Are Anc*stry "Traits" as Totally Useless as I Think They Are?

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

I've just found one that says my 'DNA suggests you have attached earlobes'. So glad to resolve that non existent 50 something year conundrum I've never had.

[Gadget]

That's one of the few traits that Ancestry has got correct for me 

[Jebber]

Watched a programme on TV this afternoon, Sarah Beeny and her husband got their DNA  results and were getting all excited about their ethnicity. It made me laugh because we now how it will keep changing.

[frostyknight]

Well, they got one of my traits right... they said I was a night owl. Since I've rarely checked my Ancestry account before 9pm, they'd never be able to guess that. Would they? 

[Gadget]

That's one of the few traits that Ancestry has got correct for me 

Just glanced at my avatar and see that my Gran had attached lobes, so I must have inherited them from her along with her hair and eye colour. She was lovely 

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

Now I think of it the attached earlobes thing is all the proof I need I'm not related to Vincent van Gogh.

As a whopping 2lb 5oz at birth I'm a little surprised they think I was above average birth weight. Maybe they mixed my dna in amongst the pet dna results for that one as I accept I was a tad heavy for a Jack Russell.  The jury is out on being more ticklish than average as I have no idea what average is or how to test for it.

[Pennines]

Oh Glen - that is so funny!!

Actually, I didn't know there was a possibility of having 'detached' earlobes! Unless I just don't know anyone who has those.

[Gadget]

'detached' is just the lobe, Pennines. The rest of the external ear is stuck to your head.   

It's those of us with attached ones that are  posh - I think it's recessive - Glen would know.

 

[Pennines]

Yes, Gadget -- but does the lobe just hang loose and flap about in the wind?