One of my family members moved to the US and did it. Really pissed me off that they’d do that but I guess it’s the thing to do there?? They’ve since moved back to AU but got to leave a little bit of themselves (and by genetics, me) behind to be sold to the highest bidder <3
Everyone’s so keen to be 12% Irish so they can claim they enjoy beer because of their proud Irish heritage, or have 0.5% native american so they can claim a tribe and get tattoos that are deeply spiritual (now), or that 8% Italian which explains why they love pizza. For a country that’s so publicly proud - what with the flags and all - everyone’s certainly keen to find any excuse to pretend to be from somewhere else.
I know literally one Australian who’s done it, and they only did it after living in the US for a couple of years.
I know a first cousin of mine did. :( Over 15million people used it.
The only silver lining is that they’ve been bought by a research company instead of an insurance company. I don’t know if theres a legal leg to stand on per the data. They almost 100% agreed to give up ownership to the company, that’s the only way it could do any of the genetic relationship analysis that it did.
I’m so glad I never got around to doing one of these tests
One of my family members moved to the US and did it. Really pissed me off that they’d do that but I guess it’s the thing to do there?? They’ve since moved back to AU but got to leave a little bit of themselves (and by genetics, me) behind to be sold to the highest bidder <3
Thanks heaps for that.
It’s … not “the thing to do” here.
Ancestry stuff has been pretty popular in the US for decades, DNA testing for it is relatively new but just the next easy step.
ancestry is probably the one that datamined the most, and they do share it with LEO more freely than 23 and me.
If its not, then why is it so popular there?
Everyone’s so keen to be 12% Irish so they can claim they enjoy beer because of their proud Irish heritage, or have 0.5% native american so they can claim a tribe and get tattoos that are deeply spiritual (now), or that 8% Italian which explains why they love pizza. For a country that’s so publicly proud - what with the flags and all - everyone’s certainly keen to find any excuse to pretend to be from somewhere else.
I know literally one Australian who’s done it, and they only did it after living in the US for a couple of years.
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Did any family members though? Particularly close members since that ends up giving a ton of yours as well :\
I know a first cousin of mine did. :( Over 15million people used it.
The only silver lining is that they’ve been bought by a research company instead of an insurance company. I don’t know if theres a legal leg to stand on per the data. They almost 100% agreed to give up ownership to the company, that’s the only way it could do any of the genetic relationship analysis that it did.
2 of my cousins and my sister did.
Unfortunate how less people think of privacy these days.