Ashkenazi Jewish Panel

The Ashkenazi Jewish Panel includes tests for Bloom Syndrome, Canavan Disease, Familial Dysautonomia, Fanconi Anemia, Gaucher Disease, Niemann-Pick Disease, and Tay-Sachs Disease. DNA Direct offers Ashkenazi Jewish Carrier Screening for $262 to $1219 depending on the tests ordered. The term "Ashkenazi" refers to someone whose Jewish ancestors originally came from central or eastern Europe (Russia, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, etc). Certain gene mutations occurred by chance among the founders of the Ashkenazi Jewish population and have increased in frequency over time.