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Ancestry.com To Add DNA Test Results

Posted by kdawson on from the who's-yer-daddy dept.

Spamicles writes "For less than $200 and a cheek-swiped cotton swab, you will soon be able to add DNA results to family tree Web sites. Ancestry.com plans to launch the DNA testing product by the end of summer, offering customers the possibility of finding DNA matches in the site's 24,000 genealogical databases. By taking a simple cheek-swab test and comparing results against DNA profiles in a test-results database, virtually anyone can uncover genealogical associations unimaginable just a few years ago. Users can easily connect with and discover lost or unknown relatives within a few generations, as well as gain insight into where their families originated thousands of years ago."

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  1. This is going to be interesting by laron · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doctors calculate that about 5-10% of all children have a different biological father than they (and their "social" fathers) think.

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    "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
  2. Re:This has been available for a while by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All kidding aside ... would the FBI (or some other government or law enforcement agency) ever be able to request (wink wink) your DNA from ancestry.com? I doubt there's a 'web site/client' privilege to contend with. Is there any real expectation of privacy if you voluntarily submit it to them?

  3. Re:This has been available for a while by Red+Flayer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    would the FBI (or some other government or law enforcement agency) ever be able to request (wink wink) your DNA from ancestry.com?
    Absolutely. They'd technically need a warrant, though. /snicker

    If it would help make the streets safer for our children, why would anyone have a problem with that?

    Sorry, full of the snark this morning.
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    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  4. Re:This has been available for a while by niceone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They don't even have to get the data! They just have to take the DNA from the crime scene and submit it to this site... then whoever is closest related probably did it.

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  5. Re:This has been available for a while by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I hope they go to ancestory.com to get my DNA. Just grab a random bum of the street, pay him a fifth of scotch to give a small blood sample and say its yours, and submit. Next time you leave DNA at a crimescene, the FBI will get a warrant (secret or otherwise), compare your DNA to the bum's DNA, it won't hit and it will throw a wrench in thier investigation.

    If the bum were to leave their DNA at a scene, you can clear your own name by giving a blood sample and just claiming that ancestory.com screwed up the samples.