DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data

Re:DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' ge... by trogdor on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:53AM (#42183429)

Not always. For example, my birth certificate has my father’s name on it. I am in my 30’s, and it was only a few months ago that I learned that I was conceived via IVF, and that my biological father was a sperm donor.

In my case, my mother told me. But I could have also learned that from a DNA test. (Which I have since taken. As a result, I now know the identity of my biological father.)

It is not uncommon for DNA tests to reveal misattributed parentage — something you could almost-never learn from records-based genealogical research.

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Re:DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' ge... by InitialLastName on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @06:56PM (#42189373)

Which bit of ancestry means more to who you are?

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Re:DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' ge... by trogdor on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @08:21AM (#42193714)

The family that raised me surely had more of an impact on my identity, but both parts of my ancestry are independently significant to me.

My point, though, was that using birth and death records to trace your ancestry is not always reliable.

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