Nothing like a for-profit DNA compilation service disguised as a way to discover more about one’s past. Am I right?
Privacy and control over your personal data loses.
I have family where the male could not conceive, so they went with a donor. Beautiful little girl resulted, but I know that in 15 years or so she will be curious and want to meet step-”siblings”.
We are girding for potential drama. What if there are dozens, or a few or none? They will all be curious and some type of “re-union” in the 2030s will be the result.
I’m just fascinated by Long Lost Family.
If you’re adopted, sometimes you can get a hit for biological relatives and whoever else might pop up in the family tree.
DNA doesn’t lie.
Just like facebook farming data, folks don’t realize how their voluntary submission of dna will lead to their downfall.
The Zodiac killer hasn’t been caught yet has he?
Glad they caught the guy.
Not glad that Big Brother has gotten too big for his britches.
I’ve tried to explain Big Brother is watching these services to people (and FReepers) time and time again. They fail to grasp the ramifications. Sure, fine, it’s great the guy was caught but why would any sane person pay Big Brother to take their DNA identity?
Request an answer from someone who knows: Can DNA analysis really come up with accurate percentages of your various ethnicities? I’ve had my doubts about that.
Gee it’s nice of people to have registered their DNA with the state— er, I mean ancestry.com.
This is even creepier than Facebook, in that your relatives can register you.
They used techniques adoptees use every day to find birth parents. Every. Single. Day.
Ancestry just provides the databases for constructing the mirror trees. Actually ancestry had no part. You can’t upload raw data to them. The police uploaded to gedmatch, and used the closest match to construct the mirror trer