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A number of genetic testing companies, including 23andMe and Ancestry, have signed onto a set of guidelines that aim to address consumer privacy concerns, the Washington Post reports. The privacy best practices, drafted alongside the Future of Privacy Forum, state that companies should acquire “separate express consent” from customers before handing over their individual-level information […]
To date, 23andMe’s Ancestry Composition report could trace your genetic roots back to 31 populations. That’s decent, but not exactly the most accurate representation of your lineage. It could soon be more accurate, however. The company is updating its methods to trace ancestry back to 120 more populations, for a total of 151. If you […]
After more than 80 hours of research and reporting, and evaluating results from a panel of testers representing every major population group, we think AncestryDNA is the best DNA testing service for most people who are curious about their ethnic roots or are searching for contemporary relatives. All five DNA services we tested involve […]
Sending a sample of your DNA through the post may seem like a harmless and novel way of tracing your ancestry, and millions of Americans have already done so, but there is a more sinister side to this relatively new enterprise. If you’re suspected of a crime police can, if they have a warrant, request […]
Throughout the three seasons of Henry Louis Gates Jr.,’s PBS series Finding Your Roots, the author and historian has used family ancestry research to track familial connections for celebrities (and between them), with some surprising results. But few of the show’s revelations have been as predictable as that of last night’s fourth season premiere: that […]
Wikimedia Commons From the long view of European history, nationalist myths about indigenous peoples are a recent invention. For much of Western history, claiming foreign ancestry was the key to political legitimacy. From the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, noble families across Europe insisted that they were not related to the populations they ruled. They […]
Hollis Johnson By now, I should have a crystal-clear picture of my ancestry. Both 23andMe and AncestryDNA have done a good job of confirming my Scandinavian origins. So when I decided to try National Geographic’s new Geno 2.0 test, I expected my results to be roughly the same. National Geographic’s Genographic Project has been around […]
