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derspiess

Quote from: Valmy on September 16, 2020, 11:57:20 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2020, 11:54:59 AM
My wife's percentages got updated.  She's now like 18% French and a little pissed off about it :lol:

Tell her congratulations :frog:

I did.  She'll embrace it eventually.

I have a tiny but pretty cool sliver of French Huguenot myself in my family tree.  Used to show up in my DNA thingie but I guess that's now just part of "England and Northwestern Europe".
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HVC

I'm more disappointed in you because you married a french person.
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If she was 18% Irish, she'd be the ex Mrs Spice.
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derspiess

I've known of her Irish ancestry for a while.  I made my peace with it.
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The Brain

Quote from: Valmy on September 16, 2020, 12:01:38 PM
Quote from: Tamas on September 16, 2020, 11:55:52 AM
So Ancestry just shows how much you are related to other Ancestry customers? So basically a scam?

No. But it does show that as well.

What other DNA database(s) does it use?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Duque de Bragança

Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2020, 12:05:14 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 16, 2020, 11:57:20 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2020, 11:54:59 AM
My wife's percentages got updated.  She's now like 18% French and a little pissed off about it :lol:

Tell her congratulations :frog:

I did.  She'll embrace it eventually.

I have a tiny but pretty cool sliver of French Huguenot myself in my family tree.  Used to show up in my DNA thingie but I guess that's now just part of "England and Northwestern Europe".

So more than 3% Welsch(er).    :frog::lol:

Valmy

Quote from: The Brain on September 16, 2020, 01:14:00 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 16, 2020, 12:01:38 PM
Quote from: Tamas on September 16, 2020, 11:55:52 AM
So Ancestry just shows how much you are related to other Ancestry customers? So basically a scam?

No. But it does show that as well.

What other DNA database(s) does it use?

I am not sure but they also do things like medical information so it is not like they are just comparing DNA to other people to find your 5th cousins.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Barrister

Quote from: The Brain on September 16, 2020, 01:14:00 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 16, 2020, 12:01:38 PM
Quote from: Tamas on September 16, 2020, 11:55:52 AM
So Ancestry just shows how much you are related to other Ancestry customers? So basically a scam?

No. But it does show that as well.

What other DNA database(s) does it use?

They say they use a reference panel of people whose families have lived in a certain area for generations.

https://www.ancestry.com/lp/ethnicity-estimate/reading-your-ethnicity-estimate
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Syt



:hmm:

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1519454/mars-missions-may-female-avoid-astronauts-sex-1-5-year-journey

(The article states that a same sex crew would be preferable to avoid accidental pregnancies - unsure if the headline editor thinks that sex and pregnancy are the same or that women can't have sex with each other)
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Maladict

Quote from: Syt on September 17, 2020, 07:38:54 AM
unsure if the headline editor thinks that sex and pregnancy are the same or that women can't have sex with each other

well, as the link has a pk extension probably the latter.

The Brain

Can't you just have an all-fugly crew instead?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Valmy

I am sure for a mission like that a male astronaut would agree to get a vasectomy. Seems a little weird to just exclude one gender for that reason. But the story just says 'may' so it is probably just clickbait nonsense.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Razgovory

Quote from: The Brain on September 17, 2020, 08:09:56 AM
Can't you just have an all-fugly crew instead?


Hey, it works for me.
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Richard Hakluyt

It sounds like a good starting premise for an "impure" movie to me; but I'm probably a bad person  :hmm:

crazy canuck

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 17, 2020, 09:03:40 AM
It sounds like a good starting premise for an "impure" movie to me; but I'm probably a bad person  :hmm:

Four fit attractive females isolated together for a long period of time.  What could you possibly be thinking - I mean the headline writer, not you, you. :D