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Spent $400 on a home DNA test and it showed something my family didn't want to know
I bought one of those ancestry kits last year, mostly out of curiosity about my health risks (the cost was about $400 with the health add-on). The results came back and showed a high genetic chance for a condition that runs in our family, but that nobody ever talks about. I shared it with my parents, thinking it was good info, and it caused a huge fight about privacy and whether we should even know these things. Now I'm stuck wondering if having that data actually helped anyone, or just made things worse. Has anyone else had a family blow-up over genetic testing results?
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robin6282d ago
It's like opening a door you can't close again, right? Makes you wonder if some family history is better left in the past.
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ruby_jones2d ago
Totally get that feeling. Once you know something, you can't just forget it. But honestly, I'd rather know the truth, even if it's messy. Living with a lie or a big blank space feels worse to me. The not knowing would eat me up.
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