In this article we explain how these test can be dangerous to you and your family:
DNA tests can be fun and potentially interesting but the results are questionable and you no longer control your own biological information. Typical tests from big players like 23andme.com and ancestry.com start at just 50% reliability and that is by their own questionable math. This is a problem because:
It is common for companies to go bankrupt and to have their data sold to other organizations, regardless of what the original terms of service claimed about privacy rights. It is also common for data to be stolen from companies. Imagine having a Nazi group with access to a database of Jewish people, their physical addresses, their email address… what could go wrong?
What if, in say 20 years time, it is decided that people with Native American heritage are given some additional funding (think free education, tax break, military furlows…) OR are refused some social program because they already have a separate program. If that Native American group will not admin you because they have a higher standard like residency requirements, but the Government says your test proves you meet the minimum criteria to be categorized as Native American, you will be out of luck for both programs.
To get it down to one word, think ‘control’. Once you have given up your DNA you have given up your biological fingerprint forever.
Millions of people choose to uploaded their DNA profiles to geniology databases so that they can find others in their extended family. Well now that data can be used to find people did NOT upload their DNA by process of ellimination. It is called Genetic Genilogy. Watch these two short videos on how the Golden State Killer was caught 40 years after his crime spree ended because his family members uploaded their DNA profiles:
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DNA Tests can give you so much unwanted information, cause you stress, and lead to links you did not want to know about.