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  • November 5, 2019 at 1:04 pm #50043
    johnbelley
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    Do doctors take your blood so they can do 23andMe ancestry tests? Or do you have to do that on your own time?

    November 5, 2019 at 1:12 pm #50044
    liam
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    23andme does not use blood for their tests.

    November 5, 2019 at 1:29 pm #50045
    johnbelley
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    @Liam
    Are you sure ? one of my friend said they just take your blood for tests

    November 5, 2019 at 1:29 pm #50046
    liam
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    @johnbelley
    Some doctors will agree to take blood for non-medical DNA analysis but will charge for doing it.

    November 5, 2019 at 1:52 pm #50047
    noah
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    The services that rely on blood analysis can often recommend a clinic close to you where the blood sample can be drawn, though I think most commercial DNA/ancestry sites use cheek swabs rather than blood samples.

    November 5, 2019 at 1:59 pm #50048
    alex
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    Most research groups or companies send you a kit. You’ll swab your own saliva and mail it back to them.

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