Crain's Business

The logo in the photo is probably too small to see but it's in the top left corner of this page.

Title: Crain Bathroom
Date: March 2011
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee  
Uploaded to: Two profiles.
A man born 1785 in Georgia and
his daughter born 1820 in Tennessee.
Their surname is Crain.
Attached to: 10 other trees

Title: Crain Bathroom
Date: March 2011
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee  
Uploaded to: Six profiles. The same man above, his wife and son,
his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather (b. 1680 in Ireland)
all have profiles graced with this photograph.
Attached to: 34 other trees

Seriously, I can't make this stuff up!

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DNA: False Advertising?

23andme.com advertisement as seen on Facebook.

What Nationality Are You?

Find out how much African, Asian, and European ancestry you have.

I noticed this advertisement after my last DNA series. Thought I'd save it for my next run of DNA posts but it'll be a while before I have time to write those. I have the results for my great-aunt but haven't time to get into the matches and new features. Hopefully by the time my brother gets his results I'll find time to do another series. Anyway, back to the ad.
How can we expect the general public and potential DNA test taker to grasp the basics of autosomal DNA when those selling the tests don't understand the fundamentals? A DNA test cannot tell you your nationality. Nationality is determined by birth or naturalization, not DNA.
Let's say you were born in the United States but all four of your grandparents were born in France. Is a DNA test going to tell you you're American? No. Your passport will, a DNA test will not. You get your DNA from your parents. Their DNA did not change just because they, or their parents or grandparents, crossed an ocean or a few borders. The test will also not tell you what percentage of your ethnicity is from France. Which bring us to the next ad...

ancestryDNA advertisement as seen on Huffington Post.

MADE IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SPAIN

What are your countries of origin?

Find the full story of your ethnicity.

England, France and Spain? None of those are possible results with ancestryDNA. Countries of origin? Countries and borders have changed throughout history. No one will get results telling them what country their ancestors were from with ancestryDNA. The results are regional, no countries, no specific native tribes. Here is the list of possible results:

British Isles
Central African
Central Asian
Central European
East African
East Asian
Eastern European
European Jewish
Finnish/Volga-Ural
Middle Eastern
Native North American
Native South American
North African
Pacific Islander
Persian/Turkish/Caucasus
Scandinavian
South Asian
Southern African
Southern European
West African

Do you see England, France or Spain on that list? Do you see any result that is a single country? Outside of the name of the test and the link to purchase the test, nothing in that ad is accurate.
Then there's "the full story" claim. There are thousands of us with a large percentage of "uncertain" who are still waiting for the full story.
The final advertisement for today is after the jump.

Lipstick on a Pig

This week I'm putting the photo after the jump. It's just disturbing.
If you do not want to see it scroll slowly and stop at the jump indicator.

TITLE: Belgian Pig Art Farm
DESCRIPTION: Workers tattoo a pig in the "Art Farm" of Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye at the outskirts of Beijing November 20, 2008. Delvoye has staff consisting of local farmers to raise the pigs and professionals to tattoo them with cartoons or symbols. The animals would then be displayed at art exhibitions and their skins sold to collectors after they were slaughtered.
UPLOADED TO: Once to 3 profiles, a man and his parents.
Prosper Joseph Barbion b. 1908 in Belgium - d. 2003 in Oregon
August Barbion b. 1887 Belgium
Octavie M b. 1890 Belgium
ATTACHED TO: No other trees

The tree owner gives no credit to Reuters, who provided the description, or the photographer, Reinhard Krause. You'll find more photos at that link.
There is also no indication as to why this photo was uploaded. There is no one in this tree with the Delvoye surname and each profile has multiple uploaded images (a Coat of Arms, a couple of flags, flowers, etc.).

The Great Catesby

Comments after the jump.

 Reinhold Reginald De Catesby
 B: 1242 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England
 D: 1281 in poss Coventry, Warwickshire, England

 FATHER
 Simon De Catesby (1209-1243)
 MOTHER
 Unnamed unk de Catesby (1278- )

 SPOUSE & CHILD
 Unnamed unk Catesby (1246-1306)
 ✿ Simon Catesby (1273-1304) married Unnamed unk Catesby (1278- )

Monkey See

As with most of the Friday photos I can only think of one thing to say...
Why?

TITLE: A small monkey
DESCRIPTION: none
UPLOADED: 3 times to women with the following details:
(1335-1368) Born and died in Hampsfield, Lancashire, England.
(1612-1688) Born and died in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
(1709-1763) Born and died in Cecil, Maryland, USA
ATTACHED: 3 times to 2 other trees

Posted here and numerous other places with no attribution.

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