When you find out your Dad isn't your Dad - Downside of DNA testing

[cashnocredit]

https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/gve83w/when-an-ancestry-test-tells-you-your-dad-isnt-your-dad

 

To know or not to know. That is the question.

[IndyPoolPlayer]

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[Konrad2012]

"His decision to test himself and his parents began as a demonstration for a class he was teaching on genetics

 

"George said he'd at least like to see some sort of statement on the risks of finding out sensitive information. "I would want a warning saying 'Check this box and FYI: People discover their parents aren't their parents, they have siblings they didn't know about. If you check this box, these are the things you'll find,'" he said."

 

 

This guy is teaching a class on genetics and needs a warning about what a genetics test might find? LOL. Funniest stuff I've heard all day.

Edited June 11, 2018 by Konrad2012

[breeze]

I like the phrase "recreational genetic tests." Really?

 

That said, I recently had the experience of helping someone who had been adopted find out who his real parents were. Not because I had an ancestry DNA test done, but because someone whose name appeared on a birth record was in my family tree, and I was one of two people on earth who knew the whole story. When the person found that name in my family tree, they contacted me via the Ancestry message system, and I told them the info they were looking for; then, together we searched ancestry's birth and adoption records and found the proof - the actual record, handwritten in a North Carolina log book. It was a total miracle - NC is a closed adoption state, they will not reveal the info even if both parties are looking.

[IndyPoolPlayer]

I like the phrase "recreational genetic tests." Really?

 

I know. I think that phrase applies more to those who want to know what breeds their Heinz 57 dog or cat has in it than you would have Navin Johnson finding out he's really white.

[TheVig]

 

I like the phrase "recreational genetic tests." Really?

I know. I think that phrase applies more to those who want to know what breeds their Heinz 57 dog or cat has in it than you would have Navin Johnson finding out he's really white.

It's the cans. It's the cans. He hates the cans.