Yes, I did the 23 and Me, as did my two older kids. Yes, they came back mine. The ex-wife is somewhat more believable, for now. I took the test, after Christmas, and it's results are constantly being narrowed, and more precise over time. I would like to do an Ancestry.com test, and compare results. It's all for fun, and my two adult kids like comparing everyone's results. No surprise relatives, yet.
I plan to have the full health screening run at some point. I've already determined, through a blood test last year, that I've got a double mutation that explains a lot of problematic things since childhood but is now being addressed through the proper supplementation of B vitamins. So because of that I'm curious what else might show up...not just for me (I'm more than halfway to my shelf date) but for my daughters, potentially. Knowing can be painful and frightening but knowing is always better than not knowing.
This was on slashdot today... they're promising not to share w/o consent. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/0...rms-promise-not-to-share-data-without-consent Of course data breaches would still be of concern.
I remember when document could be secured. File cabinets, locked rooms and armed guards are "unhackable". Every database and every link in a network is a vulnerable place to attack. The move to online data and security is not actually a step toward data security.
Sooner or later the data gathered will be sold. It's just too valuable. It's just the way of business today. I don't care what Legal assurances are given The day you start having problems getting healthcare because of your profile or you get targeted marketing based on information gathered from these companies you will know a mistake was made. Sent from my SM-S320VL using Tapatalk
They could be made to give the reason why they denied you or up your rates, which would not stand up. If it's difficult or impossible to deny someone or charge them more for a pre-existing condition, that would amount to doing the same for a non-existent or only potentially existent condition...maybe you'll get it, maybe you won't. But them basing decisions on a genetic possibility is just asking to get sued. It's really no different from arresting people based only on the odds that they may commit a crime, without their having done so or even indicating that they will.
Results were delayed either by 23andMe getting hacked or doing a legit system upgrade (depends on who you believe) but the results came in last night. No big surprises, predominantly Brit/Irish with German/French in 2nd place at 15%, and 3% Scandi. Only real surprise is a tiny one, 1% Italian. Maybe that explains my fondness for Sophia Loren-type brunettes. Ashkenazi negligible at 0.2%. Still deciding on whether to go through with the health assessment.
Apparently, Charlemagne is in my family tree somewhere. I wonder if my 20x great grandmother was one of those “Roman Conquests”. And yes, I’m among the tin foil hat crew, so I won’t be cataloguing my DNA. Not worried about insurance as much as government slowly making us numb to being their minions. To many examples in history of good governments turning corrupt over time and people just going along. Not saying private DNA testing is a big deal; just another brick in the wall. OK, now that I’ve transmitted this message, I’m going back into my Farriday cage...
I am Southern-born and Southern-bred. Come the end, to those left behind here, I'll just be Southern-dead.
