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· 5 years ago
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Bitch
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guest
· 5 years ago
But who had the different Dad....
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granlobomalo
· 5 years ago
ConspiracyTheorySubstance says be wary about paying Ancestry $99 for the equivalent of a DNA Buzzfeed quiz: ‘Ancestry’s DNA test does not mean... the company owns your DNA data, in the complete and permanent way... Customers license it to the company... can choose not to allow their genetic information to be used for certain purposes, can... revoke the license and have the DNA data and sample destroyed... [something not possible] if Ancestry owned them outright. HOWEVER, granting Ancestry that license can involve giving them relatively significant rights over DNA data, and the scope of these rights may go beyond what is immediately apparent. Furthermore, licensing your DNA data to Ancestry does come with risks to your privacy, as well as potentially resulting in problems obtaining life insurance or, in certain circumstances, even getting hired for a particular job.’ (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ancestry-dna-steal-own/)
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jokur_and_batmon
· 5 years ago
So how does their licensing of your DNA akin them to buzzfeed? They’re still giving you actual results and not what flavor Ice cream your 3rd chromosome is.
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granlobomalo
· 5 years ago
In my opinion, Buzzfeed quizzes are fun for the moment and make for neat party conversation but they don’t really tell you much meaningful about yourself while using you for clickbait revenue. My guess if that ‘most’ people can look in the mirror and figure out their race. Ancestry telling you for $99 that you’re 17% German and 32% English (your actual results as an ice cream flavor) when your grandmother has said for years that your family emigrated from Western Europe is just a really specific confirmation of what you probably already kinda knew. Like a Buzzfeed quiz. A really expensive Buzzfeed quiz. That now requires you to opt out of ‘losing’ your rights to your own DNA.
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jokur_and_batmon
· 5 years ago
Ah i guess I don’t think about DNA testing that way cause Idk my parental lineage and I have genetic problems but I see what you mean that for the majority of people it’s probably have no major impact or meaning
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guest
· 5 years ago
Thank goodness for Reddit, eh?
flyingoctopus
· 5 years ago
We did it! We ruined Christmas!
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heywood
· 5 years ago
The OP didn’t posted the updates. The mom was married and had a kid but the father died when the first daughter was a baby. She found help from a man she considered a friend and they fell in love and married and had other kids. He raised them all as his own and there was no need to bring up such a painful past. The Christmas wasn’t ruined.
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cleopatra
· 5 years ago
What a wholesome conclusion! Thanks, @heywood
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guest
· 5 years ago
Fun fact: that's not all the story
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