A cautionary note

[Baeau]

Sad reality is, somewhere deep in the 'sign here to accept terms' statement, everything is outlined. Problem is, one needs a bank of attorneys to interpret everything into plainspeak.

[Father Bill]

Sad reality is, somewhere deep in the 'sign here to accept terms' statement, everything is outlined. Problem is, one needs a bank of attorneys to interpret everything into plainspeak.

That also assumes that their database will never be hacked.

[Terry Searl]

At first I thought it might be interesting to "find out" where my physical and mental traits came from ......Just using family history I was stopped at the point my paternal grand father was adopted at two years old, This was in the 1880's and my father and his brothers and sisters had no interest in it at all......now they are all gone so no more family stories

I have still been thinking about doing it but then I think about how a government in Europe, in the 1930's used this kind of information to carry out a hideous policy...............If we don't learn from history, history will often repeat itself ......I think I won't bother

[Father Bill]

Here's another article on the topic as perception evolves:

https://apnews.com/bf26ab36786e42c69bb21c891ba095c5

[Father Bill]

...and another. The message is (finally?) getting out. Give away your most very personal identifier yet, to anyone, commercial or otherwise, and you may have problems, not just for yourself either. Please let me be clear though:

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/golden-state-killer-arrest-highlights-the-risks-of-public-dna-databases-1.4648836

Please let me be clear though: I'm not saying that you will have problems or that you've done anything wrong; I'm saying that it may open a lot of cans of unsavoury worms.

[Terry Searl]

...and another. The message is (finally?) getting out. Give away your most very personal identifier yet, to anyone, commercial or otherwise, and you may have problems, not just for yourself either. Please let me be clear though:

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/golden-state-killer-arrest-highlights-the-risks-of-public-dna-databases-1.4648836

Please let me be clear though: I'm not saying that you will have problems or that you've done anything wrong; I'm saying that it may open a lot of cans of unsavoury worms.

Great photo Father bill

[Baeau]

...Please let me be clear though:.... I'm saying that it may open a lot of cans of unsavoury worms...

Reminds me of a couple of old stories. Something about a couple in a garden, with an apple. The other, some squirreley lady, that opened a box.

[MarkThomasG]

It’s a step everyone should consider cautiously. Considering surnames are a relatively recent convention and at that the oral history passed down of such can be an extremely “malleable” identifier, DNA testing can significantly unravel some aspects of both maternal and fraternal lines. Whether one is open having that knowledge and all that it may reveal is probably the most important question to ask oneself before venturing. However it contains a wealth of information. Just considering family names, from ourselves to our grandparent we have contributions from possibly 8 different family names and it goes exponentially onward. The cautionary note, as previously posted, is the question of how that information can be used and misused.

Some of the companies are more free with your information, but there are those who guard it cautiously. Buyer research!

As a bone marrow donor, my DNA is out there.
As former military my DNA is out there.
So for me it was an easy leap. I chose the most restrictive company I could find, but there are no guarantees against security beaches i suppose. I found it fascinating and continue to get useful information It certainly has slowly peeled back some of histories fog.

[MarkThomasG]

It’s a step everyone should consider cautiously. Considering surnames are a relatively recent convention and at that the oral history passed down of such can be an extremely “malleable” identifier, DNA testing can significantly unravel some aspects of both maternal and fraternal lines. Whether one is open having that knowledge and all that it may reveal is probably the most important question to ask oneself before venturing. However it contains a wealth of information. Just considering family names, from ourselves to our grandparent we have contributions from possibly 8 different family names and it goes exponentially onward. The cautionary note, as previously posted, is the question of how that information can be used and misused.

Some of the companies are more free with your information, but there are those who guard it cautiously. Buyer research!

As a bone marrow donor, my DNA is out there.
As former military my DNA is out there.
So for me it was an easy leap. I chose the most restrictive company I could find, but there are no guarantees against security beaches i suppose. I found it fascinating and continue to get useful information It certainly has slowly peeled back some of histories fog.