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by yakshaving_jgt 2751 days ago
I'm curious of the legitimacy of this story, given one of the comments at the bottom:

> Don’t believe the results. I’m retired FDA and investigated this company since its inception. 23and me swabs go to labcorp in NC. They aren’t a lab. They take the results and issue what is tantamount to a horoscope based on your demographic information. Save your $100 or whatever they are charging now.

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This is a ridiculous claim. It might be less accurate than other options (although I doubt that), and misses some genetic features (repeats, insertions, translocations or deletions), but there's a huge distance between that and "a horoscope based on your demographic information".