surprised-pika-messed-up Who would’ve thought giving a private company your DNA data would be bad

    • Justice@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      They have every American’s shit. Most Europeans too. Spoiler, if your uncle and your random ass 3rd cousin got tests done, then you also basically got a test done. They don’t need every single detail to draw a rough “good enough” circle around like “people with these genes in their family aren’t worth the cost.”

    • AernaLingus [any]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      In my case, my sister and my dad, but yeah. Truly amazing results: they have genetic compositions you would expect from any random person with their ethnic backgrounds! This information was definitely worth eroding the privacy of our entire family tree.

      • buh [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        8 months ago

        My sister did that shit and the only information it gave was our parents’ home country, which we already know because they’re first gen immigrants

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      They don’t know which allele is which though, they don’t automatically know what combination would be you.

      They could only confirm that you’re related to your parents.