I’ve had both Ancestry and 23andMe do my DNA and then submitted it to GedMatch. So far, I’ve found a few relatives and that I have a gene for Age related macular degeneration that isn’t likely to affect me one way or the other and a gene for Celiac disease that slightly increases my risk of getting it.
DNA or no DNA if you don’t think the gov’t knows pretty much anything meaningful about you, you’re delusional.
Haven’t fully understood why people get worked up over access to DNA. Could they create a supergerm that wipes you out because they know of genetic vulnerability? Yeah. But, if we are at that point, it would probably be a better end.
The police used GedMatch to catch that serial killer in CA. They got a hit on a relative, and then employed the services of a “Forensic Genealogist” to narrow it down to him. I read that GedMatch currently has enough DNA samples to identify about half the people in the country. This gives the police a suspect. All they have to do then is wait for him to discard something with his DNA on it.
So, it’s good to catch serial killers. But it’s the other uses that I worry about. Sperm donation and adoptions are areas that are already experiencing ramifications. Time will tell how this works out. I don’t think it’s going to be good.