Posted on 10/16/2019 7:09:14 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
They might find a particular marker or something that indicates you may have a predisposition or high likelihood of breast cancer or Alzheimer's.... What could go wrong?
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If you’re lucky, you can find that long-lost relative you never knew about.
Like on the Discovery Channel show.
If you go back far enough, say about 20 generations, everyone is related. Two to the 20th power is a substantial number and those old world explorers were not Boy Scouts. Just my unscientific and humble opinion.
Genealogical databases only work if you’ve siblings. Being an only child sucks.
We did 23 and me. Enjoyed the info and found 2nd cousins in Germany and Scotland.
Never committed any rapes or murder so nothing to fear from DNA database.
I’m at the age I don’t give a crap what people know about me.
Ever lick a stamp or envelope to seal it? What are the chances you’re already in a database?
Guys, if you are not wearing a tuxedo, skip the bow tie.
If you’d have brought up the idea of a fully cracked human genome and then the idea of getting everyone into a collective DNA database a couple of decades ago, some people’s imaginations would have gone to the dark side and assumed that some government agency would have mandated everyone come in and give DNA samples under the excuse of benefiting public health. Of course, like so many things we are witnessing these days (like big brother not being government, but instead being pseudo-independent “news” companies) is much much more clever. Everyone is persuaded through advertising that they should willingly submit their own genome into these databases under the allure that they get to find out certain ethnicity and trait details.
Is there some sinister reason behind all of it? All those who are against it seem to imply that this is a terrible thing, but I rarely see any good hints to why it’s so bad except that it can be abused against individuals who may have undesirable traits or defects. I’m quite curious what people are afraid to say about this topic.
I am concerned about my DNA being used by insurance co/govt or who knows whoever else to have private info/deny treatment regarding my kids/grand kids.
It would be interesting to know, but I can simply use the paper trail at Ancestry.com and keep my DNA private.
If you have Medicare I don’t think they can raise your insurance rates for that. Not sure about auto insurance.
We just got back from a trip to our longtime home of Seattle, and here’s why:
Back in 1971, my wife was 17. She had a few minutes (well, probably a few seconds) of indiscretion and it resulted in a son being born. She was not even allowed to see the baby, but she caught a dangling foot as they carried him away.
She has mentioned his birthday every year. It is a lingering scar. Meanwhile, she went on to have three kids and, coupled with my three, we have six.
Fast forward to December of last year. Her sister does the spit DNA thing and my wife’s boy was at the top of the list of relatives. We knew his name, and my wife wrote a beautiful three page letter from his “birth mom”. It made me cry.
Anyway, apparently it made him cry too. She scheduled a trip to Seattle to see him and his adoptive mom (the dad is now dead). But since she told everyone about it, all six of our kids bought plane tickets from all over the country (except the two that still live in the seattle area) and also brought all the grand kids. And I flew out as well.
It was a family reunion none of us will forget. And it brought him into a family that he will cherish the rest of his life. He and his partner will be coming out to visit “mom’s house” in rural KY next year.
This was a wonderful time for all concerned, but be warned: The days of giving up a child for adoption and never knowing what happened to them, or who your birth parents are, are gone. Even if it happened decades ago. And you don’t even have to spit in a baggie. Any close relative can do it.
There is an old joke where a single man is asked if he has any kids and he responds, “none that I know of”.
Those days are gone.
...lick a stamp or envelope ...
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So long ago, it doesn’t matter. Stamps and envelopes now come with press-on glue and there are protective strips over the envelope flap.
There are many millions of people who can call the 101 Mayflower passengers their ancestors. That was 11-13 generations ago.
Sounds similar to what Brennan and company would say in defense of spying on US citizens.
Huh? Not sure you're clear on the concept.
I’ve got 5 older sisters, all red heads and no brothers. Cry me a river
Most of these DNA tests are currently more of a waste of money at this point than a real threat to your privacy. My sister was a little obsessed with these, but she has got back conflicting results each time she sent in samples.
I would be most concerned with the insurance companies using the info to raise your life insurance rates. I would be a little suprised if some company somewhere was not already requiring this type of test to “get their lowest rate”.
With the mess created by Obamacare, I don’t think health insurers can currently legally require thie tests ahead of time. But this was once a topic that came up in a conversation with my GP (doctor) about why it was not always a good idea to have a wide variety of blood test results in your medical record.
“I am concerned about my DNA being used by insurance co/govt or who knows whoever else to have private info/deny treatment regarding my kids/grand kids.”
A insurance company would not legally be able to get your info from 23and me and use it against you and also write insurance on another person who never used 23 and me and let them slide.
Just like “snapshot” the little plus in device car insurance co’s have. Right now it is voluntary. one day it will be required. Currently they cannot penalize you if you drive bad using snapshot.
Same with DNA test. Wan t that $500k life insurance policy?. Here do a DNA swab.
My family’s Genealogy is contained in the back pages of the Family Bible, held by a cousin in Tennessee. It contained tons of birth, death, and marriage information until some fool decided in the late 1800s that we shouldn’t write in the back 100 or so blank pages anymore. They did transcribe the family tree from the original in the 1950s and I have a copy of that. Excellent account from 1607 Jamestown Virginia thought almost the beginning of the 20th Century.
Cool story
My first cuzzin, who I hadn’t seen since 1984, popped up when my results came in.
The same age, the same city, never close as kids. We are now very dear friends, even now 1500 miles away
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