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Re:Reasons not to reveal your DNA by logifail on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @03:12PM (#19741768)
> Article 7 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child asserts that everyone has a right to know their genetic origin.

Source, please, since that's not what it says at https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx

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Re:Reasons not to reveal your DNA by robhunter on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @04:24PM (#19742243)
"the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents."
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Re:Reasons not to reveal your DNA by Alupis on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:05PM (#19742587)
It clearly does not say biological parents.

A parent can simply be a "caregiver of the offspring in their own species"[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent

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Re:Reasons not to reveal your DNA by robhunter on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @06:48PM (#19743309)
The very first "type" of parent listed in the Wikipedia article you're citing are biological parents.
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