• surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I hate this understatement so fucking much. No, those 15 million are just the people that directly gave their dna to 23 & me.

    In reality, you only need to sample the genetic data for a small sample of the population to get the genetic information for the majority of the population. These people have relatives, and 23 & me has their data, too. They have most of ours.

    Saying it just affects those 15 million is such an abysmal misunderstanding of genetics.

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      17 days ago

      That’s what pisses me off. I’d never give my data willing, but it’s unwillingly given through any relatives that did do this.