nativetexan

I believe FAmily Search is Mormon.. hundreds of years worth of my family history was on their site but I can't find it anymore without paying for it. Luckily i have a huge red book one relative took 40 years to compile for us all.

Jan in VA

You don't own your X-rays either, or any other sort of test that has to be read. You bought the diagnosis, not the tangible method of producing the results which are read.

Chasing Hawk

Good point,although I would have loved to have had that $3000.00 drill they used during my neck surgery.
$3000.00 for a drill and who knows how much per titanium screw.

Kassaundra

I am one of those people for whom genealogy searches would be next to impossible. I have very little information on my mothers side and even less on my father's side. No place to even start the search, my Gma's "maiden" name she told us I do not think is her actual maiden name, but the people who raised her, but not officially adopted or even legally guardians. Her birth mother was always referred to as "the woman" she never said either her first or last name to my father or me. Her mother had 10 children by 9 different men (a set of twins) my gma only met 3 of them (the half siblings as children) she either didn't know or wouldn't say who my gma's father was. Anyway the likelihood of me finding anything is slim to none.

That being said I have had several friends do the Ancestry dna test and I have seen their results and it is pretty vague. So while I don't buy into the whole "sky is falling" idea of the "dangers" of the test until they get a lot more specific and a lot more detailed I'll keep my $100 and spend it on fabric and maybe some wine.

ccthomas

My adopted children are now adult. They have children. There is no medical history. It is scary.

cashs_mom

I'm sure they could if Ancestry is selling their databases.

cashs_mom

You'd be surprised how much info is out there. You start with your parents birth certificates and work back from there. There are gaps in documentation especially when people were moving west during the 1800's but there's still a lot of info at genealogical libraries and even online. It takes time, but you don't need a lot to start with. Birth, death and marriage certificates are available. My great grandmother had changed her name from her birth certificate name so it took a bit of work and some luck to find her birth certificate, but it's doable.

madamekelly

I might be tempted to believe the DNA was accurate, and would not be used for "culling the herd" if I were not already aware of a couple cases in which DNA test nearly destroyed two families. During DNA testing, it was 'discovered' that a mother's DNA did not match her child's. This resulted in stolen child accusations, foster care for the children for no legal reason, and the bottom line in both cases was the mother was a chimera (she has more than one set of DNA). DNA is more fallible than the courts want to admit, but it does keep them all employed...
Also, when DNA tests are run, the results are way more detailed that what ancestry returns to you, why don't they send you all of it? They send you just enough to make you believe they have given you all the details.
In this modern age of secret everything, I will not be inviting any more intrusion into my survival. Just saying.

illinois

I don't think so. I believe the name of the one kept by the Mormon church is Family Search

Dodie

I agree with onebyone and others there are so many scams out there any more that one cannot be to careful and besides what good would it do me to put such info out there to who knows why they want it and where would it go and what would they use it for seems to me like DNA can be used for many things even cloning kinda scary