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It's a bit ironic, since FTDNA and MyHeritage (which uses FTDNA's lab) have switched to NGS now, so they presumably could deliver those notorious "health insigh
by vintermann 3mo ago
It's a bit ironic, since FTDNA and MyHeritage (which uses FTDNA's lab) have switched to NGS now, so they presumably could deliver those notorious "health insights", at least better than 23andMe. But they aren't in that market, and 23andMe shows no inclination to switch. They're probably licking their wounds after the user hack and buyout fiasco.
- sergey-a 3mo agoNeed to check if they do 30x read depth or much less - ancestry doesn't need 30x, so companies may just do 2-3x reading, which is not enough for anything health-related due to high chance of errors.
- vintermann 3mo agoMyHeritage uses 2x. FTDNA uses a custom targeted enrichment panel, so high accuracy in selected regions important for genealogy.