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General => Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing => Topic started by: oldtimer on Monday 12 May 08 18:41 BST (UK)

Title: Are DNA heritage tests a rip-off?
Post by: oldtimer on Monday 12 May 08 18:41 BST (UK)
This article thinks they are -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=565800&in_page_id=1770
Title: Re: Are DNA heritage tests a rip-off?
Post by: Guy Etchells on Monday 12 May 08 18:50 BST (UK)
It has been obvious from the very start that the DNA craze was based on very poor science.
The first results (viz. 7 daughters) were extrapolated from only a few hundred tests. Even today there have not been enough DNA tests to justify the extravagant claims made.
Cheers
Guy