Different DNA Results for Triplets Using At-Home Tests?

‘Inside Edition’ investigative journalist Lisa Guerrero conducted an in-depth investigation into at-home DNA testing using identical triplets Erica, Nicole and Jaclyn. Check out the interesting results of the DNA makeup.
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[@HalloMoose]

they all probably 100% share the same plastic surgeon

[@san9533]

HalloMoose lol so true

[@kalin8081]

Doesn’t matter

[@deetomlinson6171]

LOLL

[@theycallmetyy781]

Lmaoooooo

[@Keepingupwithwillow]

HalloMoose BAHAHHAHAAH IM DONE

[@TheSarahhoth]

what about the 80% plastic surgery

[@florientcalliste-leonard680]

Sunday Gathouth - lol

[@emilyfields9225]

Sunday Hoth what about 100•/• clones

[@608756]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KOKINGWAYNE]

hahahahaha

[@jr3474]

hahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahaa

[@__gemoftheeast]

Identical triplets? Wow. They all look different as hell to me. Maybe identical pre surgery.....

[@CALLWILLIE100]

i know

[@LadyMsJay]

Identical only refers to their dna. That doesn’t mean they LOOK identical.

[@supernova743]

There's a lot that goes into who you are, your DNA is just the blueprint at the start and can be modified pretty heavily in development.

[@redeattibebu9961]

Look up Epigenetic modification of DNA

[@tanuashealth9791]

Grace Ntihinyuka potty mouth

[@wendyandcheyennefuentes3649]

2 of them look identical and the other one with the blonder hair looks different in the face.

[@JL-iu7fk]

It's called bleach! It depends on not only the timing but every time your hair grabs color( or bleahes) a little more or less. I would not be surprised if they'd had a few fillers done.

[@rainyday6546]

Fresh Mann they are naturaly beautiful just taned

[@Damami4U]

WindRaven Speaks yup her nose is different

[@BUTTERFLY-lf8zz]

Identical twins are not always identical looking. I would know, I am a twin. They three all are pretty, and lucky to get all that info. I would like to know more.

[@BUTTERFLY-lf8zz]

@@Damami4U Yes, darn so is mine. : ( identical does not mean completely equal. We share identical features and DNA.

[@miracleharris5557]

All of them looks like Gigi Gorgeous I swear😂😍✨

[@allsmiles3212]

lmao I was thinking the same thing

[@jenbroccoli861]

Miracle Harris Theyyyy do, lol!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤❤✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@allyclarke9365]

Miracle Harris omfg I was thinking the same thing

[@Penguinsandwiches]

These ladies actually look like biological women, though.

[@kimcanavaugh7857]

Miracle Harris They're prettier than Gigi, no offence.

[@robolakeside6028]

The one in the pink is sooo pretty!!

[@Chynaa_blak]

Dirty Leblancs 😂😂😂😂😂 im like wait wtf

[@LL-ip5mm]

they all in pink

[@lulwah9980]

Omg I’m so confused aren’t they all wearing pink

[@MrsCurioCheerio]

BLUE 222358 that's the joke...

[@husseinabdelsattar2418]

Dirty Leblancs THEY R ALL IN PINK

[@Ale-uh2ry]

I feel like the test is not reliable... the differences are to big considering that they are triplets

[@captinsakyi]

although they are identical, their DNA isn't 100 percent compatible. There will always be slight variations. considering that these at home tests work by "pinging" certain genetic markers that are common to a certain area, the results are pretty good :)

[@snowboardingfisher135]

THEY ALL CAME FROM THE SAME EGG. THEIR DNA IS THE SAME. IT IS THE TEST THAT IS FD UP

[@Dhi_Bee]

If you look on their websites, it specifically tells you that children with the same parents will always have a variance in degrees of ancestry (even if you're either paternal or maternal twins/triplets/quadruplets/etc.) That's why your older sister can look more like your mom than you because her percentage is almost identical to your mom's since your dad is also Native American, why your brother has darker skin than the rest of your siblings because he has 7% more Nigerian ancestry, or your little sister has green eyes & nobody else in your family has it except for your dead great grandma from Sweden because she has 4% more Scandinavian DNA.

[@givenchy5683]

Alejandra Salazar you do realize that you and a sibling do not have exactly the same genes that you get from your parents so how is it not reliable?

[@Ale-uh2ry]

Rosa Milani I do understand that even with siblings DNA varies by alot. However, these are triplets, again I do not expect them to have the same statistics, but the differences are way to be different due to the fact they are triplets. I am just saying that home testing may not be very accurate

[@yg49.]

"You all are wonderful but..." their reaction lol 1:56

[@niiiriikaru878]

yarelly G Purge.

[@paramyza6153]

yarelly G their are just like "Bish there's nothing wrong with me"

[@anahitoledo9091]

yarelly G hahaha

[@nuujeans]

yarelly G they're so in sync its scary haha

[@valdamez2750]

aira r. Yes they all moved their head at the same time. It was scary. They are in sync hahahahha

[@pluvia13]

well.. the whole discussion would be obsolete if they ACTUALLY DID INVITE a geneticist XD

[@nao1163]

I can confirm that they're all 100% plastic.

[@mitierrahn]

hahaaahahahaha

[@pxrisxiv]

VxNx haha

[@msla2844]

VxNx 😂😂😂😂😂True

[@WendyGodfreyLilRedWaggin]

I strongly believe hey're men. Look up Hollywood tranny (the term is NOT the same as transgender).

[@happyfun322]

Wendy Hughes nope all three have recently gave birth to babies

[@ManifestingMoni]

the middle one looks different.

[@robbi.sa6174]

plastic surgery

[@russhoward3037]

Manifesting Moni yeah she has pointer nose and chun

[@rachelahern3931]

Manifesting Moni Erica

[@gkrocksyoursocks]

Yeah she looks older

[@21etan]

She had too much botox on her forehead. Heavy eyebrows hmmm....

[@henryandrason6138]

As long as you are 100% human its all fine lol 😂😋😂😂😋😂😂😂😃😃😃😃

[@TheMissePige]

henry andrason the boss fuck, I'm a unicorn

[@christinaward174]

In 20 years it will be politically incorrect to say that. #100percentautomaton

[@Dhi_Bee]

I hate to be "that guy", but if you do the 23andMe ancestry test they also break down your Neanderthal ancestry. Anyone who has at least some European ancestry has Neanderthal in them (basically caveman white folks slept with Neanderthals & had offspring before they became extinct,) but the most a human can have is 3% of that ancestry. It states that on their site.

[@REBELLOGIC]

love that

[@lisa.mendesmuffinshawn6839]

henry andrason the boss agree 😂😂

[@mattbeidleman6799]

Love that the girls fully didn’t understand that the tests weren’t fully accurate. The girl in the middle actually wanted to find out why she’s more French and German 😂😂😂

[@ancientbear3280]

Seems like this is telling us the accuracy of the DNA tests is +/- 10%.

[@htlwtnswhtlwtnsw5170]

If you look closely they are all different looking !

[@twenty1anxieties209]

htlwtnsw htlwtnsw surgery

[@carolinemartinez9658]

htlwtnsw htlwtnsw plastic surgery

[@ayyjj3085]

They aren’t identical they are triplets triplets can’t be identical

[@jenniferbuckey]

Fuckoff ? Of course they can be. Identical triplets happens when one egg fertilized by one sperm splits into 3 separate eggs. Thus making identical triplets. On the other hand fraternal triplets would be made by 3 separate eggs fertilized by 3 different sperm cells, also making 3 babies aka triplets

[@rainyday6546]

Oh Shit they are natural

[@abiyoe91]

Don't you guys see? Botox just makes even the same age same face triplets look different like 39, 35 and 28 year old siblings with different ages. I love Nicole, she is the prettiest one, her face looks more settled and natural. and I hope they stop ruining their faces.

[@thisperson6655]

Stupid thing to do

[@Help22222]

They all looks the same to me lol

[@Miketravelz007]

Most gorgeous triplets I've ever seen in my life😩

[@daria5846]

They don’t look like identical triplets. They look like two identical ones and a fraternal one.

[@francoismorin8721]

Intriguing. I don't get why they did not get a geneticist on the panel to explain what may have happened. My guess is that some coding arrangement of the DNA still happens after the ovum has split in three or that those discrepancies can be explain by latent genes or even junk DNA. Those differences seem to be on genes that do not affect their appearance.

[@katyrizzo4179]

I can’t believe they didn’t ask a geneticist 🤦‍♀️ 🤦‍♀️

[@laurenbruno8214]

Even if everyone is saying plastic surgery.. it's cool to see that even though they are triplets they have different percentages and that's why no twin looks EXACTLY alike. No matter how identical you are.. there will be something different about you

[@sherryanngriffith9016]

That no true ...the only thing that separate identical twins is personally

[@deejay5102]

@@sherryanngriffith9016 some identical twins due to environment causes them to look different....

[@TVDGirl825]

Haha im a triplet. However my siblings and I look completely different.

[@brookesanto3256]

Clare Elizabeth so ur not a triplet ur just siblings

[@melissaebbat8997]

Probably you guys are Federnal Triplets

[@intoarielverse]

Melissa Jane you mean fraternal?

[@olivianjini6266]

Clare Elizabeth wowwww cweeet I'm also have triplets people say we r identical kkkkkkkkk

[@It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin]

I'd like to stick it in all three of you.

[@liloudubois7849]

I did a test like this with my identical twin sister and we got the exact same results

[@evilvhs2728]

Lilou Dubois dna testing is a scam, they just checked you on social media, next time give me the money, at least I deserve it for being a prodigy.

[@CarmaWorldMedia]

The trips move synchronized it's adorable.

[@adamrspears1981]

The biggest mistake ancestrydna made was failing to offer at least a crash course in genetics to the public before they get their results. The confusion stems from people not understanding how genetics works. Siblings, even twins....even identicle twins, triplets, etc. will have different results because they are still separate individuals.

[@IchGukNurZu]

That not correct heritage results are just randomly chosen for the customer and if the company had brains they would cross check their Database realising the same person or its twin/trippling sent in another test and give the same random result for each . Its a scam.

[@sydneypolzin3420]

I think the point of this video was not to show that identical twins can have differences in their ancestry but the inaccuracy of the tests that millions of people are buying into. This is definitely something that a lot of people commenting, and the triplets themselves were confused about. This is because triplets that are identical have the exact same nucleic acid sequence making up their genome (100% the same DNA) and the only reason you see slight differences between identical twins traits is due to the their epigenetic code which how the different genes are packed as either euchromatin or heterochromatin around the histones.

[@EmmaJaworski]

Its 100% normal for siblings to have differences in DNA that vary by a few percentages. DNA doesnt split perfectly 50-50 where you get the exact same amount in the exact same features from each parent. One is 18% one is 16% and one is 19%. Thats totally normal for it to vary like that. Even for "identical" siblings, because no one is 100% identical with a 100% perfect DNA match.

[@automaticchic]

Don't they get tired of dressing all the same with the hsir and everything

[@carolinemartinez9658]

automaticchic & the plastic surgery

[@supernova743]

The fun you can have switching places on people.

[@nickismith7487]

Probably for TV

[@marieskee22]

Not when they are getting paid! :)

[@PeaceAndJoy007]

These three are probably what's called "half identical". Two or three separate sperm fertilized the same egg forming a triploid which then splits. It's rare but it does happen. There are actually 7 different types of twins, not just identical and fraternal.

[@markhaley3046]

I would be willing to bet that if you sent 10 dna samples from the same person 10 different times to the same analysis company, that you would get 10 slightly different analyses.

[@sanaryaifen4062]

They all share 100% the same plastic surgeon

[@myusername7692]

1:57 they all did the same little swaying motion at the same time

[@MSW96]

I'm surprised no one brought up who they were (although I don't think they're that famous). Whichever triplet is Erica is Dr. Phil's daughter-in-law.

[@m18a06]

Imagine being their plastic surgeon knowing the whole act....😑

[@Andrewjceballos]

1:55 CREEPY AF

[@patrickuk9784]

I think this shows that such tests are quite good. They do not claim to be 100% accurate but many people ignore that.

[@morganbrooke8922]

I think they just have Botox and fillers but I don’t think they went under the knife. The one girl would have gotten her nose done.

[@k59755]

No no no, those boobs were knifed up.

[@msjennable]

Well the one in the middle, looks the most different... it makes sense to me.

[@Jezabel-in-Hell]

Why a show called "The Doctors" would have on someone from Inside Edition to talk about DNA tests, instead of, hmmm....idk...a geneticist, is beyond me. So ridiculous.

[@duanejunior6091]

That “but” part at 1:57 , they were ready to hear some shit

[@liliandavies2963]

They look like 3 live Barbie dolls so beautiful

[@LL-ip5mm]

soo fake

[@obscuredenigma8361]

Lilian Davies super made that way. Anyone can pay to look how they want.

[@dbjana7521]

eye checkup

[@Maki-00]

Dyed hair and most likely fake boobs. What's special about them?

[@maeb.9770]

emmeaki ❔❔❔❔❔❔

[@Moon-rz1nr]

pause at 1:04

[@carmen5372]

What if I said I am 10% human?

[@silversurfer8818]

Epigenetic modifications is the source of the variation between them - histone modifications through methylation and acetylation can differ greatly between twins or triplets and is very commonly used in human disease research.

[@tamraarmstrong1808]

Silversurfer in English?

[@jada7511]

I think its because of the way the eggs split, one my have gotten a little bit more of the DNA then the others. Thats just my theory

[@PapaPhilip]

The tests are run multiple times each. They then take the averages of each test. If you look at ancestry.com's results they will show a range of the results from the multiple tests. Likely all three of them had the same range possibility, but the iteration of their tests came up with some differences in the final output. I've taken a couple of these tests and run the raw data on GedMatch. Different companies can come up with pretty different results in the percentages, but the overall composition is usually about the same.

[@TheGoodAmericans]

It’s because God made each one of them special!

[@EmiLia-us4cz]

Aw this made me smile haha idk why

[@TheGoodAmericans]

That’s why they have different DNA because... God made each one of them special!!!

[@ruffles_chips]

The Good Americans Go get an education you religious dimwit

[@TheGoodAmericans]

Ramela Tomatoes Go get some Christianity...

[@ruffles_chips]

The Good Americans How about you don't believe everything you read, especially from an ancient book and instead trust solid facts by scientists. The only reason you trust Christianity is because you hate using your brain to think, and only want the quick answers.

[@kimalvarado7337]

YOU CHEATED ON ME?! Guy: Sorry I couldn't tell

[@sanaryaifen4062]

As long as u r 100% humans we are all good lol

[@lowercasej23]

Simpleton: Two of them look different. Big Brain: They All Look different.

[@Inmywordz]

100% same plastic surgeons

[@laurenbruno8214]

I love how learning about your history and lineage was a 'trend'

[@kevinoduor9841]

did they all have facelift?

[@melendezdeleon2393]

1:55 They moved almost at the same time.

[@kimm.8224]

At the end, she said they were also Vulcan. Vulcan? Sounds like something off of star trek.

[@CN-yk2dk]

Kim M. She said Balkan, countries like Bulgaria and Croatia

[@ValentinaDaBeautiful]

Balkan aka southeast Europe

[@troywest7111]

Balcan

[@charlies8369]

It’s so trippy to look at all of them at once

[@alx81]

... so they the devil?

[@yogaqueen1527]

Wow those girls had so much surgery. They look different. I remember them on boy meets world

[@ptsd73]

They were so much prettier before their surgery.

[@GiannasDIYSlimeShop]

and 100% white girl

[@Gemeinai]

After hearing/reading their results a couple of days ago, made me curious. Originally, I only planned to do my mom since I already did my dad's lady year. I just sent my mom's, brother's, and younger sister's sample to ancestry. Now the wait begins...

[@blodhunt]

4 some with them would be a dream that would come true :(

[@princeicio]

This kinda answers my question. I've always wondered whether ppl have the same genes if they were identical.

[@ninidecoss2633]

Theyree soo prettyy

[@rainbow20112011]

You can make almost anybody attractive with surgery except Donald Trump.

[@eveokundi4224]

rainbow20112011 😂😂

[@LL-ip5mm]

hardly pretty more like bleach blonde and plastic fake

[@ms.williams6009]

I don't find the obviously fake look pretty but to each their own

[@MP-sn7ow]

is this a joke

[@Lisalisells]

Omg at 1:55 the two twins to the left do the exact same head movement and turn .

[@Boelle.]

Are they trans-gendered? Just curious.

[@TheShape.]

Why you wanna know? 😏

[@kotnkandy]

i cant believe lisa guerrero didn’t confront the test

[@keshiaaudrey1884]

they all still white tho

[@callingthenuke448]

Keshia Lie are you jealous?

[@Beaneabean]

Why are black people on here mad that theyre white? Lmao

[@tyeishawalter6622]

Karynna Hills are u mad that ur green

[@tyeishawalter6622]

I whether be black than white and im cuban descent

[@allyshiabright8723]

😭😭😭 this comment ! Lol i was thinking the same thing .. Like 1st off i just hear white mixed with more white😂😂

[@MALIRIPPA]

I now understand why dr Phil disables his comments, since one of his children married plastic.

[@Natalie-nk3kn]

They look so fake and plastic!! Gross!

[@LL-ip5mm]

cos they are

[@Handler870]

The one all the way on the left Nicole looks the most natural in the face.

[@mariabrown6926]

so 100% white 😂

[@Beaneabean]

maria brown wasnt the point of the video

[@majestaec5018]

Oh my, this reporter works in Inside Edition.

[@mielenfer4121]

My family name is Triplet... it's not a joke

[@elomnusk7656]

here you can see how reliable these tests actually are...

[@AssassinOcelot]

I clicked on this video after I saw it on a Snapchat add thinking it was something interesting, but now I’m just bored

[@Locomaid]

It is important to understand how reference groups work. They are assigning probabilty based on where the DNA is assumed to come from. Someone who is 100% Irish may show Scandinavian and Iberian DNA. This due to migration in the past (Vikings and Celts, for example). This means that a part of the DNA they coded is found in that region. Depending on the reference database and the coding used. Individual sectors could fall under one or both. They are not telling you you are FROM Sweden. They are saying that that bit of your DNA is very frequently found in Sweden, even though it is also very frequently found in Ireland. And due to migration, in England, Australia, US, etc. If you use one of the larger coding companies, your percentages may even change as the database grows it reference data.

[@gottabighit1]

Sick...and that's not the "good" adjective meaning of sick... so sad.

[@macy609]

snapchat lied. no one passed out. i’m suing.

[@roastingroyalty2630]

I have a light skin twin sister who I finally talked into also getting a DNA test (I’m a dark skin guy) so I’m really excited how our results compare

[@lindacollins6939]

Because you’re obviously not identical 😅

[@roastingroyalty2630]

@@lindacollins6939 your comment doesn’t make any sense

[@sharonblackwell6918]

Transcription and translation take place following conception, this process would most likely explain the differences seen here. This takes place over the first 24 days.

[@MrJuulia01]

They look slightly different, so no wonder their DNA also is slightly different. Yall should know, that identical twins are not 100% identical. DNA is just DNA, yall are still twins which is a huge miracle and blessing.

[@Aquarellina]

I'd love to see them without makeup, just to see how they really look similar. They are but makeup makes it look even more similar

[@Aquarellina]

oh wait they're sisters

[@mikaylafreer1479]

did anyone notice at 1:56 they all turned their heads at the same time when he said "but"

[@nic..1]

According to my knowledge you get 50% of your DNA from each parent, you don't always get every single thing the same from both parents. It could be a bit different for siblings. It's similar to the fact the middle one looked a lot different than the other two, she just got some different genes. That's just what I thought though.

[@lynn6777]

Actually identical sliblings would in fact have to have all the same genes b/c when they are in the womb what makes identicals is the splitting of an egg so technically they are all carbon copys of each other Also they probably got plastic surgery and that may be why they all look different from each other

[@nic..1]

According to newyorktimes.com, "The Claim: Identical Twins Have Identical DNA. It is a basic tenet of human biology, taught in grade schools everywhere: Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles. But according to new research, though identical twins share very similar genes, identical they are not."

[@lynn6777]

Oh well that could be true its just ive watched many in-date studies and they've all said that identical is identical

[@RoccosVideos]

If they're identical triplets they shouldn't have different results. It makes me question the validity of the test.

[@bi8968]

I can guarantee that all three are 100% superficial

[@MermaidMoney]

This is really wild!!! WOW!!! Apparently, they are NOT IDENTICAL Twins!

[@nicolerodrigues3365]

The way they turn their heads at the same time creeps me out

[@BucketWheat]

I dated a "Twin" for a while... and we COULD tell them apart... They DID look "Identical"... but one had a more prominent 'dimple' and is slightly taller -- maybe a 1/2" or so -- but enough to tell them apart.

[@stummkind]

Lmao Jaclyn was like "Yeah thats right bitches, Im the most british and irish! Posh bitch!"

[@SuperWigMaker]

They are HOT. But I think the far left (Nicolle I think)one has the prettiest face and hair type and hair colour in general, the far right one (Jaclyn I think) has a pretty hair colour. The one in the middle looks like them, like they are sisters obviously, but her nose is different and her hair is not as flawless in my opinion. If they are identical triplets they did have some different lives (and cosmetic procedures) cause they don't look all that identical

[@anonymoussources8803]

The percentages differed but the origins were all the same. My son has a biology degree and said the science behind these tests is sound but like most science there will be standard deviations. Even triplets do not share completely identical DNA across the entire sequence.

[@alisalauzon9291]

How does that work ??

[@ashlynsandel]

the one in the pink is sooo pretty 😍😍

[@lmao2351]

wait how is this even possible?

[@evilvhs2728]

Olji Boii because dna testing is bullshit, and if you're wondering the "why" of that, it's because dna itself is bullshit, it doesn't exist.

[@chasebarber10]

They're fraternal, so it's no surprise here.

[@Novak2611]

Possible explanations: -Bad DNA testing company -Saliva tube exposed to sunlight -Leakage of Botox chemicals in saliva

[@deezynar]

2:00 she ran right over the doctor.

[@justinkyitoh2236]

looks like her parents hit the print buttons three times

[@colie7166]

OMG!!! It is Lisa Guerrero on the docters! Oh and yes btw my name is the same name as one of the triplets. And I am like cool. :3