06-28-2019, 07:56 PM
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
On a more serious note: This is a good example of why I will never submit to testing by 23andMe or its ilk -- when combined with the storage of genealogy information about one's family in the, they represent a profound loss of privacy and anonymity.
It's not you you have to worry about - it's all your relatives making it easier to triangulate in on your DNA!!!
Edit: this is where the genealogy part matters. They don't need YOUR genetic material to figure out who you are. Once they're 'in the genetic neighborhood,' they just use logic and process of elimination combined with genealogical records to figure out who the mystery sample-provider is!