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AnneTheWriter<p>For those <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genealogists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogists</span></a> who are interested, this video shows you how to copy your 23&amp;Me results to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GedMatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GedMatch</span></a> , after you DOWNLOAD them from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GedMatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GedMatch</span></a> has a host of great tools that allow you to continue analyzing your DNA and build your <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FamilyTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyTree</span></a> with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneticGenealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticGenealogy</span></a> .</p><p>Be aware that law enforcement can also use this particular database. However, you must OPT IN to allow your data to be accessible to them. So far, they have been using it to help identify unknown "Jane/John Doe" bodies and solve <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ColdCase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdCase</span></a> crimes.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Ck9S5poH_tA?si=hN45CqTYDkEboZ9p" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Ck9S5poH_tA?si=hN45Cq</span><span class="invisible">TYDkEboZ9p</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geneadons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geneadons</span></a></span> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Geneadons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geneadons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dnatestingfirmintrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnatestingfirmintrouble</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAtesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAdata</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAdatabases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAdatabases</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/23andMeBankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23andMeBankruptcy</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p>It's official...<br>23&amp;Me has filed for bankruptcy. </p><p>The company has been rejecting any buyout attempts, but their Board of Directors is now saying that a Court-supervised sale is the best path forward. Part of the reason for their financial troubles was a 2023 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBreach</span></a> that affected millions of customers and hurt their credibility in the marketplace.</p><p>Yesterday, California's A.G. reminded consumers that they have the right to demand their data be deleted and that 23&amp;Me destroy any genetic samples. (I would add that you also have the option of downloading your <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> data and then uploading it to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GedMatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GedMatch</span></a> .)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geneadons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geneadons</span></a></span> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Geneadons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geneadons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneticGenealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticGenealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dnatestingfirmintrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnatestingfirmintrouble</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAtesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAdata</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAdatabases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAdatabases</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dna-testing-firm-23andme-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-sell-itself-2025-03-24/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/dna-testing-firm-23andme-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-sell-itself-2025-03-24/</span></a></p>
Matt Potter<p>What a mess.</p><p>We’re all looking at the insecure finances, ownership &amp; security of 23 &amp; Me.</p><p>Meanwhile, DNA report company Atlas Biomed took money &amp; DNA, then simply went dark &amp; vanished… </p><p>And now appears to have been a Russian front company based in Moscow.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/23andme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23andme</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dna</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dnatesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnatesting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/atlasbiomed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atlasbiomed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moscow</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/informationsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informationsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/medtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medtech</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7wl7rpndjo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7wl7</span><span class="invisible">rpndjo</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"The cases show up in every part of society, every strata of income, she told me."</p><p>For The Atlantic, Sarah Zhang reports that DNA testing shows that children of incest are more common than we think: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/03/dna-tests-incest/677791/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/health/archive</span><span class="invisible">/2024/03/dna-tests-incest/677791/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Reporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reporting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DNATesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNATesting</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> <br>Nope. Read my reply again.</p><p>I have 3 siblings. Myself and 1 of them have tested. The other 2 do NOT have their medical data online, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT TEST. </p><p>My siblings do not have <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCOS</span></a>. I do.</p><p>Two of my brothers are not lactose-intolerant. I am, and one brother is.</p><p>I'm a honey brunette, like one of my siblings. The others have dark black hair. Two of my brothers have gone bald a bit, one has not.</p><p>We all have different medication allergies, environmental allergies, body weight, lung health, etc.</p><p>Siblings have NO medical guarantee of genetic traits (even ethnicity) simply because one has something-- unless they are identical <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/twins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twins</span></a>. That's the ONLY time your claim applies. (Fraternal twins have no different odds of shared DNA than singleton siblings.)</p><p>FYI: My husband is an identical twin and did DNA test, so his brother's infor is online. (We asked him 1st before testing. He was happy to have a "free" DNA test done for him.)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneticGenealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticGenealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAtesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/23AndMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23AndMe</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> </p><p>Your post makes some very incorrect claims about DNA testing and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneticGenealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticGenealogy</span></a>. </p><p>Yes, hackers stole the DNA information for people who tested with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/23AndMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23AndMe</span></a>. No, the DNA data of people who did NOT test with them was NOT stolen--because it was never there.</p><p>Relationships can be deduced using <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> (IF YOU HAVE EXISTING FAMILY TREE FILES to pair it with, and the MANY hours to group your results into family lines)....but your specific <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genetic</span></a> information (hereditary diseases, eye color, etc.) is NOT in the database, because that cannot be accurately deduced based only on your relatives' DNA.</p><p>Those of us who research <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> know well that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAtesting</span></a> is not for the faint of heart. You tend to get...surprises (like "Grandpa cheated").</p><p>You're also handing your DNA results over to a company (and sometimes copying this to other websites), so you have to trust them to keep it safe, just like you do with any bank, employer, tax return prep company, big data company, etc.</p>
IT News<p>Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed - Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) </p><p>It's now... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1988493" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1988493</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/geneticstesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geneticstesting</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/relativefinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relativefinder</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/onlineprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlineprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ancestrydata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancestrydata</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dnarelatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnarelatives</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dnatestkit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnatestkit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dnatesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnatesting</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/23andme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23andme</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a><br>Data breach of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/23AndMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23AndMe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> files, targetting <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AshkenaziJews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AshkenaziJews</span></a>...</p><p>REMEMBER that this hack was successful because so many users had the same password in multiple accounts of various sites, etc. CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS so one breach in one place cannot hack other sites. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Geneadons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geneadons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneticGenealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticGenealogy</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geneadons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geneadons</span></a></span> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAtesting</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@mattburgess/111192642495010613" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@mattburgess/</span><span class="invisible">111192642495010613</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@littlealex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>littlealex</span></a></span> </p><p>Actually, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Blackstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstone</span></a> bought <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AncestryCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncestryCom</span></a> back in 2020. The latest news on the subject is:</p><p>" <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Blackstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstone</span></a> Inc. defeated a proposed class action alleging that its $4.7 billion acquisition of Ancestry.com resulted in the disclosure of protected genetic information of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ancestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ancestry</span></a> users, in violation of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IllinoisGeneticInformationPrivacyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllinoisGeneticInformationPrivacyAct</span></a>." [Bloomberg Law News, 01 May 2023]</p><p>They originally tried to leverage that data when <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> first hit. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneticGenealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticGenealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNAtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAtesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneticData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticData</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GedMatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GedMatch</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AncestryDNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncestryDNA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AncestryResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncestryResearch</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FamilyTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyTrees</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BlackstoneGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackstoneGroup</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://diggingintoyourfamilytree.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/why-you-should-care-that-ancestry-com-just-got-bought-by-blackstone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diggingintoyourfamilytree.word</span><span class="invisible">press.com/2020/08/07/why-you-should-care-that-ancestry-com-just-got-bought-by-blackstone/</span></a></p>
Kelly Wheaton :warriors:🦫💧🐸 🌻🌹<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@spacemagick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>spacemagick</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@bluffcityjk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bluffcityjk</span></a></span> yes if we go back far enough. My segments probably are from an enslaved person born in the 1700's---so a little more recent. I have not found any majority African matches matching those segments but a handful like myself with just a bit. Wish I'd been able to test my Dad and his mother <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DNATesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNATesting</span></a></p>
IT News<p>America’s first IVF baby is pitching a way to pick the DNA of your kids - Elizabeth Carr is head of commercial development Genomic Prediction, a New Jersey geneti... - <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/26/1071533/embryo-prediction-marketer-future-job-titles/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2023/04/2</span><span class="invisible">6/1071533/embryo-prediction-marketer-future-job-titles/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biotechnology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dnatesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnatesting</span></a></p>
Zara Rahman<p>Sharing some of my most recent public work by way of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>: here's a zine I wrote on the social and political consequences of the rise in DNA testing: it’s available to read online, or to download and print + fold at home. Illustrated by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jasonli</span></a></span> 🙌🏾 <a href="https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/publication/unravelling-dna/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pacscenter.stanford.edu/public</span><span class="invisible">ation/unravelling-dna/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNAtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNAtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a></p>
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