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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAt the suggestion of Catbyte, a few weeks ago, in this thread,
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181482605 I got my cat Pixie's DNA tested, and just got the results:I had always thought she was mostly Siamese and Persian but apparently she isn't. A little bit of Persian, the largest single percentage Maine Coon. Go figure.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Thx for sharing!
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)The link isn't working. I get a 404 Not Found.
But that's interesting, I wonder what she looks like.
Ocelot II
(115,280 posts)2naSalit
(86,061 posts)I suspected there was a picture there!
getagrip_already
(14,250 posts)Just a hole in the db they fill with a crazy name?
We had a white shepherd that was very much shepherd with probably some lab thrown in. the dna analysis said he was a shepherd and yorkie mix. Huh? He was 80 pounds and very much a shepherd.
There was no yorkie in him. Well, not in the last 10 generations anyway. We were told that sometimes the db isn't very populated with certain genomes and they just fill in with what they have. How bout a goat?
Ocelot II
(115,280 posts)Most defined cat breeds have existed only since the 19th century so most cats are mongrels. The only old breeds are what are called landraces, which evolved pretty much on their own, like the Norwegian Forest Cat, the Maine Coon and the Siamese.
Karadeniz
(22,283 posts)Assuming she has some sort of color shading, a la Siamese. That Siamese trait doesn't have to be a close genetic contribution, as I've found out. Tons and tons of "Siamese mix" in our village, but you won't ever see a Siamese outside! I have two of them myself!
Ocelot II
(115,280 posts)Had to get her a lion cut last summer, hope we don't have to do that again.
Here she is, much younger and less heavily furred than she is now, but with the markings and blue eyes that made me (and the vet) think she's part Siamese:
Karadeniz
(22,283 posts)Purebred, which look like they've been squeezed out of an icing tube. I think the color shading looks pretty on a normal cat body!
tblue37
(64,982 posts)dweller
(23,562 posts)Raggedy Anne, not Andy ...
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2naSalit
(86,061 posts)I would have guessed a little bit of Tortoiseshell.
tblue37
(64,982 posts)2naSalit
(86,061 posts)But I didn't.
tblue37
(64,982 posts)When I was a kid, my sister brought a Maine Coon home, he was really big.
The last furbaby that I brought home was a tortie-point Siamese, she was gorgeous with her face split down the middle with orange and white on one side and chocolate/seal point on the other which included her ears. The rest looked Siamese with a tortie mottled affair. The vet said she had all the attitude of torties and Siamese, maybe that's where I got the idea that torties were something more than coloration. All the tortoiseshells I have ever known had an attitude and grew to very old ages.