Ancestry offers three DNA 'traits' for free

Whilst DNA testing companies started in the family history world by offering tests, the results of which could be compared against hosted family trees, they are now increasingly trying to push medical style information based on analysis of genes within your DNA results. 

In line with this, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) is now offering access to three 'traits' per DNA customer, in the hope that they will purchase the full package.

So what are my three traits? Well, my heart rate has an average rate of recovery; I am a night person, rather than a morning person; and I am apparently less likely to take naps.

My world has not changed with these revelations, anymore than it has been by the sale of Ancestry's doggy DNA kits, but there may well be a use out there for someone! Users can upgrade to find more than 40 of these traits by paying £15.

This is a full list of the traits reported on:

Fitness

Endurance Fitness
Heart Rate Recovery
Muscle Fatigue
VO2 Max
Sprinter Gene

Nutrients

Beta-Carotene
Vitamin B12
Omega-3
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E

Appearance

Facial Hair Thickness
Birth Weight
Cleft Chin
Finger Length
Earlobe Type
Earwax Type
Eye Colour
Freckles
Hair Colour
Hair Type
Hair Strand Thickness
Iris Patterns
Male Hair Loss
Skin Pigmentation
Unibrow
Wisdom Teeth

This one personally does not float my boat, but further details are available at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/offers/traitsadd. And note Ancestry's caveat: "Traits is not intended to diagnose health conditions and is not a substitute for medical advice."

Chris 

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