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Identical Twins Test 5 DNA Ancestry Kits, Get Different Results On Each (www.cbc.ca)
Freshly Exhumed writes: Uh-oh, something is not right with the results of most popular DNA ancestry kits, as a pair of identical twins have found. Charlsie Agro and her twin sister, Carly, bought home kits from AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA and Living DNA, and mailed samples of their DNA to each company for analysis. Despite having virtually identical DNA, the twins did not receive matching results from any of the companies. "The fact that they present different results for you and your sister, I find very mystifying," said Dr. Mark Gerstein, a computational biologist at Yale University. Gerstein's team analyzed the results, and he asserts that any results the Agro twins received from the same DNA testing company should have been identical. The raw data collected from both sisters' DNA is nearly exactly the same. "It's shockingly similar," he said.
Someone was sleeping around too much...
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
"It's SHOCKINGLY similar "
No fuck Sherlock, they are identical twins. Different companies use different sampling of DNA and different algorithm to calculate ESTIMATED region of origin. Some people would believe any product advert word by word, but after decades of high profile misleading advertising to trick you out of your money, it is common sense to take adverts and their promises with a pinch of salt. Save your 90 bucks Americans, the answer is Europe
What is the point of the identical twins (other than adding click-bait value)? Why not submit two samples from the same person under different names?
They are reporters, identical twin reporters. You can't have only one of them getting credit.