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Old 09-24-2019, 11:06 AM
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My wife found her half sister that had been given up for adoption shortly after birth. They met for the first time after almost 70 years. The half sister now has a whole family she never knew about! So we are believers. Now for the security aspect, there have been several stories about the sharing of DNA data, and I have many concerns about this, so i have chosen to not participate. While we have actually experienced the good/great side of the DNA testing, there are many other aspects are very troubling. For example, could insurance companies get your data and change or cancel your coverage based on test results, could your data be sold for targeted advertising for certain drugs, could you be held liable for incidentally giving out relatives info because you gave your DNA? This was done without their consent. lots of things to think about.....
That is wonderful news about your wife. I guess one has to weigh the possible positives to the negatives.

Personally, I generally dislike collection of private information since Caesar introduced the census so that he could collect taxes from everyone. The more information you give about yourself the more power people have over you.