SeekingJana
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Here is what scares me though...we are innocent, didnt do anything wrong, however we walked by, through, in a crime scene before it happened and left trace DNA. Investigators find the trace DNA and use one of these sites to link it to one of my distant family members and then find me that way. Hopefully law enforcement would use other evidence, etc. to rule one out....BUT weve all seen what happens when LE gets tunnel vision.
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Most LE and crime labs are honest, but some crime lab processors have been caught falsifying results. Add in the factor of the " DIY DNA testing" now available, and I think it's entirely possible for an innocent person to be on the hook for a crime they didn't commit.
I've seen a lot of mixed specimen things happen at hospitals with great quality controls in place too. Usually, it was mislabeling on the part of someone handling the specimen before it got to the lab..
With all this in mind, I'll NEVER EVER submit my DNA to any website for any testing for any reason. I also will not have medical DNA testing done for any reason... and my biological mother has had breast cancer, the tumor etiology unknown to me.
I learned about DNA a decade or so after Watson and Crick discovered the 4 amino acids which bond in pairs in double helix form. I have seen DNA sequencing done, even.
I totally respect the pure science of it, and think that the recent use of immunotherapy which is engineered from a person's DNA to treat many cancers is a fabulous breakthrough.
I still do not want my DNA " out there". I do see potentials for misuse, for accidental wrong results to occur.
As I have no biological relatives who claim me, nor me, them, I am a " person without biological relatives".
First time I've been comforted by the fact that my biological relatives and I have NO legal ties at all.
There's a cautionary tale here, except it's no " tale".
Be judicious with the decision to participate in the " World's Family Tree". The scientific community IS profiling with the results, and not with 100% accuracy.