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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cant you make up a fake name/ profile when you put the info out there?[/quote]
Anyone?[/quote]

Yes I think you could.  But more importantly, there is NO WAY that people can get in contact with--meaning, find-- you or your kid; it's totally protected that way.  And you CAN email back and forth with any member on the website (not your email) and discuss stuff.  So you could say, find a 1st cousin and email back and forth, trying say to find the common ancestor, but they don't know where you live or your real email address.

My friend did 23andMe for herself and her adopted teen DD (her teen daughter wanted to do it).  First, her teen DD is AA and Latina, and it was totally cool for them to see where her ancestors hailed from.  Second, she found relatives on her bio father's side and they communicated, but again as I stated, it's secure and those relatives cannot find her in real life.

On this separate health issue...IMO this is really not the way to do it, if you are looking for health info.  23andMe in America is too regulated now, so they can't really tell you what they used to be able to tell you.  There is a workaround called Promethease.com.   But I think:  Don't go looking for health risk info; it's not that helpful, really. If you need that, go to a doctor.  I don't think oral bio family history is that helpful vs. the stuff they can do nowadays with tests.

If you really want to look into all this, find someone IRL who has done it, and have them navigate through their results.[/quote]

This PP is correct. You can choose to make your contact information public on the site, or not. And they hardly give you any health info anymore. [/quote]

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