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Genetic Testing

2014-09-12 21:11:11.880683+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

I have been somewhat skeptical about 23AndMe, there are an awful lot of claims made about the current level of "genetic testing" which aren't backed up by reality, or which are only very thinly supported. But this is interesting...

With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce

"I would want a warning saying, 'check this box and FYI: people discover their parents aren't their parents and they have siblings they didn't know about.'"

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#Comment Re: made: 2014-09-14 17:33:14.236343+00 by: petronius

How long before children searching for their birth parents begin suing 23andMe for access to he database?

#Comment Re: made: 2014-09-15 15:34:31.825746+00 by: Dan Lyke

How long before law enforcement starts using the 23andMe database?