Ancestry Tests Have a Lot of Issues - The Jim Jefferies Show

Sure, genetic tests are trendy, but there are a lot of concerns over privacy and scientific accuracy.
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[@jessewilson8676]

If you want to find relatives you did not know existed. win the lottery!

[@bryanpeifer597]

That's freakin funny. Funny because it's true.

[@spektakelkd]

Or dont fuck your slaves. How hard is it?

[@jediday6664]

It's cheaper and easier to take the DNA test. Unless you want to share the secret to winning the lottery.

[@randalls9822]

Facts! Lottery or insurance settlement. Heard from relatives I'd never meet

[@lukabell4607]

Jedi Day I found out about two close cousins when my mom took one. One first once removed and one first twice removed. The one I met was extremely kind and 24 years older than her siblings. She was born to both their parents pre-maritally so they gave her up for adoption.

[@jillmo6458]

"This proud black man, Mr. Brown..."

[@brainflash1]

That's a damn good Ray Romano impression.

[@The268170]

Ikr, I didnt expect it xD

[@kojiro133]

Seriously.

[@virenvs905]

Absolutely true. The crowd was lame though.

[@alternavent]

Wait... That wasn't Ray Romano!?!

[@rickwrites2612]

In the US, historically a person like the police man who had 18% black ancestry would have been considered black because of the "one drop" rule, and subjected to the discrimination, victimization and segregation that black Americans were subjected to, even if he looked more caucasian. That is why when people who have always thought they were caucasian find out they have black ancestry they take it very seriously as part of their identity and may trigger them to want to identify with and learn more about this heritage, and are often accepted as black or at least its respected that they are claiming their black roots. It means something in the context of our cultural history as a nation. This man didnt invent the one drop rule; he would have been considered black. It's sort of the opposite with American Indian ancestry. Historically because native tribes still had some sovereignty and land under treaties, the government would "whiten" anyone of American Indian ancestry who was part caucasian. The fewer people that counted as native, the less people they had to give the sovereignty and land/resource rights to. That is why even many Americans who are legitimately half native cannot legally claim identity unless there is enough ancestry all from the same tribe and family documented on tribal rolls. It was 2 different ways of disenfranchising 2 different groups of people, and now results in very different responses when an ostensibly "white" person discovers a significant % of ancestry in one of these groups. There is a political and historical context that influences the claim to these identities in the US.

[@Madmatt18]

a damn good history recap

[@thikomatsila2418]

😂😂hope they didn't mix up the titles again

[@naeemabed9126]

You south african bro?

[@antgrantrant]

What I came here to see

[@SoDight]

Well it could be a great meme. But it’s not anymore.

[@dakotahriddle8794]

Looks like I'm late to the "hey, they got the video right this time" party.

[@luxeproultimate360]

I can't stop imagining an indian Jim Jefferies

[@virenvs905]

Would be awesome. Lol

[@chinmayjoshi3592]

An Indian with an Australian accent with a long running affair with rum. Since he could not drink milk since he was a child.

[@DrWh1teCat]

I had an Asian classmate who'd been adopted as a baby do a DNA test to find out which nationality she was and her results just said "East Asian." She was crushed and didn't know if she should drown her sorrows with sushi, Pad Thai or a Peking duck.

[@trevipp]

nja122890 hahahaha

[@trevipp]

Fuckin legendary.

[@terrian8205]

Pad thai isnt east asian. Thai are southeast asian

[@gaminglegend]

All three

[@Hollanda-uj7tl]

@@terrian8205 I bet you're good fun at parties

[@psychoaiko666]

It's easy to recognize an evil twin, they always have a mustache.

[@lordmorklen5166]

sometimes, a goatee.

[@psychoaiko666]

@@lordmorklen5166 ooh, you gotta watch yourself for those!

[@eansba88-]

What if i have a goatee?

[@psychoaiko666]

@@eansba88- OMG OMG OMG... 😱 (Psst act normal... there's an evil twin right here... don't let 'em know we're on to 'em) (Cleares throat) well, then the one without is clearly the the evil spawn of Satan. (I hope he bought it😳)

[@lordmorklen5166]

@@eansba88- if you have a goatee, you're the evil twin.

[@Low_violin]

Finally!!! The correct video!!! Yey

[@stana916]

Why does this guy sound like if hes always drunk?

[@seanweir]

stana916 that’s just what all Aussies and Kiwis sound like

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

He's always drunk

[@xadielplasencia3674]

All of the above

[@joemorton9200]

Because he is

[@rhuonaChanel]

It's the accent.

[@jerry1dc]

Jim is an absolute unit of a treasure

[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

🍕Mexican is not a race it's a country in the Americas

[@brambakker1939]

Theres is no country on the map called Mexican!!😉😉

[@Cruxador]

Technically Mexican can refer to members of the ethnically Nahua people from the Mexico valley, who are genetically differentiable from other Nahua. So it's sort of a race. Most people just mean Mestizo though.

[@daveyhouston]

It is like chinese and Japanese mexican is a race mexico is a country

[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

Billy The Kid say that to the MAGA trash

[@fenhen]

Meh, race doesn’t exist scientifically anyway, it’s all cultural.

[@supersquare]

Lmaooo that Ray Romano impression was hilarious

[@zotaninoron3548]

I claim copyright on my DNA. I demand royalties for any unauthorized reproduction.

[@alexandercanella4479]

Okay that's an option when you do these tests.

[@Swenthorian]

That's not how copyright works, lol.

[@DragonTigerDude]

Should have called it"Heel Hitler"

[@CorbinWho]

I like Jim.

[@tumbox9204]

4:00 Dead! LMAO!

[@nathanbranham7384]

This proud black man... I lost it there

[@pop5678eye]

On the accuracy of most of these tests: there was a study (you can look this up) where identical twins were tested for their ancestry and there was a nearly 20% discrepancy between the results!

[@maxxmabemwe4859]

That is not so surprising, DNA is not always passed through identically even in identical twins. I know a family where there are identical twin boys, one is gay and the other one is straight. There is a family that has identical twin girls, one is dark with nappy hair, and the other one is fair with straight European hair, however, their facial and other physical features are the same.

[@keepdancingmaria]

This was fun. But for a better in-depth look at genetic testing, check out John Oliver's piece on it.

[@dritslem4711]

I wouldn't use a comic as an in-depth source of information.

[@keepdancingmaria]

@@dritslem4711 I wouldn't knock the piece until you see it.

[@DJLuckeyLu]

Johnny is good for bringing topics to the average person's attention, but he doesn't bring many details to the table. If you really care about a topic, read peer-reviewed articles on it.

[@dritslem4711]

@@DJLuckeyLu my point exactly

[@freeloader69]

DJ Luckey Lu Yeah, cuz John doesn’t have a team of expert researchers which insulates him from libel lawsuits at his disposal or anything.

[@kentfrederick8929]

I saw a geneticist on local news more than a year ago. DNA testing is great for identifying criminal suspects. It's also almost full-proof in identifying John and Jane Does, as well as identifying relatives. It is not good at determining ethnic heritage. My father-in-law took a test, and it said he was about 90% British (English, Scottish, and/or Welsh). There is a slight problem. His father was born in a small town in the Netherlands and immigrated to the U.S. around age 6. There is nothing in the family history to suggest that people from Britain ever moved to Netherlands. So, not that accurate.

[@hellcat1988]

The first and only time I had my dna tested, I found out that I have a genetic heart condition that has a 50% chance to pass on to any offspring (75% if the egg donor has it) that WILL kill if not treated. I'm not exactly thrilled with the idea of find out anything else.

[@hellcat1988]

@Liza Tanzawa I knew I had the condition, I just didn't know that I had the genetic markers that COULD cause it (there are other things that could cause it outside genetics) or that it was pretty likely to be passed on. I wasn't going to have kids anyway, but knowing is kind of a bummer.

[@robertmccutcheon4103]

I had a friend find-out his dad had a second family and he had a step brother and it was not a mistake. So that was an awkward result

[@gamingsfinest1]

I’ve listened to enough Bill Burr to know that giving your dna to a company is a dumb thing to do

[@anneb889]

Exactly!!!

[@hellcat1988]

Guntar seems to have lost some weight.

[@aecides3203]

I was given the Ancestry test as a birthday gift and was genuinely interested to find out more about my heritage. It basically said "Your ancestors are from Europe", which I could have told you with reasonable accuracy just based on the fact that I'm white. It also failed to match me to one of my cousins (despite them being listed on my family tree) while managing to match me to her twin sister (both had also done the test, though I'm not sure why since being a twin is basically a two-for-one offer on your results). Was not impressed at all - proper genetic testing could give me a good idea of which County in the UK my ancestors were from and about 70% of my DNA hadn't been narrowed down further than "two thirds of a continent" and with the amount they charge they could certainly have done better than that.

[@lavrentivs9891]

A friend of mine who's done extensive research about his ancestry and knows he's a decendant of russian nobility who fled Russia during the revolution (his great grandparents, so not that long ago and he even has the official paperwork), had according to such tests no russian ancestry what so ever. So I'd take those tests with a pinch of salt.

[@aecides3203]

@@lavrentivs9891 I mean it's basically right, in the sense that by narrowing it down to "Europe" it's more or less guaranteed to be. I knew before taking it that my family had barely left the UK in the last 1000 years, so I was mostly just interested to see which other European countries had mixed their way in. Ah well.

[@alexandercanella4479]

Bullshit. Ancestory doesnt just say, ummmm europe. Its gives percentages based on reigions. I get that they arent as accurate as people hope right now but no need to lie.

[@alexandercanella4479]

Also, out of the three types of twins...only one type has the same DNA.

[@aecides3203]

@@alexandercanella4479I know the internet has some obnoxious know it alls, but I remain fairly sure I know what my results said better than you, so feel free to jog on.

[@timekillerstudios4930]

Holy crap. Its the right one

[@laviniajanehollis4064]

Fantastically funny with a lot of sarcasm. Love it!

[@scotts5308]

The relatives I AM aware of are bad enough!

[@mbamebe]

In the words of Jim - STOP MAKING SENSE!!!!!

[@danboyle116]

Great Ray Romano voice. And for some reason, no audience reaction.

[@henryhof2045]

I swear you guys are always baked right cuz that's exactly what I think about when I'm baked

[@gyanarihant7113]

Everything except that last bit was good

[@navadadecosta7838]

Just recently found out my grans dad had fun in the 70’s. We just found 2 aunts that we had no clue.

[@shashsantanderlucioyohuall865]

Underrated af

[@ricaard]

That was a pretty good Ray Romano!!

[@isaacharney]

They did it right this time

[@jacovawernett3077]

I would rather just consider 7.5 billion people as relatives.

[@daveyhouston]

Good for you!! Well siad

[@fenhen]

Don’t forget all the animals. And plants. And fungi. And bacteria. Etc.

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@fenhen you are very wise....and zen.

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@daveyhouston thank you...I embrace you...

[@tyler1234321]

I had to explain to my parents that mitochondrial Eve is from Africa when they got one of these tests.

[@antybee5415]

My niece did one and actually got connected to her biological father after having believed another man was her dead beat dad. My sister was surprised the father was a fling behind her then-boyfriend's back, so he became an ex-boyfriend who got blamed for over 2 decades. Now my niece's biological father, who had also done a dna test which allowed the link i supposed(?), has been getting to know her and will be giving her away at her wedding. Crazy story but real, so there must be some degree of accuracy. Also they weren't actually living very far apart, her in east Texas and him in west Louisiana, but i don't remember what service she used or if regions should matter unless both tests happened to go through the same lab. The real takeaway though is that cheating hurts innocent people.

[@mustachejoe9344]

Damn my drugs must be kicking in, I swear I read that title before. 👾

[@aman.s.rathore]

I literally died when his parents showed up to be Indian 😂😂😂

[@aman.s.rathore]

@ArtVande1ay1 did you just RIPed me bro?

[@al4385]

i never really thought about it, but they could literally tell you anything as long as it's close, and now they've gotten 100 bucks from you and you can't prove that any of it is accurate or you wouldn't have done the test in the first place.

[@NickMate]

About time we finally got the video to the script we have already read..

[@nicolettenoble2236]

I mean, my great aunt and uncle were serial killers who targeted teenage girls and lured them with pot. So I don't really need to know about any more relatives, right?

[@daveyhouston]

Is that true !!??

[@nicolettenoble2236]

@@daveyhouston that's the story my dad's family tells. Apparently, they buried the bodies in my great grandmother's yard in the middle of the night.

[@keepdancingmaria]

Your great grandmother didn't know her daughter and son were digging up her yard in the middle of the night? Did your grandmother or grandfather (your great uncle and great aunt's sibling) not see anything mysterious about a brand new flowerbed popping up every so often? Yeah, forget the dead bodies, I wanna know how an entire family overlooks graves in the yard...

[@nicolettenoble2236]

@@keepdancingmaria she had a bit of property, from what I understand. A few acres. That might have contributed to no one noticing.

keepdancingmaria In Tennessee or at least the Tri State area some dude who owned a crematory was found to have 350 uncremated bodies all over his property. A lot of them weren’t even buried. They were under tarps wood etc. he used some of the bodies to make humps on a BMX track for his nephews. No one noticed.

[@ajaykiran6]

3:04 *heh-heh-heh-heh-heh*

[@thomasridley8675]

Oh Jesus ! That was a great show.

[@throwback19841]

Why does Jim Jeffries just do whatever John Oliver did 12 months ago?

[@dannythomas4835]

Jeffries has long been known to steal other comedians’ bits among other dishonest practices. Not sure why his fans don’t seem to know or care

[@calibrazxr750]

@@dannythomas4835 we do know, but you are right, we do not care. I do not watch John Oliver, so I have never seen his take on the subject. Anyway, most comedy is repeated to some degree and the vast majority of it is made up or a complete exaggeration of the truth. All people want is a laugh, but you seem to think that it should meet your own personal criteria. Anyway, you have made it clear enough on past videos how much you hate Jim, so why are you still watching his videos? Why don't you watch John Oliver if he already did this instead of continually watching Jim's material. Because you know that Jim is the best, that's why. John Oliver may have done it, but Jim almost certainly did it better and that's why you came here, to see the best comedian do it right. Good call.

[@lavrentivs9891]

Both to topical comedy, so topical news are bound to come up in both comedians' shows.

[@leprechaunluck24]

Score. Really wanted to see this.

[@KCSaxe]

Jim I love you. You stay you.

[@SebastianGrobPla]

I miss the podcast

[@airlinena]

Is this the correct video? 🤔😂🤣✌🏻😁

[@brenobacci]

I thought we were finally going to see the elephant.

[@Flaubert]

The Indian parents are a Monty Python joke. Seriously.

[@rishi7629]

Which one?

[@mhelvens]

A Kung Fu Panda moment. :-)

[@parimabartender]

At least they're catching serial killers with the aggregate data

[@ohyash]

Right in time for BlackLivesMatter. I don't see any discrimination in here.

[@bigdaddyshark880]

I spoke to an ex girlfriend of mine recently and It turns out that her parents had 3 somes and her daddy’s juice didn’t swim as fast as the guests and her mom took one and she had a different dad. I’m glad I didn’t stay with her, I may have raised a kid that wasn’t mine. Bunch of cheaters I tell ya

[@anneb889]

I think quite a few families have been torn apart by these tests.....we should just offer mandatory DNA testing at birth so men can make sure the kid is theirs.

[@keepdancingmaria]

Her mom cheated, so you dodged a bullet? Only if you were with her mom...

[@randimatsuzaki8461]

But threesomes are consensual?... cheating implies someone’s trust was broken. Sounds like they had consensual kinky sex and there was an accident ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@keepdancingmaria]

@@randimatsuzaki8461 Good point. Not even that kinky if you ask me. Thanks for correcting me. I was focusing too much on the generational sin thing. Frankly, I think it was the girl who dodged a bullet, getting away from the judgemental shark daddy.

[@dkvrmrq]

I think she's the fortunate one.

[@aniss1656]

I was kinda hoping it was going to be another 'surprise'

[@thechartech]

I don't doubt that they're sketchy as fuck but I found an entire half of my family that didn't know about me bc my dad, whom I've never met, never told his family about me. Couldn't be happier : )

[@Gruszyn90]

So that was Gunther?

[@qasperr994]

They never truly go back to the source.

[@G4mer_D4d]

My brother and I literally found our moms 1/2 sister but then I quit it just cuz I was afraid of them selling my information.

[@stan2066]

This is what bill burr was saying to him years ago

[@michaelrauch8629]

I could really excited to learn that my ancestor own slaves that invented tic tacs.

[@JL-cn1qi]

I think we can all agree. This could be better,....

[@youtubemademakethis6449]

The show?

[@Dani_sister4peace]

One thing you can find out is if your mum had a fling before getting married. My mum was a runaway bride and was also about to marry a virgin. Though I would hope he wasn't a virgin before they finally got married. I was what they call a honeymoon baby. Ha ha! But my dad doesn't know and I don't plan to tell him unless someone needs to give me bone marrow or something dire. I still wish I could meet my bio dad and get medical history. Maybe one day

[@ALucas73]

I would've gone with H2OKNein!

[@roosatlgany7622]

The percentage of racial makeup may be off, but for adopted children looking to find their birth parents and their immediate family, it's priceless.

[@stoneyll]

Am I the only one that got the Ray Ramano joke?

[@Sillybillyilly]

Find out we are all related...

[@confusedwhale]

So, how and when did the subscriber numbers for the JJ show disappear?

[@AtlanticPicture]

Sometimes tests get mixed up.. like JJ Show titles...

[@ashd1925]

Its the right one but just an old one.

[@pedrosaurusmex2586]

“Says here I’m Australian. And I’m a clone grown from Adam Hills other foot.

[@italianGOD86]

A few clips were from CBC's segment they did on this subject, 2 identical twins came back with different backgrounds and ethnicity. Check it out, its funny.

[@dkvrmrq]

Two twins = four people.

[@johnschultz2000]

Send my love to Uncle Raj🤣😅😆🤣

[@whalingwithishmael7751]

Yeah everybody sells data who can, but honestly I think these test are more accurate than you make out. The larger the pool of submissions the more accurate it becomes.

[@JavierFernandez01]

Ray Romano is a monster.

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

That's more like it!

[@mitre1]

My great great great grandfather did own slaves. Thanks 23 and me

[@marymenatti9175]

I gave them no hints, and they nailed my ancestry.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

My mom gave them some, and Ancestry completely flubbed hers. They told her she was largely native American, Moor, and (wait for it) Slavic. She's Hawaiian pacific islander. As in Bayonet Constitution/Kingdom of Hawaii native, reaching back to Tahiti. That's one hell of a tough explain.

[@chovue2363]

I wanted to see this video a few weeks ago! Ill just have it on in the background now. 😠

[@Kragozen]

I swear I’ve already seen this video?🤔

[@MaxSluiman]

Hillarious🤣

[@ScottAntonio4181]

Gunta really slimmed down.

[@mattienorml349]

I swabbed my Shih Tzu's mouth and sent it in.. I got a report showing my bloodline is from Tibet...

[@eduardocarrochio6326]

i signed up for one of those dna reports. they required a urine sample, a stool sample and a semen sample, so i sent them my underwear.

[@jediday6664]

😅😂🤣

[@greghackstaff217]

I really loved Jim Jefferies, He's a briliant commedian. Too bad he fell into the politicial and social justice warrior trap. Carerr suscide. Alienate so many people. I say, run for office or avoid politics if you want a large fan base. I'm out.

[@TheRedMooncorp]

@@nicknormousreports3378 Don't make jokes like that

[@nicknormousreports3378]

@@TheRedMooncorp why not? Most suicides and suicide attempts are cries for attention from the overly needy. Everyone seems so tied up in fomo and narcissism, the best thing that could happen is for every alt right, white nationalist, and incel to commit suicide instead of mass murder.

[@TheRedMooncorp]

@@nicknormousreports3378 Dude suicide, depression and loneliness are no joke and wishing others to commit suicide is disgusting. I used to think in such hatefull ways as well. I think I can sorta see were you are coming from and I am also from the left (at least on a US standard). But seriously fuck you :/

[@gur262]

Alienating..... Like. The snowflakes?

[@gur262]

You are saying avoid politics to the dude who won't avoid rape jokes? Fun.

[@MrChupacabra555]

2:24 : "The Jews Shall Not Hydrate Us!!".......that was horrible.....I apologize......^_^

[@marcofc6697]

so, are you commenting on Avi Yemini edited interview any time soon?

[@calibrazxr750]

so, you actually think Jim is likely to read that comment? Are you going to get an education any time soon?

[@robertowd5635]

calibrazxr750 Ok, YOU obviously read it. What do you think of Jim’s anti Islam rhetoric and jokes about Muslim babies being so disgusting even a dingo wouldn’t eat it?

[@regisglass5464]

Apologies but I am confused. Avi states nothing "african tribal" (except white s african) should migrate as it would destroy a nation due to being inherently violent. What views here were changed?

[@regisglass5464]

@@robertowd5635 Could you please provide the full quote? Furthermore, how is said alleged quote related to avi stating nothing "african tribal" except white s african should migrate? Or avi stating the way to find out if someone is violent is by asking if they are muslim?

[@calibrazxr750]

@@robertowd5635 yes I read it, but it wasn't addressed to me now was it. I have no problem with his anti Muslim rhetoric, because it was/is just comedy. He has made jokes about people from other religions in the past, as well as jokes about feminists, pro gun people, other nationalities ect, but you chose to focus purely on his jokes relating to Muslims. Why? Because you, just like everyone else like you, feel that it gives the best justification for your perceived outrage. By the way, last time I checked, anti Muslim rhetoric was not illegal.

[@jurgnobs1308]

im a genealogist, and these DNA-tests really kind of annoy me. a lot of it is just bullshit. or well, at least doesnt actuallly say much. for instance, i saw a video where they surprised british people with the results and told them they have german roots. and they were like "oh my god i thought im only british" uh... almost all of the british genepool stems from germany, because of various invasions and migrations

[@DokDicer]

My grandfather wasn't a drop of tapwater!

[@michaelc.brownsr4680]

So what's the appeal

[@regisglass5464]

Admittedly, milk is delicious.

[@PearlpeglerOd]

Lol if they want to build a clone that can't have sun and who's skin is sensitive to everything then I wish them luck😂

[@daveyhouston]

The privilege is worth it I would trade places with A white female in a heartbeet if only to live to 25

[@shashsantanderlucioyohuall865]

But you worry to much, you have to course less

[@shahrokh8690]

ok. bill burr literally said that to you a while ago on your show. that somewhere in the world you're getting cloned.

[@funnyv6048]

I'm like 5% of everything