Futuregenetics Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 I have a question about ancestry. Will it be possible and allowed to edit ancestry in the future? Lets say that a person is 95% Asian and 5% White, can a person then edit ancestry so that the person is 100% Asian and 0% White?
swansont Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 Since ancestry is in the past, no. You can't edit your ancestry. If you are related to someone by ancestry, you will always be related to them. There really isn't a "white" ancestry. There is no "white" region (despite the name, white people did not all come from the Caucasus mountains). You might be referring to a certain area of Europe.
Sensei Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Futuregenetics said: Will it be possible and allowed to edit ancestry in the future? Lets say that a person is 95% Asian and 5% White, can a person then edit ancestry so that the person is 100% Asian and 0% White? If it would be possible, it would be stupid movement, because diversity in genes is good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_drift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding Genetic drift in small populations quickly leads to inbreeding. 1
dimreepr Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Futuregenetics said: I have a question about ancestry. Will it be possible and allowed to edit ancestry in the future? Lets say that a person is 95% Asian and 5% White, can a person then edit ancestry so that the person is 100% Asian and 0% White? 1 Why?
Futuregenetics Posted January 16, 2019 Author Posted January 16, 2019 23 hours ago, dimreepr said: Why? Just wondering. -1
swansont Posted January 16, 2019 Posted January 16, 2019 It might be possible to alter your genetics, but you can never alter your ancestry. If "Randolph the dimwit" is in your family tree, he's always going to be there.
StringJunky Posted January 16, 2019 Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, swansont said: It might be possible to alter your genetics, but you can never alter your ancestry. If "Randolph the dimwit" is in your family tree, he's always going to be there. I think the maximum familial separation in DNA terms is 14 generations then it disappears. You have about 20,000 genes which halve in number every generation, in a direct line. Mitochondrial DNA is passed on indefinitely I think but that doesn't carry our information. You can't have more than a 14th great grandmother, cousin etc and it be measurable because there's no common genes to find. If it's recorded historically then that's the only way you'll find out. Edited January 16, 2019 by StringJunky
swansont Posted January 16, 2019 Posted January 16, 2019 35 minutes ago, StringJunky said: I think the maximum familial separation in DNA terms is 14 generations then it disappears. You have about 20,000 genes which halve in number every generation, in a direct line. Mitochondrial DNA is passed on indefinitely I think but that doesn't carry our information. You can't have more than a 14th great grandmother, cousin etc and it be measurable because there's no common genes to find. If it's recorded historically then that's the only way you'll find out. There might be no genetic effect, but they are still in the family tree.
peterwlocke Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 wtf edit it that is haha. did you mean well what did you mean.
Futuregenetics Posted February 10, 2019 Author Posted February 10, 2019 On 2/4/2019 at 8:34 PM, peterwlocke said: wtf edit it that is haha. did you mean well what did you mean. I meant something like this: Lets say that a person is 95% Asian and 5% White, can a person then edit ancestry so that the person is 100% Asian and 0% White?
John Cuthber Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 My dad's named Norman. He was born in Kenya. Clearly there's no way to "edit" that fact. In the same way, you can't change your ancestors. 1
peterwlocke Posted February 11, 2019 Posted February 11, 2019 On 2/10/2019 at 2:18 AM, Futuregenetics said: I meant something like this: Lets say that a person is 95% Asian and 5% White, can a person then edit ancestry so that the person is 100% Asian and 0% White? you cant edit race but you can give common traits from that race
MigL Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 You are confusing ancestry with genetics. One can already be edited, the other is a historical fact. 'Randolph the dimwit' in my family tree ? Whew ! I'm Italian by birth, and Randolph is not an Italian name. ( although my last name might be French derived )
Futuregenetics Posted February 17, 2019 Author Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/12/2019 at 1:33 AM, MigL said: You are confusing ancestry with genetics. One can already be edited, the other is a historical fact. So with ancestry you mean that a person is for example Irish and with genetics you mean that a person is predisposed for certain disceases etc?
John Cuthber Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 Ancestors are your parents, grandparents and so on. There's nothing you can do to change it. Your genetics are the inherited instructions for making "you". They are stored in DNA. It may be possible to edit the DNA, but what would be the point? 1
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