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The biggest issue is relatives. All you need is one person relatively closely related to you to openly post their DNA on a genealogy site and someone searching only has a handful of people to narrow down from.[0]

I used 23andme years ago, using a fake name on the website and a kit ordered by someone else (a friend ordered kits). I should see if I can use their GDPR process to purge it before any relatives give it a shot and start a scandal about the presence of John Doe in the family tree.

[0] https://globalnews.ca/news/4171752/golden-state-killer-dna-g...




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