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In reply to the discussion: Golden State Killer and DNA privacy [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)33. This is such a fascinating subject to me....
Primarily because I've avoided taking these tests. Primarily bc I was adopted. Bc I was adopted I've grown for 46 years not really knowing my background. Sure, I have red hair and freckles, so I'm most likely of Scottish/Viking/Irish background. But I've never known for sure. And I don't care all that much. It doesn't define me.
BUT... I think I've read a story where long lost siblings found each other through these tests.
And I don't know that I want that.
That's a HELL of a lack of privacy if you can find someone you don't really want to find (birth parents, siblings, etc.)... or that they can find me if I don't want them to.
And that's not even a question of law enforcement.
It feels creepy.
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The
Genetic
Information
Nondiscrimination
Act
of
2008
(GINA) makes that illegal.
NutmegYankee
Apr 2018
#10
Obviously there are scenarios where DNA collection can be intrusive and discriminatory,
Vinnie From Indy
Apr 2018
#4
All I know is I hope they catch Zodiac with this before they shut this kind of thing down! n/m
RhodeIslandOne
Apr 2018
#8
Good point! Maybe some have more killers in their past than others...&...definitely a dangerous...
JoeOtterbein
Apr 2018
#21
Yes, Dorian. There are many adoptees who have found their birth families using the
seaglass
Apr 2018
#36