Iceman
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No kidding, when I was younger my dad told me we had an African pirate king in our family tree .
I stopped asking.
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Creating a Family Tree
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I stopped asking.
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Probably my ancestors. Danish as far back as anyone knows, which isn't very far (only a couple of generations).
This was a paper done by some researchers looking into the history and genealogy of the Isle of Man. They looked at traditional surnames including my family. Interesting stuff as there’s a lot of Viking history on the Isle of Man. I wouldn’t pay for the DNA tests myself though as, like you say, all it may mean at some point is that a very distant relative had a boozy night with some visiting sailors.
I laugh at all the people worried about the 5G and vaccinations as government control and tracking and then they pay to send in their actual DNA for inclusion in a proprietary database that allows government agencies access.
One DNA database found a killer from 30 years ago. The DNA tracked the crime to one family and there were only a couple of possible hits.
I'm a bit of a history nut , so its been interesting for me to follow, regular folks mostly, farmers , saw mill operators, small industry. Veterans of 6 wars we tracked, only one took a shot at politics but thank goodness it was small township councillor, he couldn't do much damage.
Several well documented drinking problems. LOL
Several well documented drinking problems. LOL
The Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist.
How a Genealogy Website Led to the Alleged Golden State Killer
Powerful tools are now available to anyone who wants to look for a DNA match, which has troubling privacy implications.
www.theatlantic.com
I'm not sure how the privacy implications work on this. Isn't going on a public DNA site like DNA social media?The Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (TV series) - Wikipedia (Based on the book of the same name)How a Genealogy Website Led to the Alleged Golden State Killer
Powerful tools are now available to anyone who wants to look for a DNA match, which has troubling privacy implications.
Is it any different than posting a family picture, someone sees it and says "I saw the guy's mugshot at the post office."
Some people have their kids finger printed in case of missing child worries. Hopefully the kid doesn't turn out bad later in life and his / her prints are on file.
In the GSK case, IIRC, it was his cousin or niece that did the DNA test for fun. They saw it was close and were able to get to him. I would argue that an easily searchable database that can identify familial lines is a lot more of a privacy issue than a piece of paper that has your face on it. The net is at at least a few (and likely many) orders of magnitude larger with the DNA databases.
Would it be like someone overhearing a person discussing their involvement in a crime? The criminal didn't give permission for the third party to blab. Prosecution gets very difficult when a third party can't testify.
An in-law of mine gets his head cranked when anyone posts anything on social media using the unusual family name. He owes money to half the province. If he paid his bills he could chill out.
This is physical evidence though not testimony. Figure out who to test and it can support itself without the third party.
Not sure how I feel about posting the family tree online in all honesty. There’s enough social media out there it’s all there so easy enough to trace I guess....but then the info becomes their property.
As for sending my DNA to some site to find out I’m xx% whatever...honestly I’d rather not provide a sample to whoever is keeping those records.
maybe I’m too paranoid.
As for sending my DNA to some site to find out I’m xx% whatever...honestly I’d rather not provide a sample to whoever is keeping those records.
maybe I’m too paranoid.
I'm not saying DNA is bad. I am just not a fan of a huge database of DNA owned by a private corporation who can do whatever they want with it. I would be ****** if uncle mike got pinched for a weed offense based on what was supposed to be fun and a vendetta by a prosecutor. GSK is the well advertised application of the database but who knows where the limits are.
IIRC at least two of those were incarcerated by police with a bad attitude. I wonder if DNA info would eliminate the attitude or be used to manipulate it.
