I got a query from a relative "I have a question for you. My wife's ex husband was adopted. He does not want to know anything of his past. She has a son and daughter with him. Her daughter has been having some medical conditions that they are calling disconnected amnesia. I had recommended that we do DNA on her son to see their past and possible medical information that could help us with her daughter. What would be the best dna test for this? " My answer was "the health side of DNA is still very new and not my area of my expertise but I can ask around without revealing any names. Why test the brother and not the girl? Tests are changing 23andme is offering some health results again but ... Do any of her dr.s think there is value?" Any suggestions? or thoughts? Kitty --------------------------------------------------------------- genetic genealogy blog at http://blog.kittycooper.com/ family history and genealogy at http://kittymunson.com

I'm not familiar with the term disconnected amnesia -- could she mean dissociative amnesia? If so, there's no particular evidence that it is a genetic condition. http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/d/dissociative_amnesia/inherit.htm Ann Turner On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 10:27 PM, Kitty Cooper via < genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I got a query from a relative > > "I have a question for you. My wife's ex husband was adopted. He does not > want to know anything of his past. She has a son and daughter with him. Her > daughter has been having some medical conditions that they are calling > disconnected amnesia. I had recommended that we do DNA on her son to see > their past and possible medical information that could help us with her > daughter. What would be the best dna test for this? " > > My answer was > "the health side of DNA is still very new and not my area of my expertise > but I can ask around without revealing any names. Why test the brother and > not the girl? Tests are changing 23andme is offering some health results > again but ... Do any of her dr.s think there is value?" > > Any suggestions? or thoughts? > Kitty > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > genetic genealogy blog at http://blog.kittycooper.com/ > family history and genealogy at http://kittymunson.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Kitty The 23andMe test should only be considered as a simple test that looks at a few health issues; and is perhaps more helpful for the Family History. It is very unlikely that a 23andMe test will show anything of real importance; for example only about 1 person in 500 shows a meaningful mitochondrial mutation. And for the autosomal results the yield is arguably even less. Ian -------------- On 26/10/2015 05:27, Kitty Cooper via wrote: > I got a query from a relative > > "I have a question for you. My wife's ex husband was adopted. He does not > want to know anything of his past. She has a son and daughter with him. Her > daughter has been having some medical conditions that they are calling > disconnected amnesia. I had recommended that we do DNA on her son to see > their past and possible medical information that could help us with her > daughter. What would be the best dna test for this? " > > My answer was > "the health side of DNA is still very new and not my area of my expertise > but I can ask around without revealing any names. Why test the brother and > not the girl? Tests are changing 23andme is offering some health results > again but ... Do any of her dr.s think there is value?" > > Any suggestions? or thoughts? > Kitty > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > genetic genealogy blog at http://blog.kittycooper.com/ > family history and genealogy at http://kittymunson.com >