Lily Opines About The Mystery of Her Ancestry

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Hello Furiends,

I'm eyeing the butter but I've decided to be a good cat.

Lily

Lily here. Every since I was adopted from our local shelter, The Female Human has been mystified about my heritage. As you can see, I have some interesting markings and my purrsonality is very different from the rest of  The Tribe of Five.

This is why I am so excited! The good folks at Basepaws are sending a kit to The Tribe of Five and I was the lucky feline selected to have my DNA tested!

Basepaws is the first cat care company built around genetics. All The Female Human has to do is to get DNA from my cheeks and hair Now mind you I am a bit of a wild child. The Female Human can’t even get me to hold still enough to clip my claws so the cheek part will be interesting.

Once she has my DNA she sends it to Basepaws in Los Angeles and the Basepaws folks work their magic. My  DNA contains more than 20,000 genes, which are spelled out in a unique genetic code that is around 2,700,000,000 letters (nucleotide bases) long. Basepaws takes this DNA and uses sequencing machines to read and record these letters. Now I have no idea what that means but I do know that they can see if I have genes that make me prone to any diseases and also give The Female Human insight into my history.

And Basepaws isn’t a one- time wonder! We’ll get  constant updates as they learn more. I’ll become part of the Basepaws family and get a lifetime of updates, newsletters and articles (since I  can’t read The Female Human will have to read them to me.)

I hope you will follow my Basepaws journey with me. And if you want to learn more, click here to read their blog.

Purrs & Head Bonks,
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25 thoughts on “Lily Opines About The Mystery of Her Ancestry”

  3. We did Harley’s DNA with Basepaws. The results were a bit surprising. We haven’t shared them yet because we’re waiting for round 2 of the sequencing. But we’ll post about them when we have them! Can’t wait to see what Lily’s results show.

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  9. That’s absolutely cool! I’m going to have to agree with 15andmeowing about some Siamese in your gene pool, along with some lovely tortoiseshell – but the reveal will be fun! I’m glad they’re including potential health issues, as well!
    May your day include a sprinkle of catnip…

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  13. Lily, my cats go to the vet to have their Shiva I mean claws trimmed. I am allergic to blood (mine) dripping all over the place! To me you appear to be a tortie point Siamese. Whatever your dna, you are simply gorgeous!

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