Is it pointless for an direct Black African to do a DNA test?

[JadeB]

I want to do one myself one day but judging from all the all the other West Africans who did these tests, they seem kind of obvious.

 

[BossmanChad]

It's not totally useless, the more people contribute to the database the more accurate the results will be

 

[King]

It's not totally useless, the more people contribute to the database the more accurate the results will be

That depends on how much they actually update the database in that specific group tho.

I highly doubt they’d start looking within African group populations for subsections since it’s not that profitable. It’s all pop science anyways. Doesn’t really tell you shyt. And all those 1% Japanese or Italian people look for are literally false positives - the company knows that they’re doing

Take the same test twice under a different name and see that shyt change

 

[JadeB]

That depends on how much they actually update the database in that specific group tho.

I highly doubt they’d start looking within African group populations for subsections since it’s not that profitable. It’s all pop science anyways. Doesn’t really tell you shyt. And all those 1% Japanese or Italian people look for are literally false positives - the company knows that they’re doing

Take the same test twice under a different name and see that shyt change

I don't think it's complete bs since most DNA test results match up with the history of the person taking it.

 

[King]

I don't think it's complete bs since most DNA test results match up with the history of the person taking it.

EDIT:
Geneticists agree that it’s not complete bs, but not much beyond that. But at the same time, it won’t really tell you anything most people don’t already know.

How Accurate Are Online DNA Tests?

 

[Gold]

I would never get a DNA test personally.

Not paying someone money and having my DNA in a database just for them to tell me something I already know

 

[Roid Jones]

I would never get a DNA test personally.

Not paying someone money and having my DNA in a database just for them to tell me something I already know

Are you afraid of being exposed

 

[Gold]

Are you afraid of being exposed

no

 

[Sauce Dab]

I would never get a DNA test personally.

Not paying someone money and having my DNA in a database just for them to tell me something I already know

And what is it you already know?
How much European in your blood?

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

I would never get a DNA test personally.

Not paying someone money and having my DNA in a database just for them to tell me something I already know

Not paying any one to tell me something I don’t want to hear

 

[Striving For Greatness]

I was surprised I'm 11% European

 

[Uchiha God]

Not all parts of Africa are the same so there might be some value in doing it. I'd hazard a guess that someone from Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde and South Africa would get different results to those in the OP

but ultimately, often times these dna tests come off as people wanting to know how much of a cac or exotical they are. which is type weird to me

 

[kaldurahm]

A whole bunch of people think I'm Kenyan, so maybe to see if I got Kenyan/east african somewhere in my family tree

 

[Gold]

And what is it you already know?
How much European in your blood?

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Dudes on here really paying and giving away they DNA to make a coli thread