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Ancestral DNA lab report? Is this real?
had a ancestral DNA test done on me to either confirm or deny Native American heritage. The only problem is, I suspect that the lab report may be fake. Here’s the whole story….. I finally get the call from a very small local business that my ancestral DNA report had come in and that I could come for a results consultation the next day. So, when my girlfriend and I get there (she also had her ancestral DNA tested at the same time as I) the individual hands me my report and tells me that my Native American heritage is 5 % from the Seneca tribe, 2.5% Chippewa and 2% Shawnee. Obviously, I was very excited and started to ask more questions. However, as I began to think deeply about what was just handed to me I noticed that all the Haplogroups on my ACTUAL lab report were of the K variety. There were no A, B, C, D or X’s on the report whatsoever. The only piece of information that indicated Native American descent was a little map of the Eastern United States that had my alleged Native percentages and associated tribes below it (I’ve also included a link to a scanned image of both this paper and the actual lab report below). There were several misspellings and differences in text type in comparing my supposed lab report with my girlfriends. It gets more interesting. when I asked the individual at the business if I could have the phone number for the lab to ask them questions, she quickly told me that the lab doesn’t take calls from patients but that she would gladly answer any more of our questions. Can someone please help shine some light on this lab report and tell me if it’s legit or not. I would truly like to be able to believe them, but something deep down in me says I’ve been crocked.
Lab report page 1 – http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/chris_lisauckis/Ancestors/Page1.jpg?t=1250521636
Lab report page 2 – http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/chris_lisauckis/Ancestors/Page2.jpg?t=1250521845
Eastern U.S. Map with tribal percentages – http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/chris_lisauckis/Ancestors/img113.jpg?t=1250522161
No DNA test can identify a tribe.
If you were an A, B, C, D or X. They may have been able to tell you the geographical area your ancestor may have lived.
Each testing company arbitrarily assigns the geographical areas. They are not standard across the industry.
This is a link to a site that lists their geographical area categories.
DNA Tribes® Global Population Database
http://www.dnatribes.com/populations.html
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The company you used is a scam, and you should report them to the Better Business Bureaus in your state.
Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/us/bbb-faqs/#faq1
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August 29th, 2009
Posted by admin in imaging associates phone | 3 Comments »
I would take the report to you local health department and talk to them about it as there doesn’t seem to be the name or a letter head to the report. Even if they can’t tell you if it is real, they might be able to suggest where to go to find out.
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No DNA test can identify a tribe.
If you were an A, B, C, D or X. They may have been able to tell you the geographical area your ancestor may have lived.
Each testing company arbitrarily assigns the geographical areas. They are not standard across the industry.
This is a link to a site that lists their geographical area categories.
DNA Tribes® Global Population Database
http://www.dnatribes.com/populations.html
—————-
The company you used is a scam, and you should report them to the Better Business Bureaus in your state.
Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/us/bbb-faqs/#faq1
.
References :
What I feel is so strange is you mention all those Native American tribes but still Mitochondrial Haplogroup K is what I am. Most in that Haplogroup are Ashkenazi Jews or Northern Italians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_K_(mtDNA)
Here is information on Y Haplogroup K
http://www.isogg.org/tree/ISOGG_HapgrpK09.html
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