Traits

Eyes, taste, muscle, sleep, temperament.

These are the high-confidence cosmetic and performance reads — the part of a 23andMe file that is actually good at what it does.

COMT · rs4680 · A/G

COMT Val/Met — intermediate dopamine clearance

TypicalReplicated

One Val (fast) and one Met (slow) allele. Mid-range prefrontal dopamine.

Val158Met is the famous warrior/worrier SNP. Heterozygotes sit in the middle: more flexible than Met/Met under stress, less dopamine-sticky than Val/Val. This is a temperament tendency, not a diagnosis. rs4633 is also heterozygous; rs6269 is A/A.

ACTN3 · rs1815739 · C/C

ACTN3 RR — power genotype

FavorableReplicated

Two functional R alleles. Fast-twitch fibers express α-actinin-3. Sprint / strength biased.

The X allele (T) prematurely stops the protein. XX is over-represented in endurance elites; RR is over-represented in power sports. RR is the most common genotype worldwide. It is a training hint: this genome should respond well to heavy resistance and high-intensity intervals. It does not make anyone an athlete by itself.

Bias training toward strength and power if the goal is physique or sport. Endurance is still fully trainable.

FOXO3 · rs2802292 · G/T

One FOXO3 longevity allele

FavorableReplicated

Heterozygous for the G allele repeatedly associated with healthy aging in several populations.

FOXO3 is a forkhead transcription factor downstream of insulin/IGF signaling. The G allele of rs2802292 is the most replicated common longevity SNP. Effect is modest and shows up most clearly in centenarian studies. One copy is the common intermediate.

BDNF · rs6265 · C/C

BDNF Val/Val

TypicalReplicated

Two Val66 alleles. Typical activity-dependent BDNF secretion.

Met66 (A/T depending on strand) reduces activity-dependent BDNF release and has mixed associations with memory and exercise response. C/C on this chip is Val/Val, the common higher-secretion genotype.

HERC2 / OCA2 · rs12913832 + rs1800407 · G/G + C/C

Blue-eye genotype

TraitReplicated

HERC2 rs12913832 G/G almost always means blue irises in European-ancestry people.

This SNP controls an OCA2 enhancer. G/G suppresses OCA2 in the iris. OCA2 rs1800407 is C/C (no brown-restoring Arg419Gln). Combined with European SLC24A5 and SLC45A2, pigmentation is light-European.

SLC24A5 / SLC45A2 / TYR · rs1426654 / rs16891982 / rs1042602 · A/A + G/G + A/C

European light-skin alleles

TraitReplicated

Derived light-skin alleles at the two largest-effect loci, plus one TYR S192Y.

SLC24A5 A111 (A/A) and SLC45A2 L374 (G/G) are nearly fixed in Northern Europe. TYR S192Y is heterozygous. MC1R red-hair alleles R151C and R160W are absent. Higher UV vigilance than a deeply pigmented genotype, lower than MC1R red-hair.

ABCC11 · rs17822931 · C/C

Wet earwax, typical body odor

TraitReplicated

Not the East Asian dry-earwax / low-odor allele.

T/T at rs17822931 is the derived East Asian variant (dry cerumen, reduced apocrine odor). C/C is the ancestral wet-earwax type common in Europe and Africa.

TAS2R38 · rs713598 / rs1726866 / rs10246939 · C/G + A/G + C/T

Medium bitter taster (PAV/AVI)

TraitReplicated

One tasting and one non-tasting TAS2R38 haplotype. PTC and similar bitters taste moderately bitter.

The three SNPs form PAV (taster) and AVI (non-taster) haplotypes. Heterozygotes are intermediate. This affects broccoli, kale, coffee, and tonic water more than it affects health.

OR6A2 region · rs72921001 · A/A

Unlikely soapy-cilantro perceiver

TraitModerate

The C/T soapy-cilantro allele is absent.

rs72921001 C/T near OR6A2 is the most cited cilantro-soap association. A/A is the like-cilantro side of that SNP. Culture and other odorant receptors still matter.

ABO · rs8176719 + rs8176746 + rs505922 · D/I + G/G + C/T

Likely blood group A (AO)

TraitClinical

One O deletion and no B-defining allele. Most consistent with A.

rs8176719 D is the O-type single-base deletion; I is A or B. Heterozygous D/I means not group O. rs8176746 G/G is the non-B background used on this chip. rs505922 C (non-O tag) is present once. This is a genetic inference, not a transfusion type — a serology card still wins.

CHRNA5 / CHRNA3 · rs16969968 + rs1051730 · G/G + G/G

No heavy-smoking nicotinic risk alleles

FavorableReplicated

The CHRNA5 D398N and linked CHRNA3 alleles associated with heavier smoking and lung-cancer risk are absent.

These variants increase cigarettes-per-day and lung-cancer risk even after adjusting for smoking quantity. G/G at both is the lower-risk European background. Smoking is still the dominant risk.

CLOCK / MTNR1B / ADA · rs1801260 / rs10830963 / rs73598374 · A/A + C/C + C/C

No major circadian risk alleles

FavorableReplicated

CLOCK 3111C, MTNR1B rs10830963 G, and ADA 22G are all absent.

MTNR1B G raises fasting glucose and shifts melatonin signaling — C/C is the easier metabolic genotype. CLOCK 3111C has been tied to delayed sleep; A/A is 3111T/T. ADA 22G can lengthen deep sleep; it is absent. Sleep hygiene still wins.

COL1A1 · rs1800012 · A/C

One COL1A1 Sp1 allele

TraitModerate

Heterozygous for a collagen type I variant sometimes tied to lower BMD and soft-tissue injury.

Literature is mixed and effect sizes are small. Worth remembering if there is a fracture or tendon-injury pattern, not worth changing life around.

ANKK1 / DRD2 · rs1800497 + rs6277 · G/G + A/G

No Taq1A A1; C957T heterozygous

TypicalModerate

The low-D2 Taq1A A1 allele is absent. Intermediate C957T.

Taq1A A1 (A) is associated with fewer striatal D2 receptors and a slightly higher addiction vulnerability in some studies. G/G is A2/A2. rs6277 is a synonymous DRD2 SNP with mixed cognitive literature.

TP53 · rs1042522 · C/G

p53 Pro72Arg — heterozygous

TraitModerate

One Pro and one Arg at codon 72. Common cosmopolitan genotype.

Arg72 is a bit more apoptotic, Pro72 a bit more cell-cycle arrest, in older literature. Population effects on cancer are small and inconsistent. No action.

IL6 / TNF · rs1800795 + rs1800629 · C/C + G/G

IL6 −174 C/C; TNF −308 G/G

TypicalModerate

A common lower-IL6 promoter genotype and no TNF −308A high-expression allele.

These promoter SNPs have a large, messy literature. They are not clinical tests. The pattern is not a high-inflammatory promoter load.