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I Am A Dna Test Results Back

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When I was told that I was going to get my DNA test results back, I felt two distinct emotions during that moment of waiting. Nervousness and excitement followed. True fully, I’ve always thought I knew what I’m susceptible to getting in the future or right now in the present. Due to the fact, I’ve had a talk with both my parents about what family diseases are getting passed along in both my family trees. It’s pretty common diseases: diabetes, hypertension, Parkinson, asthma, hearing loss, and COPD, etc. The few minutes of waiting to get my test results back, made my anxiety levels increase as well as my emotions increasing. When I was given my test results, I immediately ripped open the envelope and read the company’s informational letter. It described to me what PersonaGen Cooperation stands for, Privacy Policy, and how they were capable of finding out certain information about me through viewing my genetic data. I then seemed at my test result paper seeing that I have three different chromosomes that show I’m homozygous or heterozygous for those traits. These results will either show what I need to commute on my health of living style, and what precautions I might need to take in the near future. All I know is that it’s make or break time. My results indicated that I’m heterozygous to carrying Jacobsen syndrome trait. I’m homozygous to having or passing along with brownish eyes and carrying hypertension (or susceptible to getting it). Jacobsen syndrome is when a

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