Why would you care who your great great great grandpa was?
I was able to find out that my great grandfather was adopted, and meet a whole new wing of my family. I didn’t even do the test, my aunt did.
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TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I never understood the appeal of the business in the first place. Why would you care who your great great great grandpa was? I don’t even care who my Grandpa was.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 7 months ago
vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 7 months ago
It’s commonly used by Adoptees to find their biological family. This can be important for a few reasons, including finally getting accurate family health history.
big_slap@lemmy.world 7 months ago
i had a coworker from my last job that found his birth mother through one of these dna websites. the happiness he had on his face when he came back after finally meeting his biological family made me think about 1) how fortunate I am and 2) how many people have used these services to connect to long lost family members.
the good outweighs the bad for now, imo.
vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 7 months ago
No question. It took me 6 years and thousands of hours to find mine (distant matches only, and birth father was dead, and birth mother was also adopted, which added an extra 2 years to the search). If it wasn’t for DNA I would never have located her though.