23andMe up for Sale

[softcock]

I been looking to see if anyone would Post this up because it been bugging me ever since I read about it last week. Nobody looks to have so ...

I always considered the idea that the industry was likely seed moneyed-$ Gov./Agency Front brick and mortar Setup ever since the fad started, and always spun my head like the exorcist that millions of people wound freely line-up and just give away the ONLY thing they truly own, thae one thing that takes a Courts Oder to take from you. Giving away their DNA and their complete families DNA linage to be industrial banked. All for just 20 minutes of pop culture amusement in reading the results.

Anyway... Bankruptcy, 23andMe up for Sale with millions of peoples DNA results to be sold off .
DNA industrial Banking

 

[akmike47]

Old news that they keep and use/sell dna. I’ve said from day one you’re stupid for using this service

 

[hlee]

I’m in the industry, or at least industry adjacent. Years ago, my company was giving free 23andMe services to employees. Lots of people signed up. A buddy of mine got his results which predicted he was 6’+, blonde and blue eyes. He’s about 5’8”, black hair and brown eyes. But, he has a Nordic family name…

Nothing in the data is “actionable” so the information you get is- at best- a curiosity, and more dubious than reliable. Additional anecdotal evidence suggests they were/are making inferences from non-genetic customer supplied information. They’d probably say I’m related to Genghis Khan…

 

[Bantam1]

Based on how much the Khan's took over, there is a high probability that a good portion of the world has some of their bloodline.

 

[hlee]

Yes, the further one goes back into history, the more likely one is to be related to some historical figure. For example, statistically, all Europeans are descended from Charlemagne…

Identical ancestors point - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Based on how much the Khan's took over, there is a high probability that a good portion of the world has some of their bloodline.

But, I’m more likely to be related to Robert E Lee than Bruce Lee.

 

[Makinchips208]

Yes, the further one goes back into history, the more likely one is to be related to some historical figure. For example, statistically, all Europeans are descended from Charlemagne…

Identical ancestors point - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

But, I’m more likely to be related to Robert E Lee than Bruce Lee.

Descendent of Robert E Lee AND Genghis Kahn? You should try for world domination.