In the midst of political turmoil in the USA, two major changes took place in the world of genetic genealogy that may have escaped attention. The first is that FamilyTreeDNA has a new owner. The second is that the Terms of Service at GEDmatch/Verogen are changing. FamilyTreeDNA As of 7 January 2021, FamilyTreeDNA has […]
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Dr. Larkin raises some great questions that need to be answered, especially the one about Law Enforcement in the U. S. It’s addressed for Australia, but missing from FTDNA‘s website. I removed my kits from GEDmatch a long time ago after they made it Opt-in to Law Enforcement. I could have Opted-out, but most people assume it’s Opt-out by default. It originally was, but now it’s Opt-in by default unless you manually change it.
Ups Downs Family History 