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Exactly. No thank you. Mine is traced back at least 300 years no need for DNA.Yep, step right up and give ‘em your DNA.
There are different testing kits. Mine was the ancestry kit. The other certainly is a less expensive way to get genetic testing as you referenced Kenny, but without the layers of privacy (HIPAA) if that’s possible.
No more or less a slippery slope, imo, than in vitro fertilization, organ transplants, vaccines and any other current medical intervention we use to try to conquer disease, infirmity, infertility and death.That said, what if everyone had access to this genetic testing and used it for the purposes of weeding out abnormalities/diseases/etc? We'd become a species making eugenics an actual thing...seems like a slippery slope.
Kenny, you raise a great point. I would love to have genetic testing done to see if I carry whatever gene my father and his father had responsible for their colon cancer. My doctor told me about it but it's expensive $1-2k so it hasn't been a huge priority. I would like to know for both my sake and my daughter's. I probably should've had testing done before I chose to get pregnant, but c'est la vie. Can't take it back now.
That said, what if everyone had access to this genetic testing and used it for the purposes of weeding out abnormalities/diseases/etc? We'd become a species making eugenics an actual thing...seems like a slippery slope.
I unfortunately have both received and passed on hereditary disorders that I didn't know I had until I was over 50. Oh well.![]()
Kenny, you raise a great point. I would love to have genetic testing done to see if I carry whatever gene my father and his father had responsible for their colon cancer. My doctor told me about it but it's expensive $1-2k so it hasn't been a huge priority. I would like to know for both my sake and my daughter's. I probably should've had testing done before I chose to get pregnant, but c'est la vie. Can't take it back now.
That said, what if everyone had access to this genetic testing and used it for the purposes of weeding out abnormalities/diseases/etc? We'd become a species making eugenics an actual thing...seems like a slippery slope.