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In reply to the discussion: Golden State Killer and DNA privacy [View all]seaglass
(8,173 posts)36. Yes, Dorian. There are many adoptees who have found their birth families using the
DNA kits and family trees/DNA matching on Ancestry, MyHeritage etc with of course mixed results.
I am not an adoptee so I don't feel that I have a right to judge whether an adoptee has the right to contact birth families via this method or not.
There are privacy settings in Ancestry, living people are not visible to others and you can privatize your entire family tree if you want. I am not making any statement about what LE may be given access to however.
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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