Ancestry tracing provides people with information about where they hail from and also who their ancestors are. With high-scale migrations that took place in history, many a time, people find peace in knowing about their roots, their family members, and the culture and commonalities that they share with others who have the same origin as […]
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), established in the year 2000, is continuously regarded as one of the most trusted and reliable providers of DNA testing services. The company started out offering only Y-DNA, mtDNA, and Cohanim DNA tests, as the company’s focus was to help people knock down brick walls in their paper research. Fast forward […]
Put your DNA raw data to good use. You have close 700,000 genetic markers in your DNA raw data. Ancestry reports use only 0.01% of this information. There are free and paid tools that can help you tap into this source to provide you with lots of interesting and meaningful information. In this article we […]
What is DNA Raw Data? Your ancestry DNA raw data is a lab generated text file. It is usually in the following three formats .txt file of size 14-17 MB zip file of size 5-7 MB The whole-genome files have a size of 200-400 MB. All the top consumer genetic at-home DNA testing companies like […]
23andMe, the ancestry genetic testing company, received the nod from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide Direct To Consumer (DTC) health reports early in 2017. These reports inform customers about their genetic predisposition to certain diseases and conditions, that may or may not exist in the family history. That was the first time […]
With the vague sound of audience’s cheering in the background, the athlete races forward, running, trying to make it first to the finish line. He has blocked every sound, every sense, and is only focused on his feet pushing the ground hard and propelling him forward. To take down the ribbon at the end of […]
Diagnosed with Lactose Intolerance around a year back, instead of cutting out just the dairy products from my diet, I decided to go vegan altogether; well, mainly because I wanted to get on the “Vegan Lifestyle” bandwagon. Initially, I was uber excited about this cruelty-free lifestyle and a part of me was also secretly thrilled […]
Remember the feeling when you first clicked with someone? The instant connection, as if you’ve known them for a long time. It may be with a person you just met or a casual acquaintance. But that was a special feeling, right? What drives this feeling of social bonding? With Feb 14 just around the corner, […]
Xcode Life analyzes data ranging from a few genes to whole genomes to generate health-related reports spanning across various categories, including nutrition, fitness, skin, allergy, etc. They accept data from a variety of platforms, including Illumina, Affymetrix, Sequenom, and many others. About Accepted Raw Data Providers You can use your DNA raw data from service […]
