guyrocket ( @guyrocket@kbin.social ) 17•11 months agoThis 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.
hamster ( @hamster@kbin.social ) 9•11 months agoIt doesn’t matter if you give them information. If your second cousin did, then they can find you.
guyrocket ( @guyrocket@kbin.social ) 3•11 months agoHow does that work? And what if my relationship to my second cousin is not by blood?
wagoner ( @wagoner@infosec.pub ) 3•11 months agoSee article third paragraph
guyrocket ( @guyrocket@kbin.social ) 3•11 months agoNot seeing how that answers either of my questions.
mishimaenjoyer ( @mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social ) 3•11 months agoIf 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.
YaaAsantewaa ( @YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English7•11 months agoI 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
Deceptichum ( @Deceptichum@kbin.social ) 15•11 months agoWell 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.
YaaAsantewaa ( @YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•11 months agoIt’s about Eugenics, nothing more
Deceptichum ( @Deceptichum@kbin.social ) 16•11 months agoThank you for telling me how I feel about something.
mishimaenjoyer ( @mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social ) 3•11 months agoNevermind, 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.
YaaAsantewaa ( @YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•11 months agoYour welcome, sometimes it’s important to broaden your mind
El Barto ( @ElBarto@lzrprt.sbs ) English2•11 months agoI don’t remember that version of Meghan Trainors song.
immibis ( @immibis@social.immibis.com ) 1•11 months ago@YaaAsantewaa @shreddy_scientist one reason is diversity, but yes, checking that with DNA is stupid because it matters much more where you grew up
YaaAsantewaa ( @YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•11 months agoI 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
jhulten ( @jhulten@infosec.pub ) 5•11 months agoI 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.
Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•11 months agoLaw enforcement can find you from your second cousins dna
Why are people freaking out. DNA is fairly private as currently its about pattern matching