Ancestry dot com?

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Pros and cons either way...  David Lomas makes good use of DNA testing for tracking down long lost relatives, but equally so do the Police

I have a friend that I flatted with more decades ago than I care to remember that will absolutely not agree to ancestory/genetic testing carried out as the potential for previously unknown offspring turning up out of the blue is a distinct possibility and something he would sooner not leave to change. Another of my old friends has been made aware of a ~40 year old son he has in the UK as a result of a 'fling' during his international employment travels back in the 80s.

The David Lomas scenarios of long lost fathers being cold called advising of them of a potential offspring is all too much "there by the grace of god" situation for my liking so Ancestory.com definitely won't be adding me to their data base.

Insofar as the other implications of personal data risks involved in releasing DNA information to third parties Jemery Rifkin's 190s book The Biotech Century is a real eye opener in this regard and its other potential risks.