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  1. Discover more about your health, traits, and ancestry with 23andMe by visiting https://www.23andme.com/.

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  2. A super fun step by step tutorial on how to take a 23 and Me DNA test with the help of my friend, Whitney Nielsen! We will take you through the entire proces...

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    23andMe is named after the 23 pairs of chromosomes in your DNA. We help you understand what your DNA says about your health, traits and ancestry. After provi...

  4. How does 23andMe work? Find out with this video!

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    • What will a genetic test actually tell me? At most, that you carry a DNA variant that, according to research, is associated with a higher risk of a disease.
    • What diseases can 23andMe tell me about? This month, late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, the clotting disorder alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and Gaucher disease.
    • Will the test tell me if I’m doomed to get one of these terrible disorders? No. None of the genetic variants that 23andMe tests for is what’s called “fully penetrant,” meaning that 100 percent of those who carry the variant develop the disease.
    • Do these tests work better for some ethnic groups than others? Geneticists have studied more people of European descent than other groups, so they have more data on white people.
  5. The test uses qualitative genotyping to detect select clinically relevant variants in the genomic DNA of adults from saliva for the purpose of reporting and interpreting genetic health risks and reporting carrier status. It is not intended to diagnose any disease. Your ethnicity may affect the relevance of each report and how your genetic ...

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  7. Find out more here. 23andMe is the first direct-to-consumer test that includes FDA-authorized health reports. 23andMe was founded in 2006 to help people access, understand and benefit from the human genome. We have more than three million genotyped customers around the world. See our press releases, upcoming events, and presentations.