How to blow $400
No, it isn't a poker related post. It is all about relatives. No, not the ones contacting me from Nigeria.
What happened was I sent $395 to 23andme.com. They sent me a tube to spit in and a couple of weeks later told me my Dad was I1* and Mom was that lovely H1c2. I then tried to figure out what that meant. In general, and I mean very general, I'm human. See all you doubters! I have proof.
This morning's email contained a note from a 'relative' of mine. Their newest way to drive traffic is a thing called a relative finder. This guy was in the U.K. Now if any of our common relatives had been close, mine would either have been shooting at them (Sinn Fein) or dropping bombs (Luftwaffe) in recent troubles. I was suspecting he was more interested in getting 12-mil to me if I'd pay the transport.
I went to the site and found 103 “Fifth cousins” were there for me to contact. The best was a 39% match. Their haplogroups weren't a match. It seems a more crippled way to drive eyeballs to their site than Grump's casino pictures.
The best info provided was this:
Disease Risks(11) (These are low the graph didn’t copy)
| Prostate Cancer | |
| Type 1 Diabetes | |
| Parkinson’s Disease | |
| Venous Thromboembolism | |
| Atrial Fibrillation |
Carrier Status(21)
| Hemochromatosis | Variant Present |
| Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency | Variant Absent |
| BRCA Cancer Mutations (Selected) | Variant Absent |
| Bloom’s Syndrome | Variant Absent |
| Canavan Disease | Variant Absent |
Traits(10)
| Alcohol Flush Reaction | Does Not Flush |
| Bitter Taste Perception | Can Taste |
| Earwax Type | Wet |
| Eye Color | Likely Blue |
| Lactose Intolerance | Likely Tolerant |
Drug Response(7)
| Warfarin (Coumadin®) Sensitivity | Increased |
| Abacavir Hypersensitivity | Typical |
| Clopidogrel (Plavix®) Efficacy | Typical |
| Drinking, Smoking, and Risk of Esophageal Cancer | Typical |
| Fluorouracil Toxicity | Typical |
My dad's ancestors were European. Duh! And, Mom's were mostly European with an Asian potential. Well, there is talk of an Indian grandmother of her's.
So, there's what 400-bucks gets you. Ersatz relatives and a possible drug response to rat poison. Well, maybe that human claim I made wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
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No, not the ones contacting me from Nigeria.
I think I’ve got relatives from Nigeria, too. They keep offering to send me millions of dollars if I’ll send them my bank account information. I could use all that money, so do you think I should?