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 Continue Reading
More Alike than I Thought: It’s all in the Genome Sequence
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 Continue Reading
What? Me Worry? My 23andMe Results
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 Continue Reading
Spit Happens: Taking the 23andMe Spit Test
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 of those people who, Continue Reading
Why I spat: My 23andMe Spitting Experience
Well, the launch is finally here, and now I can divulge my 23andMe secret: I am a founding member of the 23andMe pregnancy blogging community. And no, I am not making another, related to the pregnancy part of that announcement. Those days are gone. That ship has sailed. This uterus is CLOSED Continue Reading
What A Trip!
I've been back from my 23andMe super-secret-special-project extravaganza trip for some time now. I've been basking in the glory that was four days away from household chores, drop-off, pick up, and frigid temperatures. I did miss my kids and hubby, tis true, but it was a small price to pay for a Continue Reading