DNA Test Results Drama

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Anonymous wrote:Don't do a DNA test-- you're going to find out you have the gene for breast cancer or Alzheimers and get screwed out of your health, life, or long term care options. We have the most predatory, avaricious insurance situation in the world--keep that in mind.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/DNA-Privacy-Test-Results-Could-Affect-Life-Insurance-Ancestry-23andMe-506469671.html

Yeah, and you might find you have a gene that will enable you to preempt a disease. Good job there, friend....screw yourself in order to keep the inaginary insurance company fraud at bay.

Meanwhile, how about voting for solid health care?

These are not mutually exclusive. HIPPA exists for a reason. Why would you give a private company this much of your info? You can do genetic testing through a doctor. Protected that way. And yes I'll vote for single payer all day long.

But didn't someone here say if you are in a lawsuit, HIPPA goes out the window?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sister and I were able to connect with and meet our half sister because she got a DNA test and also because she and my sister were both on Ancestry.com. We knew about her but had long ago given up on finding her. She, however, was very curious at this point in her life about her unmet siblings (she was born from a previous marriage of my dad's) because she knew about us but had not been given any information about us other than we existed.

It has all been very positive so far. She had a lot of questions about our dad, her mother had refused to tell her anything about him. She had vague memories of him from when she was a young child. We were able to explain to her what he was like and why she was actually better off not having a relationship with him. I think it eased her mind, she (like any child might) had always thought there was something wrong with her that he didn't want to be around her, which was not true at all.

I'm not getting any DNA test but I'm glad she did.

Just had a very similar experience with my husband meeting his half brother for the first time. My FIL refuses to take responsibility even though DNA has confirmed the match. It’s actually leading to some pretty between DH and FIL now, though.

We just flew up to their midwestern state over Labor Day weekend- we had plans to only meet for a few hours (we didn’t want to pressure the half brother too much) but ended up spending nearly the whole weekend with them. Super different people from us- but sooo nice. I’m so glad we went and met them. I wish they were closer to us! We’ll definitely be getting together again soon.

I'm confused. What does your FIL have to take responsibility for? The brother is grown, apparently someone else raised him which imo makes them the real parents. If FIL doesn't want a relationship it's up to him.

FIL left the woman while she was pregnant. Called the woman once after the baby was born. Never called again after that or sent a dime. Obviously this was pre internet days so the mom raised him as a single mother. Also, my personal opinion is if you father someone, you should at least give them the opportunity to meet you and have a relationship. Obviously you feel differently. How many kids do you have running around out there that you haven’t met?