I spent £69 on a 23andMe kit because I thought it might provide me some interesting information about my family history and health, but the report I got was really basic. It hardly scraped the surface; it was incredibly general and sounded like something you could have read on a blog. The most annoying part is that they keep sending me emails attempting to get me to buy upgrades to get to the "real" content after I paid that much. Like, why wasn't that part of it from the start? You can't even tell what extra information you'd get before you pay more. No information about your family tree or interesting family breakdowns—just a lot of imprecise statistics and a forceful sales pitch. If you want to sample it, don't spend your money. It's more about pulling you into a funnel than giving you value up front.
To be honest, my time with 23andMe has been terrible. The genealogy findings I got were completely wrong and didn't reflect anything I know about my family history. Their map is really imprecise and not right at all. It seems like they just put random areas together. Things became worse when they st...
I saw a $70 charge on my account that I didn't agree to, and that made me feel uneasy and a little exposed. I gave 23andMe my DNA, which is very private, and now I wish I hadn't. It's even more worrying that they've filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. What will happen to all that private information? I...
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