Genotyping

My 23andme genotype profile information arrived today! Darling syncretin gets the award for weirdest and most fascinating birthday indulgence.

Among many intriguing little nuggets, my profile indicates that I apparently have decreased risk of lung cancer and, surprise surprise, the gene for blue eyes. The overall summation seems to be "dang, I got some good genes!" - lots of low/typical risk assessments, only a small handful that place me at higher risk than others of my haplogroup. One particularly intriguing result is that I'm only a branch or two removed from the single maternal ancestor of 20-30% of the surviving Ashkenazi Jews, and also many Kurds and Druze Muslims.

The rest of the details I'll leave out of this post, as I'm a bit more concerned with my health information privacy than syncretin is. He's rather open about such things (exhibit A), which allowed me to know all about his risk for colon cancer within a week of our first date. Ahh, love in the time of modern hypochondria.