Hey,

Happy Wednesday!

DNA tests have become very popular in recent years. True story this: my wife discovered she had another first cousin through DNA testing. 

One of her (many, many) cousins took a test and, as I believe happens if you consent to it, this went on the company’s database. A middle-aged man in Dublin had done the same. 

A match was flagged up and, again with the full consent of both parties, contact was made. He’d been adopted as a baby, and it turns out he was the son of one of my wife’s uncles, who’d clearly been a bit of a philanderer but never known about the child. 

Anyway, although his biological father was sadly long dead, he found himself with 61 new first cousins. I met him not long after and, looking at him alongside the men of the family, you didn’t need a DNA test to see they were related. 

This is not my wife's family

DNA tests for dogs are also popular, but not to find long-lost cousins. Often, people have a dog who’s a big old bundle of breeds and simply want to untangle the puzzle. How many parts Beagle to Dachshund and Boston Terrier, or whatever.

But they can be useful for keeping your dog healthy, too, including when it comes to nutrition. 

We’ve written an article on it, with the help of the experts at animal DNA company AlphaDog and Dog Food Advisor’s resident animal nutritionist, Laura Ward. 

Can DNA Testing Help You Feed Your Dog Better?

We’re also sending out a series of five social posts on Facebook and Instagram on the subject of DNA and nutrition, the first of which went out yesterday. 

And if that’s not enough, we’re running a giveaway of FIVE Alpha Dog Complete Canine DNA Tests on our social channels. You’ll find how to enter, plus terms and conditions, on these posts:

DFA Community Group 

DFA Facebook Page
DFA Instagram

If you don’t want to enter, but want a DNA kit, you can get 20% off the sale price at AlphaDog DNA by following this link and using the code DFA20. 

My best wishes to you and your family members — the ones you know and the ones you might not…

Until next time,

Andrew

Editor
The Dog Food Advisor
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