This confirms yet again my decision not to trust these genetic businesses. Why anyone does I do not know. But, people sign up for Facebook which should explain almost any crazy behavior.
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2023
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It doesn't matter if you give them information. If your second cousin did, then they can find you.
How does that work? And what if my relationship to my second cousin is not by blood?
See article third paragraph
Not seeing how that answers either of my questions.
If someone blood related enters such a program, certain dna markers get on file that could lead to you. In recent years that way many unidentified dead or serial killers got identified, because someone related made such a test and the fbi database started beeping for a partial match.
I still can't understand to this day why it even matters where you came from instead of worrying more about where you are right now. This DNA garbage simply reeks of modern Eugenics where people are trying to claim superiority over each other
Well in my case I never knew my birth family or where I’m from.
So it’s not about feeling superior. It’s about having a slice of belonging.
It's about Eugenics, nothing more
Thank you for telling me how I feel about something.
Nevermind, he/she probably has some inferiority complex oder his/her own heritage for some reason and now projects. Nothing wrong with trying to find out about ones „hidden past“, I did something similar with my family name and found some very interesting history.
Your welcome, sometimes it's important to broaden your mind
I don't remember that version of Meghan Trainors song.
@YaaAsantewaa @shreddy_scientist one reason is diversity, but yes, checking that with DNA is stupid because it matters much more where you grew up
I agree which is what I'm saying, your DNA doesn't matter, where you are now does and it's better to move forward than getting hung up on the past otherwise we're getting into Eugenics territory where people will claim land and territory based on their "DNA profile", and I don't want that kind of racist garbage
Apparently we've learned nothing from the past and it's just repeating itself with a shiny new coat of paint
I understand why people feel this way, but the donor conception industry in the US is so irresponsible that genetic testing is some people's only way to figure out what is going on medically with themselves. Some donor conceived people are finding themselves in MASSIVE sibling pools in the same geographic area.
Law enforcement can find you from your second cousins dna
Why are people freaking out. DNA is fairly private as currently its about pattern matching