DNA Testing

DNA Testing was created in the 1980s, DNA testing began with the development of DNA fingerprinting by Dr. Alec Jeffreys, which allowed for the identification and comparison of individual DNA profiles, significantly impacting forensic science and paternity testing. The restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) technique was introduced during this time, marking the first genetic test using DNA. Additionally, the first notable instance of DNA testing for genetic linkage analysis occurred in the U.S. in the mid-1980s, laying the groundwork for modern DNA testing practices. You spit in a tube, send it to a lab, and six weeks later your results come back saying you're 25% Nigerian, 13% Scottish, 7% Indigenous American, and the rest… a mystery soup. You feel excited. Maybe confused. Maybe even validated. But hold on. That DNA test might help you find your relatives, but it's not your cultural passport and it's certainly not the final word on who you are. Analogy 1: DNA for Relatives = GPS Coordinates. DNA for Ethnicity = Weather Forecast When you use a DNA test to find relatives, you're using exact coordinates of measurable genetic markers passed from one generation to the next, like a GPS signal. When you use DNA to predict your ethnicity, it's more like forecasting the weather. There's probability, pattern recognition, and a lot of assumptions about what "Scottish DNA" or " American Indian DNA" even looks like.

DNA Testing for Family: Think of your DNA like a chain of puzzle pieces. You inherit 50% from each parent, 25% from each grandparent, and so on. These patterns follow predictable rules — and science has mastered the math. Full siblings share ~50% DNA. First cousins: ~12.5%. A paternity test? Over 99.99% accurate. Companies like 23andMe or AncestryDNA can scan your genome and match you with people who share long identical segments. Those segments don’t lie.🔍 Example: If you and someone else share 3,500 cM (centiMorgans), the science says you’re parent/child or full siblings. That’s not guesswork, it's biology. 🌍 DNA for Ethnicity: Why It Fails Now switch gears. You ask: “Where am I from?” The problem? That question is social, historical, and often political, not purely biological.

by Stargazer1411 October 18, 2025

I was just testing my reflexes

Something cool that you can say when your caught jacking off.

I was just testing my reflexes

by Judge dredd7 July 8, 2012

Smelling n telling

The person who blabs on you for shitting yourself next to others who didn't know.

Dave: Goddamn velma committed smelling n telling on me in the library yesterday!
Rick: Damn That's Tough

by SilkenKnight36 March 25, 2019

wait no telling

Originated in Greensprings Lekki.
You use this when someone is telling you something but you didn't ask

Girl: Yesterday I talked to a new boy
Boy: Wait no telling

by Dinosaurthings May 29, 2020

you're testing my zen

A Phrased that can be used when somebody is pissing you tf off. Zen is the feeling of being calm and not feeling the urge to punch somebody in the face when there being disrespectful so when your "zen" is being testing that means your struggling to not punch them in the face

random women: "you look like a rat"

me: "bitch you're testing my Zen right now"

by BreKatOwO March 3, 2021

Hop on engine testing

Typically used by HDC (Hyorc's Development Cave) members to signify anal sex, the engine testing part referencing HDC's game called Engine Testing

Hey kid, you wanna hop on engine testing?

by tihmmer May 28, 2021

Tarkovian-vascular-testinitus

Tarkovian-vascular-testinitus: Noticeable Swelling of the Male Testicular Region. Results from over exposure from a Popular fps MMO Shooter Escape from Tarkov. May produce long lasting reproproductive harm, and thus the inability to reproduce.

Symptom's of Tarkovian-vascular-testinitus include: Trouble taking deep breaths, increased need to write code or hacks that allows yourself or others to cheat to win inside Escape from Tarkov, purchase 3rd party cheats or hacks from others who lack the ability to reproduce and most likely live in the basement of parents home. Using Real Currency to purchase otherwise free ingame lootables, example: roubles, guns, armor, keys, etc. An overwhelming sense of insecurity of ones Pee pee, inability to complete sentences, make direct eye contact with the opposite sex

This definition has not been approved by the FDA and has no clear and or concise way of preventing its outcome except as to not play Escape from Tarkov because you are just bad at it.

subject 1: Have you noticed anything wrong with subject 3 recently?
subject 2: Yes it appears subject 3 has a very noticeable growth to his Groinal region.

subject 1: Pretty sure he has contracted Tarkovian-vascular-testinitus
subject 2: Should we possibly speak to his wife?
subject 1: Nope, if she hasn't noticed by now what's the point.

by Upin Urmum September 14, 2021