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Noble Cause, No Rules

June 27, 2023 thednageek 40d Comments

This post has been updated. The Terms and Conditions at MyHeritage state: Using the DNA Services for law enforcement purposes,…

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Posted in: Forensic Genetic Genealogy Filed under: Department of Justice, ethics, forensic genetic genealogy, law enforcement, MyHeritage DNA, Terms of Service
A mole and its molehill

The Molehill and the Mountain

August 6, 2021 thednageek 62d Comments

The sky is falling! The end is nigh! People are deleting their trees!   Why? Because Ancestry recently updated their…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Ancestry.com, controversy, copyright, private trees, public trees, Terms of Service, User Provided Content

Trust

January 11, 2021 thednageek 42d Comments

This post has been updated. In the midst of political turmoil in the USA, two major changes took place in…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: Family Tree DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, GEDmatch, law enforcement, privacy, Terms of Service

Ancestry Updates their Terms and Conditions, and I Have Questions

October 1, 2020 thednageek 19d Comments

AncestryDNA updated their Terms and Conditions on 23 September, 2020.  The Legal Genealogist has (as usual) has written an excellent…

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Posted in: DNA Testing Filed under: AncestryDNA, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), judicial proceedings, legal proceedings, Terms of Service

Petition to Implement Informed Consent at GEDmatch

January 10, 2020 thednageek 24d Comments

The petition is no longer active.  GEDmatch has chosen to expose users to some forensic investigations even if those users…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: ethics, GEDmatch, informed consent, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Terms of Service, Verogen

GEDmatch Sells

December 9, 2019 thednageek 30d Comments

As of December 9, 2019, GEDmatch is operated by Verogen, Inc. (“Verogen”) following the acquisition by Verogen of the GEDmatch…

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

Timeline of Forensic Genetic Genealogy

November 16, 2019 thednageek 11d Comments

This post is updated as events transpire. This post lists key events in the evolution of “forensic genetic genealogy” or…

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Posted in: Forensic Genetic Genealogy Filed under: Bode Technology, DNA Doe Project, Family Tree DNA, GEDmatch, genetic privacy, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), law enforcement, Parabon NanoLabs, Terms of Service

There Is No Opt-Out

November 5, 2019 thednageek 38d Comments

This post has been updated. Today, The New York Times published a shocking article.  Some time this summer, GEDmatch granted…

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

Big Changes at DNA.Land

September 16, 2019 thednageek 12d Comments

DNA.Land was founded to unite the intellectual power of geneticists from Columbia University and the New York Genome Center with…

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Posted in: Lagniappe Filed under: DNA.Land, informed consent, Terms of Service

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

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