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Surprise. You have strange relatives!
Two years ago, I spit into a plastic vial and sent it off to 23andMe for a genetic work-up. It wasn't especially revelatory, though it has made me warier of my sweet tooth due to a higher than average risk of developing Diabetes 2. More interesting was that, after signing up, I started getting emails from strangers who 23andMe deemed to be relatives. So far none of them have been within swinging distance of me on the family tree: "fifth cousins." (Only among royalty does that count as being related.)
The Crying Baby is an urban myth that has been circulating by e-mail since 2003. It told the story of a woman who was home alone one night and heard the sound of a baby crying outside her front door. A few years ago, an e-mail did the rounds warning people about a cunning serial killer who used a.
But another 23andMe user got quite a surprise when she went looking for relatives on the site. She discovered a full brother. Via the Wall Street Journal:
Neil Schwartzman, a 52-year-old 23andMe customer who lives in Corte Madera, Calif., took his DNA test in 2010 to learn more about his medical background and as a last-ditch effort in a decades-long search for his birth family. An adoptee, Mr. Schwartzman received a message last spring from another 23andMe customer that said, "I think you're my brother."
The writer, Jolie Pearl, indeed shared the same mother and father as Mr. Schwartzman, though she hadn't known her mother had given up a baby for adoption.
Ms. Pearl confronted her elderly mother, who confirmed the adoption, and the three eventually met in person.
via Websites Combine DNA, Social Networks - WSJ.com.
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Technology has this amazing way of unearthing secrets.
If you're afraid to find hidden relatives in your closet, you might want to stay away from DNA sites, or use 23andMe and simply turn off its "family finder" feature -- which is basically like Facebook's friend finder, but using genetic code instead of email addresses. On the other hand, if you'd love to find previously unknown blood relations, this is a lot easier than interrogating relatives or undertaking a massive genealogical paper chase -- though your 'hit rate' will be limited by the fact that there are only a few hundred thousand people who have added their DNA to commercial genetic databases geared towards relative finding.
The power of DNA to shed light on others in our family is part of why its use by law enforcement is so controversial. 23andMe doesn't provide crime lab DNA services, but it's becoming increasingly common that state law enforcement agencies take DNA samples along with fingerprints from those charged or convicted of a crime to build their own criminal genetic databases. When law enforcement puts one person's DNA on file, though, they're genetically booking that person's entire family -- including those members they know about and those they don't. Police in L.A. were turned onto the identity of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer in part because DNA left behind at one of the killings was a familial match to DNA on file from the killer's son, who had previously committed a felony.
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The ACLU tried fighting against a California law that requires DNA samples from all people arrested for a felony, but a federal appeals court shot them down saying that "the government’s compelling interests to identify arrestees, solve past crimes, and exonerate innocent suspects] far outweigh arrestees’ privacy concerns." The Department of Homeland Security also has the authority to collect DNA samples from aliens entering the country, including kids as young as 14, notes EFF.
How long before genetic information is required to get a driver's license or passport.. or becomes a standard part of our Facebook profiles?
H/T Jeff Bercovici
'>Two years ago, I spit into a plastic vial and sent it off to 23andMe for a genetic work-up. It wasn't especially revelatory, though it has made me warier of my sweet tooth due to a higher than average risk of developing Diabetes 2. More interesting was that, after signing up, I started getting emails from strangers who 23andMe deemed to be relatives. So far none of them have been within swinging distance of me on the family tree: 'fifth cousins.' (Only among royalty does that count as being related.)
But another 23andMe user got quite a surprise when she went looking for relatives on the site. She discovered a full brother. Via the Wall Street Journal:
Neil Schwartzman, a 52-year-old 23andMe customer who lives in Corte Madera, Calif., took his DNA test in 2010 to learn more about his medical background and as a last-ditch effort in a decades-long search for his birth family. An adoptee, Mr. Schwartzman received a message last spring from another 23andMe customer that said, 'I think you're my brother.'
The writer, Jolie Pearl, indeed shared the same mother and father as Mr. Schwartzman, though she hadn't known her mother had given up a baby for adoption.
Ms. Pearl confronted her elderly mother, who confirmed the adoption, and the three eventually met in person.
via Websites Combine DNA, Social Networks - WSJ.com.
Technology has this amazing way of unearthing secrets.
If you're afraid to find hidden relatives in your closet, you might want to stay away from DNA sites, or use 23andMe and simply turn off its 'family finder' feature -- which is basically like Facebook's friend finder, but using genetic code instead of email addresses. On the other hand, if you'd love to find previously unknown blood relations, this is a lot easier than interrogating relatives or undertaking a massive genealogical paper chase -- though your 'hit rate' will be limited by the fact that there are only a few hundred thousand people who have added their DNA to commercial genetic databases geared towards relative finding.
The power of DNA to shed light on others in our family is part of why its use by law enforcement is so controversial. 23andMe doesn't provide crime lab DNA services, but it's becoming increasingly common that state law enforcement agencies take DNA samples along with fingerprints from those charged or convicted of a crime to build their own criminal genetic databases. When law enforcement puts one person's DNA on file, though, they're genetically booking that person's entire family -- including those members they know about and those they don't. Police in L.A. were turned onto the identity of the 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer in part because DNA left behind at one of the killings was a familial match to DNA on file from the killer's son, who had previously committed a felony.
The ACLU tried fighting against a California law that requires DNA samples from all people arrested for a felony, but a federal appeals court shot them down saying that 'the government’s compelling interests to identify arrestees, solve past crimes, and exonerate innocent suspects] far outweigh arrestees’ privacy concerns.' The Department of Homeland Security also has the authority to collect DNA samples from aliens entering the country, including kids as young as 14, notes EFF.
How long before genetic information is required to get a driver's license or passport.. or becomes a standard part of our Facebook profiles?
H/T Jeff Bercovici
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