I thinkwe'regoingtobenotexactlythesame, butreallysimilar.
So I thinkMitchand I looklikeinsomerespectsandinotherrespects, I thinkthatwedon't But a lotofpeoplethinkthatwedonotlookalikeoftentimes.
Actually, they'llsaythattheythinkthatGregfrom a stopscienceismybrotherandhe's theone I'm relatedtoandnotMitch.
Soit's called 23 mebecauseweallhave 23 pairsofchromosomesandit's a personalgeneticservicethatlooksintoyourDNAtotellyouabouttheregionsoftheworldyourancestorscomefromandcantellyouaboutphysicaltraits, sleeppatternsandevenhowyourDNAimpactsthingslikemusclecompositionandcaffeineconsumption.
BothKimand I usedthekittosubmit a spitsampleandthenwaitedtogetourreportonline.
Okay, so I'veactuallyalready I didthisbeforewithGregonthischannel.
I wouldn't haveguessedthat, and I knowthatit's kindofsilly, just a baseitontheassumptionoflikeskintone.
Andwe'renotthatfarapart.
Inskintonelikethatwaslikedefinitely a bigshock.
ThenSouthAsian, youare 21.2% and I'm 23.5, whichseemslikeprettymuchthesame.
Andit's interestingthatweprobablygotthosesamegenesfromwhenyoutellpeoplethatyouarepartIndianorSouthAsianlikeyoutellpeoplethatdidn't golikeyeah, peopleandsometimeshewillbelike, Oh, now I see.
Andthenotherpeoplelikeyoudon't lookIndian.
I oweyourMaurEastAsianandNativeAmericanthan a lotofChineseancestry.
I find I wouldneverexpected.
Itissocrazybecause I betYeah, like I thinkpeoplelikecouldguessnotcouldguessitforme, but I don't thinkanyonetheyprobablywouldhavethought 100% stand 100% British, youknow, likeandthenyouhave 0.2% subSaharanAfricanand I have 0%.
I amdefinitelythemostsurprisedthat I am 00.2% subSaharanAfricanbroadlynorth, EastAfricanandbroad.
TheWestern.
Whyisthatinmy d n a.
Notyours?
I don't understandthatifKimandMitchbothinherit 50% fromtheirmomseggand 50% fromtheirdadsperm, shouldn't theirDNAbethesame.
Notexactly.
OnewaytothinkaboutDNAisas a bunchofdifferentcoloredbeads.
Comparatively, thegenetictraitthatallowsyoutosmell a distinctsmellinyoururineafteryourasparagusisonlyrelatedtoonegeneticmarkerbacktopitch 23 meusesthe 500 plusmarkersalongwithotherfactorslikeageandsextocreate a model.
Beafraidofheights, and I'm lesslikelythanaverageyourdefiance.
Isn't thatsocool?
Youknow, webothhaveatleast a little, whichmayactuallybeanunderstatement, because I have a lotofuniverse, and I didhave a lotofhere.
Okay, so 23 mealsohas, like, a shareandcomparesectionwherewecanliterallyconnectandthencomparedirectlyRGAndsowhat?
Itactuallywas.
Soareyoureadytowork?
Yeah, I likeit.
Ifsomeonewouldhavetoldyou I wastherewhenyou I literallydidn't goout.
Justask.
Okay.
Soyouand I share 43.4% ofourDNA.
That's it.
That's still a lotlikeidenticaltwinswouldshare 100% right, Sothere's nowaywecouldhave 100.
Theaverageforsiblingsisaround 50%.
Sowe'reslightlylower, butstilldefinitelysiblings.
So I guess I amofficiallynotadopted, thoughNow I'm realizing I literallycouldhavejustaskedhimbecauseshewastherewhen I wasborn.
Didyouhavefun?
I hadsomuch I thinkthatthewholeexperience, like, almostmakesmefeelclosertomysiblingsbecauseyou'rekindoffindingout a storythatreallyisonLeesharedbetweenyouandthepeopleyou'reclosestto.
Soitwaslike a funlittlethingthat I couldn't haveexperiencedwithreallyverymanyotherpeopleinthisworld.