Sep 12 2008
Sharing is Good
23andMe is all about empowering you to really get to know your own DNA. But we also have tools that let you share and compare your data with family and friends.
All you need to do to share your genome with another person is send an invitation from the Genome Sharing page of your account. You’ll need a person’s username, which can be found by searching with a first name, last name, or email address.
(Only people who have added their full name to their public profiles will be searchable. If you know someone who’s signed up with 23andMe but isn’t searchable, you can just ask for his or her username directly.)
Not sure whom to share with? Why not start with 23andMe founders Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey? Both are ready and waiting to accept your invitation to share genomes at the Basic level.
23andMe board member Esther Dyson is also willing to share. She’s accepting both Basic and Extended sharing invitations. She’d like to hear about who you are and why you’re interested in sharing. Drop her a line at edyson@boxbe.com and be sure to put 23andMe in the subject line.
At the end of this post, there’s a list of more people looking to share.
If you’re interested in sharing your genome with friends you just haven’t met yet, leave a comment here at The Spittoon. Include your full name, the level of sharing you’re comfortable with, and a little bit about yourself or what you hope to learn. And make sure to add your name to your public profile so people can find you! (While you’re at it, why not also add a profile picture so you’re not just another gray silhouette?)
- Matt Crenson
Basic
“I’m looking for people who might be distantly related to me, especially on the paternal side. Unfortunately, my paternal haplogroup is the incredibly common R1b1c.” - Iram Mirza
Basic
“I’m maternal haplogroup U5, I love my Ancestry Painting, and I can’t stay up past 9 pm!” - Anne Holden
Basic
“I have a very rare maternal haplogroup (H11) and I’m really interested in finding other H11’s so we can see how our ancestries compare!” - Alex Coonce
Basic
“I’m interested in seeing the true power of sharing.” - Becca Ling
Basic
“It’s fun to compare ancestry!” - Andro Hsu
Basic
“I’m looking for fellow Asians, and for any long-lost Spanish relatives.” - Rachel Cohen
Basic
“I am interested in finding others with my maternal haplogroup, K2a2a. Specifically, I’ve heard that Ashkenazi Jews often have half identical segments on the Genome Comparison Feature. I want to see if anyone shares segments with me.” - Lawrence Hon
Basic - Rajiv Mahadevan
Basic - Erin Davis
Basic - Denali Lumma
Extended
“I am happy to share my genetic data because it is simply what I was given at birth, not what I have made of myself. I would also be curious to see the genetic data of others willing to share.” - Oliver Ryan
Extended - Jonathan Hansen
Extended
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Could you implement friend messaging?
I know it’s an easy feature to implement your python stack, and I know you employ a crack web team, and you even already have an account “inbox,” so I assume there must be some strategic reason why you don’t allow users to message each other beyond simple “other priorities.”
But really, there’s no point in sharing data with people you don’t personally know (i.e. the 23andMe internal team) unless one may at LEAST exchange messages in-system.
At minimum, if you have some development philosophy of culling feature-bloat, you could use craigslist-style proxy email addresses. That might appease whomever makes these sorts of web app design decisions if the answer was already “no.”
Oh, my user name is “andrewyates,” and I’m comfortable with Extended access.
Username: jasonbobe
Happy to share at extended level.
Jason
I’m all for a dystopian future in which everyone knows who has what stupidity genes. Count me in.
Name: Abhinav Nellore
Access: Extended
What I hope to learn: Well, I’d previously hoped to learn that I’m not made of DNA, that all you guys are organic automatons, and that the teenage solipsist I used to be was on to something. Now I just want to learn more about genetics research.
I’m currently happy to share with anyone at extended level.
I have just realised the search feature doesn’t work for nicknames. Look under “Sloan” instead please. John
search for james mcmillan, sharing extended
I am curious about how close of a match I can get for a kidney transplant. The best so far is 87.54% similarity.
just kidding.
I want to share people with
paternal prefix J2b1
and maternal prefix H6a.
I have Russian, German, Ukrainian and Polish origins.
Any level accepted.
The best similarity for moment is 74.46%.
Search for Michael Temosh, sharing extended.
Leon Kull, sharing extended.
Paternal: J1
Maternal: N1b
gMaternal: H6a
I am willing to share.
Maternal: H2a1
Paternal: Not known, but of Swedish origin
Search for Cheryl Morris. Extended sharing OK.
I am very excited to get a glimpse at my genetic information ! I expect much greater knowledge and good, as more people on this planet join their efforts to unravel the meaning of the information in all of us.
As my username makes it apparent, my Paternal Haplogroup is R1a1*, and my Maternal Haplogroup is J1a*
Per current knowledge, the health conditions I am likely to develop in my lifetime are the following:
(1) Glaucoma (due to TT at rs2165241)
(2) Gallstones (due to AG at rs4994)
(3) BMI over 30 (my current BMI is around 25) (due to TT at rs3751812)
I’d be very interested to share genomes with either same/similar Haplogroup and/or any of the condition risks mentioned above.
But I’d be also happy to share at the extended level with anyone derived from PoP & MoM 175,000 years ago.