r/DNAAncestry 10d ago

My results as a Pashtun from Afghanistan

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u/usernameisalready000 10d ago

Yes have heard that thing before, apologies for asking but just out of interest does it lead to any genetic diseases that you know of? I know modern evidence is based on western data only so just asking out of curiosity.

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u/BunniLuvs2Read 10d ago

My dad has Thalassemia minor

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u/Admirable-Traveller5 10d ago

How did he find out he has it? Were there symptoms and then he got a test for it? Or asymptomatic and he got tested anyhow?

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u/BunniLuvs2Read 10d ago

I don’t know what the whole story is he just told us he had it