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Historic NY

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29. Ancestry said they didn't participate...
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 12:24 AM
Apr 2018

people can keep it private, unfortunately it seems like he had relatives who participated in one of the the several sites out there.

So if you a wanted criminal make sure the family isn't doing their family history.

Golden State Killer and DNA privacy [View all] nature-lover Apr 2018 OP
I'm interested in hearing what folks have to say as well.... Upthevibe Apr 2018 #1
What privacy? jberryhill Apr 2018 #2
I remember that thread Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #5
I don't do them because I assume they are expensive n/m RhodeIslandOne Apr 2018 #7
But did you notice the others jberryhill Apr 2018 #13
Apparently well enough to produce your Phoenix61 Apr 2018 #18
+1,000 ROFL malaise Apr 2018 #32
-1 GeorgeGist Apr 2018 #35
Ancestry said they didn't participate... Historic NY Apr 2018 #29
A reason to think very seriously Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #3
The
 Genetic
 Information
 Nondiscrimination
 Act
 of
 2008
 (GINA) makes that illegal. NutmegYankee Apr 2018 #10
Doesn't mean it won't happen. TeamPooka Apr 2018 #12
Yeah, right jberryhill Apr 2018 #14
Obviously there are scenarios where DNA collection can be intrusive and discriminatory, Vinnie From Indy Apr 2018 #4
Damn straight jberryhill Apr 2018 #15
"The Grim Sleeper" in LA was caught through his son's DNA. yallerdawg Apr 2018 #6
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
I wonder if the result was.... RhodeIslandOne Apr 2018 #9
An odd thought re: "Family Trees".... JoeOtterbein Apr 2018 #11
Or interesting too lunatica Apr 2018 #16
And you demonstrate the other thing that gets me about these things jberryhill Apr 2018 #19
Wow! All that rage lunatica Apr 2018 #37
It's not rage jberryhill Apr 2018 #38
Good point! Maybe some have more killers in their past than others...&...definitely a dangerous... JoeOtterbein Apr 2018 #21
But if that essentially proto-racist idea were true jberryhill Apr 2018 #22
Sorry, I would never assume anyone is either a "a...." or saint. JoeOtterbein Apr 2018 #24
I have never typed a foul word into a computer and I never will!!..... JoeOtterbein Apr 2018 #27
There are foul words and foul ideas jberryhill Apr 2018 #28
All living organisms on earth are related jberryhill Apr 2018 #17
Nobody made them put their DNA out there Takket Apr 2018 #20
Yes , Dorian Gray Apr 2018 #34
That is problematic. KitSileya Apr 2018 #23
Funny thing.. jberryhill Apr 2018 #26
It wouldnt have mattered in this case RhodeIslandOne Apr 2018 #30
WOW! I'm glad he was caught. I saw the special on him ecstatic Apr 2018 #25
That isn't technically a privacy issue as such. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2018 #31
This is such a fascinating subject to me.... Dorian Gray Apr 2018 #33
Yes, Dorian. There are many adoptees who have found their birth families using the seaglass Apr 2018 #36
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