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Comment by bruce511

This is perhaps an off topic question, but I mean it seriously. What do you hope to gain from knowing your potential genetic health issues?

If the report showed you had a chance of developing say Parkinsons, how would that change your life now? Could you implement those changes regardless?

I mean, pretty much all genetic markers are just "risk". And lifestyle choices (smoking, drinking, sugar, exercise et al) seem to be well known, and "good for everything". So, knowing that, it seems like there's lots you can do regardless of genetics.

I confess, for me personally, I'm not really interested in my genetic risk factors. Much less my Neanderthal content. Hence the genuine question- what will it tell you thst you care about?

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