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To: Prince Caspian
What do you perceive as being the risk to an individual by providing a DNA sample for use in research?

A third party obviously has your DNA and a name associated with it. Then it becomes an ethics question.

Do they really keep the sample anonymous? They misled donors into thinking they would get a simple answer about their ancestry yet look what they did with the data without explicit informed consent of the donor.

13 posted on 05/23/2024 1:48:16 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

Why does it matter to me if my name is attached to a particular DNA sample? How could I be harmed, personally, by this?


14 posted on 05/23/2024 1:50:36 PM PDT by Prince Caspian
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To: pfflier

“Do they really keep the same anonymous?”

I think they promise to do so but then how do cops manage to solve ancient cases using DNA samples from these companies? Besides, promise aside, anyone who can hack might get the information.


39 posted on 05/23/2024 2:41:00 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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