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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is also possible that by the time your child starts getting older, seeing all sorts of "mixed" people won't be nearly as extraordinary as it used to be, and so it won't be as much of an issue. (My kids are Asian-white mixed, and I see so many kids like them around, sometimes in very interesting combinations.)

It just so happens that in my work today I came across the caution that you shouldn't test children's genetic makeup without their consent, unless there's a medical need to do so. As parents, you do have the right to make decisions on behalf of your child, but I thought you might like to know that this is in some ways a privacy issue and she might have liked to choose not to test. [/quote]

+1 I got a DNA test and looked into these issues before I did it. It is risky to have your DNA out there if the company shares it in any way (I did not give permission for them to use it for research, though I know its still not 100% safe). It could impact life insurance applications at some point. Maybe in the future companies will use DNA to discriminate. As a parent doing it for your child I would look at these issues very carefully.[/quote]

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