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Informed Consent: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It’s Necessary

May 22, 2019 thednageek 42d Comments

The genetic genealogy community is in turmoil. People are angry, accusations are flying, and friendships are sundering. All over something…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: ethics, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, informed consent, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

The Slippery Slope

May 15, 2019 thednageek 16d Comments

A family friend has leukemia. He’s 11. Without chemotherapy, he would have died. Thanks to modern biomedical research, though, he’s…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: forensic genealogy, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Terms of Service

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

March 14, 2019 thednageek 41d Comments

Almost.  Family Tree DNA almost got it right. In late January 2019, we learned that FTDNA had quietly changed their…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Family Tree DNA, genetic privacy, informed consent, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

More Privacy Concerns at Family Tree DNA

February 17, 2019 thednageek 20d Comments

On 31 January, 2019, we learned from Buzzfeed that Family Tree DNA had allowed the FBI to use their customer…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Family Tree DNA, Fourth Amendment, genetic privacy, informed consent, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

FTDNA Opens the Door to the Cops

January 31, 2019 thednageek 78d Comments

This post has been updated. Today, Buzzfeed broke the story that Family Tree DNA has been allowing FBI agents to…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: criminal investigations, Family Tree DNA, genetic privacy, informed consent, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

Are the Cops Using Our Genealogy Databases?

May 1, 2018 thednageek 13d Comments

This post has been updated. The genealogy world is ablaze with the revelation that our beloved GEDmatch was used to…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, Golden State Killer, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Living DNA, MyHeritage, Terms of Service

A Comparison of GEDmatch and the FBI’s CODIS Database

April 29, 2018 thednageek 28d Comments

The arrest of the Golden State Killer has sparked debates about the ethics of government representatives using a private genealogy…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: 4th Amendment, CODIS, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

Genealogy and the Golden State Killer

April 26, 2018 thednageek 55d Comments

This post has been updated. On April 25, 2018, news broke that Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested as the serial…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Buckskin Girl, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, Golden State Killer, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement

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