Comment by phyzome

Comment by phyzome 2 days ago

The DNA itself is not "anonymous", but I would do it without giving my real name, address, etc. They could know who the DNA is related to, but not gain more information than that.

Even better would be to swap identity with someone else who wants to get sequenced...

ImPostingOnHN 2 days ago

They would be able to pinpoint your identity (e.g. "this person is the son of both X and Y, and we know who X and Y are").

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phyzome 2 days ago

And what would that gain them? "X and Y had a son"?

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- ImPostingOnHN 20 hours ago
  
  They know who X and Y are, and also know the identity of their son (you), so that gains them your unique DNA sequence, identified as yours specifically.
  
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  phyzome 16 hours ago
  
  Yeah, I think you're missing the whole point of the "anonymously" part. :-)
  
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