If You Are Single,

and looking for your life partner,

have you ever thought of DNA dating? I have heard of various ways to pick perspective partners like Hater, an app that matches people by things they both hate, Dating AI, a service that lets you date people who look like your favorite celebrities, or Trump Singles, a dating site catering exclusively to Donald Trump supporters, but if you prefer a more scientific approach to dating, you may want to try Pheramor, a unique dating service that matches people by chemical compatibility, by analyzing and comparing their DNA, image Pheramor/Facebook

 Pheramor’s approach to finding suitable matches for singles is a bit different than that of most dating services, for $29.99, the company will ship users a DNA kit containing a buccal swab that they have to return for analysis after swabbing the inside of their cheeks, Pheramor will then analyze the samples and sequence 11 genes allegedly linked to attraction and compares the results with others in its database to determine chemical compatibility. The company then sends the user three potential match in their area (with their photos blurred) every day, each graded from 0 to 100, based on estimated compatibility, 

“When Pheramor receives your swab back, we send it to our laboratory, where they isolate your cheek cells and take out the DNA. From the DNA, we sequence your human leukocyte antigen genes, or HLA genes. This is what predicts attraction,” Pheramor CEO and founder Dr. Brittany Barreto recently told KHOU, “These genes encode proteins for your immune system. Scientists have shown in dozens of publications that people are attracted to one another when their HLA genes are different. That’s right! ‘Opposites attract’ is biologically true.” as the company’s name clearly suggests, Pheramor’s approach is based on the concept of pheromones, chemical substances produced and released into the environment that can affect the behavior and physiology of other individuals of a certain species. “The way species can ‘sense’ how different the DNA is in a potential mate is through smelling their pheromones,” the Pheramor website states, does it work? I have no idea, but if you try the service let us know and we will post a follow up.