Direct-to-consumer genetic tests often report on non-health-critical traits like urine odor after asparagus or ear wax type.

“for any of you who have done 23 and me you may find out something about for instance uh if you were to eat asparagus what your urine might smell like or what your ear wax might be like or if you're uh lactose intolerant they are things that are related to how the biology of your body works they are related to genetic variant so those two things go together but they're not telling you based on your ear wax if you're going to have major problems with hearing loss down the road or you know cancer risk or things like that”