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WE HAVE A 23andMe WINNER: (And a discount code for 10 lucky others!)

Posted in 23andMe on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

  Thanks to all of you for your comments — but there is only one winner — Judy A. from North Carolina has won a DNA Testing service from 23andMe! I’ve put her in touch with the folks at 23andMe and they’ll take it from here.   But don’t despair if you haven’t won! If [...]

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23andMe DNA Testing Kit Giveaway

Posted in 23andMe, Family, tagged , , on June 25, 2009 | 35 Comments »

  In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been writing a bit (!) about 23andMe for the past few months. I’ve contemplated the difference between my jeans and my genes, I’ve wondered why my family (who all have kits) won’t spit, I’ve worried about how much to share, how much info is too much. But mostly, [...]

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Youngening: It's true! We're all getting younger!

Posted in 23andMe, Fashion, Humor, Rants, Shopping, Weight, tagged , , , , on June 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Forty is the new thirty.  Fifty is the new forty.  Twenty one is the new eighteen.  In fact, my hormones are skyrocketing to adolescent levels even as I type. It’s the new math.  And Lord knows, I’ve never been much good at math. Funny.  I’m not much good at getting younger as I age, either. [...]

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23andMe and My Family: Why Won't They Spit?

Posted in 23andMe, Family on May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Several months ago, I had my genome sequenced by 23andMe as part of becoming a founding member of their online pregnancy community.  (Ok, Ok, I explain this every week, I know.  Have you figured it out yet?  It’s a disclaimer:  I work for them.  If you think that means I can’t write honestly about them…well, [...]

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Genes vs Jeans

Posted in 23andMe, Beauty, Fashion, Genetics, Humor, tagged on May 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

They either make my butt look too big, or too broad. They accentuate my gut or give me muffin top.  They are jeans.  The bane of my existence.  My dream is to be able to look good in a white t-shirt, a pair of jeans, and some flip flops.  But it seems that my genes [...]

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Wanna Share What? Genome sharing on 23andMe

Posted in 23andMe on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Wanna Share Genomes? I wouldn’t share my sandwich with a stranger.  I wouldn’t tell even a close friend what I weigh.  I’d never disclose my annual income, or the secret ingredient that makes my vinaigrette’ so great.  Yet here on 23andMe, I share my genetic code with total strangers. I mean, really.  What’s more intimate [...]

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More Alike than I Thought: It's all in the Genome Sequence

Posted in 23andMe, tagged , , , , , , on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Take a guess as to how statistically similar you are to any other random person in the world. 8% maybe? 20% 33%? The true number, according to the 23andMe geneticists, is anywhere from 63-69%.  If the random person happens to be your same race, that number jumps to  between 73% and 74.%  And that’s just [...]

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What? Me Worry? My 23andMe Results

Posted in 23andMe, tagged , , , on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I spoke to a geneticist at 23andMe today (as a paid blogger for them (full disclosure here) I get that courtesy.) and told him that it seemed to me that I was (genetically speaking anyway) completely average in every way. “Didn’t you see the Diabetes?” he  asked. Well, yes.  According to my 23andMe genetic analysis, [...]

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Spit Happens: Taking the 23andMe Spit Test

Posted in 23andMe, Genetics, tagged , , on April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I am a terrible spitter. Seriously. I am one of those people who, when she tries to spit (like, say after getting a mouthful of gnats while running on a summer day. And yes, I sometimes do run. Not a lot, but sometimes. Hey, it isn’t easy finding time to run) ANWAY, I am one [...]

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23andYou: what do you think?

Posted in 23andMe, Family, Genetics, tagged on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So the 23andMe pregnancy community launched today on Good Morning America. And since I’m officially a “founding member” of the community, I was wondering…what do people think of getting tested while pregnant?  Some people are saying too much information isn’t always a good thing.  I say, how can we know too much when it comes [...]

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