23andMe amends terms of service
A change in arbitration rules There’s been a lot of angst recently, in the genealogical community and in the popular press, about a change in the terms of service at 23andMe posted at the end of last month. The change follows disclosures in October of a data...Change your password!
23andMe suffers data hack Like everyone else who’s DNA-tested at 23andMe, The Legal Genealogist was dismayed this past week to learn of an apparent data hack at the DNA testing website. If the reports are accurate, it’s not exactly a security hole that...Tweaks, traits and a paywall
Ancestry’s DNA updates Apparently The Legal Genealogist is a risk-taking light-haired morning person who was below average in birth weight and didn’t get all four wisdom teeth. Um… no. Although with the grey creeping in my hair isn’t quite as...Truth
… but no consequences The hits keep coming for that part of the genealogical community called investigative genetic genealogy — IGG for short — the use of DNA to identify human remains and solve crimes. A statement posted this past week, on the website of...A time for reflection
… and past time for an attitude change The disclosures of the past week or so that highly regarded investigative genetic genealogists working for law enforcement deliberately and knowingly violated company and website terms of service and — well —...Not whether, but how
The alarm is sounding An affidavit filed by an expert genetic genealogist in an Idaho murder case ought to have alarm bells ringing throughout the genealogical community. All of us — The Legal Genealogist included — want to use DNA as a tool in researching...About those origins…
Where the African DNA might come from So it’s been a week since RootsTech 2023 wrapped up and The Legal Genealogist has just had a chance to sit for a second, take a deep breath … and dive into a new tool announced at RootsTech that Ancestry now offers to...GEDmatch sold again
GEDmatch changes hands again in Verogen sale It isn’t mentioned on the website of GEDmatch, the third-party DNA tools site at the heart of much of the early privacy debate over law enforcement use of consumer DNA databases for criminal investigations. And The...Those spreading genes
Where they are today So The Legal Genealogist was poking around on Ancestry today, and justforthehellofit decided to look at that part of what’s called the DNA Story that records “Where your family lives today.” Of my 54,768 total Ancestry DNA matches, it turns...Subscribe by Email
