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Info about ancestry testing needed
faz1973
August 24, 2011 13:06
Hi - I''m hoping someone can help me with this one. We have recently had a 21 month old girl placed with us. I am from a duel heritage ba ckground and they think that our daughter is also from a white and asian background. The local authority have given us some money so that we can do an ancestry test on our daughter as we feel it is important for her to know what her ethnicity is. But we don''t have any informaiton about which is the most accurate and effective ancestry test to use. We would like to be as specific as possible and the form that our social worker gave us seems very broad and general and a bit gimmicky. Has anyone else used any reliable companies - info and advice much appreciated please. Thanks a lot
kangas
August 24, 2011 15:10
No personal experience, except that colleagues in the forensic field are cautious.This page explains some of its limitations:http://www.ehow.com/about_7239411_reliability-dna-testing-ethnic-heritage.html
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thespouses
August 24, 2011 15:55
My friend had her genes tested, just out of interest, by 23andme. She is of Middle Eastern origin but found quite a few Northern European genes. They also give you the genetic risk of disease but I imagine you can ask not to have that info if you don't want it (or if the LA won't let you have it). It's a US company but they will deal with UK and other customers.
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true
August 24, 2011 16:20
i think BAAF has a clear position statement that genetic testing for ethnicity is not ethical and rarely helpful
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Lonsdale
August 24, 2011 16:52
The BBC Who do you think you are covered this in One episode so might have some info on their websitel
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gimli
September 3, 2011 12:46
i search family history and my worry with this is it will give you her ancestors history as well.it may not nessassarily give you her parents.my advice would be for you to speak to your local gp and get a referel from them to a private cliic
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maggiemeik
October 16, 2011 14:39
we have considered this for my youngest as bm is white and bf unknown is definately not. i hear it's not that accurate yet - so am considering waiting until the science improves
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pluto
October 16, 2011 15:39
Can someone explain to me why it is not ethical to test your childrens ethnicity?By the way is 'race matching' ethical? I have my doubts especially when it is impossible to find a match for a child because of the right 'colour' is not avaliable. I think it happens quite often that social services or the birth parents themselves are not sure. Especially if kids are made during one night exotic flings.
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maggiemeik
October 21, 2011 21:31
not sure on ethical issues - i was concerned that if they did the test before being matched to us they might decide we werent a good match (depending on results) but our daughter is so like me - it might be useful to know what her exact mix is to help promote that side of her, but our la didnt do it due to the cost mainly, but i dont think it is very accurate anyway
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