understanding? Where is my ancestry from in the world?

Any other knowledge just seems like a bonus. Well in full rowdystyle blog exposure here are some of my results!

Ancestry. From maternal and paternal line it looks like I am pretty much exclusively Northern European, specifically Scandinavian.
Maternal Line
Paternal Line Through which I am evidently related to Leo Tolstoy.

Here is the real kicker, the health part. There is a reason they make you sign so many wavers and consents, because you might not like what you learn. In my case, looks like Alzheimer's is in my future, sadly.


There are huge ethical issues to knowing and sharing this information, so I hope I don't regret it, but there it is. Time will tell.

I have no weird inherited conditions, thankfully. I am a fast caffeine metaboliser. I have a decreased response to blood thinners like Coumadin. And I have the red head's increased tolerance to pain medication.

Some of the traits the testing shows with what they say is high confidence:


If you have a spare $99 and you are remotely interested in this, I would say go for it! Is it totally exact? No. Will it tell you everything you wanna know? No. But what you do get out of it was worth it for me!