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mopinko

(70,127 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:56 PM Jun 2018

call me crazy but mitt romney could get the mormon church to dna

these families for free.
either voluntarily, or to settle some dispute.
23andme, i'm thinking about you, too.

cuz that is what i think this is going to come to. see-disparado.

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csziggy

(34,136 posts)
1. MyHeritage Offers Free DNA Tests to Help Reunite Separated Migrant Children with their Parents
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:58 PM
Jun 2018
MyHeritage Offers Free DNA Tests to Help Reunite Separated Migrant Children with their Parents
As an extension of DNA Quest, the company’s recent pro bono initiative that helps adoptees reunite with their biological families, the company is now offering thousands of free DNA tests to families separated at the U.S. border and is reaching out to relevant government agencies and NGOs to collaborate in distributing the DNA tests
June 21, 2018 03:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time

LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyHeritage, the leading international family history and DNA company, announced today that, following the recent separation of children from parents in immigrant families in the United States, the company is expanding its pro bono initiative, DNA Quest — which helps reunite adoptees with their biological families through DNA testing — to help those parents who were detained at the border reunite with their children. The company is pledging 5,000 additional free DNA tests for separated parents and children who are interested in this opportunity.

For the DNA kits to reach the affected people, MyHeritage has begun contacting relevant government agencies and NGOs that are able to provide assistance with distribution of the DNA kits — to parents in detainment facilities and to their children placed in temporary custody. MyHeritage is also calling the public to assist — anyone who can help with the distribution of the DNA kits and is in touch with the separated families is requested to contact dnaquestsupport@myheritage.com. The DNA results will be processed by MyHeritage and not shared with any third parties.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180621006211/en/MyHeritage-Offers-Free-DNA-Tests-Reunite-Separated

mopinko

(70,127 posts)
12. good on them. i hope they all do it.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:41 AM
Jun 2018

i can see the legal hurdles, but i think a judge would be able to order this if the govt has completely screwed up the record keeping.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
2. You're right, I was talking with an ex Mormon at a protest
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:59 PM
Jun 2018

about that two nights ago. I didn't know the Mormons did that until then.

dameatball

(7,398 posts)
3. Oddly enough, Mitt Romneys gonads are kept under lock and key in the White House.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:59 PM
Jun 2018

Until proven otherwise.

lostnfound

(16,184 posts)
4. Agreed, but how do you get consent from the young children?...guess that legality would need to be
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:20 PM
Jun 2018

Disregarded for the greater good of reuniting them

mopinko

(70,127 posts)
7. at least in disputed cases.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:33 AM
Jun 2018

but yeah, in this situation, you could probably get a judge to rule that it is in the best interest of the children.

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)
5. thats not an issue we can raise millions overnight for this cause
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:31 PM
Jun 2018

I doubt they’ll allow this. And the youngest ones canMt speak for themselves so they will be disributed for adopption Bettbany christian services 50k a pop. Only terminally ill ones may be returned. Aren’t Utah mormons stand with trump?

Alameda

(1,895 posts)
6. then you could be allowing them to own the DNA
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:38 PM
Jun 2018

Using DNA to reunite families would be a good idea only IF there were no attempt to patent or otherwise own the children or their family members DNA material

"A biopsy sample taken from a Candian woman, Snezana Piljak, seeking treatment for colon cancer was deemed the personal property of the hospital that performed the biopsy, not the woman herself, making it the first Canadian ruling about who owns tissue samples. The woman died and her estate sued her physicians for not diagnosing the disease earlier. Those physicians then sued the hospital that had taken the biopsy for not sharing the tissue sample."

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/09/09/who-owns-your-dna-its-not-who-you-think/

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
9. For a minor DNA testing will likely require a court order
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:36 AM
Jun 2018

Unless they put into law a policy that all minors coming over are tested. And in all honesty a DNA test to ensure family connections claimed are legitimate would probably be a good idea just from the standpoint of protecting the kids from traffickers.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
10. Hey that could be a great PR move for any of the DNA companies.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:38 AM
Jun 2018

I like the way you think.

The Mormon angle is interesting; I have the vague idea that a fair number of Central Americans may be Mormon. Am I nuts?

mopinko

(70,127 posts)
13. well they did have lots of missionaries there.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:42 AM
Jun 2018

tho they have missionaries every frickin where.

eta, they would love to be able to track down any of their lost kin in those countries.

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