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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by KMag on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:34PM (#23923037)
What does the GED stand for? Genetic ??? Database?

To someone who grew up in the U.S., GEDmatch sounds like a dating site for people who took a test in lue of completing secondary education.

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:48PM (#23923102)
One use of GED is for GEnealogical Data[base], or Genealogy Data.

GED files have been used for decades in genealogical circles at least. So I think that's what they're referring to?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM, for example.

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by jjeaff on Thursday July 23, 2020 @01:45PM (#23930005)
Additionally, I have always heard it pronounced like "jedcom" when referring to the files rather than G-E-D files.
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by andrewem on Thursday July 23, 2020 @12:16AM (#23924141)
Yes, that's right. You can attach genealogy information to a genetic profile on the site, and the link says "GED".
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by staticautomatic on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:55PM (#23924027)
I upvoted you and FYI the word you’re looking for is “lieu”.
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by KMag on Thursday July 23, 2020 @04:39AM (#23925384)
Much appreciated.
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by GnarfGnarf on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:03AM (#23926892)
"GED" is the first three letters of the genealogy data interchange format called GEDCOM (GEnealogy Data COMmmunication).
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