Of at least identify the "pure". I wonder if he's a member of or supports any of the Aryan or neo-nazi groups.

Account actually isn't active. But all my trees are on there. Soon to be downloaded to my computer. Then will be deleting everything, including my DNA results, and canceling the account forever more.

I won't trust anyone with my DNA. To do that puts my son's DNA at risk if someone nefarious got a hold of it.

... along with my entire family to help identify the mutated gene that causes a very rare condition.

So I never worried about it so much thereafter.

The researchers at Harvard were successful, btw.

It's not a gene that's even checked by the commercial DNA companies. All of my genes checked by 23andMe (Health) are normal.

I don't fault you for privacy concerns, though. I just felt like I signed away my DNA privacy decades ago.

I would not give them more money to look any further into my ancestry.

This is SOOOO WRONG!!

Not giving Blackstone a penny

and that everybody does what you just did. I haven't been able to sit at my computer for quite a while, so I hadn't renewed my subscription. But I'm taking down all of my data. They aren't using any of it. I'm so furious about this.

I was so looking forward to starting a search on a different branch of the family tree. I guess I will be doing it the hard way from now on.

...our most personal information.

They get staggeringly rich off what we give away for free. Sooner or later they will use it in ways we can only imagine.

And we worry about HIPAA privacy being violated? smh

but then I read a post on DU that explained the dangers of giving a private corporation access to my family's DNA, with zero laws and regulations in place to protect me.

genealogist so can someone explain how this is a bad thing? I read through the article but couldn't see anything that seemed outright nefarious. Thanks!

Handing out your DNA to these companies is like giving them all your passwords and PIN numbers to all your accounts. Your DNA is your life PIN number. And never ever talk to a cop without an attorney present

This will be big data that's sold to corporations so they can know who not to hire because they're pre-dispositioned for hereditary diseases.

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